ray meagher played alf garnett's son in law.
ray meagher played alf garnett's son in law.
who played alf garnett's son in law?
ray meagher
created by johnny speight, "till death us do part" centred on the east end garnett family, led by patriarch alf garnett (warren mitchell), a reactionary white working-class man who holds racist, prejudiced and anti-socialist views. his long-suffering wife else was played by dandy nichols, and his daughter rita by una stubbs. rita's husband mike rawlins (anthony booth) is a socialist layabout. alf garnett became a well-known character in british culture, and mitchell played him on stage and television until speight's death in 1998.
till death us do part
mitchell reprised the role of alf garnett in the films "till death us do part" (1969) and "the alf garnett saga" (1972), in the atv series "till death..." (1981), and in the bbc series "in sickness and in health" (1985–92). he also reprised his role as alf garnett in 1983 in the television series "the main attraction" where comedians recreated their famous acts from their past in front of a live and television audience (similar to "an audience with..." that began in 1976). in 1997 he played the role in "an audience with alf garnett". the same year, itv aired a series of mini-episodes called "a word with alf", featuring alf and his friends. all the tv shows and both films were written by johnny speight. when speight died in 1998, the character of alf garnett was retired at mitchell's request.
warren mitchell