Ralph McKenzie Riach (26 January 1936[1] – 20 March 2022)[2] was a Scottish actor from Elgin, Moray.
He was educated at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, and he worked in Perth on a variety of jobs before he began his acting career.
He appeared in television shows including Chancer, Mosley, Taggart, Monarch of the Glen, Peak Practice, Doctor Finlay, and Tutti Frutti.
Film appearances included The House of Mirth (2000), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Braveheart (1995), Copying Beethoven (2006) and Cloud Atlas (2012).
In 2014, he played a scene in Scottish feature film Time Teens: The Beginning directed by Ryan Alexander Dewar.