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Dugald Ronald Letham (10 September 1949 – 27 March 2008) was a Scottish actor.


Early life and education

Letham was born in
Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
,
Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling ( ) is a Shires of Scotland, historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling.Registers of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. It borders Perthshir ...
, on 10 September 1949. He had a sister, Maggie, and attended Bantaskine, then Falkirk High School. Letham originally trained as a teacher at
Jordanhill College Jordanhill College of Education was a higher education college in Jordanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. It opened as a teacher training college in 1921. The college merged with the University of Strathclyde in 1993, becoming its Faculty of Educati ...
, Glasgow, before enrolling at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.


Career

Letham performed at the
Traverse Theatre The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded as The Traverse Theatre Club in 1962 by John Calder, John Malcolm, Jim Haynes, Richard Demarco, Terry Lane, Andrew Muir, John Martin and Sheila Colvin. The Traverse Th ...
in Edinburgh, the
Royal National Theatre The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, ...
in London, the Odeon Theatre in Glasgow and the Glasgow King's Theatre. His early television appearances in shows such as ''
Crown Court The Crown Court is the criminal trial court, court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is ...
'', ''
Play for Today ''Play for Today'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage ...
'' and '' The Sweeney'' gained Letham recognition among television writers and producers. He played Rab B. Nesbitt, father of the eponymous lead character, in a 1996 episode of '' Rab C. Nesbitt''. Letham had recurring roles in television shows '' Atletico Partick'' as Gazza, ''
Hamish Macbeth Hamish Macbeth is the police constable of the fictional Scottish Highlands, Scottish Highland town of Lochdubh, in a series of murder mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton (Marion Chesney). Considered by many to be a useless, lazy moocher, M ...
'' as Peter the Fireman and ''Ain't Misbehavin as Snowy McGraw. He also made three separate appearances on both ''
Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries ''Killer'' from 6 until 20 Septe ...
'' and ''
The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...
'', playing a different character on each occasion. His final role was as Harry, Isa's estranged husband, in the sitcom ''
Still Game ''Still Game'' is a Scotland, Scottish sitcom produced by Effingee Productions, The Comedy Unit and BBC Scotland. It was created by Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who played the lead characters, Jack Jarvis (Still Game character), Jack Jarvis, ...
.'' He appeared in three episodes between 2002 and 2006, when his character was killed off.


Death

Letham died from complications following a fall in Falkirk on 27 March 2008, at the age of 58.


See also

* List of Scottish actors


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Letham, Ronnie 1949 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Scottish male actors 21st-century Scottish male actors Accidental deaths from falls Accidental deaths in Scotland Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland People from Falkirk Scottish male stage actors Scottish male television actors