Raymond Mearns is a Scottish actor and comedian who is best known for his part in Scottish comedy sitcom Legit in which he played Happy Boab He has also appeared in Ae Fond Kiss and Its a Free World which were both directed by awardwinning Ken Loach Mearns has also acted alongside his brother Eddie when they played the Blind Twins Troy and Roy Pettifer in the 1998 short film Home which won Best Short Film at the 1999 BAFTA Awards He appeared in the Rab C Nesbitt Christmas special in which he played a BBC security guard It aired on 23 December 2008 He also starred in Next Time Ned