Alec Monteath (22 May 1941 in Perthshire) was an announcer for Scottish Television from 1964 - 1969 and was also an announcer on BBC Scotland. Alec was also an actor who played Dougal Lachlan in STV's Take the High Road from 1980 until 1992. His son, David Monteath was also an actor in soap operas, on Coronation Street.