Richard Moir

Richard Moir

Born: January 1, 1950
in Queensland, Australia
Richard Moir (born 1950) is an Australian former actor and editor. He is known for many Australian film roles and in the TV soap opera Prisoner as the original character of electrician Eddie Cook.

In 1990, Moir was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the degenerative effects of which gradually brought his acting career to a premature end in 1999. Moir later underwent deep brain stimulation therapy, a process covered by the 2006 documentary The Bridge At Midnight Trembles.

He was married to Australian actress Julie Nihill, and they have two daughters.

Movies for Richard Moir...

Not Dark Yet
Title: Not Dark Yet
Character: Russell
Released: August 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Confined to his room in an aged care facility, an elderly man with a debilitating disease struggles with his sons abrupt departure.
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The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
Title: The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
Character: Himself
Released: October 5, 2006
Type: Movie
On March 15, 2004, Richard Moir underwent an operation for Parkinson's Disease. Called Deep Brain Stimulation, electrodes are placed in the brain that are powered by batteries placed in the chest. The current 'zaps' bad signals in the brain. This film gives you an insight into the daily life of a patient with Parkinson's Disease, which is a view you don't get as a doctor in a clinical practice.
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Welcome to Woop Woop
Title: Welcome to Woop Woop
Character: Reggie
Released: August 13, 1998
Type: Movie
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
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Joey
Title: Joey
Character: School Teacher
Released: December 26, 1997
Type: Movie
Billy is a boy who is trying to save a baby kangaroo called Joey when it is caught and taken to Sydney. Linda, the young daughter of the U.S. Ambassador is helping Billy in his task.
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One Way Ticket
Title: One Way Ticket
Character: Governor
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, One Way Ticket is about a criminal named Webb. He has been arrested for murder and looks like he will be spending the rest of his days behind bars before he has an affair with a female guard. She helps him escape and they spend the next few days on the run. Can they make it?
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Title: Law of the Land
Released: April 22, 1993
Type: TV
Law of the Land was an Australian television drama series that screened on the Nine Network. The series was set in the fictional country town of Merringanee and centered on the unique way that locals dealt with and enforced the law. The series was created by Ro Hume and Sue Masters and produced by Bruce Best, Matt Carroll, Richard Clendinnen and Terrie Vincent.
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Title: Phoenix
Character: Tony Hansen
Released: February 13, 1992
Type: TV
Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part series on Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1992 and 1993. The first series of Phoenix in 1992 recounted the investigation of the bombing of the Victorian state police headquarters, loosely based on a real case in the mid-1980s, the Russell Street Bombing. It was aided by extensive research into police techniques and was lauded as one of the most realistic depictions of police investigation techniques, including both surveillance and forensics, as well as having an involving storyline. The series was notable for its dark visual tone and for its no-holds-barred attitude to violence and language. It spawned a second thirteen-part series, Phoenix II, in 1993 as well as a spin-off series, Janus, in 1994 devoted to the machinations of court cases. The series was created and produced by Tony McDonald and Alison Nisselle and screened by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The ABC have released Series 1 and 2 on DVD as a 4 DVD box set.
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Isabelle Eberhardt
Title: Isabelle Eberhardt
Character: Lt. Comte
Released: November 21, 1991
Type: Movie
Story of a young woman journalist who becomes enmeshed in the politics of the annexation of Morrocco from Algeria at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Title: Round the Twist
Character: Tony Twist
Released: April 6, 1990
Type: TV
Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many bizarre magical adventures.
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Minnamurra
Title: Minnamurra
Character: Bill Thompson
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian Wrangler. Fahey plays a handsome, athletic businessman who vies for the hand of rancher's daughter Tushika Bergen. Our hero must not only contend with his romantic rival, a dashing but dangerous cattleman, but also with a villainous creditor who craves the land left to Bergen by her late father. By nature of its plotline and setting, Wrangler can't help but invite comparisons to the popular The Man From Snowy River. Still, the stars and director Ian Barry keep up the appearances of freshness and originality
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Title: Bodysurfer
Character: Brian
Released: August 9, 1989
Type: TV
Bodysurfer charts the odyssey of David Lang. Searching beyond mid-life crisis, David finds unanswered questions of his childhood can lead him toward a state of maturity. He realises it is his last hope for reconstructing his fractured family
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Hard Knuckle
Title: Hard Knuckle
Character: Alister
Released: December 9, 1988
Type: Movie
In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a bloodier form of pool. Harry is a pool hustler, wants to beat Knuckle champ Top Dog, to get his bike back.
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Title: Alterations
Character: Richard
Released: March 13, 1988
Type: TV
Drama series dealing with adultery between middle-class Australians in Canberra.
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Jilted
Title: Jilted
Character: Al
Released: June 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Two people who have had disastrous love affairs meet on a tropical island resort.
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The Challenge
Title: The Challenge
Character: John Bertrand
Released: December 29, 1986
Type: Movie
The story of the 1983 America's Cup challenge, where the Australian team financed by business tycoon Alan Bond, finally wrests the cup from the New York Yacht Club, after an unbroken 132 year winning streak.
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Title: Land of Hope
Released: May 18, 1986
Type: TV
Land of Hope is a 1986 mini series about a Catholic family over eighty years.
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Wrong World
Title: Wrong World
Character: David Trueman
Released: November 4, 1985
Type: Movie
David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Arriving in Bolivia, he encounters enough corruption and oppression to drive him away from his dreams and into the drug scene. Disillusioned and escaping to the U.S., he meets Mary, a young heroin addict who shares his angst. As the two commiserate, their bleak outlook lightens, promising a glimmer of hope for the both of them.
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An Indecent Obsession
Title: An Indecent Obsession
Character: Luce Daggett
Released: May 23, 1985
Type: Movie
Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing a sexual attraction for a new patient.
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Remember Me
Title: Remember Me
Character: Howard
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental institution. She is torn between her still strong desire for him, and her fear, which comes from events in their past. She cannot control his intrusion into both her current life and her second marriage, and tragedy ensues.
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Title: Singles
Character: Stefan
Released: August 14, 1984
Type: TV
Singles is a 1984 Australian television mini series about Sydney doctor Alison advertises in a singles magazine and meets five different men, the serial looked at a different date each episode.
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Going Down
Title: Going Down
Character: Hotel night manager
Released: July 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to New York City in the morning. But over the course of one unforgettable night, Karli's best friends will show her that a little Sydney goes a long way .
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The Plains of Heaven
Title: The Plains of Heaven
Character: Barker
Released: June 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of coping with isolation. The ageing Cunningham seems to be rejuvenated by and obsessed with the landscape, while the younger Barker withdraws into the interior and technical world of the station.
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Running on Empty
Title: Running on Empty
Character: Fox
Released: August 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Mike loves his fast cars and his hot women. When he fancies the girlfriend of the local street racing king, Fox, he gets way in over his head in racing for his girl, his money and his life. Through racing, sex, nightclubs and small road trips the film depicts what it was like to be a teenager in Australia in the 1980's.
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Sweet Dreamers
Title: Sweet Dreamers
Character: Will Daniels
Released: May 6, 1982
Type: Movie
Two young Australian filmmakers meet in London and return home with dreams of making films that reflect their Australian ideals. A film about dreams and aspirations.
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Heatwave
Title: Heatwave
Character: Stephen West
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.
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The Chain Reaction
Title: The Chain Reaction
Character: Jr. Const. Pigott
Released: September 25, 1980
Type: Movie
Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
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In Search of Anna
Title: In Search of Anna
Character: Tony
Released: July 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Tony is released from prison and goes in search of what once was happiness: Anna. He hits the road hoping to find her and makes a friend along the way.
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The Odd Angry Shot
Title: The Odd Angry Shot
Character: Medic
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
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Title: The Sullivans
Character: Mr. Harris
Released: November 15, 1976
Type: TV
The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The series told the story of an average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect World War II had on their lives. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia, and also became popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands, Gibraltar and New Zealand.
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27A
Title: 27A
Character: Richard
Released: June 5, 1974
Type: Movie
A middle-aged alcoholic is sentenced to six weeks in jail for a minor offense. While there he undergoes psychiatric treatment for his alcoholism and is committed to a hospital for the criminally insane for the duration of his sentence. However, under Section 27A of the Queensland Mental Health Act, he can be detained indefinitely until the hospital authorities declare him eligible for release.