Richard Moir

Born: 1950-01-01

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.


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Joey

as School Teacher
Released: 1997-12-26

Billy is a boy who is trying to save a baby kangaroo called Joey when it is caught and taken to...

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The Chain Reaction

as Jr. Const. Pigott
Released: 1980-09-25

Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn...

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Minnamurra

as Bill Thompson
Released: 1989-08-17

Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian...

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Welcome to Woop Woop

as Reggie
Released: 1998-08-13

A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a...

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Isabelle Eberhardt

as Lt. Comte
Released: 1991-11-21

Story of a young woman journalist who becomes enmeshed in the politics of the annexation of...

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Running on Empty

as Fox
Released: 1982-08-05

Mike loves his fast cars and his hot women. When he fancies the girlfriend of the local street...

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The Odd Angry Shot

as Medic
Released: 1979-03-01

A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter...

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Hard Knuckle

as Alister
Released: 1988-12-09

In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a...

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An Indecent Obsession

as Luce Daggett
Released: 1985-05-23

Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric...

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Heatwave

as Stephen West
Released: 1982-03-08

During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that...

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Going Down

as Hotel night manager
Released: 1983-07-01

Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to...

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Not Dark Yet

as Russell
Released: 2022-08-08

Confined to his room in an aged care facility, an elderly man with a debilitating disease...

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Wrong World

as David Trueman
Released: 1985-11-04

David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among...

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One Way Ticket

as Governor
Released: 1997-01-01

Based on a true story, One Way Ticket is about a criminal named Webb. He has been arrested for...

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The Bridge at Midnight Trembles

as Himself
Released: 2006-10-05

On March 15, 2004, Richard Moir underwent an operation for Parkinson's Disease. Called Deep...

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Jilted

as Al
Released: 1987-06-01

Two people who have had disastrous love affairs meet on a tropical island resort.

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Remember Me

as Howard
Released: 1985-01-01

A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental...

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In Search of Anna

as Tony
Released: 1979-07-28

Tony is released from prison and goes in search of what once was happiness: Anna. He hits the...

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The Plains of Heaven

as Barker
Released: 1983-06-03

Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of...

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Prisoner: Cell Block H

as Eddie Cook
First aired: 1979-02-27

Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional...

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The Sullivans

as Mr. Harris
First aired: 1976-11-15

The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which...

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Rafferty's Rules

as Geoffrey Sole
First aired: 1987-02-12

Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the...

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Phoenix

as Tony Hansen
First aired: 1992-02-13

Phoenix is an Australian police drama television series. Phoenix screened as two thirteen-part...

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Round the Twist

as Tony Twist
First aired: 1990-04-06

Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three...

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Ring of Scorpio

as Sgt Hayes
First aired: 1991-04-24

Three women plot revenge against a drug dealer who scammed them into working in his operations.

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