Richard Moir
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9635 |
| Birthday | 1950-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Queensland, Australia |
| Also Known As |
1998
Welcome to Woop Woop
5.771/35
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...
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Welcome to Woop Woop
1980
The Chain Reaction
5.508/60
Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
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The Chain Reaction
1982
Running on Empty
5.324/17
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 racin...
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Running on Empty
1982
Heatwave
5.269/13
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Heatwave
1991
Isabelle Eberhardt
5/5
The true story of explorer, journalist and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, originally from Switzerland. She moved to Annaba in Algeria in 1897 with her mot...
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Isabelle Eberhardt
1982
Sweet Dreamers
8/1
Two young Australian filmmakers meet in London and return home with dreams of making films that reflect their Australian ideals. A film about dreams a...
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Sweet Dreamers
1989
Minnamurra
5.444/9
Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian Wrangler. Fahey plays a handsome, athletic businessman who vie...
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Minnamurra
1997
Joey
5.65/20
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. Ambassad...
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Joey
1979
In Search of Anna
5.625/8
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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In Search of Anna
1985
An Indecent Obsession
4.643/7
Sister Honour Langtree (Wendy Hughes), is in charge of a military hospital for psychiatric patients. She however transgresses boundaries by developing...
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An Indecent Obsession
1985
Wrong World
10/1
David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Arriving in Bolivia, he encounter...
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Wrong World
1987
Jilted
3/3
Two people who have had disastrous love affairs meet on a tropical island resort.
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Jilted
2022
Not Dark Yet
7/2
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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Not Dark Yet
1979
The Odd Angry Shot
6.086/29
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...
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The Odd Angry Shot
1985
Remember Me
8/1
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...
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Remember Me
1988
Hard Knuckle
6/2
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 bea...
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Hard Knuckle
1983
The Plains of Heaven
7/1
Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of coping with isolation. The ageing Cunningham seems to...
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The Plains of Heaven
1974
27A
8/1
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 i...
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27A
1983
Going Down
4.4/5
Middle-class Karli, alcoholic Jane, unemployed Jackie, and square Ellen are four friends living together and barely scraping by in suburban Sydney. Bu...
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Going Down
2006
The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
0/0
On March 15, 2004, Richard Moir underwent an operation for Parkinson's Disease. Called Deep Brain Stimulation, electrodes are placed in the brain that...
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The Bridge at Midnight Trembles
1997
One Way Ticket
5.333/6
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...
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One Way Ticket
1978
Hanging About
0/0
A look at a situation that leads to a bad end. Carol Jerrems' only known extant fiml.
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