Peter Hardy (actor)

Peter Hardy
Born(1957-01-11)11 January 1957
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died16 March 2023(2023-03-16) (aged 66)
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre performer, musician
Years active1969–2023

Peter Hardy (11 January 1957 – 16 March 2023) was an Australian actor, theatre performer, and musician.

Early life and career

Hardy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 11 January 1957. He began his music career in 1969 playing the French horn in the CCGS Orchestra.[1] Hardy began his career on stage on the show "Revue - The Other Opening".[2] Later, he played and sang in "An Officer And A Gentleman" in the Lyric Theatre in Sydney under the direction of Simon Phillips.[citation needed]

Hardy began his film career in 1986 with The Pursuit of Happiness,[3] after which he played in a number of films, TV movies, TV series and shorts.[4] In 1996, Hardy appeared in the Network 10 series Sweat.[5] Between 2006 and 2009 he appeared in 44 episodes of McLeod's Daughters as Phil Rakich. In 2012, Hardy appeared in a television film, Dangerous Remedy, as Robbie McGregor.[6]

Death

Hardy died while snorkelling at South Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 16 March 2023. He was 66.[7][8][9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1986 The Pursuit of Happiness[10] John Feature film
1988 Daisy and Simon (aka Where the Outback Ends)[10] Rowdy Feature film
1990 Jackaroo Ram Gallagher TV movie
1990 Elvis Killed My Brother[10] Leon Short film
1993 The Feds: Terror Rory Hay TV movie
1993 Desperate Journey: The Allison Wilcox Story Chief Walpole TV movie
1994 Baby Bath Massacre[11] Adrian's father TV movie
1997 The Last of the Ryans[11] Woggsie TV movie
1997 Fable[11] Mack TV movie
1997 The Ripper[11] Patrician Feature film
1999 Dead End[10] Det. Insp. Wolcott Feature film
2000 Chopper[10] Detective Cooney Feature film
2001 Chasing Rabbits[10] Nick Short film
2008 Cane Cutter Mr. Richmond (voice) Short film
2012 Dangerous Remedy Robbie McGregor TV movie
2016 Hard Target 2 Jacob Zimling Direct to video

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Prisoner Dave Wilson TV series, episode: #1.625
1992 Phoenix[11] Rocky Wilson TV series, episode: "Snow Job"
1993 Stark[11] Lifesaver TV series, episode: #1.1
1993 Snowy[11] Pokey TV series
1993-1994 Time Trax[11] Dr. Keneally TV series, episodes: "Little Boy Lost" & "Perfect Pair"
1994 A Country Practice[11] Steve Atkinson TV series, episode: "The Grass Is Greener"
1994 Janus[11] Gavin Lindsay TV series, episode: "Judgement Amongst Short Men"
1994-2005 Blue Heelers[11] Rob Cole / Colin Fraser / Hayden Benett / Mike Knights TV series, 4 episodes: "Why Give People Rights? They Only Abuse Them", "A Question of Loyalties“, "Reality Bytes" & "Child's Play"
1995 The Man from Snowy River[11] Seb Holgate TV series, episode: "Montana Territory". Also known in United States as "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga"
1995 Naked[11] Dennis "The Gorilla that took Manila" Gibson TV series
1995 Halifax f.p. Police Officer Tony Roman TV series, episodes: "Hard Corps" & "Cradle and All"
1996 The Bite Pete TV series
1996 Naked: Stories of Men Gibbo TV series, episode: "Coral Island"
1996 Sweat[11] Sid O'Reilly TV series, episodes: #1.1 - #1.26
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys[11] Kirby TV series, episode: "Return of the Phantom"
1997 State Coroner[11] Gary Turrell TV series, episode: "Shortcut to Death"
1997 Neighbours Jimmy Drane / Jimmy Draine TV series, episodes: #1.2950, #1.2951 and #1.2976
1998 Wildside[11] Ewan Mancini TV series, episode #1.34
1999 Stingers[11] Det. Insp. Ron Leighton TV series, episodes: "Lone Hand", "Proving Ground", "Cast Off", "Dead Man's Throw" & "Swarm"
2000 Eugénie Sandler P.I. Stokesy TV series, episode #1.5
2006-2009 McLeod's Daughters[11] Phil Rakich TV series, episodes: 143, 157, 159, 163, 166, 169, 180–184, 186–189, 191–199, 202–211, 213–220, 222 (also song performer), 224
2008 The Strip[11] Colin Tully TV series, episode #1.10
2009 East West 101[11] Barry Hill TV series, episode "Ice in the Veins"
2011 Rush[11] Doug Rainey TV series, episodes: #4.6 - #4.9

References

  1. ^ "Peter Hardy Music CV". www.peterhardy.net.
  2. ^ "Peter Hardy Theatre CV". www.peterhardy.net.
  3. ^ Lowing, Rob (6 March 1988). "Pursuing an anti-nuclear theme". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 131. Retrieved 20 March 2023. Directed by Martha Ansara. Starring Laura Black, Peter Hardy...
  4. ^ Thomson, Helen (12 December 2000). "Murder suspect a victim of circumstance". The Age. p. 19. Retrieved 20 March 2023. Peter Hardy is familiar to us from many cops and robbers television shows, such as Blue Heelers, Wildside and the film Chopper...
  5. ^ Conway, Andrew (11 March 1996). "No sweat". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 50. Retrieved 20 March 2023. Actor Peter Hardy has joined the cast of Sweat, Network Ten's new sports drama being filmed in Perth...
  6. ^ "Dangerous Remedy - full cast & crew". TV Guide. 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2023. Peter Hardy - Robbie McGregor
  7. ^ "Aussie actor revealed as man in fatal snorkelling accident". PerthNow. 19 March 2023.
  8. ^ Chilton, Louis (19 March 2023). "Peter Hardy death: Actor found dead on Australian beach after drowning while snorkelling". The Independent. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  9. ^ Van Aken, Elise (19 March 2023). "Peter Hardy: Actor's final moments revealed in 'cheerful' posts prior to Fremantle South Beach drowning". The West Australian. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Peter Hardy Film CV". www.peterhardy.net.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "Peter Hardy Television CV". www.peterhardy.net.