Richard Moir
Biography
Richard Moir is an Australian former actor and editor who was born in Queensland in 1950. He started out editing low-budget Australian films and TV series in the 1970s, worked as a film assistant for Four Corners, and reported for A Current Affair before turning to acting. He first became known as electrician Eddie Cook in the soap opera Prisoner, and later played Tony Twist, known as Dad, in the first two seasons of Round the Twist from 1989 to 1992. From 1993 to 1999 he played Sergeant Clive O'Connor in Law of the Land. His film work includes The Odd Angry Shot (1979), The Chain Reaction (1980), Welcome to Woop Woop (1998), and Joey (1997). He appeared in the Logie Award-winning miniseries 1915 (1982) and returned to acting in 2022 in the short film Not Dark Yet.
76years old
Turns 77 on January 1in 52 days
- Born Queensland
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 19 years1979 to 1998
Every film, newest first
- 1998Welcome to Woop WoopIMDb rating 5.7
- 1997JoeyIMDb rating 4.8
- 1980The Chain ReactionIMDb rating 5.4
- 1979The Odd Angry ShotIMDb rating 6.6
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A change of course
Moir started out as a film editor, working on low-budget Australian movies and TV shows from the 1970s, many of them made by director Esben Storm. A friendship with Storm helped launch his acting career.
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Worked with
Richard Moir shares two films with Frankie J. Holden, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Frankie J. Holden's page
Ed Begley Jr.'s page
Mel Gibson's page
Julie Andrews's page
Johnathon Schaech's page
Bryan Brown's page
Ian BarryDirector, 2 films, 1980 to 1997
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