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. Hardy began his career on stage on the show "Revue - The Other Opening". Later, he played and sang in "An Officer And A Gentleman" in the Lyric Theatre in Sydney under the direction of Simon Phillips.
Hardy began his film career in 1986 with The Pursuit of Happiness, after which he played in a number of films, TV movies, TV series and shorts. In 1996, Hardy appeared in the Network 10 series Sweat. 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.
Death Hardy died while snorkelling at South Beach in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 16 March 2023. He was 66.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1986 The Pursuit of Happiness John Feature film 1988 Daisy and Simon (aka Where the Outback Ends) Rowdy Feature film 1990 Jackaroo Ram Gallagher TV movie 1990 Elvis Killed My Brother 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 Adrian's father TV movie 1997 The Last of the Ryans Woggsie TV movie 1997 Fable Mack TV movie 1997 The Ripper Patrician Feature film 1999 Dead End Det. Insp. Wolcott Feature film 2000 Chopper Detective Cooney Feature film 2001 Chasing Rabbits 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 Rocky Wilson TV series, episode: "Snow Job" 1993 Stark Lifesaver TV series, episode: #1.1 1993 Snowy Pokey TV series1993-1994Time Trax Dr. Keneally TV series, episodes: "Little Boy Lost" & "Perfect Pair" 1994 A Country Practice Steve Atkinson TV series, episode: "The Grass Is Greener" 1994 Janus Gavin Lindsay TV series, episode: "Judgement Amongst Short Men" 1994-2005 Blue Heelers 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 Seb Holgate TV series, episode: "Montana Territory". Also known in United States as "Snowy River: The McGregor Saga" 1995 Naked 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 Sid O'Reilly TV series, episodes: #1.1 - #1.26 1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Kirby TV series, episode: "Return of the Phantom" 1997 State Coroner 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 Ewan Mancini TV series, episode #1.34 1999 Stingers 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 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 Colin Tully TV series, episode #1.10 2009 East West 101 Barry Hill TV series, episode "Ice in the Veins" 2011 Rush Doug Rainey TV series, episodes: #4.6 - #4.9
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