Peter Hardy

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) 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