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
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
on 11 January 1957. He began his music career in 1969 playing the
French horn
The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...
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
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
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
Perspiration, also known as sweating, is the production of fluids secreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. The eccrine sweat glands are distribut ...
''. Between 2006 and 2009 he appeared in 44 episodes of ''
McLeod's Daughters
''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Brid ...
'' as Phil Rakich. In 2012, Hardy appeared in a television film, ''
Dangerous Remedy
''Dangerous Remedy'' is an Australian historical drama and crime thriller telemovie, which was broadcast on ABC1 on 4 November 2012. It depicts real life Scottish-born doctor, Bertram Wainer (Jeremy Sims) as he strives for abortion law reform ...
'', as Robbie McGregor.
Death
Hardy died while snorkelling at South Beach in
Fremantle, Western Australia
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
, on 16 March 2023. He was 66.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1957 births
2023 deaths
20th-century Australian male actors
21st-century Australian male actors
Male actors from Perth, Western Australia
Australian male film actors
Australian male television actors
Deaths by drowning in Australia