Richard Moir (born 1950) is an Australian former actor and editor. He is known for many Australian film roles and in TV soap opera Prisoner (also known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) as original character of electrician Eddie Cook and in children's comedy Round the Twist as "Dad" Tony Twist. Personal life In 1990, Moir was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the degenerative effects of which gradually brought his acting career to a premature end. Moir later underwent deep brain stimulation therapy, a process covered by the 2006 documentary The Bridge At Midnight Trembles. He was married to Julie Nihill and they had two daughters. Filmography Film 27A (1974) Richard In Search of Anna (1978) Tony The Odd Angry Shot (1979) Medic The Chain Reaction (1980) Jr. Const. Pigott Heatwave (1982) Stephen West Sweet Dreamers (1982) Will Daniels Running On Empty (1982) Fox Going Down (1982) Hotel night manager The Plains of Heaven (1982) Barker With Prejudice (1983) Middleton Wrong World (1985) David Trueman An Indecent Obsession (1985) Luce Daggett The Long Way Home (1985, TV Movie) Bob Jilted (1987) Al Minnamurra (1989) Bill Thompson Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) Lt. Comte Deadly (1991) Willie the Pathologist Welcome to Woop Woop (1997) Reggie Joey (1997) School Teacher Television The Restless Years (1978) Curley Prisoner (part of the original cast in 1979) Eddie Cook Players in the Gallery (1980, TV Movie) David 1915 (1982) Rev. Fox Alterations (1988, TV Movie) Richard Round the Twist (1989-1992) Tony Twist Dolphin Cove (1989) The Big Wish (1990, TV Movie) The King Law of the Land (1993) Sgt Clive O'Connor References External links 1950 births Australian people of French descent Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Living people Male actors from Queensland People with Parkinson's disease 20th-century Australian male actors