birth_place article_title birth_date occupation
queensland , australia richard moir
 1950 actor/editor
richard moir

richard moir -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is an australian actor and editor , he is known for many australian film roles and as an original character electrician eddie cook in soap opera prisoner - -lrb- also known as prisoner : cell block h -rrb- and as `` dad '' tony twist in round the twist 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 '' .
