Jonathan Hardy obit

Kiwi actor Jonathan Hardy dies aged 71

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New Zealand film and television star Jonathan Hardy has died at the age of 71, it has been reported.

Best known for his role on cult sci-fi show Farscape, Hardy was honoured by his co-star Lani Tupu on Facebook, Examiner.com reported.

Bushy-browed, New Zealand-born actor and writer Jonathan Hardy became most familiar to television audiences as the commanding voice of the Jim Henson Creature Shop muppet, Dominar Rygel XVI, the pint-sized , egocentric ruler-in-exile of a galactic empire, in TV's cult series Farscape (1999). His distinctive diction proved ideally suited to lending both humour and personality to the cantankerous, idiosyncratic 26-inch Hynerian.

Jonathan was educated at St. Patrick's College and Victoria University in Wellington, and trained for acting at the New Zealand Player's Drama School. In later years, he became a force in his country's theatrical scene as artistic director of the Auckland Mercury Theatre, from 1980 to 1985. Prior to that, he had studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a scholarship, and subsequently spent ten years gaining valuable experience on British stages -- with the National Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon Avon. Back in the antipodes, he was especially acclaimed for his performance as Willy Loman in an Auckland Theatre Company production of "Death of a Salesman". With the same organisation, he had another winning role in "Twelve Angry Men". After moving to Australia in 1972, Jonathan was notably featured in the films The Mango Tree (1977) and Mad Max (1979), and had guest spots on popular television shows like Prisoner (1979) and The Flying Doctors (1986). He also made occasional forays into screenwriting. His first, for the controversial Boer war drama Breaker Morant (1980), won him an Oscar nomination (along with Bruce Beresford and David Stevens), and an Australian Film Institute Award. In the cast of the two-act play "Breaker Morant", debuting at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne (February 1978), he played the key role of Major James Francis Thomas, who defended Morant at the infamous court martial.

Jonathan was known in his profession for his work ethic and boundless energy. In fact, he soldiered on for many years after 1988, despite having undergone the trauma of heart transplant surgery. He also had a reputation for a wonderfully wicked sense of humour ...after all, he once described Rygel's most endearing traits on "Farscape" to be "biting people and farting helium"!

 

Director

Laura Branigan in Backstage (1988)

Backstage

7.1

Director

1988

 

Writer

Wishbone

Writer

2006

 

The Adventures of Skippy (1992)

The Adventures of Skippy

6.7

TV Series

Writer

1992

1 episode

 

Porters

TV Series

Writer (as Jonathon Hardy)

1988

1 episode

 

Laura Branigan in Backstage (1988)

Backstage

7.1

screenplay

1988

 

Constance (1984)

Constance

5.7

screenplaystory

1984

 

Edward Woodward in Breaker Morant (1980)

Breaker Morant

7.8

screenplay by

1980

 

Actor

Magical Tales (2010)

Magical Tales

7.6

TV Series

Wally

2012

1 episode

 

Big in Japan

Short

Dr. Timpleton

2009

 

Wishbone

Homeless Man

2006

 

Hunt Angels poster

Hunt Angels

6.7

Magistrate

2006

 

Severance (2005)

Severance

7.5

Therapy Group

2005

 

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)

Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars

8.2

TV Mini Series

Rygel XVI (voice)

2004

2 episodes

 

MDA (2002)

MDA

7.3

TV Series

Justice Tulloch

2003

2 episodes

 

Rebecca Gibney, Kate Kendall, Peter Phelps, and Gary Sweet in Stingers (1998)

Stingers

7.1

TV Series

Stephen Betjeman

2003

1 episode

 

The Secret Life of Us (2001)

The Secret Life of Us

7.6

TV Series

Tribunal Man

2003

1 episode

 

Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom in Ned Kelly (2003)

Ned Kelly

6.4

The Great Orlando

2003

 

Claudia Black, Ben Browder, and Virginia Hey in Farscape (1999)

Farscape

8.3

TV Series

Dominar Rygel XVIKa D'ArgoRygel ...

1999–2003

86 episodes

 

Farscape: The Game (2002)

Farscape: The Game

7.5

Video Game

Rygel XVI (voice)

2002

 

Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Moulin Rouge!

7.6

Man In The Moon

2001

 

Camping with Camus

7.0

Short

Uncle Blick

2000

 

Above the Law (2000)

Above the Law

6.2

TV Series

Stan the Fingers

2000

1 episode

 

Bob Baines, Andrew Clarke, and Wendy Hughes in State Coroner (1997)

State Coroner

6.8

TV Series

Steve Capelli

1998

1 episode

 

Jack Campbell, John Howard, Judith McGrath, Tammy Macintosh, John Waters, Andrew Supanz, and Mirrah Foulkes in All Saints (1998)

All Saints

7.1

TV Series

Cliff Unwin

1998

1 episode

 

Terrain

6.7

TV Movie

Giles Ballard

1997

 

Down Rusty Down (1997)

Down Rusty Down

7.7

Short

Otis

1997

 

Dust Off the Wings (1997)

Dust Off the Wings

5.9

Celebrant (as Johnathon Hardy)

1997

 

Twisted Tales (1996)

Twisted Tales

7.1

TV Series

Roger Mormon

1997

1 episode

 

My Entire Life (1996)

My Entire Life

6.6

Reverend McIntyre

1996

 

Medivac (1996)

Medivac

8.0

TV Series

Rosenthal

1996

1 episode

 

Tayler Kane in Fire (1995)

Fire

7.4

TV Series

Sgt Steve (as Jonathon Hardy)

1996

1 episode

 

Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1994)

Snowy River: The McGregor Saga

7.3

TV Series

John Archer Sr.

1996

1 episode

 

Richard Chamberlain and Amanda Donohoe in The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996)

The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years

6.2

TV Movie

Father Emilio

1996

 

Tunnel Vision (1995)

Tunnel Vision

4.3

TV Movie

Henry Adams

1995

 

Mission Top Secret (1993)

Mission Top Secret

8.1

TV Series

Bombalini

1995

1 episode

 

Michael Craig and Denise Roberts in G.P. (1989)

G.P.

7.2

TV Series

Robert Houghton (as Jonathon Hardy)

1995

1 episode

 

The Nostradamus Kid (1993)

The Nostradamus Kid

5.7

'General Booth Enters Heaven' Strolling Player

1993

 

The Adventures of Skippy (1992)

The Adventures of Skippy

6.7

TV Series

Grandad Bill

1992

2 episodes

 

A Country Practice (1981)

A Country Practice

6.8

TV Series

Patrick Gardiner

1990

1 episode

 

Winners (1985)

Winners

7.5

TV Series

Mr. Bretherton

1990

1 episode

 

The Flying Doctors (1986)

The Flying Doctors

6.8

TV Series

Tyler Wells

1990

1 episode

 

Bloodmoon (1990)

Bloodmoon

4.7

Mayor

1990

 

Abigail, Diane Craig, Anne Phelan, and Dinah Shearing in Family and Friends (1990)

Family and Friends

TV Series

Brother Ignatius

1990

 

Kylie Minogue and Charlie Schlatter in The Delinquents (1989)

The Delinquents

5.7

Magistrate

1989

 

E Street (1989)

E Street

6.6

TV Series

Liam Buckley

1989

3 episodes

 

Jane Badler, Peter Graves, Antony Hamilton, Terry Markwell, Phil Morris, and Thaao Penghlis in Mission: Impossible (1988)

Mission: Impossible

7.5

TV Series

Etienne Reynard

1989

1 episode

 

John Wood in Rafferty's Rules (1987)

Rafferty's Rules

7.1

TV Series

Mr. Linnehan

1989

1 episode

 

Lie of the Land

6.0

Doctor Max Steiner

1985

 

Jodie Foster and John Lithgow in Mesmerized (1985)

Mesmerized

4.7

Burley

1985

 

Wills & Burke (1985)

Wills & Burke

4.3

John Macadam

1985

 

Death Warmed Up (1984)

Death Warmed Up

4.6

Ranji Gandhi

1984

 

Heroes (1984)

Heroes

8.7

TV Series

Shopkeeper

1984

2 episodes

 

Constance (1984)

Constance

5.7

Randolf Grieve

1984

 

Nearly No Christmas (1983)

Nearly No Christmas

2.6

TV Movie

Mr. Rich (as Jonathon Hardy)

1983

 

Lonely Hearts (1982)

Lonely Hearts

6.9

Bruce

1982

 

John Carradine in Klynham Summer (1982)

Klynham Summer

5.8

Charlie Dabney

1982

 

Maggie Kirkpatrick in Prisoner (1979)

Prisoner

8.1

TV Series

WallerMr. Potter

1980–1981

3 episodes

 

Under the Mountain (1981)

Under the Mountain

7.9

TV Series

Country Policeman (as Jonathon Hardy)

1981

1 episode

 

Twenty Good Years (1979)

Twenty Good Years

7.2

TV Series

Josef Goldman

1979

12 episodes

 

The John Sullivan Story (1979)

The John Sullivan Story

6.4

TV Movie

Vlad

1979

 

Mel Gibson in Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max

6.8

Labatouche (as Jonathon Hardy)

1979

 

Lorraine Bayly, Paul Cronin, Susan Hannaford, Andrew McFarlane, Richard Morgan, and Steven Tandy in The Sullivans (1976)

The Sullivans

6.9

TV Series

Captain

1978

1 episode

 

Against the Wind (1978)

Against the Wind

8.1

TV Mini Series

Sam Fitchett

1978

1 episode

 

The Truckies (1978)

The Truckies

7.4

TV Series

1978

1 episode

 

The Mackenzie Affair (1977)

The Mackenzie Affair

TV Mini Series

Judge

1977

 

The Trial of Ned Kelly

8.3

TV Movie

1977

 

The Mango Tree (1977)

The Mango Tree

6.8

Joe Speight

1977

 

John Hargreaves in Young Ramsay (1977)

Young Ramsay

7.9

TV Series

Colonel Flynn

1977

1 episode

 

John Diedrich, Lucky Grills, and Gerda Nicolson in Bluey (1976)

Bluey

7.6

TV Series

Benny Allman

1977

1 episode

 

Martin Vaughan in Power Without Glory (1976)

Power Without Glory

8.5

TV Mini Series

Paddy KelleherRev. Joggins

1976

3 episodes

 

Andra (1976)

Andra

7.9

TV Series

Shenlyn

1976

6 episodes

 

The Devil's Playground (1976)

The Devil's Playground

6.8

Brother Arnold

1976

 

Rush (1974)

Rush

8.3

TV Series

Yorkshire Goldminer

1974

1 episode

 

Moving On (1974)

Moving On

Anne's Boyfriend

1974

 

Redheap (1972)

Redheap

TV Series

Henry

1972

3 episodes

 

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

5.6

Groove Courtenay

1972

 

Mandog (1972)

Mandog

7.1

TV Series

Halmar

1972

5 episodes

 

Producer

Porters

TV Series

producer (as Jonathon Hardy)

1988

1 episode

 

Additional Crew

Claudia Black, Ben Browder, and Virginia Hey in Farscape (1999)

Farscape

8.3

TV Series

puppetry

1999

1 episode

 

Tom Burlinson and Sigrid Thornton in Return to Snowy River (1988)

Return to Snowy River

6.6

associate to the director

1988

 

Thanks

The ScapeCast (2006)

The ScapeCast

Podcast Series

thanks

2008

1 episode

 

Self

The ScapeCast (2006)

The ScapeCast

Podcast Series

Self

2007–2008

4 episodes

 

Claudia Black, Ben Browder, Gigi Edgley, and Raelee Hill in Farscape Undressed (2001)

Farscape Undressed

8.0

TV Movie

Dominar Rygel XVI (voice)

2001

 

Butterfly Island (1985)

Butterfly Island

7.9

TV Series

Self

1985