Peter Hehir

{{short description|Australian actor (born 1949)}}

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| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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| occupation = Actor

| known_for = The Sullivans (TV series) as Bert Duggan

| years_active = 1973–1998

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Peter Hehir is an Australian former actor. He had a couple of theatre role in 1973 and one in 1975,{{cite web|url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contibutor/245600|title=Peter Hehir}} however was best known for his regular role as on the television soap opera The Sullivans as Bert Duggan from 1976 to 1978. His film appearances included roles in features and made-for television productions including The Last of the Knucklemen (1979),{{Citation | last= Gaind | first= Rama | title= Movies available on tape in Canberra | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/116415602 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date=1 July 1983 |access-date=17 May 2023}} I Live with Me Dad (1985),{{Citation | last= Cooke | first= Graham | title= Atom bombs and ambition make intriguing tale | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101974999 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date=8 February 1988 |access-date=17 May 2023}} The Hour Before My Brother Dies (1986),{{Citation | author1=Noel Price | author2=James Clayden | author3=Daniel Keene | author4=Peter Hehir | author5=Rhonda Wilson | author6=Reg Evans | author7=Margot Duell | author8=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | title=The Hour before my brother dies | publication-date=1986 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/229535237 | access-date=17 May 2023}} Two Friends (1986){{Citation | last=Macor |first=Alison | title= Two Friends | url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/events/film/1996-06-07/two-friends/ | periodical= Austin Chronicle | date= 7 June 1996}} and Fast Talking (1984),{{Citation | last= Jillett | first= Neil | title= holiday chips | url= | periodical= The Age | date=20 August 1984 }}

The latter of which he was nominated for the 1984 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.{{Citation | last= | first= | title= 'Silver City' has highest number of nominations | url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136915954 | periodical= The Canberra Times | date=13 September 1984 |access-date=17 May 2023}}