Roger Moore


Live and Let Die
The Man with the Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Moonraker
For Your Eyes Only
Octopussy
A View to a Kill
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Biography

Roger George Moore was born in south London on October 14, 1927, the son of a policeman. At 15, he entered art school with the intention of becoming a painter, and later became an apprentice at an animation studio. He delved into acting as an extra in crowd scenes in the mid 1940's. He studied at the Royal Academy of Drama and appeared in some plays in the West End, before being inducted into the British Army. There he served in the rank of 2nd Lieutenant with a Combined Services Entertainment Unit in Germany at the end of World War II. After release from the military, he worked in theatre, radio and television, but also worked as a model and salesman to make ends meet.

Moore came to the U.S. in 1953, where he got a film contract with MGM, playing supporting roles in several films. His first big TV series was Ivanhoe, followed by Maverick. But it was his role as suave and debonair Simon Templar in the TV series The Saint that catapulted him to stardom. His contract with that show prevented him from being chosen for to play James Bond in 1962. But the Bond role returned to Moore in 1972, when Sean Connery again said for a second time that he was finished as Bond, and Moore was hired as his successor for Live and Let Die.

It has been said that Moore is closer to Ian Fleming's original concept of Bond, as a disenfranchised member of the British Establishment, than Connery's more rough-and-tumble Bond. Indeed, the tone of the series changed under Moore's aegis, with the scripts being tailored to his personality and acting ability. Moore made 7 Bond films, retiring as 007 after A View to a Kill in 1985. He was succeeded by Timothy Dalton the following year.

Moore has acted sporadically since that time, and appears most frequently in European gossip magazines and at charitable events. He recently appeared in a television commercial spoofing James Bond for the conglomerate Hansen's, which was pulled off the air due to litigation with the Bond copyright holders. He succeeded the late Audrey Hepburn in the role of Special Representative for the Film Arts for UNICEF, raising funds for children in underdeveloped countries. He has been married 3 times, and has 3 children, Deborah, Geoffrey and Christian.

Filmography

Act of Violence 1949
The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954
Interrupted Melody 1955
King's Thief 1955
Diane 1956
Ivanhoe [tv series] 1957-58
The Miracle 1959
The Alaskans [tv series] 1959-60
Maverick [tv series] 1960-61 season
Rape of the Sabines 1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade 1961
Gold of the Seven Saints 1961
The Saint [tv series] 1962-69 [as Simon Templar]
Crossplot 1969
The Man Who Haunted Himself 1970
The Persuaders [tv series] 1971-72
Live and Let Die 1973
Gold 1974
The Man with the Golden Gun 1974
That Lucky Touch 1975
Save Us From Our Friends 1975
Shout at the Devil 1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976
The Executioner 1976
The Spy Who Loved Me 1977
The Wild Geese 1978
Escape to Athena 1979
Moonraker 1979
Ester, Ruth and Jennifer 1979
The Muppet Show
Sunday Lovers 1980
The Sea Wolves 1980
ffolkes 1980
For Your Eyes Only 1981
Cannonball Run 1981
Octopussy 1983
The Naked Face 1984
A View to a Kill 1985
Fire, Ice and Dynamite 1990
Bullseye! 1991
Bed & Breakfast 1992
The Man Who Wouldn't Die 1995
The Quest 1996
The Saint 1997 [voice on the radio]

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