Dudley Moore
- Acting
- April 19, 1935 · Dagenham, Essex, England, UK
- March 27, 2002
Biography
Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. Moore first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writer-performers in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe from 1960 that created a boom in satiric comedy. With a member of that team, Peter Cook, Moore collaborated on the BBC television series Not Only... But Also. As a popular double act, Moore's buffoonery contrasted with Cook's deadpan monologues. They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and worked together on other projects until the mid-1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles to concentrate on his film acting. Moore's career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly Bedazzled (1967), set in Swinging Sixties London (in which he co-starred with Cook) and Hollywood productions Foul Play (1978), 10 (1979) and Arthur (1981). For Arthur, Moore was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe for his performance in Micki & Maude (1984). Moore was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987 and was made a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 16 November 2001 in what was his last public appearance.
Known for
Filmography
- Jim Henson Idea Man · Self
- Parkinson at 50 · Self
- Howard · Self
- Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches · Self
- The Undiscovered Peter Cook · Self
- Waking Sleeping Beauty · Self
- ...Sings the Beatles · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- The Best of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore · Self
- Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive · Self
- Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe · Self
- Dudley Moore: After the Laughter · Self
- Bedazzled · Story
- The Mighty Kong · Carl Denham / King Kong (Voice)
- The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson · Self
- A Weekend in the Country · Simon Farrell
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show · Self
- Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook · Self
- Oscar's Orchestra · Oscar
- Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar · Self
- Really Wild Animals: Totally Tropical Rainforests · Spin (Voice)
- Daddy's Girls · Dudley Walker
- Parallel Lives · Imaginary Friend / President Andrews
- Really Wild Animals · Spin (Voice)
- The Pickle · Planet Cleveland Man (uncredited)
- Dudley · Dudley Bristol
- Terry Wogan's Friday Night · Self
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories · Narrator (Voice)
- Blame It on the Bellboy · Melvyn Orton
- Pebble Mill · Self
- Voices That Care · Self
- The Best of What's Left of Not Only But Also · Creator
- Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed · Self
- Crazy People · Emory Leeson
- Life of Python · Self
- Celebrity Guide to Wine · Self
- Miss Piggy's Hollywood · Self
- The Jim Henson Hour · Self
- Saturday Night Clive
- Clive James' Postcard from · Self
- The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball · Self
- Eighth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Here to Make Music · Self
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks · Arthur Bach, Executive producer
- Like Father Like Son · Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris Hammond
- Dolly · Self
- Going Live! · Self
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis · Narrator (voice: US version)
- W.C. Fields: Straight Up
- Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie · Self
- Santa Claus: The Movie · Patch
- Micki & Maude · Rob Salinger
- Best Defense · Wylie
- Unfaithfully Yours · Claude Eastman
- Romantic Comedy · Jason Carmichael
- Lovesick · Saul Benjamin
- Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 2 · Self
- Six Weeks · Patrick Dalton, Music
- Wogan · Self
- Night of 100 Stars · Self
- Electric Blue 007 · Self
- An Audience with Dudley Moore
- Arthur · Arthur Bach
- The Muppets Go to the Movies · Self
- Wholly Moses · Harvey Orchid / Herschel
- 10 · George Webber
- Derek and Clive Get the Horn · Derek, Writer
- The Hound of the Baskervilles · Doctor Watson / Mr. Spiggot / Mrs. Ada Holmes / Piano Player, Writer
- Foul Play · Stanley Tibbets
- The South Bank Show
- An Audience with... · Self
- Ciné regards · Self
- Pleasure at Her Majesty's · Narrator
- The Muppet Show · Self
- The Secret Policeman's Ball · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- When Things Were Rotten · Sheik Achmed
- ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen · British Comedian (Voice)
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland · Dormouse
- Film '72 · Self
- The Dudley Moore Trio - Jazz in "Oz" · Piano