Dudley Moore

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-04-19

Deathday 2002-03-27 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Dagenham, Essex, England, UK

Dudley Moore

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

Actor

2021
Parkinson at 50

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Howard

as Self (archive footage)

2016
The Undiscovered Peter Cook

as Self (archive footage)

2009
...Sings the Beatles

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Best of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore

as Self (archive footage)

2002
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive

as Self (archive footage)

2002
1998
The Mighty Kong

as Carl Denham / King Kong (voice)

1996
A Weekend in the Country

as Simon Farrell

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

1995
1994
Parallel Lives

as Imaginary Friend / President Andrews

1994
Daddy's Girls

as Dudley Walker

1994
Really Wild Animals

as Spin (voice)

1993
The Pickle

as Planet Cleveland Man (uncredited)

1993
Dudley

as Dudley Bristol

1992
Blame It on the Bellboy

as Melvyn Orton

1992
1991
Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1991
Pebble Mill

as Self

1990
Crazy People

as Emory Leeson

1990
1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks

as Arthur Bach

1987
Like Father Like Son

as Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris Hammond

1987
Going Live!

as Self

1986
1984
Micki + Maude

as Rob Salinger

1984
Best Defense

as Wylie

1984
Unfaithfully Yours

as Claude Eastman

1983
Romantic Comedy

as Jason Carmichael

1983
Lovesick

as Saul Benjamin

1982
Six Weeks

as Patrick Dalton

1982
1982
1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
Arthur

as Arthur Bach

1980
Wholly Moses

as Harvey Orchid / Herschel

1979
10

as George Webber

1978
The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Doctor Watson / Mr. Spiggot / Mrs. Ada Holmes / Piano Player

1978
Foul Play

as Stanley Tibbets

1978
An Audience with...

as Self - Presenter

1976
The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
When Things Were Rotten

as Sheik Achmed

1969
1969
Monte Carlo or Bust!

as Lt. Kit Barrington

1968
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
Bedazzled

as Stanley Moon

1966
Exit 19

as Maserati Driver

1966
The Wrong Box

as John Finsbury

1965
Flatland

as A Square

1964
Beyond the Fringe

as Various Characters

1964
The Hat

as George - The Second Border Guard (voice)

1964
1961
The Third Alibi

as Rehearsal Pianist (Uncredited)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Sound

1982
Six Weeks

as Original Music Composer

1969
Staircase

as Music

1968
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!

as Original Music Composer

1968
Inadmissible Evidence

as Original Music Composer

1967
Bedazzled

as Original Music Composer

1962
The Hole

as Original Music Composer

Producer

1988
Arthur 2: On the Rocks

as Executive Producer