Former child and then juvenile actor, always to be remembered for bestowing on a 14-year-old Shirley Temple her first screen kiss - in 'Miss Annie Rooney' (1942). Has been a public-relations executive since the 50s, currently (1995) based in New York City.
September 7, 2015, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Place Of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Weight
84 kg
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack, Director
Nationality
American
Spouse
Jane Powell, Pat Dempsey
Children
Kevin Moore
Parents
Nora Eileen, John Richard Moore, Sr.
Siblings
Pat Kingsley
Awards
Art Ross Trophy
Movies
Blonde Venus, Miss Annie Rooney, Out of the Past, Sergeant York, The Story of Louis Pasteur, So Big, Heaven Can Wait, The Member of the Wedding, Oliver Twist, The Life of Emile Zola, Birthday Blues, The Bride Wore Red, Hook and Ladder, Million Dollar Legs, Man's Castle, Free Wheeling, Gabriel Over t...
TV Shows
The Little Rascals, Our Gang
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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[Referring to Stymie of Our Gang and other Gang members] I liked him a great deal, he and his family. Pesonally I remember them best. His mother had us over, made ice cream in the back yard, and cooked dinner for us. Marvelous, lovely day we had; she had a big party one day at their home. I never knew any of the others socially. I was never at anyone's house, and I don't know if they were at ours. There was never anything wrong, there was just no communication.
2
I think performers have a real need to be made aware of the fact that their gifts and talents have a residual use. I'm always interested in anybody's story where they have managed to beat the odds and come out doing something they want to do, and still be able to utilize their backgrounds. It's worked for me.
3
People have a tendency to remember you as you were. Unless you're careful, you have a tendency to remember you as you were, too.
4
[on working with Cecil B. DeMille in The Squaw Man (1931)] He was a complete and total egotist who didn't give a damn about anyone but himself. He hit me. I was a five-year-old kid and he hit me!
5
There was a time when I bridled whenever a fan bothered me for an autograph or someone started with the jokes about dimples, but now I'm rather pleased that someone remembers.
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Fact
1
Besides his his wife, Jane Powell, survived by a son, Kevin; a stepson, Geary; two stepdaughters, Lindsay and Suzanne; a sister, Pat Kingsley; and several grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
2
Moore was "discovered" when Joseph Selznick's secretary was picking up his mother to take her to the studio and impulsively decided that the infant Moore looked like John Barrymore may have as a child. Moore then was hired to play the young Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue (1927).
3
Author of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (But Don't Have Sex or Take the Car)" in which he interviewed 31 ex-child actors, more than half of whom found their adult lives beset by alcoholism, nervous breakdowns, or failed first marriages. [1984]
4
He recalled that the much-publicized scene in Miss Annie Rooney (1942) in which he kisses Shirley Temple was extremely embarrassing for him, inasmuch as it was the first time he had ever kissed any girl; conversely, in her autobiography, Temple cheekily pointed out that it most certainly wasn't her first time, and that she breezed through the scene with her customary professional aplomb.
5
Co-produced and co-directed and acted in a two-reel short subject called Boy and the Eagle (1949) that earned an Oscar nomination.
6
Served in World War II and attended college majoring in journalism.
7
Quit acting at the age of 29 after making over 100 movies. He became involved with Actors Equity and became editor of their magazine and eventually became a part of the public relations counsel. In later years he formed his own public relations office and edited the journal of AFTRA, producing industrial shows and supervising other accounts.
8
One of the Little Rascals for just a year (1932-1933), his closest friend on the set was Stymie. He left the Rascals at age 8 to seek greener pastures--feature films.
9
Did not meet Jane Powell, his future wife, until 1981 when he was researching his book on child stars, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
10
In 1957 he accepted the newly designed post of public relations director of Actors Equity. In 1964 he left to form his own public relations firm, Dick Moore Associates.
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Born at 3:15am-PDT
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Omnibus
1957
TV Series
Lt. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
The Web
1954
TV Series
The Man Behind the Badge
1954
TV Series
Lux Video Theatre
1951-1953
TV Series
Carter Lockwood / Tony
The Member of the Wedding
1952
Soldier (as Dick Moore)
Eight Iron Men
1952
Pvt. Muller (as Dick Moore)
Starlight Theatre
1951
TV Series
Sure As Fate
1951
TV Series
Cody of the Pony Express
1950
Bill Cody
Killer Shark
1950
Jonesy (as Dick Moore)
Boy and the Eagle
1949
Short
The Cripple Boy / Narrator
Captain Video and His Video Rangers
1949
TV Series
Jeff (uncredited)
Tuna Clipper
1949
Frankie Pereira
Bad Boy
1949
Charlie
Behind Locked Doors
1948
Jim (uncredited)
16 Fathoms Deep
1948
George
Dangerous Years
1947
Gene Spooner
Out of the Past
1947
The Kid
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
Youth Runs Wild
1944
Georgie Dunlop
The Eve of St. Mark
1944
Zip West
The Song of Bernadette
1943
Adolard Bouhouhorts - Age 15 (uncredited)
Jive Junction
1943
Peter Crane
Happy Land
1943
Peter Orcutt
Heaven Can Wait
1943
Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Marty
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
Johnny
Sergeant York
1941
George York
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
'Limpy' Barnes
A Dispatch from Reuter's
1940
Reuter as a Boy
The Blue Bird
1940
Young Lad (uncredited)
Hidden Power
1939
Stevie Garfield
The Under-Pup
1939
Jerry Binns
Lincoln in the White House
1939
Short
Tad Lincoln
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen
The Gladiator
1938
Bobby
My Bill
1938
Bill Colbrook
Love, Honor and Behave
1938
Ted - as a child
The Bride Wore Red
1937
Pietro
Madame X
1937
Allan Simonds (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Pierre Dreyfus
Star for a Night
1936
Boy (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
Dickie Burke
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
Joseph Meister
Timothy's Quest
1936
Timothy
Peter Ibbetson
1935
Gogo - Peter Age 8
So Red the Rose
1935
Middleton Bedford
Swellhead
1935
Billy Malone
Without Children
1935
David Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child
Little Men
1934
Demi
The World Accuses
1934
Tommy Weymouth
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
Thomas Hall Jr
The Human Side
1934
Bobbie Sheldon
Fifteen Wives
1934
Young Boy
In Love with Life
1934
Laurence 'Laury' Applegate
Upperworld
1934
Tommy Stream
This Side of Heaven
1934
Freddie
Gallant Lady
1933
Deedy Lawrence
Cradle Song
1933
Alberto
Man's Castle
1933
Joie
The Wolf Dog
1933
The Boy at Airport
Mush and Milk
1933
Short
Dickie (as Our Gang)
The Kid from Borneo
1933
Short
Dickie (as Our Gang)
Gabriel Over the White House
1933
Jimmy Vetter
Forgotten Babies
1933
Short
Dickie (as Our Gang)
Obey the Law
1933
Dickie Chester
Oliver Twist
1933
Oliver Twist
Fish Hooky
1933
Short
Dickie (as Our Gang)
A Lad an' a Lamp
1932
Short
Dickie (as Our Gang)
The Racing Strain
1932
Bill Westcott as a Little Boy (courtesy of Hal Roach)
The Devil Is Driving
1932
'Buddy' Evans
Birthday Blues
1932
Short
Dickie (as Our Gang)
Deception
1932
Dickie Allen
Free Wheeling
1932
Short
Dickie
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