Victor Moore was born on February 24, 1876 in Hammonton, New Jersey, USA as Victor Frederick Moore. He was an actor, known for Swing Time (1936), Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). He was married to Shirley Paige and Emma Littlefield. He died on July 24, 1962 in East Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.
The Victor Moore Arcade in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, which connected subway entrances and exits to an adjacent bus terminal was wiped out of existence in 2005 when the Roosevelt Ave. subway station was rebuilt. The name, however, was transferred to the present Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal.
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His first part was a non-speaking role in an 1893 Boston Theatre production of "Babes in the Woods". He subsequently appeared on Broadway and in vaudeville (1913-15). Came to Los Angeles for an appendectomy in 1915, and decided to stay and try his luck in the movies. He initially appeared in 5-reel features for Jesse L. Lasky, then starred in his own series of one-reel situation comedies for Paramount, 1916-17. Resumed stage work in 1918 with only occasional forays to the screen until the mid-30's.
There is a rarely shown sound film in existence that shows Moore as Vice President Throttlebottom in a dialogue scene from "Of Thee I Sing" (the scene in which Throttlebottom is lost in the White House and gets mixed up with a group touring the building). It was part of an Edward R. MurrowSee It Now (1951) program on the Vice Presidency, and not, as is assumed by some, part of a film version of "Of Thee I Sing". "Of Thee I Sing" has never been filmed theatrically, although there is a videotaped 1972 television production of the musical.
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Children: Victor Jr. (c. 1910), Ora (c. 1919) and Robert (c. 1921)
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Moore, or his family, was into buying real estate. A building in the Jackson Heights section of Queens is named after him. The Victor Moore Arcade is bounded by Roosevelt Ave., Broadway (Queens' Broadway) and 75th St. It houses stores, offices, a bus terminal and two entrances to a subway station. The Victor Moore Arcade was actually seen in a movie. Henry Fonda exits from the subway at this building at the start of Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956).
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Moore and his first wife were a vaudeville team for several decades before her death. Moore did not announce his marriage to Shirley Paige until they had been married for a year and a half. At the time of the announcement he was 67 and she was 22.
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Comedian.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Seven Year Itch
1955
Plumber
The Best of Broadway
1955
TV Series
Adolph Gretzl
So This Is Hollywood
1955
TV Series
Oliver Wentworth
Medallion Theatre
1953
TV Series
We're Not Married!
1952
Justice of the Peace Melvin Bush
Musical Comedy Time
1951
TV Series
Oliver P. Loganberry
The Magnavox Theatre
1950
TV Series
Lightnin' Bill Jones
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre
1949
TV Series
Bill
A Kiss in the Dark
1949
Horace Willoughby
On Our Merry Way
1948
Ashton Carrington
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Aloysius T. McKeever
Duffy's Tavern
1945
Michael O'Malley
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Lawyer's Client ('Pay the Two Dollars')
Ain't That Ducky
1945
Short
Hunter (voice, uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
1945
Victor Moore
Carolina Blues
1944
Phineas / Elliott / Hiriam / ...
True to Life
1943
Pop Porter
The Heat's On
1943
Hubert Bainbridge
Riding High
1943
Mortimer J. Slocum
This Is the Army
1943
Soldier's Father (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
William 'Bronco Billy' Webster
Louisiana Purchase
1941
Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry
This Marriage Business
1938
Jud Parker
Radio City Revels
1938
Paul Plummer
She's Got Everything
1937
Waldo Eddington - a Bookie
The Life of the Party
1937
Oliver
Meet the Missus
1937
Otis Foster
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Barkley Cooper
We're on the Jury
1937
Mr. J. Clarence 'Pudgy' Beaver
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
J.J. Hobart
Swing Time
1936
Pop Cardetti
Gift of Gab
1934
Colonel Horatios Trivers
Romance in the Rain
1934
J. Franklyn Blank
Ladies Not Allowed
1932
Short
Love in the Suburbs
1931
Short
Heads Up
1930
Skippy Dugan
Dangerous Nan McGrew
1930
Doc Foster
The Man Who Found Himself
1925
Humpty Dumpty Smith
Adam and Some Eves
1918
Short
He Got His
1918
Short
Meatless Days and Sleepless Nights
1918
Short
Oh! U-Boat
1917
Short
Rough and Ready Reggie
1917
Short
Reggie
The Wrong Mr. Fox
1917
Short
Jimmy Fox
The Installment Plan
1917
Short
Toothaches and Heartaches
1917
Short
Nutty Knitters
1917
Short
Faint Heart and Fair Lady
1917
Short
Home Defense
1917
Short
The Cow Jumped Over the Moon
1917
Short
In Bed-In Bad
1917
Short
Camping
1917
Short
Summer Boarding
1917
Short
Vic
Oh, Pop!
1917
Short
Commuting
1917
Short
Bungalowing
1917
Short
Invited Out
1917
Short
Flivvering
1917
Short
Moving
1917
Short
Ballads and Bologna
1917
Short
His Military Figure
1917
Short
Some Doctor
1917
Short
He Got There After All
1917
Short
Vic
The Sleepwalker
1917
Short
Vic
The Honeyless Honeymoon
1917
Short
Vic
Did It Ever Happen to You?
1917
Short
Vic
He Meant Well
1917
Short
In Society and Out
1916
Short
The Best Man
1916
Short
The Clown
1916
Piffle
The Race
1916
Jimmy Grayson Jr.
Chimmie Fadden Out West
1915
Chimmie Fadden
Chimmie Fadden
1915
Short
Chimmie Fadden
Snobs
1915
Henry Disney
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ed Wynn Show
1949
TV Series performer - 1 episode
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
performer: "That's What Christmas Means to Me"
It's in the Bag!
1945
performer: "The Curse of an Aching Heart" 1913 - uncredited
The Heat's On
1943
performer: "They Looked So Pretty on the Envelope" 1943
Louisiana Purchase
1941
performer: "YOU'RE LONELY AND I'M LONELY"
Radio City Revels
1938
performer: "YOU'RE THE APPLE OF MY EYE YOU LITTLE PEACH" 1938 - uncredited
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
performer: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" 1910 - uncredited
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
performer: "Speaking of the Weather" 1936
Swing Time
1936
"The Way You Look Tonight" 1936, "A Fine Romance" 1936, uncredited / performer: "Pick Yourself Up" 1936 - uncredited