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  Roger Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moore was born in Stockwell, London Borough of Lambeth, the son of Lillian Pope and George Moore, a policeman.
Moore's seven years as Simon Templar earned him enough popularity (and credibility) among fans of detective fiction to earn many Bond fans' acceptance, despite the inevitable comparisons to Connery, who was and is a friend of Moore.
Moore has a daughter and two sons with Mattioli; son Geoffrey Moore also is an actor and owns a restaurant in London.
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 Roger Moore
Sir Roger Moore (born October 14, 1927) is an English actor.
Moore appeared in the TV series Maverick[?], The Saint[?] (as Simon Templar) and The Persuaders[?].
Moore is engaged in humanitarian projects in his work as an UNICEF ambassador.
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 Roger Moore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore (actor), the english actor, most famous for his roles as James Bond
Roger Moore is also the name of an Arkansas gun dealer.
Federal prosecutors speculated Moore was robbed in 1994 by Tim McVeigh and accomplice Terry Nichols, who were alleged to have used proceeds from the robbery for the Oklahoma City bombing.
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 AllMovieStar.com : Roger Moore photo gallery
Actor SIR ROGER MOORE & daughter actress DEBORAH MOORE & wife KIKI at the gala screening for The Ladykillers which is in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Actor SIR ROGER MOORE & daughter actress DEBORAH MOORE at the gala screening for The Ladykillers which is in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Actor SIR ROGER MOORE at the gala screening for The Ladykillers which is in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.
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 Universal Exports-Roger Moore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore was born on October 14th, 1927, in London.
Roger went on starring in 7 James Bond adventures, holding the record for the most 007 films by one actor (Connery-6, Dalton-2, Brosnan-3, Lazenby-1).
Moore retired from being James Bond in 1985, after the release of "A View to a Kill", at the age of 57.
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 News for Roger Moore (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore, who starred in seven James Bond films between 1973 and 1985, collapsed during a stage performance of The Play What I Wrote in New York Wednesday and was rushed unconscious to a hospital.
Roger Moore hates guns despite shooting to fame in the role of deadly spy James Bond.
Roger Moore, the onetime Simon Templar of TV (The Saint) and James Bond of the movies, has been filming his scenes for the forthcoming The Dream Team syndicated TV series near his home in Monaco, while the rest of the cast films theirs in Puerto Rico, the New York Times reported today.
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 Sir Roger Moore (Stockwell, England) has portrayed 007 in seven James Bond adventures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore is the only actor to have played 007 seven times.
For the 1970's and 1980's Roger Moore was James Bond 007.
Roger Moore at the age of 57 retired from the role of lethal agent James Bond.
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 Moore, Roger
Roger Moore settled into by 1948, appearing in small roles on British television, radio and repertory theatre.
As the figure of the title, Moore was suitably dashing, an energetic defender of the weak and the poor and a nobleman to boot.
Moore played Silky Harris, an adventurer, and already the suave sophistication that became a later trademark was in evidence.
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 USATODAY.com - Actor Roger Moore released from hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Moore, the suave star of seven James Bond movies, was released from a hospital Friday after being fitted for a pacemaker, according to a spokeswoman.
Moore was fitted for a pacemaker Thursday, according to Mary Cahill, a spokeswoman for UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency for which Moore has served as a goodwill ambassador for 12 years.
Moore's agents originally said he had breathing problems on stage and was diagnosed with dehydration and exhaustion.
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 Roger Moore - The films, movies, cinema, biography of British movie actor
Though in childhood Moore had been mercilessly teased by friends and family alike for being fat, by the time he was ready to start his career, he had become an exceptionally handsome man with a toned, well-muscled body.
Signed on the basis of his good looks to an MGM contract in 1954, Moore began making appearances in American films, none of which amounted to much dramatically; his biggest success of the 1950s was as star of the British-filmed TV series Ivanhoe.
Moore remained with the series from 1963-1967, occasionally directing a few episodes (he was never completely comfortable as simply an actor, forever claiming that he was merely getting by on his face and physique).
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 Roger Moore
Between heroic spells as the Saint and James Bond, Roger Moore was teamed with Tony Curtis in The Persuaders, a derivative but fun series about a couple of millionaire dilettante adventurers who swan around the world competing for the attention of beautiful women and getting involved in perplexing mysteries.
Moore is Lord Brett Sinclair, an upper crust Brit of impeccable breeding, while Curtis is Danny Wilde, an up-from-the-streets self-made man whose trademark is a pair of brown gloves.
Roger Moore brought an altogether lighter tone to 007 with Live and Let Die, softening Connery's rough edges with a more romantic persona as the films became even more exotic.
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 MI6 :: The Home Of James Bond 007
Moore, the son of George Alfred Moore, a London police constable, was born in a relatively poor area of London.
Roger simply couldn't refuse and Hurst told him, that if he could get financial support from his family for the time being, he would pay the fees for Moore to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Roger had once said "I think Bond films are great - escapist entertainment, expensively made" very true at that, a good thing for Moore was that he felt he was being paid for having fun and living out his fantasies.
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 Moore Roger Switzerland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore was born in London in 1927.
In 1953, Roger Moore left for the United States and got a contract with MGM for the TV series Ivanhoe and Maverick.
The actor often travels to Gstaad, where he attends the Eagle Club, a circle of celebrities who have a particular fondness for the mountains.
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 Roger Moore
Suave, blue-eyed and British, Roger Moore moved to the United States in 1953 and made his first mark in the TV western Maverick (replacing James Garner in 1959).
Moore was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999, then granted knighthood by the Queen in 2003.
Roger Moore - Roger Moore actor Born: 10/14/1927 Birthplace: London, England Urbane British television and film...
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Showbiz | Actor Moore taken to hospital
Moore received "a huge cheer" when he returned to the stage, dressed in lederhosen, for the last part of his role.
The actor managed to complete the last ten minutes, and still dressed in his lederhosen costume, was then taken by paramedics to the St Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan.
Roger Moore took over the role of 007 agent James Bond in 1973 in the film Live and Let Die, after becoming a cult star playing the suave hero Simon Templar in the TV series The Saint.
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Roger Moore, who had last come to India almost 22 years ago to shoot as James Bond in "Octopussy", says the country has changed a lot and more prosperity is visible now - reports New Kerala.
Moore, who was knighted by the British queen in 2003, had come to shoot for the 1983 Bond flick "Octopussy" that also starred two Indians - actor Kabir Bedi and tennis player Vijay Amritraj.
Moore, now 78, played the British secret agent as many as seven times, but says he was just lucky as an actor.
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 Famous People: Roger Moore I.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore was born in Stockwell, London, in 1927, the son of a policeman.
Moore went into television in the 1950s in shows like 1286Ivanhoe (1958) and 2441The Alaskans (1959), but probably got the most recognition from 7Maverick (1957), as cousin Beau.
Moore ended his run as the Saint, and was one of the premier stars of the world, but he was not catching on in America.
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 Roger Moore Height - Moore's
Moore is a tall guy, 5-10 or 5-11 is not short considering the average height for western male is 5-9.
The problem with moore is that in addition that he was tall, he was skinny, thin framed (in spite of broad shoulders) and had long limbs (specially the neck) which remarked his height (a powerfull image).
Moore doesn't seem to have shrunk very much, but he always been a near 2" smaller than connery and being still 6'0" implies no shrunkment at all, wich being possible is still very odd.
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 MR. KISS KISS BANG BANG! Moore Special.
The argument seems to be that Roger isn't "ruthless" enough; he doesn't seem the type to pop out of the shadows and stab you in the kidneys with a rusty dirk.
At 57, Roger Moore in AVTAK was the oldest actor ever to play Bond (beating even David Niven), and I am the first to admit that he didn't look so hot for much of that film, mostly thanks to some weird makeup effect where his face seemed pulled back and taped behind his ears.
Roger Moore, when he was working, was another one.
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 James Bond 007 - Roger Moore
Although Roger Moore’s name was mentioned in the original Bond casting search, his commitment to the TV series The Saint precluded him from being seriously considered for the role.
Moore brought a new lightweight attitude to the role of 007, although older than Connery, he brought a youthful charm to the part.
Moore also continued to work outside the Bond series, appearing in such action thrillers as The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves, and North Sea Hijack.
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 UNICEF - UNICEF People - Sir Roger Moore
Sir Roger Moore, the popular British film, television and stage actor, is perhaps best known for his role as secret agent 007, James Bond.
Sir Roger Moore was born and raised in south London and went to art school with the intention of becoming a painter.
In January 1999, Sir Roger was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in recognition of his humanitarian achievements on behalf of UNICEF.
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 Roger Moore, Actor Roger Moore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger Moore took over the role of James Bond when Sean Connery said he had done all the Bonds he wanted.
Moore was 007 in nine movies from 1972 - "Live and Let Die" to 1985 - "A View To a Kill".
Cast includes: Victoria, Mel B, Emma, Mel C, Geri as well as Roger Moore, Claire Rushbrook, George Wendt, Richard O'Brien, Alan Cumming, Meatloaf, Barry Humphries, Richard E. Grant, Naoko Mori, and Mark McKinney.
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 Roger Moore
Roger George Moore was born in south London on October 14, 1927, the son of a policeman.
Moore came to the U.S. in 1953, where he got a film contract with MGM, playing supporting roles in several films.
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.
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 CTV.ca | Bond actor Roger Moore receives knighthood
Moore, 75, was knighted not for his portrayal of the unflappable British secret agent James Bond but for his charity work, including 12 years as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund.
Earlier this year, Moore had a pacemaker fitted after collapsing on stage during a performance on Broadway.
Moore made seven Bond movies between 1973 and 1985, the same number as Connery, and previously starred in hit TV shows The Saint and The Persuaders.
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 Roger Moore
The previous Bonds were Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan.
Roger Moore, Molly Shannon, Tom Kenny and Christopher Lloyd have been cast as voice characters in the Classic Media CG-animated feature "Peter Cottontail: The Movie." more...
Roger Moore loyally served on "Her Majesty's Secret Service" for many years, now the former 007 has been rewarded on another royal roster.
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 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Call him Sir Roger: James Bond actor Roger Moore receives knighthood
Actor Sir Roger Moore and his wife Kristina pose with his Knighthood at London's Buckingham Palace.
LONDON – He's Sir Roger Moore now but the actor, who received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, says he doesn't mind if fans still refer to him as 007.
He is the second James Bond actor to be knighted – Sir Sean Connery was honored three years ago.
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 Roger Moore
Moore made dozens of movies, but none were particularly memorable until Sean Connery refused to reprise his role as James Bond, and Moore became 007 in Live and Let Die (1973).
Moore was three years older than Connery, and in Moore's final Bond film, A View To A Kill in 1985, he was 58, making him the oldest actor to play Bond.
Moore's Bond was seen as somewhat silly, with wisecracks always at the ready, many of which were improvised by Moore.
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 Roger Moore at the Academy Awards - CBn Forums
Roger also appeared other times including giving Cubby his Irving G. Thalberg Lifetime Achievement award in 1982 and also appeared with Connery and Michael Caine another year.
Roger was sporting a beard at the time and so he looked a little like the well known British producer.
A few years later, I was a big Roger Moore fan, but at the time I was rather shaken.
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 Roger Moore - MovieActors.com
Roger Moore was Born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London England.
Roger's contract for the 007 films provided him with an unlimited supply of Montecristo cigars during filming.
Moore was older than any other actor to play James Bond at the age 57.
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 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Roger Moore ill
LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Roger Moore (news), 75, who starred as secret agent James Bond in the 1970s and 80s, collapsed on stage in New York and was being treated in hospital on Thursday, his agent said.
British media reported that Moore was being treated in a Manhattan hospital with respiratory problems after collapsing on Wednesday during a performance of 'The Play What I Wrote,' in which he had a minor role.
Moore went on to star in another six Bond films -- his final appearance was in 1985's 'A View to a Kill' -- and always played the secret agent with a heavy touch of humor.
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 Sir Roger Moore Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Roger George Moore was born in Stockwell, south London on October 14, 1927, the son of a policeman.
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
Roger was the first James Bond to be honored by the British government, receiving a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) award in March 1999.
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