Dudley Moore

Acting

Dudley Moore

Born April 19, 1935 · Dagenham, Essex, England, UK

Died March 27, 2002 · aged 66

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 collabor…

Known For

BedazzledBedazzled · 2000
Bedazzled
★ 6.12000
MovieFantasyComedy
Elliot Richards, a socially awkward IT worker, is given seven wishes to get the girl of his dreams when he meets a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include being a 7 foot basketball star, a wealthy, powerful man, and a sensitive caring guy. But, as could be expected, the Devil puts her own little twist on each of his fantasies.
Best DefenseBest Defense · 1984
Best Defense
★ 4.31984
MovieComedyWar
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
Santa Claus: The MovieSanta Claus: The Movie · 1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
★ 6.31985
MovieFamilyFantasy
In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.
1010 · 1979
10
★ 5.81979
MovieComedyRomance
A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.
Foul PlayFoul Play · 1978
Foul Play
★ 6.31978
MovieComedyMystery
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
Like Father Like SonLike Father Like Son · 1987
Like Father Like Son
★ 5.81987
MovieComedyFantasy
Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.
ArthurArthur · 1981
Arthur
★ 6.51981
MovieComedyDrama
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Crazy PeopleCrazy People · 1990
Crazy People
★ 5.91990
MovieComedyRomance
A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.

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Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 2Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 2 · 1983
Playboy Video Magazine, Volume 2
1983
Movie
Playboy's video magazine featuring: "The Great Playmate Hunt"; Candy Loving is the playmate selected from 4000 candidates to represent Playboy on its 25th anniversary. In one of the most amazing talent hunts in history you'll see why! "Sylvia Kristel Profile"; Relive her famous love scenes from Emmanuelle, Lady Chatterley's Lover, and Private Lessons and hear her candid, revealing observations on her life and loves. "Playmate Playoffs"; A 16 playmate swimsuit spectacular! "Playmate Lynda Wiesmeier"; As uninhibited before the camera as she is in the pages of Playboy, a vigorous aerobic workout & an erotic shower. "Dudley Moore Interview"; Behind the scenes on "10", Susan Anton and more! Also features Duran Duran "Girls on Film"
Oscar's OrchestraOscar's Orchestra · 1995
Oscar's Orchestra
★ 6.01995
SeriesAnimationKids
Oscar's Orchestra is a British children's animated TV series that ran from 1994 to 1996 comprising a total of three seasons and 39 episodes. The series was produced by the popular British animation studio Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment in association with Warner Music Vision and Europe Images and was originally shown on the BBC as part of the children's block CBBC. It has also aired on the British children's cable networks The Children's Channel and Nickleodeon, France 2 in France and ABC in Australia. It is set in the distant future, in the year 2743 in a city called New Vienna, and was about a talking piano called Oscar, who rebels against the evil dictator of the world, Thaddius Vent, who has banned music. Oscar and his fellow musical instruments plot against Vent and his henchmen, Lucius and Tank, and his soothsayer, Goodtooth, who always says: 'You screamed, master!'. The voice of Oscar was provided by Dudley Moore.

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Daddy's GirlsDaddy's Girls · 1994
Daddy's Girls
★ 10.01994
SeriesComedy
Daddy's Girls is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in the fall of 1994. The series followed Dudley Walker, the owner of a New York fashion house who loses his wife and his business partner when, after a years-long secret affair, they run off together leaving him as the primary caretaker to his three daughters. The series is notable as the first in which a gay principal character was played by an openly gay actor. Harvey Fierstein played Dennis Sinclair, a high-strung designer at Walker's firm. Although Fierstein earned praise for his performance, Daddy's Girls was hated by critics. New York magazine called the series "Despised, reviled." Entertainment Weekly, somewhat prophetically, found Moore to be "wan and confused." The Dallas Morning News could only say that "Daddy's Girls isn't horrendously bad" but predicted that it would not last until Christmas. Indeed, the series was placed "on hiatus" after only three episodes aired. This was Moore's penultimate on-screen job and his last regular television series. He later attributed his difficulties during the production of the show to the early stages of progressive supranuclear palsy, the disease that ultimately led to his death in 2002.

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