[45] In 2015, Moore read Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and The Pea" for the children's fairy tales app GivingTales in aid of UNICEF with other British celebrities, including Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna, and Michael Ball. Sir Roger Moore, of James Bond fame, passed away in Switzerland, on Tuesday, May 23, after a “short but brave battle with cancer,” according to an official statement by his family. Moore's version of Bond was also known for his sense of humour and witty one liners as Moore himself said, "My personality is different from previous Bonds. Moore suffered broken ribs and a battle-axe blow to his helmet while performing some of his own stunts filming a season of 39 half-hour episodes, and later reminisced, "I felt a complete Charlie riding around in all that armour and damned stupid plumed helmet. The latter featured an ensemble cast, including Jackie Chan, Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise, Sammy Davis Jr, and Farrah Fawcett. [25], The Saint ran from 1962 for six series and 118 episodes. [34] He returned to South Africa for a third action movie shot there, The Wild Geese (1978), produced by Euan Lloyd and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. He was given the service number 372394. 14. British actor Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond in the film series, sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 89 after a battle with cancer. They'd probably have to take her off the stamps and everything. During his time there, he developed the Mid-Atlantic accent and relaxed demeanour that became his screen persona. [88][89], Moore's family announced his death in Switzerland, on 23 May 2017 from liver cancer. The BBC listed Moore prior to the 2001 UK general election as a celebrity backer of the British Conservative Party. Moore was the third actor in the role, and his seven appearances as Bond, from Live and Let Die to A View to a Kill, are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.[2][3]. "[18], After that, he spent a few years mainly doing one-shot parts in television series, including an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1959 titled "The Avon Emeralds". Moore returned for a third outing as Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), which was a massive box-office success. Then, in 2017, during his cancer treatment period, he had a fall which badly injured the collarbone. Moore then freelanced for a time, appearing in episodes of Ford Star Jubilee (1956), Lux Video Theatre (1957) and Matinee Theatre' (1957). He handled the tone of the role perfectly, pitching his delivery somewhere between the camp kitsch of Piers [. Moore's next television series involved playing the lead as "Silky" Harris for the ABC/Warner Bros. 1959–60 Western The Alaskans, with co-stars Dorothy Provine as Rocky, Jeff York as Reno, and Ray Danton as Nifty. "[49] Moore said in 2011 that his decision to live abroad was "not about tax. This led to the media dubbing the one-time situation the "Battle of the Bonds". He was given the service number 372394. Fact 1. 48. In a nod to his 1960s TV show Moore had a vocal cameo in The Saint (1997) as a radio newsreader as Simon Templar drives away at the end of the film. Christina died from cancer on 25 July 2016, at the age of 47; Moore posted on Twitter that “We are heartbroken” and “We were all with her, surrounding her with love, at the end”. By the time the color part of the series went into production, the accent became more English. It also starred Barbara Bach, and Richard Kiel in his first appearance as the villain, Jaws. [9] While there, Moore attracted an off-camera female fan following, and Hurst decided to pay Moore's fees at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Sir Roger George Moore, KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor. Christina Knudsen died from cancer on 25 July 2016, at the age of 47; Moore posted on Twitter, "We are heartbroken" and "We were all with her, surrounding her with love, at the end". Hugh Bonneville trivia: 45 amazing facts about the "Downton Abbey" star. [58] Mattioli and Tholstrup had long been friends, but Mattioli was scathing of her in the book she subsequently wrote about her relationship with Moore, Nothing Lasts Forever, describing how she felt betrayed by Tholstrup and discarded by Moore. [14] He started his MGM contract with a small role in The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954), flirting with Elizabeth Taylor. 7 Shaken, Not Stirred, Facts About Roger Moore’s James Bond 1) Of all the actors to play 007, you could call Roger Moore the true boomer Bond. At 18, shortly after the end of the Second World War, Moore was conscripted for national service. His film idol was Stewart Granger. Moore was still under contract with Warners, who cast him in The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961), making love to a nun played by Angie Dickinson, and Gold of the Seven Saints (1961), supporting Clint Walker. television series from 1971 to 1972, and had roles in several theatrical films in the 1970s and 1980s. Roger Moore had earlier tried to buy the production rights to the Saint books himself, and was delighted to be able to play the part. "[4], Lew Grade lured Moore to star alongside Tony Curtis in The Persuaders!. [2] He attended Battersea Grammar School, but was evacuated to Holsworthy, Devon, during the Second World War, and attended Launceston College. He is perhaps best known for playing British secret agent James Bond in the official film series for seven films between 1973 and 1985, and Simon Templar in The Saint from 1962 to 1969. [55] At Moore's and Mattioli's marriage in April 1969 at the Caxton Hall in Westminster, London, a crowd of 600 people was outside, with women screaming his name. Moore returned for his fifth outing as Bond in For Your Eyes Only (1981). All the restaurant menus are in Russian now. 1. [97], On 28 October 2008, the French government appointed Moore a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His family announced his death in Switzerland from cancer on 23 May 2017. This was designed to serve the contemporary taste of the 1970s. In 2004 he attended the Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson. Brief Biography. In later life he co-founded Hush Restaurant in Mayfair, London, with Jamie Barber. 20. [76] He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2013. He is a celebrity Actor, Television producer, Film Producer, Television Director, Voice Actor, Soldier. Kristina Tholstrup’s parents were from Demark but she was birthed in Sweden sometime in 1941 and she grew up on Swedish soil. Squires intercepted letters from Mattioli to Moore and planned to include them in her autobiography; but the couple won injunctions against the publication in 1977, which led Squires to unsuccessfully sue them for loss of earnings. 10. He is best known for portraying fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. [51], In 1952, Moore met the Welsh singer Dorothy Squires, who was 12 years his senior, and Van Steyn and Moore divorced the following year. He was the only child of Lillian “Lily” (née Pope), a housewife, and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. I rely on Kristina totally. It did however place in the Top 20 most-viewed television series in the UK throughout 1971. Michael Moore, American filmmaker, author, and activist who was best known for documentaries, often controversial, that addressed major political and social issues in the United States. Sir Roger George Moore KBE was born 14 October 1927 in Stockwell, London. [32] After George Lazenby was cast in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Connery was enticed back to the role of Bond again for Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Moore did not consider the possibility until it seemed clear that Connery had stepped down as Bond for good. [68], In 2011, Moore gave his support to Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron regarding his policy on the European Union, stating: "I think he's doing absolutely wonderfully well, despite the opposition from many members of his own party. Appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991, Moore was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for “services to charity”. Despite its focus on the UK and US markets, The Persuaders! [42] At the age of 73, he played a flamboyant homosexual man in Boat Trip (2002) with Cuba Gooding Jr. In 2002 he had a small cameo role in the German police procedural series Tatort (episode 506: "Schatten" – "Shadow", 28 July 2002) as a guest at the Bremen Sechs-Tagerennen. Doom, in general, was supposed to be even more menacing, with several more weasels and an animated vulture perched on his shoulder. [29] On its premiere on the ITV network, it was beaten in the ratings by repeats of Monty Python's Flying Circus on BBC One. Roger first wanted to be an artist, but got into films full time after becoming an extra in the late 1940s. He is probably the most well known for playing fictional spy James Bond in seven movies from 1973 to 1985. Here are five facts about him. Why Moore? Moore paid Squires’s hospital bills after her cancer treatment in 1996, and upon her death in 1998. if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-uselessdaily_com-banner-1-0')};33. [56] Squires refused to accept their separation, and sued Moore for loss of conjugal rights, but Moore refused the court's order to return to Squires in 28 days. "The Global Film: Will It Play in Uruguay? [46], Moore's friend Audrey Hepburn had impressed him with her work for UNICEF, and consequently he became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991. He had uncredited parts in films including Paper Orchid and The Interrupted Journey (both 1949). 27. Roger George Moore was born in 1927 in Stockwell, London, England. [2] [15] That same year, he played a supporting role in the swashbuckler The King's Thief starring Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven and George Sanders. 41. — Sir Roger Moore (Legacy) (@sirrogermoore) May 23, 2017 As the world mourns the loss of one of its great actors, we take a look back at just a few of the fascinating facts about Moore. This video is dedicated to Sir Roger George Moore, mostly known for playing secret agent James Bond. With 7 films Moore currently holds the record for playing Bond the most times in the Eon series but is tied with Sean Connery in number of times playing the character when counting Connery's non-Eon appearance in Never Say Never Again (1983). That's a serious part of it. "[76], Moore was vocal in his defence of his tax exile status, saying that in the 1970s, with taxes levied on top earners under the Labour government of James Callaghan, he had been urged by his "accountants, agents, and lawyers" to move abroad because, "At that point we were taxed up to 98% on unearned income, so you would never be able to save enough to ensure that you had any sort of livelihood if you didn't work. 45. "[72][73] Due to his conservative politics, Moore retained membership of the entertainment and media trade union BECTU until his death, having joined as an apprentice animation technician before his acting career took off. [31] Moore stated in his autobiography My Word Is My Bond (2008) that he had neither been approached to play the character in Dr. No, nor did he feel that he had ever been considered. 26. [28] In Germany, where the series was aired under the name Die Zwei ("The Two"), it became a hit through especially amusing dubbing which only barely used translations of the original dialogue. The British satirical puppet show Spitting Image had a sketch in which their latex likeness of Moore, when asked to display emotions by an offscreen director, did nothing but raise an eyebrow; Moore himself stated that he thought the sketch was funny and took it in good humour. [82], Moore was a long-term sufferer of kidney stones[83] and as a result was briefly hospitalised during the making of Live and Let Die in 1973[84] and again whilst filming the 1979 film Moonraker. 3/4 of James Bond’s female lovers have attempted to kill him. Indeed, he had always embraced the "eyebrows" gag wholeheartedly, and quipped that he "only had three expressions as Bond: right eyebrow raised, left eyebrow raised, and eyebrows crossed when grabbed by Jaws". In his autobiography, Moore recalled meeting the princess for tea and dinners whenever his wife and he visited Stockholm. [98] On 21 November 2012, Moore was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Hertfordshire for his outstanding contributions to the UK film and television industry for over 50 years, in particular film and television productions in Hertfordshire. The James Bond Years. He spoke of his recollections at the princess's memorial service at St Peter and St Sigfrid's Church in Stockholm, on 8 September 2013. Moore was in two all-star comedies: Sunday Lovers (1980), which flopped at the box office, and The Cannonball Run (1981), which was a hit. [59] Geoffrey and his wife Loulou have two daughters. He made a cameo as Chief Inspector Clouseau, posing as a famous movie star, in Curse of the Pink Panther[19] (1983) (for which he was credited as "Turk Thrust II"). Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. [8], Moore was apprenticed to an animation studio, but was fired after he made a mistake with some animation cels. He signed another long-term contract to a studio, this time to Warner Bros. 16. I'm not that cold-blooded-killer type. Sick And Tired from Missouri For the Roger Moore reference I believe most people are mistaken. if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-uselessdaily_com-medrectangle-3-0')};7. He was further educated at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire and then attended the College of the Venerable Bede at the University of Durham, but did not graduate. Moore's star was the 2,350th star installed, and is appropriately located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard. He was paid US$200,000 plus a percentage of the profits. "[39], In 1987, he hosted Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond.[40]. [30] The lack of success in the US, where it had been sold to ABC, Curtis put down to its showing at the Saturday 10pm slot, but it was successful in continental Europe and Australia. He had to learn to walk again after a bout of pneumonia, and had a pacemaker fitted after collapsing on stage. The Non-Eon production Never Say Never Again which featured his predecessor Sean Connery returning to the role of Bond, although not canon to his previous Eon Bond films. Moore chose to leave RADA after six months in order to seek paid employment as an actor. [52] They lived in Bexley, Kent, after their wedding. 8. In his own words, "At MGM, RGM [Roger George Moore] was NBG [no bloody good]."[4]. At RADA, Moore was a classmate of his future Bond co-star Lois Maxwell, the original Miss Moneypenny. (Moonraker). Roger Moore was born on 14 October 1927 in Stockwell, London. [20], Moore appeared as the character in 14 episodes after Garner had left the series at the end of the previous season, wearing some of Garner's costumes; while filming The Alaskans he had already recited much of Garner's dialogue, for the Alaskan series frequently recycled Maverick scripts, changing only the names and locales. Following the film, For Your Eyes Only, Moore expressed a desire to leave the role, and other actors were screen tested including James Brolin, but Moore was eventually enticed back for Octopussy (1983).[37]. James Bond was a book and movie character created for the ages by Ian Fleming, a British writer.. Moore made his debut as Bond replacing Sean Connery in 1973 in “Live or Let Die”. Bond Loves Femme Fatales. Squires suffered a series of miscarriages during their marriage and Moore later said the outcome of their marriage might have been different if they had been able to have children. You should support your leader. He was further educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Heart-Throbbing Facts About Ashton Kutcher, Actor Turned Entrepreneur . [62] Tholstrup had a daughter, Christina Knudsen, from a previous relationship; Knudsen described her stepfather as a positive influence, saying, "I was in difficult relationships but that all changed" when her mother met Moore. 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Kristina Tholstrup ‘Roger Moore’s Wife’ 1. [12] Other actors in the show included Clive Morton and Betty Ann Davies. The television series was broadcast by ITV in the UK between 1962 and 1969, and its overseas success made Moore a household name. Moore did not act on screen for five years after he stopped playing Bond; in 1990, he appeared in several films and in the writer-director Michael Feeney Callan's television series My Riviera and starred in the film Bed & Breakfast which was shot in 1989;[41] and also had a large role in the 1996 film The Quest; in 1997, he starred as the Chief in Spice World. In the year 2000, Moore played the role of a secret agent in the Christmas special Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, shown on BBC One on Christmas Day. Mattioli refused to grant Moore a divorce until 2000, when a £10 million settlement was agreed. Owing to his commitment to several television shows, in particular The Saint, Roger Moore was unavailable for the James Bond films for a considerable time. When we are travelling for my job, she is the one who packs. In 1946, aged 18, Moore married a fellow RADA student, the actress and ice skater Doorn Van Steyn (born Lucy Woodard) who was six years his senior; Moore and Van Steyn lived in Streatham with her family, but tension over money matters and her lack of confidence in his acting ability, inevitably took their toll on the relationship. Copyright © 2013 - 2020 | hangover mediaHomepagePrivacy PolicyTerms and ConditionsSubmit. 42. [5][6] His mother was born in Calcutta, India, to an English family. actors, and 26 movies in 54 years", "Roger Moore: debonair 007 played Bond role for laughs", "Roger Moore and Talia Shire Take Sequel Break", "6 memorable Roger Moore roles including James Bond 007", "Episode 6 Have I Got News for You, Series 44 Episode 6 of 11", "Roger Moore backs children's fairy tales app in aid of Unicef", "The Fly Who Loved Me (directed by Dan Chambers)", "Roger Moore: 'I love cash. At his death, he was the union's longest-tenured member[74] In 2007, Moore also gave his support to workers from the Cadbury chocolate factory at Keynsham who were protesting against the plant's closure. Shot mainly in England at Elstree Studios and Buckinghamshire, some of the show was also filmed in California owing to a partnership with Columbia Studios' Screen Gems. In the wake of The Alaskans, Moore was cast as Beau Maverick, an English-accented cousin of frontier gamblers Bret Maverick (James Garner), Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly), and Brent Maverick (Robert Colbert) in the much more successful ABC/WB Western series Maverick. Moore was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2013, which left him unable to drink martinis. Most of the wardrobe Moore wore in the series was his own. [58] Moore's children refused to speak to him for a period after the divorce, but they were later reconciled with their father. Useless Daily: Facts, Trivia, News, Oddities, Jokes and more! In 1952, Moore met the Welsh singer Dorothy Squires, who was 13 years his senior, and Van Steyn and Moore divorced the following year. The young Kristina became an air hostee, a career that afforded the opportunity to travel to many parts of the world. On 21 September 1946, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps as a second lieutenant.if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-uselessdaily_com-medrectangle-4-0')}; 11. His participation in The Saint was as actor, producer, and director, and he also became involved in developing the series The Persuaders!. Moore's wife Kristina, who was born in Sweden, was already a friend of Princess Lilian's through mutual friends. I come back to England often enough not to miss it, to see the changes, to find some of the changes good...I paid my taxes at the time that I was earning a decent income, so I've paid my due". He appeared in Interrupted Melody, a biographical movie about opera singer Marjorie Lawrence's recovery from polio, in which he was billed third under Glenn Ford and Eleanor Parker as Lawrence's brother Cyril. Roger Moore is the only Bond to have travelled in to space. The actor is married to Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup, his starsign is Libra and he is now 93 years of age. [16], In the 1956 film Diane, Moore was billed third again, this time under Lana Turner and Pedro Armendariz, in a 16th-century period piece set in France with Moore playing Prince Henri, the future king. 21. [23] Moore was originally slated to appear with both Jack Kelly and Robert Colbert in the series but by the time Colbert starred in his first episode, Moore had already left the series. 32. In 2008, the French government appointed Moore a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and the same year he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Roger Moore (with top billing) plays a charming former Austrian antiquities dealer turned crooked camp commandant, asked to guard Greek antiquities desired by the Third Reich, and also guard the collection of archaeologists who are being forced to work to find and recover these objects, but he has other plans for the treasure he guards and for the people under his watch. Later Moore and Granger were both in The Wild Geese (1978), though they had no scenes together. She reached through the glass and grabbed my shirt and she cut her arms doing it...The police came and they said, 'Madam, you're bleeding' and she said, 'It's my heart that's bleeding'. 26. Moore studied for two terms at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, during which his fees were paid by film director Brian Desmond Hurst, who also used Moore as an extra in his film Trottie True. [58] Moore said that he loved Tholstrup as she was "organised", "serene", "loving", and "calm", saying, "I have a difficult life. On 24 May 2008, Moore and his wife attended the wedding of Prince Joachim to his French fiancée Marie Cavallier. On 21 September 1946, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps as a second lieutenant. 17. By early 1967, Moore had achieved international stardom. [6], At 18, shortly after the end of the Second World War, Moore was conscripted for national service. [19] Lew Grade claimed in his autobiography Still Dancing, that Moore and Curtis "didn't hit it off all that well". Sir Roger George Moore KBE was born 14 October 1927 in Stockwell, London. Daniel Craig is going to be the longest-serving James Bond. Moore's last on-screen performance was in 2017 a brief appearance near the end of the remake of 'The Saint'. Moore's debut as Beau Maverick occurred in the first episode of the 1960–61 fourth season, "The Bundle from Britain", one of four episodes in which he shared screen time with cousin Bart (Jack Kelly). Which is why I play it mostly for laughs. 35. Roger Moore’s screen career was never exceptional.In the 1970s, however, when he was cast as James Bond, his luck changed for the better. Here are five facts about him. 25 Roger Moore was the oldest Bond – he was a saggy-ballbagged 58 in A View To A Kill. [26] Several episodes were edited together to form the films, The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1968) and Vendetta for the Saint (1969). In 2015, Moore was named one of GQ's 50 best-dressed British men. Moore’s youngest son, Christian, is a film producer. Attending the ceremony were family, friends, and Richard Kiel, with whom he had acted in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. In 1964, he made a guest appearance as James Bond in the comedy series Mainly Millicent. It featured Christopher Lee as the main antagonist. [56] Moore and Mattioli lived together until 1969, when Squires finally granted him a divorce, after they had been separated for seven years. [17] Christopher Lee and John Schlesinger were among the show's guest stars, and series regulars included Robert Brown (who in the 1980s played M in several James Bond films) as the squire Gurth, Peter Gilmore as Waldo Ivanhoe, Andrew Keir as villainous Prince John, and Bruce Seton as noble King Richard. Moore was the third actor in the role, and his seven appearances as Bond, from Live and Let Die to A View to a Kill, are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries. Many say my best role was in The Man Who Haunted Himself. 46. Numerous early publicity stills of Kelly, Moore and Colbert posing together exist, however. He was 89. [60], Moore and Mattioli separated in 1993 after Moore developed feelings for a Swedish-born Danish socialite, Kristina "Kiki" Tholstrup. 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