Dickie Moore (actor)

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Dickie Moore
Dickie Moore in the 1933 film Oliver Twist
Born	John Richard Moore, Jr. (1925-09-12) September 12, 1925 Los Angeles, California U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1927–57
Spouse(s)	Pat Dempsey (?-?) Eleanor Donhowe Fitzpatrick (1959–?) Jane Powell (1988–present)

Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore, Jr.; September 12, 1925) is a former American child actor. Besides appearing in a number of major feature films, he was featured as a regular in the Our Gang series during the 1932–1933 season. In addition to his Our Gang work, Moore is most remembered for his portrayal of the title character in the 1933 adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and as Marlene Dietrich's son in Blonde Venus (1932).

He is also famous for giving Shirley Temple her first onscreen kiss, in the film Miss Annie Rooney. He was less successful as a teenage actor and young adult, and he retired from the screen in the early '50s. He went on to teach and write books about acting, edit Equity magazine, perform on Broadway, in stock, and on TV, write and direct for TV, produce an Oscar-nominated short film (The Boy and the Eagle), and produce industrial films.

In 1984 he published a book about his and others' experiences as child actors, titled Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: (But Don't Have Sex or Take the Car). The book's dust jacket listed the author as Dick Moore.

Moore is one of the few living Our Gangers from the original Hal Roach series. Other surviving members are Marianne Edwards, Jean Darling, Mildred Kornman, Jerry Tucker, Sidney Kibrick, and Jackie Lynn Taylor. Robert Blake and Leonard Landy, also still living, appeared in the later MGM series.

Moore has been married to the actress Jane Powell since 1988. They live in Manhattan and Wilton, Connecticut.

Filmography

• The Beloved Rogue (1927)
• Object: Alimony (1928)
• Madame X (1929)
• Lummox (1930)
• Son of the Gods (1930)
• The Three Sisters (1930)
• Let Us Be Gay (1930)
• The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
• Lawful Larceny (1930)
• The Office Wife (1930)
• Passion Flower (1930)
• Aloha (1931)
• Seed (1931)
• Three Who Loved (1931)
• Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931)
• The Star Witness (1931)
• The Squaw Man (1931)
• Husband's Holiday (1931)
• Union Depot (1932)
• Manhattan Parade (1932)
• Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
• The Expert (1932)
• Disorderly Conduct (1932)
• So Big! (1932)
• When a Fellow Needs a Friend (1932)
• No Greater Love (1932)
• Million Dollar Legs (1932)
• Winner Take All (1932)
• The Hollywood Handicap (1932) (short subject)
• Hook and Ladder (1932) (short subject)
• Blonde Venus (1932)
• Free Wheeling (1932) (short subject)
• Deception (1932)
• Birthday Blues (1932) (short subject)
• The Devil Is Driving (1932)
• The Racing Strain (1932)
• A Lad an' a Lamp (1932) (short subject)
• Fish Hooky (1933) (short subject)
• Oliver Twist (1933)
• Obey the Law (1933)
• Forgotten Babies (1933) (short subject)
• Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
• The Kid From Borneo (1933) (short subject)
• Mush and Milk (1933) (short subject)
• The Wolf Dog (1933)
• Man's Castle (1933)
• Cradle Song (1933)
• Gallant Lady (1933)
• This Side of Heaven (1934)
• Upper World (1934)
• In Love with Life (1934)
• Fifteen Wives (1934)
• The Human Side (1934)
• The World Accuses (1934)
• Little Men (1934)
• Tomorrow's Youth (1935)
• Wild Waters (1935) (short subject)
• Without Children (1935)
• Swellhead (1935)
• Peter Ibbetson (1935)
• So Red the Rose (1935)
• The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)
• Timothy's Quest (1936)
• The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
• Star for a Night (1936)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• Madame X (1937)
• The Bride Wore Red (1937)
• Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
• My Bill (1938)
• The Gladiator (1938)
• The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
• Lincoln in the White House (1939) (short subject)
• The Under-Pup (1939)
• Hidden Power (1939)
• The Blue Bird (1940)
• A Dispatch from Reuter's (1940)
• Virginia City (1940)
• The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
• Sergeant York (1941)
• The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
• Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
• Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 4 (1942) (short subject)
• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• Happy Land (1943)
• Jive Junction (1943)
• The Song of Bernadette (1943)
• The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
• Youth Runs Wild (1944)
• Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
• Out of the Past (1947)
• Dangerous Years (1947)
• 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
• Behind Locked Doors (1948)
• Bad Boy (1949)
• Tuna Clipper (1949)
• Boy and the Eagle (1949) (short subject)
• Killer Shark (1950)
• Cody of the Pony Express (1950)
• The Member of the Wedding (1952)
• Eight Iron Men (1952)

External links

• Dickie Moore at IMDb
• Dickie Moore at AllMovie
• Photographs and literature
• 'Fun with Dick and Jane' article w/photos