Dickie Moore (actor)

For other people of the same name, see Dickie Moore.

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	1927-1957
Spouse(s)	Pat Dempsey (m.19??-19??) Eleanor Donhowe Fitzpatrick (m.1959-19??) Jane Powell (m.1988-present)

Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore, Jr. September 12, 1925) is a former American child actor.

Career

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 second onscreen kiss, in the film Miss Annie Rooney, her first was in the film War Babies (1932). He was less successful as a teenage actor and young adult, and he retired from the screen in the 1950s. He would later perform on Broadway, in stock, and on television. He went on to teach and write books about acting, edit Equity News, and produce an Oscar-nominated short film (The Boy and the Eagle), and industrial films. In 1984 he published a book about his and others' experiences as child actors, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: (But Don't Have Sex or Take the Car).

Moore is one of the few living members of Our Gang from the original Hal Roach series.

Personal life

Moore has owned a public relations firm for 44 years and has been married to the actress Jane Powell since 1988. They met when Moore interviewed Powell for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and 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 Takes 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)

See also

• List of surviving silent film actors

External links

• Dickie Moore at the Internet Movie Database
• Dickie Moore at AllRovi
• Photographs and literature
• "Fun with Dick and Jane" article w/photos