Dudley Moore
Gender: Male
Born: 19th April 1935
Died: 27th March 2002
Nationality: United Kingdom
TV programs: Not Only... But Also, Oscar's Orchestra, Dudley, Daddy's Girls, When Things Were Rotten, Dudley
Movies: 10, Arthur, Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Bedazzled, Best Defense, Crazy People, Derek and Clive Get the Horn, Santa Claus: The Movie, The Wrong Box, Wholly Moses, The Bed-Sitting Room, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Micki + Maude, Lovesick, Like Father Like Son, Unfaithfully Yours, Romantic Comedy, Six Weeks, Foul Play, The Mighty Kong, Blame It on the Bellboy, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, , 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Parallel Lives, The Pickle, The Hat, The Third Alibi, Monte Carlo or Bust, Parallel Lives, Wholly Moses, Like Father Like Son, The Mighty Kong, My Universe Inside Out, The Adventures of Milo and Otis, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, composer and musician.
Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in the ground-breaking comedy revue Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s, and then became famous as half of the highly popular television double-act he formed with Peter Cook.
His fame as a comedy film actor was later heightened by success in hit Hollywood films such as 10 with Bo Derek and Arthur in the late 1970s and early 1980s, respectively. He received an Oscar nomination for the latter role. He was frequently referred to in the media as "Cuddly Dudley" or "The Sex Thimble", a reference to his short stature and reputation as a "ladies' man".
Moore was born in Charing Cross Hospital, London, the son of Ada Francis (née Hughes), a secretary, and John Moore, a railway electrician. He was brought up in Dagenham, Essex. He was notably short: 5 ft 2.5 in (1.588 m) and was born with club feet that required extensive hospital treatment and which, coupled with his diminutive stature, made him the butt of jokes from other children. His right foot responded well to corrective treatment and had straightened
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