Roger Moore

**Sir** **Roger George Moore**  (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor and a UNICEF ambassador. He is probably the most well known for playing fictional spy James Bond in seven movies from 1973 to 1985. He played James Bond more times than any other actor. He was also well known for playing Simon Templar in the television show _The Saint_. He began his career by becoming a male model.

However, Roger Moore stated, about his decision to leave the role of James Bond, that "It wasn’t because of the physical stuff as I could still play tennis for two hours a day and do a one-hour workout every morning. Physically I was okay, but facially I started looking…well, the leading ladies were young enough to be my granddaughters and it becomes disgusting." According to him, he looked too old to be "hanging around women in their early twenties without it appearing creepy." This statement is an ageist offense to many people, even other famous people, who are enganged in relationships with large age differences.

## Early life

Moore was the only child of policeman, George Moore, and housewife, Lilian "Lily".  He attended Battersea Grammar School, but was evacuated to Holsworthy, Devon, during the Second World War. He was then educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He then attended the College of the Venerable Bede at the University of Durham, but never graduated.  Moore served in the Royal Army Service Corps, commanding a small depot in West Germany.

## Personal life

Moore left his first wife, skater Doorn Van Steyn, for singer Dorothy Squires.  Squires was 12 years older than him.  She was also, at that time, much more famous than he was. They lived together for a short time in Dafen, Llanelli, South Wales. While making a movie in Italy in 1961, Moore left Squires for Italian actress Luisa Mattioli. Moore has a daughter and two sons with Mattioli. Moore ended this marriage in 1993. His final marriage was to the Danish-Swedish multi-millionairess Kristina 'Kiki' Tholstrup.

When Moore married Kiki Tholstrup, he began spending winters in Crans-Montana, Valais (Switzerland) and summers at his apartment in Monaco.

In 1999, Moore was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), and advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on 14 June 2003.  He was proud the honor was for his charity work rather than his acting.

On 11 October 2007, three days before he turned 80, Moore was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Moore's Star was the 2,350th star.  It is appropriately located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard.

In 2008, the French Government appointed Moore a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

His autobiography _My Word is My Bond_ was published the same year.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1945|_Perfect Strangers_|Soldier|
|_Caesar and Cleopatra_|Roman Soldier||
|1946|_Gaiety George_|Member of the Audience|
|_Piccadilly Incident_|Guest sitting at Pearson's table||
|1949|_Trottie True_|Stage Door Johnny|
|1951|_One Wild Oat_|Bit Part|
|1953|_Robert Montgomery Presents_|French Diplomat|
|1954|_The Last Time I Saw Paris_|Paul|
|1956|_Diane_|Prince Henri (later King Henry II)|
|_Interrupted Melody_|Cyril Lawrence||
|_The King's Thief_|Jack||
|_Ford Star Jubilee_|Billy Mitchell||
|_Goodyear Television Playhouse_|Patrick Simmons||
|1957|_Matinee Theater_|Scottish man/Randolph Churchill|
|1958|_Ivanhoe_|Ivanhoe|
|1959|_The Third Man_|Jimmy Simms|
|_Alfred Hitchcock Presents_|Inspector Benson||
|_The Miracle_|Capt. Michael Stuart||
|_The Alaskans_|Silky Harris||
|_Maverick_|Beau Maverick||
|1961|_The Sins of Rachel Cade_|Paul Wilton|
|_Gold of the Seven Saints_|Shaun Garrett||
|_The Roaring 20s_|14 Karat John||
|1962|_Romulus and the Sabines_|Romulus|
|_No Man's Land_|Enzo Prati||
|1962|_The Saint_|Simon Templar|
|1968|_The Fiction Makers_||
|_Vendetta for the Saint_|||
|1969|_Crossplot_|Gary Fenn|
|1970|_The Man Who Haunted Himself_|Harold Pelham|
|1971|_The Persuaders!_|Lord Brett Sinclair|
|1973|_Live and Let Die_|James Bond|
|1974|_Gold_|Rod Slater|
|_The Man with the Golden Gun_|James Bond||
|1975|_That Lucky Touch_|Michael Scott|
|1976|_Street People_|Ulysses|
|_Shout at the Devil_|Sebastian Oldsmith||
|1977|_Sherlock Holmes in New York_|Sherlock Holmes|
|_The Spy Who Loved Me_|James Bond||
|1978|_The Wild Geese_|Lieutenant Shaun Fynn|
|1979|_Escape to Athena_|Major Otto Hecht|
|_Moonraker_|James Bond||
|1980|_North Sea Hijack_|Rufus Excalibur ffolkes|
|_The Sea Wolves_|Captain Gavin Stewart||
|_Sunday Lovers_|Harry Lindon||
|1981|_The Cannonball Run_|Seymour Goldfarb as Roger Moore|
|_For Your Eyes Only_|James Bond||
|1983|_Octopussy_||
|_Curse of the Pink Panther_|Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau||
|1984|_The Naked Face_|Dr. Judd Stevens|
|1985|_A View to a Kill_|James Bond|
|1990|_Fire, Ice and Dynamite_|Sir George Windsor|
|_Bullseye!_|Sir John Bevistock||
|1992|_Bed & Breakfast_|Adam|
|1995|_The Man Who Wouldn't Die_|Thomas Grace|
|1996|_The Quest_|Lord Edgar Dobbs|
|1997|_The Saint_|Voice on Car Radio|
|_Spice World_|The Chief||
|1999|_The Dream Team_|Desmond Heath|
|2000|_The Secret KGB UFO Abduction Files_|Himself|
|2001|_The Enemy_|Supt. Robert Ogilvie|
|2002|_Alias_|Edward Poole|
|_Boat Trip_|Lloyd Faversham||
|2004|_The Fly Who Loved Me_|Father Christmas|
|2010|_Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore_|Tab Lazenby|
|2011|_A Princess for Christmas_|Edward, Duke of Castlebury|

## Infobox (military person)

- **embed**: yes
- **rank**: Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Captain
- **servicenumber**: 372394
- **unit**: Royal Army Service Corps


## Infobox (person)

- **honorific prefix**: Sir
- **name**: Roger Moore
- **image**: Sir-roger-moore-1.jpg
- **caption**: Moore in 2010
- **birth name**: Roger George Moore
- **birth place**: Stockwell, London, England
- **death place**: Crans-Montana, Switzerland
- **death cause**: Liver and lung cancer
- **resting place**: Monaco Cemetery
- **occupation**: Actor, comedian
- **years active**: 1945–2017
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 3
- **signature**: Roger Moore signature.png