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Dudley Moore
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British actor, comedian, composer and musician (1935–2002)
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Dudley Moore was a British person whose professional career spanned from 1961 to 2002. Born on April 19, 1935, he passed away on March 27, 2002. His work is associated with piano, jazz, and comedy. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.
Moore authored eighteen works, including *Archaeology of the Ouse Valley, Sussex, to AD 1500*, *Have You Got the T-Shirt?*, *Do You Know Your Law from Your Elbow?*, *The Complete Beyond the Fringe*, and *Derek and Clive Come Again*. Crossref records five of his works. His music has been played 56,282 times by 7,864 listeners on Last.fm.
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Key facts
- Born
- Dudley Stuart John Moore , ( 1935-04-19 ) 19 April 1935, Charing Cross , London, England
- Died
- 27 March 2002 (2002-03-27) (aged 66), Plainfield, New Jersey , US
- Resting place
- Hillside Cemetery , Scotch Plains, New Jersey , US
- Alma mater
- University of Oxford
- Occupations
- Actor comedian musician composer
- Years active
- 1958–1999
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Moore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hammersmith
- Place of death
- Plainfield
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Magdalen College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- organ
- Image
- Dudley Moore (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- London
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- Commons category
- Dudley Moore
- medical condition
- equinus foot deformity
- date of birth
- 1935-04-19
- date of death
- 2002-03-27
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Dudley Stuart John Moore
- end of work period
- 2002-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Dudley Stuart John Moore (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. He first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writer-performers in the groundbreaking satirical comedy revue Beyond the Fringe from 1960 to 1964. With another member of that team, Peter Cook, Moore collaborated on the BBC television series Not Only... But Also from 1965 to 1970. In their popular double act, Moore's buffoonery contrasted with Cook's deadpan monologues. They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and worked together on other projects, such as the hit film Bedazzled (1967) and the Derek and Clive series of comedy albums. Moore and Cook ceased working together regularly after 1978, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles, California, to concentrate on his film career.
Following Bedazzled, Moore's work as a comedy film actor was marked by further hit films, particularly Foul Play (1978), 10 (1979) and Arthur (1981). For Arthur, Moore was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe for his performance in Micki & Maude (1984). Moore was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987 and was made a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 16 November 2001 in what was his last public appearance.
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