Roger Moore
Biography
Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor born on October 14, 1927, in Stockwell, London, England, and he passed away on May 23, 2017, at the age of eighty-nine. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions and MGM Studios film series. He played the character in seven feature films, which are Live and Let Die in 1973, The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974, The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977, Moonraker in 1979, For Your Eyes Only in 1981, Octopussy in 1983, and A View to a Kill in 1985. These seven appearances are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries. On television, Moore played the lead role of Simon Templar in the British mystery thriller series The Saint from 1962 to 1969.
Career overview
Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor born in Stockwell, London, England, United Kingdom on October 14, 1927. He passed away on May 23, 2017, at the age of 89. Throughout his acting career, Moore accumulated 219 known credits on television and in film.
Moore is widely known for portraying Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions and MGM Studios film series. He was the third actor to play the character, appearing in seven feature films: Live and Let Die in 1973, The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974, The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977, Moonraker in 1979, For Your Eyes Only in 1981, Octopussy in 1983, and A View to a Kill in 1985. His seven appearances as James Bond remain the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.
In addition to his film work, Moore also worked extensively in television. On the small screen, he played the lead role of Simon Templar, the title character in the British mystery thriller series The Saint, which ran from 1962 to 1969. He also played Beau Maverick in television.
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- Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- From Roger Moore with Love (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Mitt liv som Roger Moore (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023) as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- Gnomes & Trolls II: The Forest Trial (2020) as Leif (voice)
- Sacheen: Breaking the Silence (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- And the Winner Isn't (2017) as Self
- The Saint (2017) as Jasper
- Amicalement vôtre : Hollywood au service de sa Majesté (2017) as Lord Brett Sinclair
- The Carer (2016) as Himself
- To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100 (2015) as Self
- Lily's Driftwood Bay (2014) as Narrator (voice)
- Brian Pern: A Life in Rock (2014) as Himself
- Noseland (2014) as Self
- Car S.O.S. (2013) as Roger Moore
- Incompatibles (2013) as Roger Moore
- Everything or Nothing (2012) as Self
- The Story of Musicals (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- The World Of Bond (2012) as Self
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012) as Self
- Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom (2012) as Self
- A Princess for Christmas (2011) as Edward Duke of Castlebury
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) as Tab Lazenby (voice)
- Christopher Lee: Gentleman of Horror (2010) as Self
- Totally Saturday (2009)
- Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
- Victoria Wood: Seen on TV (2009)
- Music at the Sea (2008) as Self
- Agent Crush (2008) as Burt Gasket (voice)
- Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- The Saint Steps In... To Television (2008) as Himself
- The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
- Pauw & Witteman (2006)
- Semperopernball (2006) as Self
- Unlocking Ancient Secrets Of the Bible (2006) as Self - Host
- The True Story of the Nativity (2006) as Host
- Bond in Greece (2006) as self
- Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005) as January Q. Irontail (voice)
- Legenden: Audrey Hepburn (2005) as Self
- The Fly Who Loved Me (2004) as Father Christmas (voice)
- Fifth Gear (2002) as Self
- Fifth Gear (2002) as Self (voice)
- Boat Trip (2002) as Lloyd Faversham
- On Our Own Vesna (2002) as Roger Moore
- Best Ever Bond (2002) as Self - Host / James Bond
- Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001) as Self - Guest
- Alias (2001) as Edward Poole
- The Secret KGB Paranormal Files (2001) as Self
- The Enemy (2001) as Supt. Robert Ogilvie
- The Secret KGB Sex Files (2001) as Self - Host
- In the Footsteps of the Holy Family (2001) as Himself - Host
- Inside 'Moonraker' (2000) as Self
- Victoria's Secrets (2000) as Self
- Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000) as Self
- Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) as Self
- Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000) as Self
- Inside 'Octopussy' (2000) as Self
- The Secret KGB UFO Abduction Files (2000) as Himself - Host
- Tribute to Desmond Llewelyn (2000) as James Bond (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
- Double-O Stunts (2000)
- Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) as Self
- Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles (2000) as Self
- Inside Q's Lab (2000) as Self
- The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000) as Self
- Inside 'For Your Eyes Only' (2000)
- The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (2000)
- The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files (1999) as Self - Host
- Geri (1999) as Self
- Japan: Taboo of Failure (1999) as Narrator
- Richard Dix's Number One Fan (1999) as Self
- Inside 'Live and Let Die' (1999)
- The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999) as Self - Special Guest Star
- The James Bond Story (1999) as Self
- The Dream Team (1999)
- Hang Gliding Lesson For 'Live And Let DIe' (1999) as Self
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998) as Self
- So Graham Norton (1998) as Self - Guest
- The Secret KGB UFO Files (1998) as Himself - Host
- SpyTek (1998) as Himself - Narrator (voice)
- The Saint (1997) as Car Radio Announcer (voice)
- Spice World (1997) as Chief
- The Quest (1996) as Lord Edgar Dobbs
- The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996) as Self
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
- In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995) as Self / James Bond
- The World of James Bond (1995) as Self
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class (1995) as Self - Narrator
- The World of Jim Henson (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994) as Thomas Grace / Inspector Fulbright
- The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994) Executive Producer
- It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994) as Self - Host
- Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Audrey Hepburn: Remembered (1993) as Self - Host
- The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993)
- Parabéns (1992) as Self
- Derrick contre Superman (1992) as Brett Sinclair (archive footage)
- 30 Years of James Bond (1992) as Self
- DAS! (1991) as Self
- Bed & Breakfast (1991) as Adam
- Bed & Breakfast (1991) Producer
- Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self - Host
- Bullseye! (1990) as Garald Bradley-Smith / Sir John Bevistock
- Fire, Ice and Dynamite (1990) as Sir George
- This Morning (1988) as Self
- The Racing Experience (1988) as Self
- Seitenblicke (1987) as self
- The Dame Edna Experience (1987) as Self
- Just a Song and Dance (1987)
- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987) as Self
- The Saint in Manhattan (1987) Co-Producer
- Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987) as Self - Host
- The Magic Snowman (1987) as Lumi Ukko, the Snowman (Voice)
- A View to a Kill (1985) as James Bond
- Goldene Kamera (1984) as Self
- The Naked Face (1984) as Dr. Judd Stevens
- Octopussy (1983) as James Bond
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) as Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau
- James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983) as Self
- James Bond in India (1983)
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- Wetten, dass..? (1981) as Self
- For Your Eyes Only (1981) as James Bond
- The Cannonball Run (1981) as Seymour
- Of Muppets & Men (1981) as Self
- North Sea Hijack (1980) as Rufus Excalibur ffolkes
- The Sea Wolves (1980) as Capt. Gavin Stewart
- The Masqueraders (1980) as Lord Brett Sinclair
- Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls (1980) as Self
- Sunday Lovers (1980) as Harry Lindon (sketch 'Maître en la demeure')
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Moonraker (1979) as James Bond
- Escape to Athena (1979) as Otto Hecht
- Moonraker: 007 in Rio (1979)
- Death Becomes Me (1979) as Lord Brett Sinclair (archive footage)
- Ciné regards (1978) as Self
- The Wild Geese (1978) as Lt. Shawn Fynn
- Stars' War: The Flight of the Wild Geese (1978) as Self
- The BRIT Awards (1977) as Self
- The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) as James Bond
- Please Turn the Page (1977) as Self
- The Hollywood Greats (1977)
- The Last Appointment! (1977) as Lord Brett Sinclair
- US Against the World (1977) as Self
- Laugh-In (1977) as Guest Performer (uncredited)
- The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977) as Self
- 007 Stage Dedication (1977)
- The Muppet Show (1976) as Self - Special Guest Star
- Street People (1976) as Ulisse
- Shout at the Devil (1976) as Sebastian Oldsmith
- Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) as William Sherlock Scott Holmes
- The Switch (1976) as Lord Brett Sinclair
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- That Lucky Touch (1975) as Michael Scott
- Hugo the Hippo (1975) Executive Producer
- Sporting Chance (1975) as Lord Brett Sinclair (archive footage)
- Dinah! (1974) as Self
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as James Bond
- Am laufenden Band (1974) as Self - Guest
- Gold (1974) as Rod Slater
- Mission: Monte Carlo (1974) as Lord Brett Sinclair (archive footage)
- London Conspiracy (1974) as Lord Brett Sinclair (archive footage)
- Live and Let Die (1973) as James Bond
- Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary (1973) as Self
- A Touch of Class (1973) Executive Producer
- The Persuaders! (1973) as Lord Brett Sinclair
- The Big Screen (1973) as Self
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- The Persuaders! (1971) as Lord Brett Sinclair
- The Persuaders! (1971) Director
- V.I.P. Schaukel (1971) as Self
- Scene of the Crime (1970) as Roger Moore
- The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) as Harold Pelham
- Crossplot (1969) as Gary Fenn
- Vendetta for The Saint (1969) as Simon Templar
- The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- The Fiction Makers (1968) as Simon Templar
- The Fiction Makers (1968) Producer
- Einer wird gewinnen (1964) as Self
- Mainly Millicent (1964) as James Bond
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self - Guest Host
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- The Saint (1962) as Simon Templar
- The Saint (1962) Director
- The Saint (1962) Co-Producer
- No Man's Land (1962) as Enzo Prati
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Guest
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
- Gold of the Seven Saints (1961) as Shaun Garrett
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961) as Romulus
- The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) as Paul Wilton
- The Roaring 20's (1960) as 14 Karat John
- The Third Man (1959) as Jimmy Simms
- The Alaskans (1959) as Silky Harris
- The Miracle (1959) as Capt. Michael Stuart
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Roger Moore
- Ivanhoe (1958) as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe
- Maverick (1957) as John Vandergelt
- Maverick (1957) as Beauregarde Maverick
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self (archive footage)
- Assignment Foreign Legion (1956) as Legionnaire Paul Harding
- Diane (1956) as Prince Henri
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Inspector Benson
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- The King's Thief (1955) as Jack
- Ford Star Jubilee (1955)
- Interrupted Melody (1955) as Cyril Lawrence
- The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) as Paul
- The Motorola Television Hour (1953)
- Goodyear Television Playhouse (1951) as Patrick Simmons
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
- One Wild Oat (1951) as Man Watching Elevator Repair (uncredited)
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) as French Diplomat
- Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Gavin
- The Interrupted Journey (1949) as the soldier in Paddington café
- Trottie True (1949) as Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
- Bambi (1948) as Self
- Piccadilly Incident (1946) as Guest Sitting at Pearson's Table
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) as Roman Soldier (uncredited)
- Perfect Strangers (1945) as Soldier
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
- My Life As Roger Moore as Self