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Dickie Moore

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Dickie Moore

Born September 12, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USADied September 7, 201594 films

Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore Jr.; September 12, 1925 – September 7, 2015) was an American actor. He was one of the last survivors of the silent film era. Moore made his acting and screen debut at the age of 18 months in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). By the time he had turned ten he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Moore continued as a child star for many more years, and was the actor who gave Shirley Temple her first romantic screen kiss when that honor was bestowed upon him in 1942's Miss Annie Rooney.

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As with many child actors, once Moore got older the roles began to dry up. He made his final film in 1950, but was still in the public eye with the 1949 to 1955 television series Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949). He then retired from acting for a new career in publicity.

Moore died, age 89, in 2015.

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Out of the Past posterFirst watchOut of the Past19477.7as The KidThe peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Sergeant York poster7.2Sergeant York1941Heaven Can Wait poster6.9Heaven Can Wait1943Blonde Venus poster6.8Blonde Venus1932The Life of Emile Zola poster6.7The Life of Emile Zola1937Peter Ibbetson poster7.0Peter Ibbetson1935The Story of Louis Pasteur poster6.9The Story of Louis Pasteur1936

Filmography

94 films as actor
  1. 1952The Member of the WeddingSoldier
  2. 1952Eight Iron MenPvt. Muller
  3. 1950Cody of the Pony ExpressBill Cody
  4. 1950Killer SharkJonesy
  5. 1949The Boy and the EagleThe Cripple Boy
  6. 1949Tuna ClipperFrankie Pereira
  7. 1949Bad BoyCharlie
  8. 1948Behind Locked DoorsMental patient (uncredited)
  9. 194816 Fathoms DeepGeorge Athos
  10. 1947Dangerous YearsGene Spooner
  11. 1947Out of the PastThe Kid
  12. 1944Sweet and Low-DownMilitary Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
  13. 1944Youth Runs WildGeorgie Dunlop
  14. 1944The Eve of St. MarkZip West
  15. 1943Jive JunctionPeter Crane
  16. 1943Happy LandPeter Orcutt
  17. 1943Heaven Can WaitHenry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
  18. 1942Miss Annie RooneyMarty White
  19. 1942The Adventures of Martin EdenJohnny
  20. 1941Sergeant YorkGeorge York
  21. 1941The Great Mr. Nobody'Limpy' Barnes
  22. 1940A Dispatch from ReutersReuter as a Boy
  23. 1940The Blue BirdBrunig (uncredited)
  24. 1939Hidden PowerStevie Garfield
  25. 1939The Under-PupJerry Binns
  26. 1939Lincoln in the White HouseTad Lincoln
  27. 1938The Arkansas TravelerBenjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen
  28. 1938The GladiatorBobby
  29. 1938My BillBill Colbrook
  30. 1938Love, Honor and BehaveTed (child)
  31. 1937The Bride Wore RedPietro
  32. 1937Madame XAllan Simonds
  33. 1937The Life of Emile ZolaPierre Dreyfus
  34. 1936The Little Red SchoolhouseDickie Burke
  35. 1936The Story of Louis PasteurJoseph Meister
  36. 1936Timothy's QuestTimothy
  37. 1935So Red the RoseMiddleton Bedford
  38. 1935Peter IbbetsonGogo
  39. 1935SwellheadBilly Malone
  40. 1935Without ChildrenDavid Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child
  41. 1934Strange WivesTwin
  42. 1934The World AccusesTommy Weymouth
  43. 1934Tomorrow's YouthThomas Hall Jr.
  44. 1934The Human SideBobbie Sheldon
  45. 1934Fifteen WivesYoung Boy
  46. 1934In Love with LifeLaurence 'Laury' Applegate
  47. 1934UpperworldTommy Stream
  48. 1934This Side of HeavenFreddie
  49. 1934Little MenDemi
  50. 1933Gallant LadyDeedy Lawrence
  51. 1933Man's CastleJoey
  52. 1933Cradle SongAlberto
  53. 1933Mush and MilkDickie
  54. 1933The Kid from BorneoDickie
  55. 1933Gabriel Over the White HouseJimmy Vetter
  56. 1933Obey the LawDickie Chester
  57. 1933Forgotten BabiesDickie
  58. 1933Oliver TwistOliver Twist
  59. 1933Fish HookyDickie
  60. 1932A Lad an' a LampDickie
  61. 1932The Racing StrainBill Westcott as a Little Boy
  62. 1932The Devil Is Driving'Buddy' Evans
  63. 1932Birthday BluesDickie
  64. 1932DeceptionDickie Allen
  65. 1932Free WheelingDickie
  66. 1932Blonde VenusJohnny Faraday
  67. 1932Hook and LadderDickie
  68. 1932The Hollywood Handicap
  69. 1932Winner Take AllDickie Harmon
  70. 1932Million Dollar LegsWillie (Angela's Brother)
  71. 1932No Greater LoveTommy Burns
  72. 1932So Big!Young Dirk De Jong
  73. 1932Disorderly ConductJimmy
  74. 1932The ExpertDickie Foster
  75. 1932Fireman, Save My ChildChild Watching Baseball Game
  76. 1932Union DepotLittle Boy (uncredited)
  77. 1931Manhattan ParadeJunior Roberts
  78. 1931The Star WitnessNed Leeds
  79. 1931The Squaw ManLittle Hal
  80. 1931Confessions of a Co-EdPatricia's Son
  81. 1931Three Who LovedSonny Hanson
  82. 1931SeedJohnny Carter as a Child
  83. 1931AlohaJunior Bradford
  84. 1930Passion FlowerTommy
  85. 1930The Office WifeDickie the Boy at Beach (uncredited)
  86. 1930The Matrimonial BedTrebel's Son (uncredited)
  87. 1930Let Us Be GayBobby Brown - 5 Years Old (uncredited)
  88. 1930The Three SistersThe Child
  89. 1930Son of the GodsSam Lee as a Child (uncredited)
  90. 1929Madame XBoy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
  91. 1929Blue Skies
  92. 1928Object: AlimonyJimmy Rutledge Jr.
  93. 1928Plastered in Paris
  94. 1927The Beloved RogueBaby Francois (uncredited)