Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore CBE
Moore at the 1991 Emmy Awards
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, U.S.
Resting place	Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupations	Actor comedian musician composer
Years active	1961–1999[1]
Spouse	Suzy Kendall ​ ​ (m. 1968; div. 1972)​ Tuesday Weld ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1980)​ Brogan Lane ​ ​ (m. 1988; div. 1991)​ Nicole Rothschild ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 1998)​
Children	2

Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE (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 comedy revue Beyond the Fringe from 1960 that created a boom in satirical comedy. With a member of that team, Peter Cook, Moore collaborated on the BBC television series Not Only... But Also. In their popular double act, Moore's buffoonery contrasted with Cook's deadpan monologues.^[2] They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and worked together on other projects until the mid-1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles, California, to concentrate on his film acting.

Moore's career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly Bedazzled (1967), set in Swinging Sixties London (in which he co-starred with Cook) and Hollywood productions 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.^[3][4]