Roger Moore

Sir Roger Moore KBE
Moore in 2010
Born	Roger George Moore (1927-10-14)14 October 1927 Stockwell, London, England
Died	23 May 2017(2017-05-23) (aged 89) Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Cause of death	Liver and lung cancer
Resting place	Monaco Cemetery
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1945–2017
Spouse(s)	Doorn van Steyn ​ ​ (m. 1946; div. 1953)​ Dorothy Squires ​ ​ (m. 1953; div. 1968)​ Luisa Mattioli ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1996)​ Kristina Tholstrup ​ ​ (m. 2002;  2017)​
Children	3
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Rank	Captain
Service number	372394
Unit	Royal Army Service Corps
Website	roger-moore.com
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Moore in 1973

Sir Roger George Moore KBE CBE (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. 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

Roger Moore at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival with wife Luisa Mattioli.

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