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Roger Moore Facts
| Sign | Libra |
| Born |
Oct 14, 1927 Stockwell, England |
| Died |
May 23, 2017 Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
| Age | Died at 89 |
| Total Facts | 80 |
The Living Daylights (1987) was originally written for him, but the script was changed slightly to suit Timothy Dalton after Moore announced his retirement from the role.
2002 - lives in Switzerland and Monte Carlo with his wife Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup.
A close friend of the Danish Royal Family, especially the Prinsesse Alexandra, attended the Christening of Princess Alexandra and Prins Joachim's youngest son, Felix. Attended the wedding of the Danish Kronprins Frederik and Kronprinsesse Mary on May 14th 2004.
Adores the comedy of Dawn French and Billy Connolly, to name a few.
All the scenes in which showed Moore running in his seven Bond movies were performed by doubles, since the actor felt he looked awkward running.
Although critics often accused him of not looking tough enough to play superspy James Bond, he once beat up legendary American hellraiser Lee Marvin while they were filming Shout at the Devil (1976). Marvin recalled, "The guy is built like granite. Nobody will ever underestimate him again.".
Although Moore claimed to have quit smoking cigarettes while filming "The Persuaders!" (1971), a filmed interview from on the set of For Your Eyes Only (1981) shows him smoking a cigarette.
Attended the funeral of Sir John Mills in Denham, Buckinghamshire. (27 April 2005).
Attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson .
Both he and his daughter, Deborah Moore, have acted in the James Bond franchise. She played the air hostess in Die Another Day (2002).
Chose a Swedish conference on child abuse to announce to the world that he too was a victim. He said he was molested as a child, but not seriously. He waited until he was 16 to tell his mother because he said he was "ashamed."
Collapsed during a matinee performance of the Broadway comedy "The Play What I Wrote", but finished the show after a 10-minute break. Roger was playing the part of the mystery guest star, which the cameo role is filled by celebrities, when he fainted toward the end of the second act. He was taken to the hospital after the show. The following day he was fitted with a pacemaker - something he had been previously told he would eventually have to get. [7 May 2003]
Confessed in a TV interview that when he first traveled to the US in the 1950s, he landed a supporting role in the Broadway production of "A Pin to See the Peepshow," a show that both began and ended on the same day (17 September 1953).
Confirmed in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph magazine in April 2009 that he is completely retired from acting.
Despite playing James Bond in seven Bond films, he never ordered a vodka martini shaken not stirred.
Detests doing scenes that involve him shooting firearms - which caused him to ruin countless 007 takes.
During the early stages of his career Roger collected towels from the hotels he stayed in. However, he stopped when a British newspaper printed a story entitled 'Roger Moore is a towel thief'. He revealed on "So Graham Norton" (1998) that he still has the collection in his Swiss home.
Father of Geoffrey Moore, Christian Moore and Deborah Moore.
Following the suggestion that fugitive train robber Ronald Biggs make a cameo appearance in the Brazil episode of Moonraker (1979), he replied in rather colorful terms that he didn't want the escaped prisoner anywhere near the film, as his own father had been a London Policeman.
Future "EastEnders" (1985) star Mike Reid worked as his underwater stunt double in "The Saint" (1962), but was fired after making fun of Moore's thinning hair.
Good friend of Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in Bond movies. They first met in mid 1940s at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where they were in the same class in 1944.
Has named The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) as his favorite Bond movie of the seven he starred in, and A View to a Kill (1985) as his least favorite.
Has said he would like to play a villain in a Bond movie starring Daniel Craig, but accepts that can never happen.
Hates being wet when acting. In Moonraker (1979), he had to do a whole scene wet, in the "Mayan pyramid".
He appeared in episodes of three different series with Patrick Troughton: "Ivanhoe" (1958), "The Saint" (1962) and "The Persuaders!" (1971).
He considered himself to be miscast in Escape to Athena (1979) and Ffolkes (1979).
He had intended to act in A Bridge Too Far (1977), but was forced to pull out after production on The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) was delayed by a year.
He has always been very honest about the fact that he did not perform any of his own stunts as Bond, unlike Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton, and Daniel Craig.
He is a close friend and fan of Sir Elton John.
He never drove the most famous of all James Bond cars in a Bond film i.e. a 1964 silver birch Aston Martin DB5 or any other Aston Martin model. The DB5 was made famous by the Sean Connery James Bond movies Goldfinger (1964) and then Thunderball (1965) with later models appearing in some subsequent Bond pictures. However, Moore, who played James Bond seven times, has only ever been seen on screen with this make once and that was in The Cannonball Run (1981) where he self-parodies his James Bond persona. In this movie, the DB5's license plate number was 6633PP.
He succeeded Audrey Hepburn as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
He was a close friend and admirer of the right-wing writer William F. Buckley.
He was a close friend and neighbour of the late Sir Peter Ustinov.
He was a close friend of Dudley Moore.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire) in 1999 and Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the children's charity, Unicef.
He was born in the same Labour Ward in London as the actor Brian Weske, five years previously.
His contract for the 007 films provided him with an unlimited supply of Montecristo cigars during filming. The bill for this typically ran to thousands of pounds.
His father was a Policeman.
His least favourite of his films is The Quest (1996).
His popularity as Bond led to him starring in several movies during the 1970s and early 1980s. However, although some were financially successful, most received poor reviews.
If Never Say Never Again (1983) can be included as an official 007 installment, then Moore ties with Sean Connery for the most portrayals of James Bond - a total of 7 each. Otherwise Moore holds the record.
In 1954 he signed a seven year contract with MGM. However, he was released from this contract after only two years following the massive critical and commercial failure of Diane (1956).
In 1954, he was offered contracts with the Royal Shakespeare Company or MGM. Noel Coward advised him to go for the money.
In 1964, eight years before he took over the movie role, Moore played James Bond in a hilarious sketch on the BBC comedy show, "Mainly Millicent." In the sketch, Bond is on holiday at a resort, when he encounters a female Russian spy (played by Millicent Martin, the star of the show), who is also on holiday. Bond and the female spy spend the sketch trying to do each other in. The sketch is included in the "Live and Let Die" Ultimate Edition DVD.
In 1990, he participated as a guest host in "33 Zecchino d'Oro".
In just few days after he had arrived in USA in 1952, he was in a television play World by the Tail (1953) (TV).
In March 1996, when his former wife Dorothy Squires underwent surgery for bladder cancer at the BUPA Hospital in Cardiff, he picked up the £6,000 bill. He did not attend her funeral two years later, but instead sent a bouquet of purple tulips, lilies of the valley and orange flowers with a card saying: "I've said it with flowers. Roger.".
In May 2000 he received an International Humanitarian Award from the London Variety Club for his charity work.
Intended For Your Eyes Only (1981) to be his final Bond movie, since he was nearly 54.
Ironically for his first Razzie nomination (Worst Supporting Actor in Spice World (1997)) he went head to head with another former Bond, Sean Connery in The Avengers (1998), also receiving his first Razzie nomination. Neither man won, however.