Dudley Moore

                                                                                  

Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (April 19, 1935 – March 27, 2002), was an Academy-Award nominated British actor, comedian and musician.

Moore became famous as a performer in "Beyond the Fringe" in the 1960s and later for his work with Peter Cook. He gained worldwide recognition in the Hollywood movie 10 with Bo Derek.

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Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE (April 19, 1935 – March 27, 2002), was an Academy-Award nominated British actor, comedian and musician.

Moore became famous as a performer in "Beyond the Fringe" in the 1960s and later for his work with Peter Cook. He gained worldwide recognition in the Hollywood movie 10 with Bo Derek.

In addition to acting, Moore continued to work as a composer and pianist, writing scores for a number of films and giving piano concerts, which were highlighted by his popular parodies of classical favourites. In addition, Moore collaborated with the conductor Sir Georg Solti to create a 1991 television series, Orchestra!, which was designed to introduce audiences to the symphony orchestra.

Moore was married to actresses Suzy Kendall and Tuesday Weld (by whom he had a son, Patrick, in 1976). His third and fourth wives were Brogan Lane and Nicole Rothschild (one son, Nicholas, born in 1995). Moore dated and was a favorite of some of Hollywood's most attractive women, including the statuesque Susan Anton; he was generally known as "Cuddly Dudley".

Moore was deeply affected by the untimely death of Peter Cook in 1995, and for weeks would regularly telephone Cook's home in London just to get the answerphone and hear his friend's voice. Moore attended Cook's memorial service in London and at the time many people who knew him noted that Moore was behaving strangely and attributed it to grief or drinking. In November 1995, Moore teamed up with friend and humorist Martin Lewis in organizing a two-day salute to Cook in Los Angeles which Moore co-hosted with Lewis.

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