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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.
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 …
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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. 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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BODY OF WORK
Dickie Moore's Filmography
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The Story of Hal Roach and Our Gang
as Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
as Self - Actor, 'The Bride Wore Red'
No Poster
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
Hollywood’s Children
as Self
The Member of the Wedding
as Soldier
Eight Iron Men
as Pvt. Muller
Cody of the Pony Express
as Bill Cody
Killer Shark
as Jonesy
No Poster
The Boy and the Eagle
as The Cripple Boy
Tuna Clipper
as Frankie Pereira
Bad Boy
as Charlie
Behind Locked Doors
as Mental patient (uncredited)
16 Fathoms Deep
as George Athos
Dangerous Years
as Gene Spooner
Out of the Past
as The Kid
Sweet and Low-Down
as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
Youth Runs Wild
as Georgie Dunlop
The Eve of St. Mark
as Zip West
Jive Junction
as Peter Crane
Happy Land
as Peter Orcutt
Heaven Can Wait
as Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
as Marty White
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Johnny
Sergeant York
as George York
The Great Mr. Nobody
as 'Limpy' Barnes
A Dispatch from Reuters
as Reuter as a Boy
The Blue Bird
as Brunig (uncredited)
Hidden Power
as Stevie Garfield
The Under-Pup
as Jerry Binns
Lincoln in the White House
as Tad Lincoln
The Arkansas Traveler
as Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen
The Gladiator
as Bobby
My Bill
as Bill Colbrook
Love, Honor and Behave
as Ted (child)
The Bride Wore Red
as Pietro
Madame X
as Allan Simonds
The Life of Emile Zola
as Pierre Dreyfus
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as Dickie Burke
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Joseph Meister
Timothy's Quest
as Timothy
So Red the Rose
as Middleton Bedford
Peter Ibbetson
as Gogo
Swellhead
as Billy Malone
Without Children
as David Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child
Strange Wives
as Twin
The World Accuses
as Tommy Weymouth
Tomorrow's Youth
as Thomas Hall Jr.
The Human Side
as Bobbie Sheldon
Fifteen Wives
as Young Boy
In Love with Life
as Laurence 'Laury' Applegate
Upperworld
as Tommy Stream
This Side of Heaven
as Freddie
Little Men
as Demi
Gallant Lady
as Deedy Lawrence
Man's Castle
as Joey
Cradle Song
as Alberto
Mush and Milk
as Dickie
The Kid from Borneo
as Dickie
Gabriel Over the White House
as Jimmy Vetter
Obey the Law
as Dickie Chester
Forgotten Babies
as Dickie
Oliver Twist
as Oliver Twist
Fish Hooky
as Dickie
A Lad an' a Lamp
as Dickie
The Racing Strain
as Bill Westcott as a Little Boy
The Devil Is Driving
as 'Buddy' Evans
Birthday Blues
as Dickie
No Poster
Deception
as Dickie Allen
Free Wheeling
as Dickie
Blonde Venus
as Johnny Faraday
Hook and Ladder
as Dickie
No Poster
The Hollywood Handicap
Winner Take All
as Dickie Harmon
Million Dollar Legs
as Willie (Angela's Brother)
No Greater Love
as Tommy Burns
So Big!
as Young Dirk De Jong
Disorderly Conduct
as Jimmy
The Expert
as Dickie Foster
Fireman, Save My Child
as Child Watching Baseball Game
Union Depot
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Manhattan Parade
as Junior Roberts
The Star Witness
as Ned Leeds
The Squaw Man
as Little Hal
Confessions of a Co-Ed
as Patricia's Son
Three Who Loved
as Sonny Hanson
Seed
as Johnny Carter as a Child
Aloha
as Junior Bradford
Passion Flower
as Tommy
The Office Wife
as Dickie the Boy at Beach (uncredited)
The Matrimonial Bed
as Trebel's Son (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
as Bobby Brown - 5 Years Old (uncredited)
The Three Sisters
as The Child
Son of the Gods
as Sam Lee as a Child (uncredited)
Madame X
as Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
Blue Skies
Object: Alimony
as Jimmy Rutledge Jr.
No Poster
Plastered in Paris
The Beloved Rogue
as Baby Francois (uncredited)