Full Name | Ron Moody |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Date Of Birth | January 8, 1924 |
Died | June 11, 2015, London, United Kingdom |
Place Of Birth | Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK |
Occupation | Actor, composer, singer, writer |
Profession | Singer, Writer, Composer, Voice Actor |
Education | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Therese Blackbourn |
Children | Daniel Moody, Jonathan Barnaby Moody |
Parents | Bernard Moodnick, Kate Ogus |
Nicknames | Ron Moody, Moody, Ron |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0600531 |
Awards | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical |
Movies | Oliver!, The Twelve Chairs, Murder Most Foul, The Mouse on the Moon, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Unidentified Flying Oddball, Flight of the Doves, Legend of the Werewolf, Summer Holiday, Wrong Is Right, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It, Benji's Very Own Christmas Story, Da... |
TV Shows | Into the Labyrinth, The Animals of Farthing Wood, The Telebugs, Noah's Island, Nobody's Perfect, The Word (US), Hideaway |
Star Sign | Capricorn |
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1 | If I had stayed in America afterwards, then things would probably have been much better and I would have had lots of film work, which I wanted. But the day after the Oscars I flew back to London to film a television play for Anglia. It was a big mistake because you never really get acknowledged for wanting to work in England, as I did. I just think now that you are a bloody fool if you do that. You should take the money when you can. |
2 | After Oliver! (1968), my career didn't develop. I was offered Fagin-type roles but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions. You don't kvetch mble]. Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle. |
3 | [on the death of Jack Wild] Jack really was cheated out of a great career. He was easy to work with and made you feel good. He was a professional; his performance was incredible and the film will remain a classic. We were talking about getting together and going to see each other. We were more like Laurel and Hardy. We used to call ourselves Fagin and Dodger. We had that kind of bond between us. He had a talent that should have developed into even more talent as he grew older. Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in and others take the way out. Jack also had bad luck, with the fact that he got so ill. The talent was still there but it didn't work out for him. I never thought he would ever give up. I thought he'd fought it. It's very sad. He was a fighter. |
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1 | His mother, Kate (Ogus), was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his father, Bernard Moodnick, was of Russian Jewish background. |
2 | David Jason is one of his biggest fans and learned much from him when they acted on stage together. |
3 | He played Fagin on stage a year before Oliver! (1968). |
4 | Appeared on stage at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane on 30 June 2010, exactly fifty years since he first played Fagin. [June 2010] |
5 | Lives in Southgate, London, England. [April 2002] |
6 | Has appeared in two movies based on Charles Dickens novels: Oliver! (1968) and David Copperfield (1970). He was also on the shortlist of actors considered to play Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). |
7 | Appeared in The Twelve Chairs (1970) with Dom DeLuise. Both of them have played Fagin in a production of "Oliver Twist." Ron Moody played Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and Dom DeLusie voiced Fagin in Oliver & Company (1988). |
8 | He played Merlin in both Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) and A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995) as well as a man who believed himself to be King Arthur in Highway to Heaven (1984). |
9 | Columbia producers wanted to cast Peter Sellers as Fagin in Oliver! (1968), but Lionel Bart and Carol Reed both insisted that Moody should be allowed to reprise his acclaimed stage role. |
10 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1984 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Oliver!," recreating the role of Fagin that had previously gained him a Best Actor Oscar nomination in the film version of the same name, Oliver! (1968). |
11 | He declined the opportunity to play the Third Doctor in the popular BBC series Doctor Who (1963), after the departure of Patrick Troughton in 1969. The part then went to the producer's second choice Jon Pertwee. Moody later described this as "the worst decision [he] ever made.". |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Holby City | 2005-2012 | TV Series | Vincent Mancini / Ted Morgan |
Fits and Starts of Restlessness | 2012 | Short | |
The Lizard Boy | 2010 | Short | Dr. Scales |
Casualty | 2010 | TV Series | Chick |
The Bill | 1998-2006 | TV Series | Harry Granger / Chris / Harry Rose |
Celebrate 'Oliver!' | 2005 | TV Movie | Fagin / Himself |
Moussaka & Chips | 2005 | | Officer David Tomlinson |
Lost Dogs | 2005 | | Maurice Todd |
Keen Eddie | 2004 | TV Series | Ron Wiggensey |
EastEnders | 2003 | TV Series | Edwin |
Paradise Grove | 2003 | | Izzie Goldberg |
Revelation | 2001 | | Sir Isaac Newton |
Chopsticks | 2001 | Short | Stromberg |
The 3 Kings | 2000 | | King Herod |
The People's Passion | 1999 | TV Movie | Donkey Minder |
Noah's Island | 1997 | TV Series | |
Quality Time | 1996 | Short | Hearst |
Take Pity | 1996 | Short | |
The Animals of Farthing Wood | 1996 | Video Game | Badger (voice) |
The Animals of Farthing Wood | 1993-1995 | TV Series | Toad / Badger / Bully / ... |
Last of the Summer Wine | 1995 | TV Series | Willoughby |
A Kid in King Arthur's Court | 1995 | | Merlin |
Mike & Angelo | 1994 | TV Series | Angelo's Dad |
Emily's Ghost | 1992 | | Dawson |
How's Business | 1991 | | Pawnshop broker |
A Ghost in Monte Carlo | 1990 | TV Movie | Alphonse |
Astérix et le coup du menhir | 1989 | | Prolix (English version, voice) |
Hideaway | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Det. Sgt. Albert Adams |
The Telebugs | 1986 | TV Series | Various Roles |
Murder, She Wrote | 1985 | TV Series | Insp. Henry Kyle |
Highway to Heaven | 1984 | TV Series | Arthur Krock Sr. King Arthur |
Where Is Parsifal? | 1984 | | Beersbohm |
Hart to Hart | 1981-1983 | TV Series | Charles Thompson / The Captain |
Tales of the Gold Monkey | 1982 | TV Series | Bon Chance Louie |
Wrong Is Right | 1982 | | King Awad |
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice | 1981 | Video | Iago |
Strike Force | 1981 | TV Series | |
Into the Labyrinth | 1981 | TV Series | Rothgo |
Dial M for Murder | 1981 | TV Movie | Capt. Lesgate (Swann) |
Nobody's Perfect | 1980 | TV Series | Det. Insp. Roger Hart |
Tales of the Unexpected | 1980 | TV Series | Richard Pratt |
Unidentified Flying Oddball | 1979 | | Merlin |
Dominique | 1979 | | Dr. Rogers |
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story | 1978 | TV Short | Kris Kringle |
The Word | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | LeBrun |
Midnight Is a Place | 1977 | TV Series | Gudgeon |
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | 1977 | | Dr. Henry Gropinger |
Starsky and Hutch | 1976 | TV Series | Derek Stafford |
Play for Today | 1976 | TV Series | Harry |
Closed Up-Tight | 1975 | | |
Dogpound Shuffle | 1975 | | Steps |
Legend of the Werewolf | 1975 | | Zoo Keeper |
Village Hall | 1974 | TV Series | Mr. Ellis |
Gunsmoke | 1973 | TV Series | Noah Beal |
The Edwardians | 1972 | TV Mini-Series | Robert Baden-Powell |
Shirley's World | 1971 | TV Series | Matthew Quick |
Flight of the Doves | 1971 | | Hawk Dove |
The Twelve Chairs | 1970 | | Vorobyaninov |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | 1970 | TV Series | Cracker Carstairs |
David Copperfield | 1970 | TV Movie | Uriah Heep |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1969 | TV Series | Col. James James |
The Harry Secombe Show | 1968 | TV Series | |
Oliver! | 1968 | | Fagin |
Astérix le Gaulois | 1967 | | Prolix (English version, voice) |
The Avengers | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Jordan / Hopkirk |
The Sandwich Man | 1966 | | Rowing Coach |
The Wednesday Play | 1966 | TV Series | Walter Hoskins |
Armchair Mystery Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Henry Mason |
San Ferry Ann | 1965 | | German |
ITV Play of the Week | 1964 | TV Series | Jasper Waxo |
Thursday Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Professor Winke |
Seaside Swingers | 1964 | | Professor Bastinado |
Murder Most Foul | 1964 | | H. Driffold Cosgood |
Ladies Who Do | 1963 | | Police Inspector |
Festival | 1963 | TV Series | Joe Levene |
Comedy Playhouse | 1963 | TV Series | Vogler |
Armchair Theatre | 1963 | TV Series | |
The Mouse on the Moon | 1963 | | Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy |
Summer Holiday | 1963 | | Orlando |
The Winter's Tale | 1962 | TV Movie | Autolycus |
A Pair of Briefs | 1962 | | Sidney Pudney |
Five Golden Hours | 1961 | | Gabrielle |
Alice Through the Looking Box | 1960 | TV Movie | Mad Hatter |
Make Mine Mink | 1960 | | Jelks (uncredited) |
A Christmas Night with the Stars | 1959 | TV Series | In performance with Jimmy Logan |
Follow a Star | 1959 | | Violinist |
The Vise | 1958 | TV Series | Saverin |
Davy | 1958 | | The Unicyclist (uncredited) |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Heroes of Comedy | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
Comic Relief | 1995 | TV Special | Fagin (segment "Oliver 2: Let's twist Again") |
This Is Your Life | 1991-1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Wogan | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
The Lowdown: The Big Picture | 1991 | TV Movie | Himself |
The 38th Annual Tony Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Musical |
Starburst | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
Clapper Board | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
Blankety Blank | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
The Good Old Days | 1973-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Performer |
Saturday Night at the Mill | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas | 1977 | TV Special | Himself |
The David Nixon Show | 1977 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Night of 100 Stars | 1977 | TV Special | Himself |
Parkinson | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
The ABC Comedy Hour | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
Cinema | 1971 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The 41st Annual Academy Awards | 1969 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in Leading Role |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | 1961-1962 | TV Series | Himself |
Moody in ... | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
Showtime | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
Who's Moody? | 1960 | TV Short | Himself |
Make Mine Music | 1960 | TV Series | Himself |
Riverside One | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
Men, Women and Clothes | 1957 | TV Series | Himself Modelling Fashions |
Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | |
The Story of Musicals | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Loose Women | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
Breakfast | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
Movie Connections | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
A Sense of Carol Reed | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
The King's Head: A Maverick in London | 2006 | Video documentary | Himself |
The 100 Greatest Family Films | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
This Morning | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
After They Were Famous | 2005 | TV Series documentary | |
The 100 Greatest Musicals | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe | 2001 | TV Special | Narrator |
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