Victor Moore

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Victor Frederick Moore (February 24, 1876 – July 23, 1962) was an American actor of stage and screen, as a major Broadway actor from the late 1920s to the 1930s.

He was also a comedian, writer, and director.

Personal life

He was married twice, first to actress Emma Littlefield from June 23, 1903 to her death on June 23, 1934, and then to Shirley Paige on January 16, 1942, when Moore was 65 and Paige was 20. The marriage wasn't announced informally for a year and a half. They were married until Victor Moore's death 20 years ago.

He had three children with his first wife: Victor, Jr., Ora Victora, and Robert Emmett.

Victor Moore was well-liked by his coworkers. L.I.G.T.S. founded in 1915, during the actor's colony in Long Island, New York. (Long Island Good Hearted Thespian's Society), a non-profit organization headquartered in Freeport, is located in Freeport. Many show-business celebrities, including John Philip Sousa, Irving Berlin, Al Jolson, Will Rogers, and the Ringling Bros. Moore said that people in show business often had to work during the holiday season, so he created annual "Christmas in July" festivities, particularly for actors.

Moore died as a result of a heart attack on July 23, 1962. He was 85 years old. He is laid to rest at Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

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Career

Victor Moore appeared in 21 Broadway shows and more than 50 films. He appeared on Broadway for the first time (1896). He appeared in George M. Cohan's Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, which opened January 1, 1906, and its sequel, The Talk of New York (1907). He went on to appear in shows including Oh, Kay!

(1926) as Shorty McGee, Hold Everything!

Nosey Bartlett, Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing (1931) as Vice President Alexander Throttlebottom, Let 'Em Eat Cake (1933) as Moonface Martin (1940) and Irving Berlin's Louisiana Purchase (1940) as Oliver P. Loganberry. Moore used to perform with actor William Gaxton, with Gaxton's self-assured slicker playing opposite Moore's obedient friend.

Beatrice deMille, a screenwriter, was among Moore's talents first recognized. In 1915, he made his film debut. He appeared in three films this year, two of which were directed by Cecil B. DeMille – Chimmie Fadden and Chimmie Fadden Out West. He appeared in Swing Time (1936), Make Way for Tomorrow (1937), with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, On Our Merry Way (1948), A Kiss in the Dark (1949), and We're Not Married (1952), and For the second time (1952), working with Ginger Rogers (1952). In The Seven Year Itch (1955), he appeared as a plumber.

He appeared on film twice with Bob Hope, first in Louisiana Purchase (1941) and then in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942). Moore enacted the famous "Pay the Two Dollars" sketch in the film Ziegfeld Follies (1946), (in which Moore is arrested on a minor charge only to have his prosecutor steamroll the case to higher court). Edward Arnold played William Gaxton, a solicitor.

Moore appeared on The Martin and Lewis radio show on August 16, 1949, and he was a regular (as himself) on The Jimmy Durante Show.

Moore appeared in the Daffy Duck cartoon Ain't That Ducky in 1945. He was so pleased with his caricature that he promised to make his voice free of charge, but on the understanding that the animators draw him with a little more hair.

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