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Dickie Moore (actor)
John Richard Moore, Jr. (September 12, 1925 – September 7, 2015) was an American actor, known as Dickie Moore, and later in life as Dick Moore. He was one of the last surviving actors to have appeared in silent film. A busy and popular actor during his childhood and youth, he appeared in over 100 films until the 1950s. Among his most notable appearances were the ''Our Gang'' series and films such as ''Oliver Twist'', ''Blonde Venus'', ''Sergeant York'' and ''Out of the Past''.
==Career==
Moore was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Nora Eileen (Orr) and John Richard Moore, Sr., a banker.〔() books.google.ca〕 His mother was Irish, and his paternal grandparents were from England and Ireland.〔https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV4-G6J〕〔() books.google.ca〕 He made his film debut in 1927 in the silent film ''The Beloved Rogue'', where he portrayed silent film star John Barrymore's character as a one-year-old baby. At the time of his death, Moore was one of the last surviving actors to have appeared in silent film. He quickly gained notable supporting roles. He had a significant role as Marlene Dietrich's son in Josef von Sternberg's drama ''Blonde Venus'' (1932). He also appeared with Barbara Stanwyck in ''So Big'' (1932), with Walter Huston in ''Gabriel Over the White House'' (1933) and with Spencer Tracy in ''Man's Castle'' (1933).
Besides appearing in a number of major feature films, he was featured as a regular in the ''Our Gang'' series during the 1932–1933 season. Although he only played in eight ''Our Gang'' films, in those films he played an important role as the leader of the gang. He left the series after one year to play in more feature films. In addition to his ''Our Gang'' work, Moore is most remembered for his portrayal of the title character in the 1933 adaptation of Charles Dickens' ''Oliver Twist''. In 1935, he played the historical role of Joseph Meister in the film drama ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' about the life of scientist Louis Pasteur. In 1941, he portrayed the brother of Gary Cooper in the war drama ''Sergeant York'' under the direction of Howard Hawks. He is also famous for giving Shirley Temple her first romantic onscreen kiss, in the film ''Miss Annie Rooney''.
Moore was less successful as a teenage actor and young adult and he often had to play in B-movies such as ''Dangerous Years'' during the 1940s. One of his last notable film roles was in ''Out of the Past'' (1947), in which he portrayed Robert Mitchum's deaf young assistant, "The Kid". Moore played his last role as a young soldier in ''Eight Iron Men'' (1952). He later performed on Broadway, in stock and on television. He went on to teach and write books about acting, edit Equity News, and produce an Oscar-nominated short film (''The Boy and the Eagle''), and industrial films. He retired from acting in the late 1950s. In 1966, after battling alcohol and drugs, he founded a public relations firm, Dick Moore and Associates, which he ran until 2010.
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