Trivia

Son Nicholas Moore was born with a club foot that was surgically corrected in his youth. and became an organ scholar at Magdalen College in Oxford.

Underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery, and thereafter suffered four minor strokes in swift succession. (September 25, 1997)

Is a classically trained pianist.

His favorite movie star was Gene Kelly.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Anglo-American film and theatre. Despite bad health, he traveled to Buckingham Palace in London, England to receive the CBE.

Turned down the lead role in Splash (1984).

Became a father for the 2nd time at age 60 when his 4th ex-wife Nicole Rothschild gave birth to their son Nicholas Anthony Moore on 28 June 1995.

His father was Scottish, from Glasgow, and his mother was English.

He was considered for Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).

He was cared for in his final days and through burial in Plainfield, New Jersey, by longtime friend and pianist Rena Fruchter.

Was the first choice to play "Henry Fine" in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), only to be replaced by George Segal (who was, ironically, replaced by Moore in the role of "George Webber" in 10 (1979)). In an interview following his announcement that he had supranuclear palsy, he revealed that he was dismissed from the role because he had trouble remembering his lines.

Interred in Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, New Jersey.

He was considered for the title role in Beetlejuice (1988).

He was considered for Doc Brown in Back to the Future (1985).

Turned down a job offer as organist at King's College, Cambridge, to launch his music and acting career.

Became a father for the 1st time at age 40 when his 2nd ex-wife Tuesday Weld gave birth to their son Patrick Moore on 26 February 1976.

He disowned Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988). Peter Cook would tease him by saying he preferred it to Arthur (1981).

He died on the same day as Milton Berle and Billy Wilder. He and Wilder both died of pneumonia while he and Berle both made guest appearances in The Muppet Show (1976).

Has won two Special Tony Awards:

• in 1963, along with his "Beyond the Fringe" co-stars Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, and Jonathan Miller, "for their brilliance which has shattered all the old concepts of comedy," in a show that was recreated in a television version of the same title, Beyond the Fringe (1964); and
• in 1974, shared with co-author and co-star Cook for their show "Good Evening".

In the 1950s he was a regular member of The Johnny Dankworth Seven where he established himself as an accomplished jazz pianist.

In one of his early comedy sketches Moore played a wacky pianist named Bo Dudley, a Little Richard lookalike, wearing sunglasses (1966).

Although he was only 21 years younger than Geraldine Fitzgerald, he played her grandson in Arthur (1981) and Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988).

Attended Magdalen College, Oxford University, England, graduating in 1958.

He co-owned, with producer Tony Bill, a fashionable restaurant in Venice, California (1980s-2000), named 72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill. He played the piano whenever he was there.

A bar/restaurant in Cromwell, Connecticut, USA is named in honor of him.

Release of the book, "Dudley Moore: An Intimate Portrait", by Rena Fruchter. (2005)

Although he became a major star with Arthur (1981), his only subsequent hit was Micki + Maude (1984).

He was offered $4 million to portray Zaltar in Supergirl (1984), but turned the offer down and suggested his friend Peter Cook play Nigel.

Co-owner of the restaurant "72 Market Street" in Venice, Los Angeles.

His roles in Lovesick (1983) and Unfaithfully Yours (1984) were originally meant for Peter Sellers, who died before they were made.

His fourth wife Nicole Rothschild claimed that Moore smoked and ate a considerable amount of crystal methamphetamine during their marriage.

He and Tuesday Weld separated about 20 times during their 5-year marriage.

He was considered for Michael Dorsey in Tootsie (1982).

He was originally going to star in Mannequin (1987). The protagonist was originally an older, lonely storekeeper.

Planned to star and direct a remake of the Billy Wilder classic Love in the Afternoon (1957), but the project fell through.

He was considered for the role of Harry Lyme in Home Alone (1990).

Regularly played the piano in 'The Three Travellers' at Becontree Heath, Dagenham.

Arrested and charged with suspicion of domestic violence on a cohabitant. (March 1994)

In 1983 won the NATO Male Star of the Year Award.

He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."

Godfather of Peter Cook's eldest daughter, Lucy.

He was considered for the role of Lawrence Jamieson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988).

He was considered to voice Zazu in The Lion King (1994).

He turned down a contract for 5 Pink Panther films because he didn't want to be tied to a series.

1954 won a scholarship to Oxford to study music.

His first American film was Foul Play in which he met actress Brogan Lane and moved in together in 1982.

Friend of short films writer/editor/director Andrew Michael Jolley

He was considered for Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973).

Prior to making his name he;d been a pianist in the Johnny Dankworth band.

In partnership with Peter Cook they topped the bill on The New London Palladium Show, made the record charts with Goodbye -ee and were in the film The Wrong Box with John Mills and Michael Caine.