Dudley Moore
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Dudley Moore. Actor: Arthur - Kein Kind von Traurigkeit. Dudley Moore, the gifted comedian who had at least three distinct career phases that brought him great acclaim and success, actually started out as a musical prodigy as a child. Moore -- born in Dagenham, Essex, England to working class parents in 1935 -- won a music scholarship to Magdalen College, Oxford, to study the organ. At university, he also studied...
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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.

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.

Was the first choice to play "Henry Fine" in Liebe hat zwei Gesichter (1996), only to be replaced by George Segal (who was, ironically, replaced by Moore in the role of "George Webber" in 10 - Die Traumfrau (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.

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

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 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 Die 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.

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

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.