Dickie Moore

Personal Info

Birthday

September 12, 1925

Day of Death

2015-09-07

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

John Richard Moore Jr.

Dickey Moore

Dick Moore

Hal Roach's Rascals

Our Gang

Dickie Moore

Biography

Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore Jr.) made his acting and screen debut at the age of 18 months in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). By the time he had turned ten he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Moore continued as a child star for many more years, and was the actor who gave Shirley Temple her first romantic screen kiss when that honor was bestowed upon him in 1942's Miss Annie Rooney. As with many child actors, once Moore got older the roles began to dry up. He made his final film in 1950, but was still in the public eye with the 1949 to 1955 television series Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949). He then retired from acting for a new career in publicity. Moore died, age 89, in 2015.