Ron Moody

Personal Info

Birthday

January 8, 1924

Day of Death

2015-06-11

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK

Ron Moody

Biography

Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; January 8, 1925 – June 11, 2015) was an English actor, singer, and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Other film appearances included The Mouse on the Moon (1963), The Twelve Chairs (1970), and A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995). He was married to Therese Blackbourn until his death; they had six children.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

The Avengers

Casualty

Play for Today

Highway to Heaven

Hart to Hart

Starsky & Hutch

Gunsmoke

Filmography

2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2006
A Sense of Carol Reed
as Self
2005
Moussaka & Chips
as Officer David Tomlinson
Lost Dogs
as Maurice Todd
2001
Revelation
as Sir Isaac Newton
1995
A Kid in King Arthur's Court
as Merlin
Character Building
as White Stag (voice)
1992
Emily's Ghost
as Dawson
1991
How's Business
as Pawnshop Broker
1990
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
as Alphonse
1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Azdak
1984
Where Is Parsifal?
as Baron Gaspard Beersbohm
1982
Wrong Is Right
as King Awad
1981
Dial M for Murder
as Capt. 'Swann' Lesgate
Othello
as Iago
1980
Dominique
as Dr. Rogers
1979
Unidentified Flying Oddball
as Merlin
1978
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story
as Kris Kringle
1977
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
as Self
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
as Dr. Henry Gropinger ( Kissinger )
1976
Rocky Marciano Is Dead
as Harry
1975
Legend of the Werewolf
as Zookeeper
Dogpound Shuffle
as Steps
1971
Flight of the Doves
as Hawk Dove
1970
The Twelve Chairs
as Ippolit Vorobyaninov
Is That Your Body, Boy
as Cracker Carstairs
1969
David Copperfield
as Uriah Heep
1968
Oliver!
as Fagin
1966
The Sandwich Man
as Rowing Coach
Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am!
as Walter Hoskins
1965
Every Day's a Holiday
as Professor Leonardo Bastinado
San Ferry Ann
as German
1964
The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown
as Jasper Waxo
Murder Most Foul
as H. Driffold Cosgood
1963
Ladies Who Do
as Police Inspector
The Mouse on the Moon
as Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy
Summer Holiday
as Orlando
1962
A Pair of Briefs
as Sidney Pudney
1961
Five Golden Hours
as Gabrielle
1960
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Mad Hatter
1959
Follow a Star
as Violinist
1958
Davy
as The Unicyclist (uncredited)