Roger Moore
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Sir Roger George Moore KBE (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He played the British secret agent James Bond in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. He also played Simon Templar in the television series The Saint between 1962 and 1969.
Moore took over the role of Bond from Sean Connery in 1972, and made his first appearance as 007 in Live and Let Die (1973). The longest serving Bond to date, Moore portrayed the spy in six more films. Appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991, Moore was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for "services to charity". In 2008, the French government appointed Moore a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Double Wedding | Pianist |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Paul |
| 1955 | Interrupted Melody | Cyril Lawrence |
| The King's Thief | Jack | |
| 1956 | Diane | Prince Henri |
| 1958 | Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Capt. Michael Stuart |
| The Alaskans | Silky Harris | |
| Maverick | Beau Maverick | |
| 1961 | The Sins of Rachel Cade | Paul Wilton |
| Gold of the Seven Saints | Shaun Garrett | |
| 1962 | Romulus and the Sabines | Romulus |
| No Man's Land | Enzo Prati | |
| 1962– 1969 | The Saint | Simon Templar |
| 1968 | The Fiction Makers | Simon Templar |
| 1969 | Vendetta for the Saint | |
| Crossplot | Gary Fenn | |
| 1970 | The Man Who Haunted Himself | Harold Pelham |
| 1971 | The Persuaders! | Brett Sinclair |
| 1973 | Live and Let Die | James Bond |
| 1974 | Gold | Rod Slater |
| The Man with the Golden Gun | James Bond | |
| 1975 | That Lucky Touch | Michael Scott |
| 1976 | Street People | Ulysses |
| Shout at the Devil | Sebastian Oldsmith | |
| 1977 | Sherlock Holmes in New York | Sherlock Holmes |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | James Bond | |
| 1978 | The Wild Geese | Lieutenant Shaun Fynn |
| 1979 | Escape to Athena | Major Otto Hecht |
| Moonraker | James Bond | |
| North Sea Hijack | Rufus Excalibur ffolkes | |
| 1980 | The Sea Wolves | Captain Gavin Stewart |
| Sunday Lovers | Harry Lindon | |
| 1981 | The Cannonball Run | Seymour |
| For Your Eyes Only | James Bond | |
| 1983 | Octopussy | |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau | |
| 1984 | The Naked Face | Dr. Judd Stevens |
| 1985 | A View to a Kill | James Bond |
| 1990 | Fire, Ice and Dynamite | Sir George Windsor |
| Bullseye! | Sir John Bevistock | |
| 1992 | Bed & Breakfast | Adam |
| 1995 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Thomas Grace |
| 1996 | The Quest | Lord Edgar Dobbs |
| 1997 | Spice World | The Chief |
| 2001 | The Enemy | Supt. Robert Ogilvie |
| 2002 | Boat Trip | Lloyd Faversham |
| 2011 | A Princess for Christmas | Edward, Duke of Castlebury |
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