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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Ron Moody Biography (1924-)
Original name, Ronald Moodnick; name legally changed, 1930; born January 8, 1924, in London, England; son of Bernard (a studio executive) and Kate (maidenname, Ogus) Moodnick. Addresses: Office: Eric Glass Ltd., 28 BerkeleySquare, London W1X 6HD, England.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, singer, writer, composer, librettist
- Birth Details
- January 8, 1924
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (Debut) Davy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
- Violinist, Follow a Star, Rank, 1959
- Jelks, Make Mine Mink, Continental Distributing, 1960
- Gabrielle, Five Golden Hours (also known as Cinque ore in contanti), Columbia, 1961
- Prime Minister Mountjoy, The Mouse on the Moon, United Artists, 1963
- Sidney Pudney, A Pair of Briefs, Davis, 1963
- Orlando, Summer Holiday, American International Pictures, 1963
- Police inspector, Ladies Who Do, Continental Distributing, 1964
- H. Driffold Cosgood, Murder Most Foul, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
- German, San Ferry Ann, British Lion, 1965
- Professor Bastinado, Seaside Swingers (also known as The Adventures of Tim and Every Day's a Holiday), Embassy, 1965
- Coach, The Sandwich Man, Rank, 1966
- Fagin, Oliver!, Columbia, 1968
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The Bed Sitting Room, United Artists, 1969
- Ippolit Vorobyaninov, The Twelve Chairs, UMC, 1970
- Hawk Dove, Flight of the Doves, Columbia, 1971
- Steps, Dogpound Shuffle (also known as Spot), Bloom, 1975
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Legend of the Werewolf (also known as Plague of the Werewolves), 1975
- Dr. Gropinger, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We KnowIt, 1977
- Dr. Rogers, Dominique (also known as Avenging Spirit and Dominique Is Dead), Subotsky, 1978
- Merlin, The Unidentified Flying Oddball (also known as The Spacemen and King Arthur and UFO), Buena Vista, 1979
- King Awad, Wrong Is Right (also known as The Man with the Deadly Lens), Columbia, 1982
- Baron Gaspard Beersbohm, Where Is Parsifal?, Terence Young, 1984
- Voice of Prolix, Asterix and the Big Fight (also known as Asterix and the Stone's Blow), Gaumont/Palace/Extrafilm, 1989
- Dawson, Emily's Ghost, 1992
- Merlin, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Buena Vista, 1995
- Izzie Goldberg, Paradise Grove, Paradise Grove plc, 1999
- Sir Isaac Newton, Revelation, Cyclops Vision, 2001
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Detective Inspector Roger Hart, Nobody's Perfect, ABC, 1980
- Rothgo, Into the Labyrinth, 1981-1983
- Appeared as Badger, The Animals of Farthing Wood.
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Miniseries
- LeBrun, The Word, CBS, 1978
- Bon Chance Louie, Tales of the Gold Monkey II (also known as The Curse of the Gold Monkey), ABC, 1982
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Movies
- Uriah Heep, David Copperfield, NBC, 1970 later released theatrically by Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
- Captain Lesgate "Swann", Dial M for Murder, NBC, 1981
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Thames (England), 1985
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Hideaway, BBC (England), 1985
- Alphonse, A Ghost in Monte Carlo, TNT, 1990
- Donkey minder, The People's Passion, BBC, 1999
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Specials
- Autolycus, The Winter's Tale, 1961
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Portrait of Petula, NBC, 1969
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Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, NBC, 1977
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The David Soul and Friends Special, ABC, 1977
- Kris Kringle, Benjy's Very Own Christmas Story, ABC, 1978
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Winter's Tale, 1980
- Iago, Othello (also known as William Shakespeare's The Tragedyof Othello, the Moor of Venice), 1981
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Other Side of London, 1983
- Narrator, Wild about Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe, 2001
- Also appeared in Baden Powell,
Is That Your Body, Boy?, andTaste.
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Episodic
- Saverin, "The Hostage," The Vise, 1958
- Ponsonby-Hopkirk, "Honey for the Prince," The Avengers, ABC, 1966
- "Who's a Good Boy Then?," Wednesday Play, 1966
- Professor Jordan, "The Bird Who Knew Too Much," The Avengers, ABC,1967
- "Is That Your Body Boy?," Thirty-Minute Theatre, 1970
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Shirley's World, ABC, 1971
- Guest, The ABC Comedy Hour, ABC, 1972
- Noah Beal, "The Boy and the Sinner," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1973
- Derek Stafford, "Murder on the High Seas" (also known as "Murder at Sea"), Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1976
- "Rocky Marciano Is Dead," Play for Today, 1976
- "Taste," Tales of the Unexpected, syndicated, 1980
- "The Hollow Man," The Strike Force, ABC, 1981
- The captain, "Getting Aweigh with Murder," Hart to Hart, ABC, 1981
- Charles Thompson, "Two Hearts Are Better Than One," Hart to Hart,ABC, 1983
- Arthur Krock, Sr., "A Devine Madness," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1984
- Inspector Henry Kyle, "Paint Me a Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1985
- "Angelo's Dad," Mike & Angelo, 1994
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Stage Appearances
- (Debut) Intimacy at Eight, New Lindsey Theatre, London, 1952
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Intimacy at 8:30, Criterion Theatre, London, 1954
- Vagabond student, For Amusement Only, Apollo Theatre, London, 1956
- Pierrot, For Adults Only, Strand Theatre, London, 1958
- Governor of Buenos Aires, Candide, Saville Theatre, London, 1959
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Six Years Revue, 1959
- Fagin, Oliver! (musical), New Theatre, London, 1960
- Title role, Joey, Joey, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England,1962
- Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Scala Theatre, London, 1966
- Shylock, Merchant of Venice, 1967
- Aristophanes, Liz, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, England, 1968
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Royal Command Performance, Palladium Theatre, London, 1968
- Polonius and first gravedigger, Hamlet, Bankside Globe Theatre, London, 1971
- Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Coliseum Theatre, London, 1972
- Fagin, Oliver! (musical), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles,then Curran Theatre, San Francisco, CA, both 1973
- Mr. Sterling, The Clandestine Marriage, Savoy Theatre, London, 1975
- Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Palladium Theatre, 1975
- Title role, The Showman, Stratford Theatre Royal, London, 1976
- Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Casino Theatre, London, 1977
- Title role, Richard III, Canadian production, 1978
- Iago, Othello, 1981
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Marino Faliero, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1982
- Fagin, Oliver! (musical), Aldwych Theatre, London, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1984
- Title role, Sherlock Holmes--The Musical, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1989
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Streets of Dublin (musical), 1992
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Bertie, 1993
- Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Cambridge Theatre, 1994-1995
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The Canterville Ghost (musical), 1998
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Chopsticks, 2000
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Steps, 2000
- Appeared as Harpagon in The Miser.
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Major Tours
- Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., H.M.S. Pinafore, U.S. cities, 1987-1988
- Also appeared in Move Along Sideways, U.S. and British cities.
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Stage Work
- Director, Saturnalia, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1971
- Director, Kafka in Love, 1991
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WRITINGS
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Stage Plays
- Author, composer and lyricist, Joey, Joey, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1962, then Saville Theatre, London, 1966
- Author and composer, Saturnalia, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1971
- Author, Move Along Sideways, Stratford Theatre Royal, London, 1976, published, 1971
- Author, composer, and lyricist, The Showman, Stratford Theatre Royal, 1976
- Author, Nine Lives, 1991
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Nonfiction
- (Contributor) My L.S.E., Robson Books (New York City), 1977
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Off the Cuff: Do-It-Yourself Anywhere, Anytime Instant Bookspeech,Robson Books, 1987
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Novels
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The Devil You Don't, Robson Books, 1979
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Very Very Slightly Imperfect, Robson Books, 1983
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The Soul of Leonardo, 1991
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The Amazon Box (juvenile), Robson Books, 1994
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