Dudley Moore

Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE 19 April 1935 27 March 2002 was an English actor comedian musician and composer Moore first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s He was one of the four writerperformers in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe from 1960 that created a boom in satiric comedy With a member of that team Peter Cook Moore collaborated on the BBC television series Not Only But Also As a popular double act Moores buffoonery contrasted with Cooks deadpan monologues They jointly received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance and worked together on other projects until the mid1970s by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles to concentrate on his film acting Moores career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films particularly Bedazzled 1967 set in Swinging Sixties London in which he costarred with Cook and Hollywood productions Foul Play 1978 10 1979 and Arthur 1981 For Arthur Moore was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award He received a second Golden Globe for his performance in Micki Maude 1984 Moore was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1987 and was made a CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 16 November 2001 in what was his last public appearance