Alvy Moore

Jack Alvin Alvy Moore December 5 1921 May 4 1997 was an American light comic actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres His character would often make a statement only to immediately negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert One such statement was Good morning Mr Douglas Well its not a good morning but its not a bad morning either He became an actor and furthered his training at the Pasadena Playhouse succeeding David Wayne in the role of Ensign Pulver opposite Henry Fondas Mister Roberts on Broadway and later toured with the play for 14 months He made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in Okinawa 19524 Moore appeared in guest and supporting roles in a number of movies and television shows including My Little Margie in 1952 as Dillard Crumbly an efficiency expert fresh out of Efficiency College The Mickey Mouse Club where he hosted What I Want to Be segments as the Roving Reporter He had a small role as a member of Marlon Brandos motorcycle gang in the 1953 film The Wild One and a similar bit part the same year as one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in The War of the Worlds Moore costarred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan Slept Here in which he displayed his natural gift for physical comedy In 1955 he costarred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5 Against the House In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams4 In 1962 Moore was cast as the SwissAmerican botanist David Douglas for whom the Douglas fir tree is named in an episode of the western anthology series Death Valley Days Keenan Wynn costarred as Douglas friend Josh Tavers and Iron Eyes Cody played an Indian chief who threatens to kill the two men6 Moore made a brief appearance as a cab driver in the 1964 Perry Mason episode The Case of the Wednesday Woman He also appeared in two episodes of another CBS sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show The Impractical Joke and The Case Of The Pillow He was also a guest star on The Andy Griffith Show and later on Little House on the Prairie TV series He was an actor producer and uncredited scriptwriter for A Boy and His Dog He attended DisCon II the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention to help promote the film One of his last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom Frasier In the 1980s Moore appeared in many cult horror films including Scream 1981 Mortuary 1983 Theyre Playing With Fire 1984 Intruder 1989 and The Horror Show 1989