Dickie Moore
Date of birth: 1925-09-12
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: John Richard Moore Jr., Dickey Moore, Dick Moore, Hal Roach's Rascals, Our Gang
Biography
Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore Jr.) made his acting and screen debut at the age of 18 months in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). By the time he had turned ten he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Moore continued as a child star for many more years, and was the actor who gave Shirley Temple her first romantic screen kiss when that honor was bestowed upon him in 1942's Miss Annie Rooney. As with many child actors, once Moore got older the roles began to dry up. He made his final film in 1950, but was still in the public eye with the 1949 to 1955 television series Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949). He then retired from acting for a new career in publicity. Moore died, age 89, in 2015.
Movie Credits
Out of the Past
1947-11-25
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and f
Fish Hooky
1933-01-28
A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.
The Boy and the Eagle
1949-07-01
A crippled boy discovers a wounded bald eagle, nurses it back to health, tames and teaches it to fly
Behind Locked Doors
1948-09-13
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from pros
Blonde Venus
1932-09-23
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retire
Hidden Power
1939-09-07
Dr. Garfield gets so involved in his research for an antitoxin for severe burns that he completely n
Oliver Twist
1933-02-28
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv
Little Men
1934-01-01
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys.
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is
Winner Take All
1932-07-16
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peg
The Three Sisters
1930-04-20
A 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and
The Star Witness
1931-08-22
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an inn
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused
Peter Ibbetson
1935-11-07
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live wi
Youth Runs Wild
1944-09-01
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are bu
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis
So Big!
1932-04-30
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Swellhead
1935-05-04
Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his ski
Gallant Lady
1933-12-07
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Mush and Milk
1933-05-27
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Blue Skies
1929-03-16
Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances
Miss Annie Rooney
1942-05-29
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn'
Tomorrow's Youth
1934-10-14
A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezz
Passion Flower
1930-12-06
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffe
Manhattan Parade
1931-12-24
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the o
The Expert
1932-03-05
An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.
In Love with Life
1934-05-11
Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecti
The World Accuses
1934-11-11
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up e
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936-03-02
Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse p
The Arkansas Traveler
1938-10-14
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record,
Tuna Clipper
1949-04-11
Hoping to become a lawyer, Alec (Roddy McDowall) becomes a tuna fisherman in order to pay a debt. Th
Love, Honor and Behave
1938-03-12
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself
So Red the Rose
1935-12-20
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to re
Bad Boy
1949-02-22
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
This Side of Heaven
1934-02-02
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
Union Depot
1932-01-14
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metr
The Devil Is Driving
1932-12-09
Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when hi
Three Who Loved
1931-07-03
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
Happy Land
1943-11-10
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist beli
The Eve of St. Mark
1944-05-22
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first
Disorderly Conduct
1932-03-20
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence le
Obey the Law
1933-03-11
In this drama, an immigrant barber becomes a US citizen and works hard to uphold his ideals of perso
The Office Wife
1930-08-23
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's
Upperworld
1934-04-28
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably un
Fifteen Wives
1934-07-15
Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartm
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002-08-01
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great
The Racing Strain
1932-12-16
A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl
Fireman, Save My Child
1932-02-20
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to pla
Strange Wives
1934-11-30
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
The Member of the Wedding
1952-12-25
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from
Eight Iron Men
1952-12-01
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines
Dangerous Years
1947-12-07
Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up
Madame X
1937-10-01
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she i
My Bill
1938-07-08
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
Man's Castle
1933-11-20
Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will sup
Jive Junction
1943-12-16
A young classical musician becomes the conductor a high-school all-girl jive band to entertain the t
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942-02-26
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Lincoln in the White House
1939-02-11
This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Get
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
The Beloved Rogue
1927-03-12
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasiona
Killer Shark
1950-03-19
A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting
The Blue Bird
1940-01-15
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness
Sweet and Low-Down
1944-09-21
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are pac
Million Dollar Legs
1932-07-08
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a
The Gladiator
1938-08-14
A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team,
Aloha
1931-04-26
In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander,
16 Fathoms Deep
1948-07-25
A bitterly jealous sponge fisherman tries to sabotage a fellow diver.
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940-10-19
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news age
Forgotten Babies
1933-03-11
While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.
A Lad an' a Lamp
1932-12-17
The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.
Cody of the Pony Express
1950-04-06
Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer.
Hook and Ladder
1932-08-27
The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.
Birthday Blues
1932-11-12
Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Free Wheeling
1932-09-30
Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.
Son of the Gods
1930-03-09
The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993-08-31
There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led
The Matrimonial Bed
1930-08-01
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia
Madame X
1929-08-17
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney Gen
The Bride Wore Red
1937-10-08
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931-07-11
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying
Cradle Song
1933-11-19
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 1
Seed
1931-05-14
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company; he has written a novel. His wife Peggy and he have five ch
Deception
1932-11-04
Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have be
The Human Side
1934-09-01
The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
The Life of Emile Zola
1937-09-09
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair
The Kid from Borneo
1933-04-15
The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie, Dorothy, and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believin
Hollywood’s Children
1982-02-24
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell
Without Children
1935-04-15
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high soci
Timothy's Quest
1936-01-31
Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by Vil
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996-12-08
Let Us Be Gay
1930-07-11
A housewife divorces her self-centered husband. Years later, she attends a party where her ex is pur
The Hollywood Handicap
1932-08-10
1930s Thalians Club comedy.
Plastered in Paris
1928-09-23
A Harem Scarum Comedy of two Clowns in a Desert Amidst a Bevy of Harem Beauties. It's a Wow and How!
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989-12-02
A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with
The Story of Hal Roach and Our Gang
2009-01-01
This is a documentary that's included with the Our Gang mega-set of eight DVDs. This in on disc eigh
Object: Alimony
1928-12-22
Ruth Butler, a clerk in an emporium, marries Jimmy Rutledge and thereby greatly displeases his mothe
No Greater Love
1932-06-04
Owing more than just a passing nod to "Abie's Irish Rose," a kindly Jewish delicatessen owner in New