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Roger Moore Fast Facts

August 05, 2013

(CNN) โ€” Hereโ€™s a look at the life of British actor and UNICEF Ambassador, Roger Moore.

Personal:
Birth date: October 14, 1927

Death date: May 23, 2017

Birth place: London, England

Birth name: Roger George Moore

Father: George Moore, a police officer

Mother: Lily (Pope) Moore, homemaker

Marriages: Kristina Tholstrup (March 9, 2002-May 23, 2017, his death); Luisa Mattioli (April 11, 1969-December 1996 divorced); Dorothy Squires (July 6, 1953-November 26, 1968 divorced); Doorn van Steyn (December 9, 1946-March 1953 divorced)

Children: with Luisa Mattioli: Christian, 1973; Geoffrey, 1966; Deborah, 1963

Education: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (1944-1945)

Military: British Army (1945-1948), 2nd Lt.

Other Facts:
He lived in London during the blitz of World War II.

Moore was a high school dropout.

Worked as a model.

Moore was MI6โ€™s Agent 007 the longest. He played James Bond in seven films: โ€œLive and Let Dieโ€ (1973), โ€œThe Man with the Golden Gunโ€ (1974), โ€œThe Spy Who Loved Meโ€ (1977), โ€œMoonrakerโ€ (1979), โ€œFor Your Eyes Onlyโ€ (1981), โ€œOctopussyโ€ (1983) and โ€œA View to a Killโ€ (1985).

Wrote three memoirs, โ€œLast Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown,โ€ โ€œMy Word is My Bondโ€ and โ€œOne Lucky Bastard: Tales from Tinseltown.โ€

Timeline:
November 1, 1945 - Opening day of โ€œPerfect Strangersโ€ (aka โ€œVacation from Marriageโ€), his movie debut in which he is an uncredited extra. It is the first of seven consecutive uncredited roles.

1953 - Moves to the United States and makes his American television debut in the Hallmark Hall of Fameโ€™s production of โ€œJulius Caesar.โ€

October 4, 1962-March 5, 1969 - Stars as Simon Templar in the British television series โ€œThe Saint.โ€

June 27, 1973 - Premiere of, and first appearance of Moore as James Bond in โ€œLive and Let Die.โ€ At 46, he is the oldest of all the actors portraying Agent 007.

1983 - Appears in โ€œThe Curse of the Pink Pantherโ€ under the name of Turk Thrust II.

1985 - Last appearance as James Bond in โ€œA View to a Kill.โ€

August 9, 1991 - He is appointed an International Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, succeeding Audrey Hepburn.

November 8, 1993 - Undergoes successful prostate cancer surgery.

January 1999 - He is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

May 7, 2003 - Collapses in New York during a performance of โ€œThe Play What I Wroteโ€ and is fitted with a pacemaker the next day.

October 3, 2003 - He becomes Sir Roger Moore at the knighting ceremony with Queen Elizabeth II.

October 11, 2007 - Receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard.

September 2008 - Autobiography, โ€œMy Word is My Bond,โ€ is released.

November 2009 - Appears in a PETA ad campaign against the force feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras.

September 4, 2014 - His autobiography, โ€œLast Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown,โ€ is released.

May 23, 2017 - Passes away at the age of 89.

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