(CNN) โ Hereโs 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 MI6โs Agent 007 the longest. He played James Bond in seven films: โLive and Let Dieโ (1973), โThe Man with the Golden Gunโ (1974), โThe Spy Who Loved Meโ (1977), โMoonrakerโ (1979), โFor Your Eyes Onlyโ (1981), โOctopussyโ (1983) and โA View to a Killโ (1985).
Wrote three memoirs, โLast Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown,โ โMy Word is My Bondโ and โOne Lucky Bastard: Tales from Tinseltown.โ
Timeline:
November 1, 1945 - Opening day of โPerfect Strangersโ (aka โVacation 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 Fameโs production of โJulius Caesar.โ
October 4, 1962-March 5, 1969 - Stars as Simon Templar in the British television series โThe Saint.โ
June 27, 1973 - Premiere of, and first appearance of Moore as James Bond in โLive and Let Die.โ At 46, he is the oldest of all the actors portraying Agent 007.
1983 - Appears in โThe Curse of the Pink Pantherโ under the name of Turk Thrust II.
1985 - Last appearance as James Bond in โA 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 โThe 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, โMy 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, โLast Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown,โ is released.
May 23, 2017 - Passes away at the age of 89.
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