Roger Moore (Creator) – TV Tropes
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“Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.”
“The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.”
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Sir Roger George Moore, thank you.
First and foremost known for the Television series The Saint…
Wait, what? That’s not why you actually clicked this page, did you.
Tough.
Born 14 October 1927 in Stockwell, London, he was the Quintessential British Gentleman who first dabbled in the TV series Maverick as Beauregard Maverick, one of the interchangeable brothers for which the series was well known for. He also headlined a version of Ivanhoe. As previously mentioned, his part on The Saint got him his biggest role for which many people still know him to this day:
Bond, James Bond.
Roger Moore’s relationship with the film series started with Live and Let Die and lasted until A View to a Kill. He was 45 when he started out and almost 58 when he wrapped things up, with the longest on-screen tenure in number of films to date, at sevennote Sean Connery did appear as Bond in seven movies, but the seventh was Never Say Never Again, which was not produced by Eon Productions. Daniel Craig came the closest to matching the record, with No Time to Die being his fifth and final film as Bond, although his tenure in years has exceeded Moore’s at 15.. His era is known for being more lighthearted, often to the point of self-parody, making him somewhat divisive among fans of the series, and it is often debated how much of the self-parody was him and how much of it was the studio. That being said, he did have serious moments as Bond, which seem to have been severely underappreciated, possibly due to criticism focusing either on the silly moments or his age.
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Unfortunately Sir Roger’s affection for the role fluctuated. It seems on one hand he loved the job, but on the other hand, a great deal of I Am Not Spock feedback came from him. Reportedly, “Who’s the best Bond!?” questions tended to leave a sour taste in his mouth (despite, you know, George Lazenby already having been there).
Later in his life, he retired as an actor, but seemed all right with doing a cameo here and there, and put his celebrity to good use in humanitarian activities — most notably as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, earning a knighthood in the process. He also filmed a role in the pilot for a new series based on The Saint, after having provided a voiceover for the ill-fated 1990s movie version.
He passed away from cancer on 23 May 2017 at the age of 89. He was the first actor to play James Bond in the Eon Productions film series to pass on; Sean Connery followed in October 2020.
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