Roger Moore

Roger Moore

Nacimiento : 1900-09-21, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1999-03-24

Historia

Roger Moore (born Joseph I. Young) was an American screen actor, his career active from 1924 to 1953. He was the older brother of actor Robert Young.

Perfil

Roger Moore

Películas

Manos peligrosas
Mr. Victor
Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark), un ratero de poca monta, atraca a una mujer llamada Candy (Jean Peters) y se apodera de un valioso microfilm que contiene secretos de estado. Pero Candy estaba bajo la vigilancia de agentes del gobierno, por lo que Skip se convertirá en sospechoso. Thelma Ritter fue nominada al Oscar a la mejor actriz secundaria.
Cautivos del mal
Cigar Clerk (uncredited)
Un tiránico y manipulador productor de cine que ha caído en desgracia pide ayuda a un director, a una actriz y a un guionista a los que ayudó a triunfar, pero que tienen sobradas razones para detestarlo. Los tres le reprochan su falta de escrúpulos para alcanzar el éxito sin reparar en las personas a las que traicionaba o engañaba.
El cuarto hombre
News Vendor's Customer (uncredited)
Cuatro ladrones atracan un camión blindado huyendo con más de un millón de dólares en efectivo. Joe Rolfe (Payne), un conductor de camiones de reparto de flores que está pasando por una mala racha, es acusado de estar involucrado y es interrogado duramente por la policía local. Liberado por falta de pruebas, Joe, siguiendo la pista a un balneario mexicano, decide buscar a los culpables tanto para limpiar su nombre y para vengarse.
Young Man with Ideas
Real Estate Associate (uncredited)
El joven abogado Maxwell Webster, casado y con tres niños, empieza su carrera en un pueblecito perdido de Montana. Como la vida allí no es nada sencilla, la familia no tiene más remedio que trasladarse a Los Ángeles, donde tendrán que afrontar problemas de toda índole, especialmente económicos. Por si fuera poco, Maxwell se verá involucrado en un proceso judicial.
Too Young to Kiss
Photographer (uncredited)
Eric Wainwright, un empresario ocupado, es asediado por hordas de aspirantes a estrellas de conciertos, ávidas de su gran oportunidad. Una de ellas es Cynthia Potter...
Divorciémonos
Reporter (uncredited)
Tras veinte años de matrimonio, Miriam Halsworth se divorcia de Hugh. Poco después, coincide con un viejo pretendiente, Victor Macfarland, quien al enterarse de su divorcio, intenta reconquistarla. Antes de comprometerse, Victor le cuenta que veinte años antes él y Hugh se jugaron a los dados quién se casaba con ella; el perdedor debía desaparecer de la ciudad.
The Tall Target
Minor Role (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln viajará en tren a Washington con motivo de su investidura y, aprovechando la ocasión, se está tramando un complot para asesinarlo a su paso por Baltimore. El detective de Nueva York John Kennedy (Dick Powell) intenta alertar a sus superiores sobre el plan, pero sus sospechas se desestiman. Entonces decide subir al tren para intentar frustrar el asesinato él mismo. No está seguro en quién confiar, pero encuentra un aliado potencial en Ginny Beaufort (Paula Raymond), la hermana de uno de los conspiradores.
El padre de la novia
Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
Un padre se enfrenta a uno de los momentos más naturales y temidos de su vida: la boda de su hija. Y los problemas no son sólo de índole sentimental: el abandono del hogar por parte de la chica; sino también de carácter económico: la organización de una costosa boda que lo traerá de cabeza.
Vorágine
Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Ann Sutton, una cleptómana casada con un conocido psiquiatra, es sorprendida por el malvado David Korvo, que la hipnotiza y trata de convertirla en coartada para un crimen. (FILMAFFINITY)
Odio entre hermanos
A principios del siglo XX, oleadas de emigrantes procedentes de Europa llegaban a la populosa ciudad de Nueva York. Todos albergaban la esperanza de hacer realidad sus sueños de prosperidad. Muchos procedían de Italia, como la familia de Gino Monetti, un barbero ambicioso y autoritario, que emigró con su paciente mujer y sus cuatro hijos, todos muy distintos tanto psicológica como físicamente. Con los años, Monetti amasó una enorme fortuna; el sueño americano, en efecto, se había cumplido, pero los conflictos familiares se hicieron cada vez más graves.
Un yanqui en la corte del rey Arturo
Bidder (uncredited)
Un golpe en la cabeza hace que el mecánico Hank Martin sea transportado desde 1912 a la Edad Media, concretamente a la época del Rey Arturo y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda. Musical de la Paramount basado en la obra de Mark Twain.
A Gun in His Hand
Police Instructor (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.
Swing Shift Maisie
Plant Worker (Uncredited)
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Forgotten Treasure
Man Examining Film Strip (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from early newsreels are shown.
Trifles That Win Wars
Doctor (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort.
Slightly Dangerous
Assistant floorwalker (uncredited)
Una chica de pueblo cambia de identidad para triunfar en Nueva York, y su novio resulta sospechoso de su "desaparición".
Panama Hattie
Spy (uncredited)
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
Grand Central Murder
Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
Fingers at the Window
Jim (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Nazi Agent
Messenger (uncredited)
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
This Time for Keeps
Country Club Waiter
Lee, que acaba de casarse con Katherine, se propone un descanso de sus responsabilidades matrimoniales cuando Katherine se va a la boda de una amiga. Pero pronto se aburre y acaba en casa de los suegros. Lo malo es que también se cansa de las injerencias de su suegro en su vida personal, lo cual le provoca problemas con Katherine.
Wedding Worries
The Best Man (uncredited)
The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.
De corazón a corazón
Notary
Tras la dolorosa pérdida de su hijo, Edna, una valiente mujer de Texas, decide crear un orfanato para ayudar a los niños más desvalidos y necesitados de ayuda; pero los ciudadanos más conservadores no verán con buenos ojos la creación de una institución de acogida para niños nacidos fuera del matrimonio. Edna luchará incansablemente para conseguir legalizar el orfanato.
Good Bad Boys
Court Official (uncredited)
Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.
La Sombra
Harry Vincent
La Sombra lucha contra un villano conocido como The Black Tiger, que tiene el poder de hacerse invisible y está tratando de conquistar el mundo con su rayo de la muerte.
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Used Car Mechanic (uncredited)
Andy wants to buy a new car so he goes into the judge's home office where his father is about to write a $200 check to charity. He asks his dad for the $200 and they go used car shopping.
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Streeter's Secretary
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Thunder Afloat
Orderly (uncredited)
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Miracles for Sale
Magic Show Audience Volunteer
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Sergeant Madden
Fingerprint Instructor
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
The First Hundred Years
Ship's steward (uncredited)
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC and her job
Doble boda
Pianist at Spike's (uncredited)
Un escritor acepta realizar una obra para una actriz con el objetivo de enamorar a la hermana de ésta.
The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
Office Worker
Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on Friday and is convinced he is going to get fired.
Torture Money
Cabbie (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
Ella, él y Asta
Reporter (uncredited)
Es fin de año, y Nick y Nora Charles han regresado a la costa Oeste, a San Francisco, tras pasar sus vacaciones de Navidad en Nueva York. Nada más llegar se encuentran con otro misterio: el juguetón marido de la prima de Nora ha desaparecido. Comienza así la reunión con sospechosos insólitos... Basada en una novela de Dashiell Hammett
Sworn Enemy
Reporter (uncredited)
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Furia
Adams' Assistant (uncredited)
Durante un viaje, Joe Wilson llega a un lugar desconocido, donde es encarcelado por un delito que no ha cometido. Los vecinos, amotinados, provocan el incendio de la cárcel y dan por muerto al forastero. Sin embargo, Wilson consigue sobrevivir y, entonces, intentará vengarse haciendo que sus potenciales asesinos corran el mismo peligro del que él escapó milagrosamente. "Fury" es el primer film americano del gran director alemán Fritz Lang.
El acorazado misterioso
Naval Officer (Uncredited)
La Secretaria de la Armada informa al capitán Winslow de que va a recibir un nuevo mecanismo de control que revolucionará la guerra en el mar. Pero el mecanismo no tarda en desaparecer...
Mutiny Ahead
Darby (as Joe Young)
A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.
The Gold Ghost
(as Joe Young)
Abandonado por su novia, Buster conduce hacia el oeste y termina en un pueblo fantasma llamado Vulture City, donde se nombra sheriff.
Hot Hoofs
Horse's Groom
Moran and Mack decide to attend the races and end up winning a large sum on a horse named Mud Lark. They decide that to make even more money, they need a horse of their own. They buy a horse with a broken leg from a crooked gambler, but manage to con the gambler into buying back his own horse.
Strange People
Joe Young
All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.
Too Many Highballs
Two Tens for a Five Gag
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.
Speed in the Gay Nineties
Jimmy
It's 1890. Inventor Ed Martin has long believed and has openly stated that man will someday be able to fly. As such, many people, including the mayor, believe Ed is crazy and want to have him committed. Ed plans to prove them wrong about his mental capacity by winning the upcoming horseless carriage race at the speedway using his 2-cylinder engine machine which he predicts can travel 15mph, twice the speed of other machines. But for Ed to be able to do so, he has to elude the mayor and his gang and get to the speedway in time for the race. And there still is the small matter of whether his prediction will come true, all his other predictions which have not come to fruition... yet.
Lime Juice Nights
Harry(uncredited)
Karl Dane & George K. Arthur trading places while dining.
Dancing Sweeties
Pat (uncredited)
Bill is a hot shot dancer who partners with Jazzbo, until he sees Molly at the dance. He enters the Waltz with Molly and wins first prize - and they wind up being married that same night. Now they are free of their parents nagging and their own bosses. 24 hours - no dancing as in-laws are visiting. 24 days - the Apartment is finished so off to the Hoffman's Parisian Dance Palace. Molly can only dance the Waltz and not the hot new jazz dance so she leaves and Bill follows. They are both unhappy, Bill has two left feet when it comes to romance.
Sock and Run
Wacky Frenchman Alphonse (Snub Pollard) competes in an American boxing match.
Baby Talks
Joe
First Episode in the Sunny Jim 2-reel sound comedy series. A young couple have an argument on the way to a party. A Magician played by Charles King entertains but the tricks are duplicated/exposed by Sunny Jim.
The Rodeo
Motorist
The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that resulted when the people and dog at them. Later, the decide to go to the rodeo but 1001 problems occur on the way there in the car.
Love at First Flight
Jimmy Hawks
Love at First Flight is a 1928 comedy short.
Run, Girl, Run
First Griddle Man
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
The Girl from Everywhere
Mr. Filbert - Actor
Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
Broke in China
Ruth's Sweetheart
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small windfall. So the proprietor orders slightly rough around the edges Maud and Mollie, two of his American good time girls working their way around the world, to get him to spend all his money while there. As Donald ends up telling the two good time girls his life story - most specifically about the blonde he let slip through his fingers, she who was the love of his life - a few revelations and the errant coin he left at the roulette wheel betting table change his life.
Naughty Nanette
Bill Simmons (as Joe Young)
A Small Town Princess
Cameraman
A small town princess gets hired for the movies.
Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
Man at Auto Camp
Should Sleepwalkers Marry? is a 1927 comedy short
The Soapsuds Lady
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Soapsuds Lady is a 1925 silent comedy.
The Perils of Petersboro
Snodgrass Knight
The Perils of Petersboro is a 1926 silent comedy
Smith's Landlord
Mr. Crabtree - the Landlord
Third release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Omar the dog, usually the most sedate member of the Smith family, has a starring role in this episode, digging up the garden and stealing the landlord's hat.
Fangs of Vengeance
Guy Bolton
A short film starring "Fearless" the dog and directed by William Bertram.
Her Actor Friend
Abner Bundy
A 1926 comedy short directed by Eddy Cline.
Spanking Breezes
Alice's Brother
"Spanking Breezes" is a short Mack Sennett comedy.
Circus Today
Motorcycle Cop
Two circus hands create chaos.
Trimmed in Gold
Sheriff
Trimmed in Gold is a silent comedy short.
Tarde de sábado
Cop
Harry y sus amigos han planeado ir a divertirse una tarde. Pero primero, Harry debe ingeniárselas para escaparse de su dominante esposa con algo de dinero para gastar. Cuando por fin lo consigue, descubre que sus problemas acaban de empezar.
Hot Cakes for Two
Royal Porter - Film Star
Hot Cakes for Two is a silent film comedy
The Iron Nag
The Race Starter
A jail break turns into a race.
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Party Guest (uncredited)
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.
Wall Street Blues
The Cop
A bumbling bank custodian becomes an unlikely hero when he foils a robbery.
Black Oxfords
Prison Guard / Greenback Henchman
In this Mack Sennett comedy, a mother and daughter fear foreclosure because their mortgage payment is due and they're unable to pay it. Meanwhile, the family's son Jack, who's in prison, unexpectedly finds himself free of captivity.
Flickering Youth
Dummy in Barber Shop
Flickering Youth is a 1924 silent Comedy.
Shanghaied Lovers
The First Mate
Shanghaied on his wedding day, Harry struggles to cope with a cruel captain while fending off a sailor who seems attracted to him.
Picking Peaches
Beauty Contest Spectator
A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when they go to the beach and later watch a beauty and fashion contest. His wife enters it wearing a mask. Back at work on Monday, all has returned to normal, until the winner of the contest shows up for her prize - a complete wardrobe...