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Victor Moore

Victor Moore
Victor Moore
Born: Feb 24, 1876 in Hammonton, New Jersey
Died: Jul 23, 1962 in Long Island, New York
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: teens, '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: Swing Time, Star Spangled Rhythm, True to Life
First Major Screen Credit: The Wrong Mr. Fox (1917)
6 Videos for Victor Moore
The Seven Year Itch (1955) Ziegfeld Follies (1946) Louisiana Purchase (1941)
We're Not Married (1952) Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
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Biography:

The illustrious stage career of character comedian Victor Moore began when he was hired as a supernumerary in 1893. He rose to prominence in the first decade of the 20th century as the lead comic in several vaudeville and musical shows. Moore made his film debut in 1915, starring in three films that year, two of which (Chimmie Fadden and Chimmie Fadden Out West) were directed by up-and-coming Cecil B.

DeMille. During the 1920s, Moore perfected his standard stage characterization of a short, chubby, balding milquetoast who responded to every question with a soft, tremulous whine. His best-known stage role was that of nebbishy Vice President Alexander Throttlebottom in the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1931 musical {+Of Thee I Sing}.

Most of Moore's film assignments were in this same bumbling vein, with the notable exception of his superb, heartrending straight portrayal of an elderly cast-off in Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). His last movie appearance was a cameo as a double-taking plumber in Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch (1955).

Victor Moore's oddest film appearance was as an animated cartoon character in the 1945 Daffy Duck vehicle Ain't That Ducky; Moore was delighted with the caricature and offered to supply his own voice free of charge, provided that the animators drew him with just a little more hair.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.