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Otherpeople|Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore (born October 14, 1927) is
an England|English actor known for his suave and
witty demeanor. He is known best for portraying
two fictional British action heroes, Simon Templar
in the television series The Saint (TV series)|The
Saint, from 1962 to 1969, and as Sean Connery's
successor as James Bond in the phenomenally
successful film series from 1973 to 1985, and a
UNICEF ambassador since 1991.

==Biography==

Born in Stockwell, London, England, the son of a
policeman, he attended Dr Challoner's Grammar
School in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
During World War II, he served in the
entertainment branch (above luminaries such as
Spike Milligan). He first appeared in films in the
1940s, as an extra, and then was a leading man,
notably in television. Besides having been The
Saint which he also directed many episodes of,
Roger Moore was Ivanhoe, the noble knight, and
Maverick (television program)|Maverick, the Wild
West Cardsharp, and featured as the leading man of
The Persuaders!. It was for this he was paid the
then unheard of sum of one million pounds for a
single series making him the highest paid
television actor in the world.

Since having filmed Octopussy in India in 1983 and
been shocked at the utter poverty on display Sir
Roger Moore has engaged in humanitarian work
projects as a UNICEF ambassador; he was the voice
of "Santa" in the UNICEF cartoon "The Fly Who
Loved Me."

In 1999, Moore was created a Order of the British
Empire|Commander of the British Empire (CBE), and
a Order of the British Empire|Knight Commander of
the British Empire (KBE) on June 14, 2003.

Now in his late seventies, Roger Moore appears
only occasionally in film or television, notably
an episode of the American TV series Alias (TV
series)|Alias, in 2002.

Roger Moore has a daughter and two sons with Luisa
Mattioli; son Geoffrey Moore (actor)|Geoffrey
Moore also is an actor, and owns a restaurant in
London. Daughter Deborah Moore made a guest
appearance as a flight attendant in Die Another
Day.

==James Bond==

In the early 1960s, Roger Moore was one of the
actors first considered for the James Bond role,
but his television commitments—The Saint and The
Persuaders—prevented him from assuming the role
until 1971, when he was signed to play James Bond,
secret agent 007, in: Live and Let Die (1973 in
film|1973). He would again play the suave and
sophisticated agent in The Man with the Golden Gun
(1974 in film|1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977 in
film|1977), Moonraker (1979 in film|1979), For
Your Eyes Only (1981 in film|1981), Octopussy
(1983 in film|1983) and A View to a Kill,  (1985).

To date, Sir Roger Moore is the longest-serving
James Bond actor at fifteen years (from when he
was signed in 1971, to 1986 when Timothy Dalton
was then signed to the part), and seven official
films (Sean Connery also made seven but his last
Bond film Never Say Never Again, 1983 in film|1983
is not part of the official EON Productions Bond
series). Moore's James Bond was light-hearted,
more so than any of the other four James Bond
actors.

In a commercial for London's London 2012 Olympic
bid|2012 Olympic bid, Moore once again suited up
as James Bond. He appeared alongside Samantha Bond
who played Miss Moneypenny in the Pierce Brosnan
series of Bond films.

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000549|name=Roger Moore
*http://www.roger-moore.com/ Sir Roger Moore's
Official Website - contains articles on Roger's
work with UNICEF as well as his entertainment
career