Ron Moody Biography (1924-)

Original name, Ronald Moodnick; name legally changed, 1930; born January 8, 1924, in London, England; son of Bernard (a studio executive) and Kate (maidenname, Ogus) Moodnick. Addresses: Office: Eric Glass Ltd., 28 BerkeleySquare, London W1X 6HD, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, singer, writer, composer, librettist
Birth Details: January 8, 1924; London, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Debut) Davy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958
Violinist, Follow a Star, Rank, 1959
Jelks, Make Mine Mink, Continental Distributing, 1960
Gabrielle, Five Golden Hours (also known as Cinque ore in contanti), Columbia, 1961
Prime Minister Mountjoy, The Mouse on the Moon, United Artists, 1963
Sidney Pudney, A Pair of Briefs, Davis, 1963
Orlando, Summer Holiday, American International Pictures, 1963
Police inspector, Ladies Who Do, Continental Distributing, 1964
H. Driffold Cosgood, Murder Most Foul, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
German, San Ferry Ann, British Lion, 1965
Professor Bastinado, Seaside Swingers (also known as The Adventures of Tim and Every Day's a Holiday), Embassy, 1965
Coach, The Sandwich Man, Rank, 1966
Fagin, Oliver!, Columbia, 1968
The Bed Sitting Room, United Artists, 1969
Ippolit Vorobyaninov, The Twelve Chairs, UMC, 1970
Hawk Dove, Flight of the Doves, Columbia, 1971
Steps, Dogpound Shuffle (also known as Spot), Bloom, 1975
Legend of the Werewolf (also known as Plague of the Werewolves), 1975
Dr. Gropinger, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We KnowIt, 1977
Dr. Rogers, Dominique (also known as Avenging Spirit and Dominique Is Dead), Subotsky, 1978
Merlin, The Unidentified Flying Oddball (also known as The Spacemen and King Arthur and UFO), Buena Vista, 1979
King Awad, Wrong Is Right (also known as The Man with the Deadly Lens), Columbia, 1982
Baron Gaspard Beersbohm, Where Is Parsifal?, Terence Young, 1984
Voice of Prolix, Asterix and the Big Fight (also known as Asterix and the Stone's Blow), Gaumont/Palace/Extrafilm, 1989
Dawson, Emily's Ghost, 1992
Merlin, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, Buena Vista, 1995
Izzie Goldberg, Paradise Grove, Paradise Grove plc, 1999
Sir Isaac Newton, Revelation, Cyclops Vision, 2001
Television Appearances
Series
Detective Inspector Roger Hart, Nobody's Perfect, ABC, 1980
Rothgo, Into the Labyrinth, 1981-1983
Appeared as Badger, The Animals of Farthing Wood.
Miniseries
LeBrun, The Word, CBS, 1978
Bon Chance Louie, Tales of the Gold Monkey II (also known as The Curse of the Gold Monkey), ABC, 1982
Movies
Uriah Heep, David Copperfield, NBC, 1970 later released theatrically by Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Captain Lesgate "Swann", Dial M for Murder, NBC, 1981
The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Thames (England), 1985
Hideaway, BBC (England), 1985
Alphonse, A Ghost in Monte Carlo, TNT, 1990
Donkey minder, The People's Passion, BBC, 1999
Specials
Autolycus, The Winter's Tale, 1961
Portrait of Petula, NBC, 1969
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, NBC, 1977
The David Soul and Friends Special, ABC, 1977
Kris Kringle, Benjy's Very Own Christmas Story, ABC, 1978

Winter's Tale, 1980
Iago, Othello (also known as William Shakespeare's The Tragedyof Othello, the Moor of Venice), 1981
Other Side of London, 1983
Narrator, Wild about Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe, 2001
Also appeared in Baden Powell, Is That Your Body, Boy?, andTaste.
Episodic
Saverin, "The Hostage," The Vise, 1958
Ponsonby-Hopkirk, "Honey for the Prince," The Avengers, ABC, 1966
"Who's a Good Boy Then?," Wednesday Play, 1966
Professor Jordan, "The Bird Who Knew Too Much," The Avengers, ABC,1967
"Is That Your Body Boy?," Thirty-Minute Theatre, 1970
Shirley's World, ABC, 1971
Guest, The ABC Comedy Hour, ABC, 1972
Noah Beal, "The Boy and the Sinner," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1973
Derek Stafford, "Murder on the High Seas" (also known as "Murder at Sea"), Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1976
"Rocky Marciano Is Dead," Play for Today, 1976
"Taste," Tales of the Unexpected, syndicated, 1980
"The Hollow Man," The Strike Force, ABC, 1981
The captain, "Getting Aweigh with Murder," Hart to Hart, ABC, 1981
Charles Thompson, "Two Hearts Are Better Than One," Hart to Hart,ABC, 1983
Arthur Krock, Sr., "A Devine Madness," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1984
Inspector Henry Kyle, "Paint Me a Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1985
"Angelo's Dad," Mike & Angelo, 1994
Stage Appearances
(Debut) Intimacy at Eight, New Lindsey Theatre, London, 1952
Intimacy at 8:30, Criterion Theatre, London, 1954
Vagabond student, For Amusement Only, Apollo Theatre, London, 1956
Pierrot, For Adults Only, Strand Theatre, London, 1958
Governor of Buenos Aires, Candide, Saville Theatre, London, 1959
Six Years Revue, 1959
Fagin, Oliver! (musical), New Theatre, London, 1960
Title role, Joey, Joey, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England,1962
Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Scala Theatre, London, 1966
Shylock, Merchant of Venice, 1967
Aristophanes, Liz, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, England, 1968
Royal Command Performance, Palladium Theatre, London, 1968
Polonius and first gravedigger, Hamlet, Bankside Globe Theatre, London, 1971
Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Coliseum Theatre, London, 1972
Fagin, Oliver! (musical), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles,then Curran Theatre, San Francisco, CA, both 1973
Mr. Sterling, The Clandestine Marriage, Savoy Theatre, London, 1975
Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Palladium Theatre, 1975
Title role, The Showman, Stratford Theatre Royal, London, 1976
Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Casino Theatre, London, 1977
Title role, Richard III, Canadian production, 1978
Iago, Othello, 1981
Marino Faliero, Young Vic Theatre, London, 1982
Fagin, Oliver! (musical), Aldwych Theatre, London, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1984
Title role, Sherlock Holmes--The Musical, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1989
Streets of Dublin (musical), 1992
Bertie, 1993
Mr. Darling/Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Cambridge Theatre, 1994-1995
The Canterville Ghost (musical), 1998
Chopsticks, 2000
Steps, 2000
Appeared as Harpagon in The Miser.
Major Tours
Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., H.M.S. Pinafore, U.S. cities, 1987-1988
Also appeared in Move Along Sideways, U.S. and British cities.
Stage Work
Director, Saturnalia, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1971
Director, Kafka in Love, 1991
WRITINGS
Stage Plays
Author, composer and lyricist, Joey, Joey, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1962, then Saville Theatre, London, 1966
Author and composer, Saturnalia, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1971
Author, Move Along Sideways, Stratford Theatre Royal, London, 1976, published, 1971
Author, composer, and lyricist, The Showman, Stratford Theatre Royal, 1976
Author, Nine Lives, 1991
Nonfiction
(Contributor) My L.S.E., Robson Books (New York City), 1977
Off the Cuff: Do-It-Yourself Anywhere, Anytime Instant Bookspeech,Robson Books, 1987
Novels
The Devil You Don't, Robson Books, 1979
Very Very Slightly Imperfect, Robson Books, 1983
The Soul of Leonardo, 1991
The Amazon Box (juvenile), Robson Books, 1994

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