Editing Roger Moore (section)

{{Short description|English actor (1927–2017)}}
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| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| name               = Roger Moore
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}}
| image              = Roger Moore 12 Allan Warren Cropped.jpg
| caption            = Moore in 1973
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1927|10|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Stockwell]], London, England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2017|05|23|1927|10|14|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Crans-Montana]], Switzerland
| burial_place       = [[Monaco Cemetery]]
| alma_mater         = {{ubl|[[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]}}<!--Do not add Durham (Bede) - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roger_Moore&oldid=782006225-->
| known_for          = {{ubli|[[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in [[James Bond in film|seven feature films]] from 1973 to 1985|''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' from 1962 to 1969}}
| occupation         = Actor
| years_active       = 1945–2017
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Doorn van Steyn |1946|1953|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Dorothy Squires]] |1953|1968|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Luisa Mattioli]] |1969|2000|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Kristina Tholstrup |2002<!--Omission per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}}}
| children           = 3, including [[Deborah Moore|Deborah]]
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| signature          = Roger Moore Signature.png
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'''Sir Roger George Moore''' (14 October 1927{{spaced ndash}}23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the {{sic|third|expected=Niven was not in the Eon/MGM series|hide=y}} actor to portray [[Ian Fleming]]'s fictional secret agent [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] in the [[Eon Productions]]/[[MGM Studios]] film series, playing the character in [[production of the James Bond films|seven feature films]]: ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' (1973), ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974), ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977), ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979), ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981), ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983) and ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985). Moore's seven appearances as Bond are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/23/entertainment/gallery/roger-moore/index.html "Roger Moore, the longest-serving Bond"] CNN, 23 May 2017; Retrieved 23 May 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-19893896/sir-roger-moore-sir-sean-connery-is-the-best-bond "Sir Roger Moore: 'Sir Sean Connery is the best Bond{{'"}}] BBC News, 10 October 2012; Retrieved 23 May 2017</ref> 

On television Moore played the lead role of [[The Saint (Simon Templar)|Simon Templar]], the title character in the British mystery thriller series ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (1962–1969). He also had roles in American series, including Beau Maverick in the [[Westerns on television|Western]] series ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' (1960–1961), in which he replaced [[James Garner]] as the lead, and a co-lead, with [[Tony Curtis]], in the action-comedy ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' (1971–1972). Continuing to act in the decades after his retirement from the Bond franchise, Moore's final appearance was in a pilot for a new ''Saint'' series that became a [[The Saint (2017 film)|2017 television film]].

Moore was appointed a [[List of UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors|UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador]] in 1991 and was knighted by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 2003 for services to charity. In 2007 he received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the film industry. He was made a Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]] by the French government in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-26 |title=Roger George Moore Famous Death |url=https://www.khoolood.com/obituaries/29904/Roger--George-Moore |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=Khoolood}}</ref>