Editing Alvy Moore (section)

==Acting career==
He became an actor and furthered his training at the [[Pasadena Playhouse]], succeeding [[David Wayne]] in the role of Ensign Pulver opposite [[Henry Fonda]]'s ''[[Mister Roberts (play)|Mister Roberts]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], and later toured with the play for 14 months. He made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in ''[[Okinawa (film)|Okinawa]]'' (1952).<ref name="Turner Classic Movies"/>

Moore appeared in guest and supporting roles in a number of [[film|movies]] and [[television shows]], including ''[[My Little Margie]]'' in 1952, as Dillard Crumbly, an efficiency expert fresh out of Efficiency College, and ''[[The Mickey Mouse Club]]'', where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter. He had a small role as a member of [[Marlon Brando]]'s motorcycle gang in the 1953 film ''[[The Wild One]]'', and a similar bit part the same year as one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in ''[[The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|The War of the Worlds]]''. Moore co-starred with [[Dick Powell]] and [[Debbie Reynolds]] in the 1954 film ''[[Susan Slept Here]]'', in which he displayed his natural gift for physical comedy. In 1955, he co-starred with [[Brian Keith]] and [[Kim Novak]] in   ''[[5 Against the House]]''. 

In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS [[sitcom]] ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'', with [[Harry Morgan]] and [[Cara Williams]].<ref name="Turner Classic Movies"/> Moore made a brief appearance as a [[cab driver]] in the 1964 ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' episode "The Case of the Wednesday Woman." He also appeared in two episodes of another CBS sitcom, ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'', "The Impractical Joke" posing, for a spoof, as an [[Internal Revenue Service]] agent and "The Case Of The Pillow" as a shifty home goods salesman named Mr. Wiley. In 1965 he appeared in an episode of ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' ("Old Man Carter"). Also in 1965, he was in the Beverly Hillbillies, Season 3, Episode 1 where Jed Becomes a movie Mogol. He found his niche in television, starring as the incompetent county agent Hank Kimball in ''Green Acres'' from 1965 to 1971.  He was also a guest star on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' and later on ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''. He was an actor, producer, and uncredited scriptwriter for ''[[A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|A Boy and His Dog]]''. He attended DisCon II, the 1974 [[Worldcon|World Science Fiction Convention]], to help promote the film.  In 1978, Moore appeared as stage coach station master Swenson in three season two episodes of ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]'' ("Cattle Drive," "Robbers Roost," and "Gold").  One of Moore's last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom ''[[Frasier]]''.

In the 1980s Moore appeared in many cult horror films, including ''[[Scream (1981 film)|Scream]]'' (1981), ''[[Mortuary (1983 movie)|Mortuary]]'' (1983), ''They're Playing With Fire'' (1984), ''[[Intruder (1989 film)|Intruder]]'' (1989), and ''[[The Horror Show]]'' (1989).