Editing Roger Moore

{{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]]
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| 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
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| children           = 3, including [[Deborah Moore|Deborah]]
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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>

==Early life==
Roger George Moore was born on 14 October 1927 in [[Stockwell]], London.<ref name="BFIObit">{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/roger-moore-star-who-gave-james-bond-bone-dry-wit |title=Roger Moore obituary: the star who gave James Bond a martini-dry wit |date=25 May 2017 |publisher=BFI |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> He was the only child of George Alfred Moore (1904–1997), a policeman based in [[Bow Street]], London, and Lillian "Lily" Pope (1904–1986).<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/roger-moore-dead-james-bond-actor-the-saint-dies-aged-89-maverick-persuaders-a7751561.html |title=Sir Roger Moore: Remembering the quintessential English actor forever linked with James Bond and The Saint |last=Sellers |first=Robert |date=23 May 2017 |work=The Independent |access-date=24 May 2017 }}</ref> His mother was born in [[Calcutta]], India, to an English family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogyreviews.co.uk/reviews/article/families-of-the-famous-james-bond/|title=Genealogy Reviews|website=www.genealogyreviews.co.uk}}</ref> He attended [[Battersea Grammar School]], but was [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|evacuated]] to [[Holsworthy, Devon|Holsworthy]] in [[Devon]] during the [[Second World War]], and attended [[Launceston College, Cornwall|Launceston College]] in [[Cornwall]]. He was further educated at [[Dr Challoner's Grammar School]] in [[Amersham]], [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.challoners.com/c/overview/history-of-dcgs/at-war-again |title=At war again |work=Dr Challoner's Grammar School |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

Moore was apprenticed to an animation studio, but he was sacked after he made a mistake with some [[Cel|animation cel]]s.<ref name=":0" /> When his father investigated a robbery at the home of the film director [[Brian Desmond Hurst]], Moore was introduced to the director and hired as an extra for the 1945 film ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (film)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15536118 |title=Obituary: Sir Roger Moore |date=23 May 2017 |work=BBC News |access-date=24 May 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref> While there, Moore attracted an off-camera female fan following, and Hurst decided to pay Moore's fees at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. Moore spent three terms at RADA, where he was a classmate of his future Bond co-star [[Lois Maxwell]], the original [[Miss Moneypenny]]. During his time there, he developed the relaxed demeanour that became his screen persona.<ref name=":0" /> He graduated [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|RADA]] in 1945.<ref name="rada">{{cite web |url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/roger-moore/ |title=Rada Student & graduate profiles - Roger Moore |work=rada.ac.uk |access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>

At 18, shortly after the [[End of World War II in Europe|end of the Second World War]], Moore was [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|conscripted]] for [[national service]]. On 21 September 1946 he was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] as a [[second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37793 |date=19 November 1946 |page=5719 |supp=y}}</ref> He was an officer in the [[Combined Services Entertainment]] section, eventually becoming a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]]<ref name=":1" /> commanding a small depot in [[West Germany]], where he looked after entertainers for the armed forces passing through Hamburg.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britishforcesbroadcasting.com/cse/how_it_all_began |title=How it all began...|publisher= Combined Services Entertainment |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304223429/http://www.britishforcesbroadcasting.com/cse/how_it_all_began |archive-date=4 March 2014 |access-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early work (1945–1953)===
Moore made his professional debut in [[Alexander Korda]]'s ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1945) alongside actors [[Robert Donat]], [[Deborah Kerr]], and [[Glynis Johns]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27028-VACATION-FROMMARRIAGE?sid=b2ac47e5-8352-43a2-b24d-3c5c44161654&sr=2.182533&cp=1&pos=2|title=AFICatalog Vacation from Marriage (1945)|last=|first=|date=|website=catalog.afi.com|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref> Other early uncredited appearances include ''Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945), ''[[Gaiety George]]'', ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' (both 1946), and ''[[Trottie True]]'' (1949), in which he appeared alongside an uncredited [[Christopher Lee]] (both actors being cast by Brian Desmond Hurst as [[Gaiety Girls#Stage Door Johnnies; marriage into the upper class|stage-door Johnnies]]).

In his book ''Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown'', Moore states that his first television appearance was on 27 March 1949 in ''The Governess'' by [[Patrick Hamilton (writer)|Patrick Hamilton]], a live broadcast (as usual in that era), in which he played the minor part of Bob Drew.<ref name="Moore">{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Roger |year=2014 |title=Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown |publisher=Michael O'Mara Books |location=London |isbn=978-1-78243-207-4}}</ref> Other actors in the show included [[Clive Morton]] and [[Betty Ann Davies]]. He had uncredited parts in films including ''[[Paper Orchid]]'' and ''[[The Interrupted Journey]]'' (both 1949). He was in ''Drawing-Room Detective'' on TV and appeared in the films ''[[One Wild Oat]]'' and ''[[Honeymoon Deferred (1951 film)|Honeymoon Deferred]]'' (both 1951).

In the early 1950s Moore worked as a model,<ref name=":1" /> appearing in print advertisements in the UK for [[Knitted fabric|knitwear]] (earning him the nickname "The Big Knit")<ref name="BFIObit"/> and a wide range of other products such as toothpaste.<ref>{{cite news |title=Roger Moore's life and career in pictures: from knitwear model to 007 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/roger-moore-life-career-pictures/roger-moore-knitwear-advert-1950s/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/roger-moore-life-career-pictures/roger-moore-knitwear-advert-1950s/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2 October 2019 |work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Moore travelled to the United States and began to work in television. He appeared in adaptations of ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' and ''[[Black Chiffon]]'', and in two episodes of ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'', as well as the TV movie ''The Clay of Kings'' (all 1953).

===MGM (1954–1956)===
In March 1954 [[MGM]] signed Moore to a seven-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pryor |first1=Thomas M. |title=ERROL FLYNN ENDS PACT AT WARNERS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/03/20/archives/errol-flynn-ends-pact-at-warners-actor-and-studio-agree-to-part.html |work=The New York Times |date=20 March 1954}}</ref> He started his MGM contract with a small role in ''[[The Last Time I Saw Paris]]'' (1954), flirting with [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. He appeared in ''[[Interrupted Melody]]'', a biographical movie about opera singer [[Marjorie Lawrence]]'s recovery from polio, in which he was billed third under [[Glenn Ford]] and [[Eleanor Parker]] as Lawrence's brother Cyril.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=51537 |title=Interrupted Melody |work=American Film Institute |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> That same year, he played a supporting role in the swashbuckler ''[[The King's Thief]]'' starring [[Ann Blyth]], [[Edmund Purdom]], [[David Niven]] and [[George Sanders]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fttJBgAAQBAJ&q=the%20king's%20thief%20roger%20moore&pg=PT287 |title=Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide |last=Maltin |first=Leonard |publisher=Penguin |date=2005 |isbn=9780698197299}}</ref>

In the 1956 film ''[[Diane (1956 film)|Diane]]'', Moore was billed third again, this time under [[Lana Turner]] and [[Pedro Armendariz]], in a 16th-century period piece set in France with Moore playing [[Henry II of France|Prince Henri]], the future king. Moore was released from his MGM contract after two years following the film's critical and commercial failure. In his own words, "At MGM, RGM [Roger George Moore] was NBG [no bloody good]."<ref name="BFIObit"/>

Moore then freelanced for a time, appearing in episodes of ''[[Ford Star Jubilee]]'' (1956), ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' (1957) and ''[[Matinee Theatre]]'' (1957).

===''Ivanhoe'' (1958–1959)===
Moore's first success was playing the eponymous hero, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, in the 1958–59 series ''[[Ivanhoe (1958 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]'', a loose adaptation of the [[Ivanhoe|1819 romantic novel]] by [[Sir Walter Scott]] set in the 12th century during the era of [[Richard the Lionheart]], delving into Ivanhoe's conflict with [[John, King of England|Prince John]]. Shot mainly in England at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] and [[Buckinghamshire]], some of the show was also filmed in California owing to a partnership with [[Columbia Studios]]' [[Screen Gems]]. Aimed at younger audiences, the [[Television pilot|pilot]] was filmed in colour, a reflection of its comparatively high budget for a British children's adventure series of the period, but subsequent episodes were shot in black and white.<ref name=screenonline>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1137405/ |publisher=BFI|work= ScreenOnline|title= Ivanhoe (1958) }}</ref> Christopher Lee and [[John Schlesinger]] were among the show's guest stars, and series regulars included [[Robert Brown (British actor)|Robert Brown]] (who in the 1980s played [[M (James Bond)|M]] in several James Bond films) as the squire Gurth, [[Peter Gilmore]] as Waldo Ivanhoe, [[Andrew Keir]] as villainous Prince John, and [[Bruce Seton]] as noble King Richard. Moore suffered broken ribs and a battle-axe blow to his helmet while performing some of his own stunts filming a season of 39 half-hour episodes, and later reminisced, "I felt a complete Charlie riding around in all that armour and damned stupid plumed helmet. I felt like a medieval fireman."<ref name=tvheaven>{{cite web |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/ivanhoe.htm |title=''Ivanhoe'' at Television Heaven |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006001448/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/ivanhoe.htm |archive-date=6 October 2008 }}</ref>

=== Warner Bros. (1959–1961) ===
[[File:Roger Moore circa 1960.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Moore, {{circa|lk=no|1960}}]]
After that, Moore spent a few years mainly doing one-shot parts in television series, including an episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' in 1959 titled "The Avon Emeralds". He signed another long-term contract to a studio, this time to [[Warner Bros]].<ref name="ebert">{{cite web|last=Sobczynski|first=Peter|title=Roger Moore: 1927–2017|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/roger-moore-1927-2017|access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Roger Ebert|date=23 May 2017 }}</ref>

In 1959 he took the lead role in ''[[The Miracle (1959 film)|The Miracle]]'',<ref name="ebert"/> a version of the play ''[[Das Mirakel (play)|Das Mirakel]]'' for Warner Bros. showcasing [[Carroll Baker]] as a nun. The part had been turned down by [[Dirk Bogarde]]. That same year, Moore was directed by [[Arthur Hiller]] in "The Angry Young Man", an episode of the television series ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' starring [[Michael Rennie]] as the criminal mastermind Harry Lime, the role portrayed by [[Orson Welles]] in the [[The Third Man|film version]].

====''The Alaskans'' (1959–1960)====
[[File:Roger Moore The Alaskans 1959.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Moore in ''The Alaskans.'']]
Moore's next television series involved playing the lead as "Silky" Harris for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/Warner Bros. 1959–60 [[Western (genre)|Western]] ''[[The Alaskans]]'', with co-stars [[Dorothy Provine]] as Rocky, [[Jeff York]] as Reno, and [[Ray Danton]] as Nifty. The show ran for a single season of 37 hour-long episodes on Sunday nights. Though set in [[Skagway, Alaska]], with a focus on the [[Klondike Gold Rush]] around 1896, the series was filmed in the hot studio lot at Warner Bros. in Hollywood with the cast costumed in fur coats and hats. Moore found the work highly taxing, and his off-camera affair with Provine complicated matters even more. Moore later referred to the experience as his "most appalling television series."

He subsequently appeared as the questionable character "14 Karat John" in the two-part episode "Right Off the Boat" of the ABC/WB [[crime drama]] ''[[The Roaring 20s (TV series)|The Roaring 20s]]''—alongside [[Rex Reason]], [[John Dehner]], [[Gary Vinson]], and Dorothy Provine—appearing in a similar role but with a different character name.

====''Maverick'' (1960–1961)====
[[File:Roger Moore Beau Maverick 1960.JPG|thumb|upright|{{center|Moore as [[Maverick (TV series)#Roger Moore as Beau Maverick|Beau Maverick]]}}]]
[[File:Roger Moore Kathleen Crowley Maverick 1961.JPG|right|upright|thumb|Moore and [[Kathleen Crowley]] in ''Maverick.'']]
In the wake of ''The Alaskans'', Moore was cast as [[Maverick (TV series)#Roger Moore as Beau Maverick|Beau Maverick]], an [[Regional accents of English|English-accented]] cousin of frontier gamblers [[Maverick (TV series)#James Garner as Bret Maverick|Bret Maverick]] ([[James Garner]]), [[Maverick (TV series)#Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick|Bart Maverick]] ([[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]]), and [[Maverick (TV series)#Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick|Brent Maverick]] ([[Robert Colbert]]) in the much more successful ABC/WB Western series ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''.

Moore appeared as the character in 14 episodes after Garner had left the series at the end of the previous season, wearing some of Garner's costumes; while filming ''The Alaskans'', he had already recited much of Garner's dialogue, for the Alaskan series frequently recycled ''Maverick'' scripts, changing only the names and locales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roger-moore.com/sirrogermoore/67.htm |title=Moore answer to a June 2007 question on his official website |website=Roger Moore Official Site |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821063634/http://www.roger-moore.com/sirrogermoore/67.htm |archive-date=21 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had also filmed a [[List of Maverick episodes|''Maverick'' episode]] with Garner two seasons earlier, in which Moore played a different character, in a retooling of [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]'s 1775 [[comedy of manners]] play ''[[The Rivals]]''.<ref name="hornsection"/> In the course of the story, Moore and Garner's characters switched names on a bet, with Moore consequently identifying himself as "Bret Maverick" through most of the episode.<ref name="hornsection">{{cite web |url=http://hornsection.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/maverick-mondays-rivals-1959.html |title=MAVERICK Mondays: "The Rivals" (1959) |publisher=Blogspot|work=The Horn Section |access-date=25 May 2017 |date=8 September 2014}}</ref>

Moore's debut as Beau Maverick occurred in the first episode of the 1960–61 fourth season, "[[List of Maverick episodes#Fourth season (1960-1961)|The Bundle from Britain]]", one of four episodes in which he shared screen time with his cousin Bart (Jack Kelly). [[Robert Altman]] wrote and directed "Bolt from the Blue", an episode featuring [[Will Hutchins]] as a frontier lawyer similar to his character in the series ''[[Sugarfoot]]'', and "Red Dog" found Beau mixed up with the vicious bank robbers [[Lee Van Cleef]] and [[John Carradine]]. [[Kathleen Crowley]] was Moore's [[leading lady]] in two episodes ("Bullet for the Teacher" and "Kiz"), and others included [[Mala Powers]], [[Roxane Berard]], [[Fay Spain]], [[Merry Anders]], [[Andra Martin]] and [[Jeanne Cooper]]. Upon leaving the series, Moore cited a decline in script quality since the Garner era as the key factor in his decision to depart; ratings for the show were also down.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2014/10/8-cancelled-tv-shows-that-got-a-twin-peaks-style-revival-271512/ |title=8 Cancelled TV Shows That Got A 'Twin Peaks'-Style Revival |website=IndieWire |access-date=25 May 2017 |date=8 October 2014}}</ref> Moore was originally slated to appear with both Jack Kelly and Robert Colbert in the series but by the time Colbert starred in his first episode, Moore had already left the series. Numerous early publicity stills of Kelly, Moore and Colbert posing together exist, however.

Moore was still under contract with Warners, who cast him in ''[[The Sins of Rachel Cade]]'' (1961), making love to a nun played by [[Angie Dickinson]], and ''[[Gold of the Seven Saints]]'' (1961), supporting [[Clint Walker]]. He also went to Italy to make the adventure comedy ''[[Romulus and the Sabines (1961 film)|Romulus and the Sabines]]'' (1961).

===''The Saint'' (1962–1969)===
[[File:Roger Moore The Saint 1969.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Roger Moore (left) with Earl Green in ''The Saint.'']]
[[Lew Grade]] cast Moore as [[The Saint (Simon Templar)|Simon Templar]] in a new adaptation of ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', based on the novels by [[Leslie Charteris]]. Moore said in an interview in 1963 that he wanted to buy the rights to Leslie Charteris's character and the trademarks. The television series was broadcast by [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the UK between 1962 and 1969, and its overseas success made Moore a household name. After the strong performance in the US of the first two series in first-run syndication, [[NBC]] picked up the show in 1966. By early 1967, Moore had achieved international stardom.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Playing James Bond to His Humanitarian Work: Roger Moore's Life in Pictures |url=https://people.com/movies/roger-moore-life-in-pictures/?slide=5760288#5760288 |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=People}}</ref> The series established his suave, quipping style which he carried forward to James Bond, and it also saw him exhibit his trademark raised eyebrow. Francis Blagburn in ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' writes,

{{blockquote|The raised eyebrow is perhaps the hardest facial gesture to perfect in the gentleman's arsenal. Get it right and you give the impression of someone who is in total control; get it wrong and you look like, well, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (and no one wants that). Sir Roger wrote the book in how to raise an eyebrow... as Simon Templar, he coolly infers [''sic''] that he knows, and he knows that you know that he knows.<ref name="Telegraph 2017"/>}}

''The Saint'' ran from 1962 for six seasons and 118 episodes.<ref name="BFIObit"/><ref name="ebert"/> Moore went on to direct nine episodes of the later series, which moved into colour in 1967.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lentz III |first =Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017 |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |page=284}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2025}} Several episodes were edited together to form two films, ''[[The Saint and the Fiction Makers]]'' (1968) and ''[[Vendetta for the Saint]]'' (1969).<ref>{{cite news |last= Gaughan |first= Gavin |title= Harry Harrison: Writer of sci-fi novels who created the popular anti-hero the Stainless Steel Rat |work= [[The Independent]] |date= 25 August 2012 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-harrison-writer-of-scifi-novels-who-created-the-popular-antihero-the-stainless-steel-rat-8079415.html |quote= ...it was made as a two-part story in the ATV/ITC series starring Roger Moore (and, edited, released in cinemas outside Britain), but Harrison was not credited or remunerated for this; it had been "for a lump sum, no royalties".|access-date= 5 October 2012}}</ref>

===Post-''Saint'' films and ''The Persuaders!'' (1969–1972)===
He made two films immediately after the series ended: ''[[Crossplot (film)|Crossplot]]'' (1969), a lightweight 'spy caper' movie, and the more challenging ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' (1970). Directed by [[Basil Dearden]], it gave Moore the opportunity to demonstrate greater versatility than the role of Simon Templar had allowed.<ref name="BFIObit"/> In 2004, Moore said of ''The Man Who Haunted Himself'': "It was one of the few times I was allowed to act... Many say my best role was in ''The Man Who Haunted Himself''. Being a modest actor, I won't disagree."<ref name="BFIObit"/> In one scene in the film, his character says "Espionage isn't all James Bond on Her Majesty's Secret Service." 
[[File:Roger Moore - 1971.jpg|thumb|left|upright|{{center|Moore in 1971}}]]
[[Lew Grade]] lured Moore to star alongside [[Tony Curtis]] in ''[[The Persuaders!]]''. The show featured the adventures of two millionaire playboys across Europe. Moore was paid the then-unheard-of sum of £1 million for a single series, making him the highest-paid television actor in the world.<ref name="ebert"/> Lew Grade claimed in his autobiography, ''Still Dancing'', that Moore and Curtis "didn't hit it off all that well".<ref name="Grade">{{cite book |title=The Defiant One:A Biography of Tony Curtis |first=Aubrey |last=Malone |pages=149 |isbn=978-0786475957 |date=20 September 2013|publisher=McFarland }}</ref> Curtis refused to spend more time on set than was strictly necessary, while Moore was always willing to work overtime.<ref name="Grade"/> According to the DVD commentary, neither Roger Moore, an uncredited co-producer, nor [[Robert S. Baker]], the credited producer, ever had a contract other than a handshake with Lew Grade.<ref name="Grade" />

Despite its focus on the UK and US markets, ''The Persuaders!'' became more successful in other international markets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/persuade.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225141902/http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/persuade.htm|url-status=dead|title=''The Persuaders!'' at Television Heaven|archivedate=25 February 2007}}</ref> On its premiere on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network, it was beaten in the ratings by repeats of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' on [[BBC One]]. It did however place in the Top 20 most-viewed television series in the UK throughout 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fiftiesweb.com/tv/tv-ratings-uk-70s/|title=Classic TV – Old UK TV Show Ratings – 70s- FiftiesWeb|date=12 August 2004 }}</ref> The lack of success in the US, where it had been sold to ABC, Curtis put down to its showing at the Saturday 10pm slot, but it was successful in continental Europe and Australia.<ref name="Grade"/> In Germany, where the series was aired under the name ''Die Zwei'' ("The Two"), it became a hit through especially amusing [[dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] which only barely used translations of the original dialogue.

===James Bond era (1973–1985)===

====Moore as Bond====
Moore's Bond was very different from the version created by Ian Fleming and the one portrayed by Connery. Screenwriters such as [[George MacDonald Fraser]] provided scenarios in which Moore was cast as a seasoned, debonair playboy who would always have a trick or gadget in stock when he needed it. This was designed to serve the contemporary taste of the 1970s. Moore's version of Bond was also known for his sense of humour and witty one liners; as Moore himself said, "My personality is different from previous Bonds. I'm not that cold-blooded-killer type. Which is why I play it mostly for laughs."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/the-times/roger-moore-debonair-007-played-bond-role-for-laughs/news-story/4a633deef28a211c1e48006bbdcb7dbc#&gid=1&pid=1 |title=Roger Moore: debonair 007 played Bond role for laughs|work=The Australian|access-date=26 May 2017}}</ref> Moore said, about his decision to leave the role of James Bond, that "It wasn’t because of the physical stuff as I could still play tennis for two hours a day and do a one-hour workout every morning. Physically I was okay, but facially I started looking…well, the leading ladies were young enough to be my granddaughter and it becomes disgusting." In his opinion, he looked too old to be "hanging around women in their early twenties without it appearing creepy."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-04 |title=Why every James Bond actor quit |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a869479/james-bond-quit-connery-moore-lazenby-brosnan-dalton/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB}}</ref>

====''Live and Let Die'' (1973)====
[[File:Roger Moore 3 Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|right|upright|{{center|Moore in 1973}}]]
Due to his commitment to several television shows, in particular ''The Saint'', Roger Moore was unavailable for the James Bond films for a considerable time. His participation in ''The Saint'' was as actor, producer, and director, and he also became involved in developing the series ''[[The Persuaders!]]''. In 1964, he made a guest appearance as James Bond in the comedy series ''[[Mainly Millicent]]''.<ref name=millicent>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/10/50-years-of-james-bond-roger-moore-seven-times-007/|title= 50 Years of James Bond: Roger Moore, Seven Times 007|last1= Rozen|first1= Leah|date= 19 October 2012 |publisher= BBC America |access-date= 20 August 2015|quote="[Moore] played James Bond in 1964 on TV opposite British actress Millicent Martin in a guest appearance on her BBC comedy show, Mainly Millicent."}}</ref> Moore stated in his autobiography ''My Word Is My Bond'' (2008) that he had neither been approached to play the character in ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', nor did he feel that he had ever been considered. Only after [[Sean Connery]] had declared in 1966 that he would not play Bond any longer did Moore become aware that he might be a contender for the role.<ref name="Bond casting"/> After [[George Lazenby]] was cast in 1969's ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' and Connery was enticed back to the role of Bond again for ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971), Moore did not consider the possibility until it seemed clear that Connery had stepped down as Bond for good. With ''The Persuaders!'' having been cancelled following poor ratings in the US, Moore was approached, and he accepted producer [[Albert Broccoli]]'s offer in August 1972. In his autobiography, Moore writes that he had to cut his hair and lose weight for the role. Although he resented having to make those changes, he was finally cast as James Bond in ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' (1973).<ref name="Bond casting">{{cite news |title=Roger Moore: From Saint to 007, Entertainment News & Top Stories |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/roger-moore-from-saint-to-007 |access-date=11 December 2020 |newspaper=[[The Straits Times]]}}</ref> Being 44 when he was cast in the role, Moore remains the oldest actor to portray Bond.

Moore then made ''[[Gold (1974 film)|Gold]]'' (1974), based on a novel by [[Wilbur Smith]] for producer [[Michael Klinger (producer)|Michael Klinger]] and director [[Peter R. Hunt]]. He was paid US$200,000 plus a percentage of the profits.<ref name="britain">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smakBgAAQBAJ&dq=gold+wilbur+smith+%22peter+hunt%22&pg=PA192|title=British Culture and Society in the 1970s: The Lost Decade|first1=Laurel|last1=Forster|first2=Sue|last2=Harper|date=14 December 2009|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781443818384 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

====''The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974)====
Moore made his second Bond film, ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (1974), which was a hit, though less successful than ''Live and Let Die''. It featured [[Christopher Lee]] as the main antagonist. Also appearing are [[Britt Ekland]], [[Herve Villechaize]], and [[Maud Adams]]. He then made a comedy ''[[That Lucky Touch]]'' (1975) which was a box office disaster. Moore made an Italian-shot action film ''[[Street People (film)|Street People]]'' (1976), then went back to South Africa for another Klinger-Hunt movie from a Wilbur Smith novel, ''[[Shout at the Devil (film)|Shout at the Devil]]'' (1976), which was successful in Britain, though less so in the US. Lee Marvin was a main cast member. Ian Holm was also featured, as well as [[Barbara Parkins]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==== ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) ====
Moore returned for a third outing as Bond in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977), which was a massive box-office success. It also starred [[Barbara Bach]] and [[Richard Kiel]] in his first appearance as the villain [[Jaws (James Bond)|Jaws]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Richard Kiel Dies at 74; Played Jaws in Bond Films|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/arts/richard-kiel-dies-at-74-played-jaws-in-bond-films.html?_r=0|first=Bruce|last=Weber|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 September 2014|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref> He returned to South Africa for a third action movie shot there, ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978), produced by [[Euan Lloyd]] and directed by [[Andrew V. McLaglen]]. It was a sizeable hit in Britain and Europe but, like ''Shout at the Devil'', less so in the US.<ref name="film">"The Global Film: Will It Play in Uruguay?: The Global Film". By John M. Wilson. ''[[The New York Times]]'', 26 November 1978: D1.</ref> The cast featured [[Richard Burton]], who had top billing, and Richard Harris.

Moore played the lead in ''[[Escape to Athena]]'' (1979) partly financed by Lew Grade. It was a heist adventure set in war-time Greece, and stars [[Telly Savalas]] and David Niven, and features mostly American character actors, including [[Elliott Gould]], [[Stefanie Powers]], [[Richard Roundtree]], [[Sonny Bono]], and Italian actress [[Claudia Cardinale]]. Roger Moore (with top billing) plays a charming former Austrian antiquities dealer turned crooked camp commandant, asked to guard Greek antiquities desired by the Third Reich, and also guard the collection of archaeologists who are being forced to work to find and recover these objects, but he has other plans for the treasure he guards and for the people under his watch.

====''Moonraker'' (1979)====
[[File:Roger Moore at the sets of Sea Wolves.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Roger Moore in 1979.]]
Moore followed the success of his fourth outing as Bond, ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979), with an action film, ''[[North Sea Hijack]]'' (1980), also known as ''ffolkes''. Moore played a very un-Bond-like hero, opposite [[Anthony Perkins]]. The film was a box-office disappointment.<ref>"If a film chews gum, it's American", ''The Guardian'' (1959–2003) [London (UK)] 5 July 1980: 9.</ref>

Better received was ''[[The Sea Wolves]]'' (1980), another World War Two adventure which reunited many of the crew from ''The Wild Geese'' including Euan Lloyd and McLaglen. It was based on the true story of a March 1943 event in British India and Portuguese Goa, in which a group of retired members of the [[Calcutta Light Horse]], colonelled by David Niven's character, assist regular British Army operatives, played by Moore and [[Gregory Peck]], in destroying German ships in neutral [[Mormugao]] harbour, all the time surrounded by German spies and Indian nationalist intrigue. [[Trevor Howard]], [[Patrick Macnee]], and [[Barbara Kellerman]] also co-star, with a who's-who lineup of British character actors.

Moore was in two all-star comedies: ''[[Sunday Lovers]]'' (1980), which flopped at the box office, and ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' (1981), which was a hit. The latter featured an ensemble cast, including [[Jackie Chan]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Dom DeLuise]], [[Sammy Davis Jr]], and [[Farrah Fawcett]].

====''For Your Eyes Only'' (1981)====
Moore returned for his fifth outing as Bond in ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981).

====''Octopussy'' (1983)====
Following the film ''For Your Eyes Only'', Moore expressed a desire to leave the role, and other actors were screen tested including [[James Brolin]], but Moore was eventually enticed back for ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983).<ref>{{cite web |title=James Bond: James Brolin was set to REPLACE Roger Moore in Octopussy |url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1266518/James-Bond-James-Brolin-audition-Octopussy-Roger-Moore-Sean-Connery-Never-Say-Never-Again |website=Daily Express |date=8 April 2020 }}</ref>

The circumstances around ''Octopussy'''s release were highly unusual in that another James Bond film was being released in the same year. Spearheaded by ''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]'' producer [[Kevin McClory]] (who retained film rights to the property because the antecedent 1961 [[Ian Fleming]] novel was based on an unfilmed 1959 screenplay produced under the aegis of McClory, [[Jack Whittingham]] and Fleming), the non-Eon production ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' featured his predecessor [[Sean Connery]] returning to the role of Bond. Although tantamount to a loose remake of ''Thunderball'', it was not set in the continuity of the previous Eon Bond films. This led to the media dubbing the one-time situation the "Battle of the Bonds".

He made a cameo as Chief [[Inspector Clouseau]], posing as a famous movie star, in ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]''<ref name="ebert"/> (1983) (for which he was credited as "Turk Thrust II"). Then he tried a thriller ''[[The Naked Face (film)|The Naked Face]]'' (1984), written and directed by [[Bryan Forbes]].

====''A View to a Kill'' (1985)====
Moore starred in his final Bond film, ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985). He was the oldest actor to have played Bond – he was 45 in ''Live and Let Die'', and 58 when he announced his retirement on 3 December 1985, having played the part for over twelve years. With seven films Moore holds the record for playing Bond the most times in the Eon series but is tied with Sean Connery in number of times playing Bond when counting Connery's non-Eon appearance in ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' (1983).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://evert.meulie.net/various/all-james-bond-movies/|title=James Bond: 12(!) actors, and 26 movies in 54 years|work=the web log of Evert |access-date=25 May 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In 1987 he hosted ''Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond''.<ref name="BFI"/>

===Post-James Bond career (1986–2017)===
[[File:Roger Moore - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.JPG|thumb|right|upright|Moore in 2012.]]
Moore did not act on screen for five years after he stopped playing Bond; in 1990 he appeared in several films and in the writer-director [[Michael Feeney Callan]]'s television series ''My Riviera'' and starred in the film ''[[Bed & Breakfast (1992 film)|Bed & Breakfast]]'' which was shot in 1989;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-17-ca-520-story.html|date=17 September 1989|title=Roger Moore and Talia Shire Take Sequel Break |last=Champlin |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Champlin |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and also had a large role in the 1996 film ''[[The Quest (1996 film)|The Quest]]''; in 1997 he starred as the Chief in ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]''.<ref name="NYDaily">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.com/arts-and-entertainment/20170523/6-memorable-roger-moore-roles-including-james-bond-007|title=6 memorable Roger Moore roles including James Bond 007|work=New York Daily News|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> At the age of 73 he played a flamboyant homosexual man in ''[[Boat Trip (film)|Boat Trip]]'' (2002) with [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]]

The British satirical puppet show ''[[Spitting Image]]'' had a sketch in which their [[latex]] likeness of Moore, when asked to display emotions by an offscreen director, did nothing but raise an eyebrow; Moore himself stated that he thought the sketch was funny and took it in good humour. Indeed, he had always embraced the "eyebrows" gag wholeheartedly, and quipped that he "only had three expressions as Bond: right eyebrow raised, left eyebrow raised, and eyebrows crossed when grabbed by [[Jaws (James Bond)|Jaws]]".<ref name="Telegraph 2017">{{cite news |title=The quintessential Englishman: what we learned from Sir Roger Moore |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/quintessential-englishman-learned-sir-roger-moore/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/quintessential-englishman-learned-sir-roger-moore/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2 October 2019 |work=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''Spitting Image'' continued the joke, featuring a Bond film spoof, ''The Man with the Wooden Delivery'', with Moore's puppet receiving orders from [[Margaret Thatcher]] to kill [[Mikhail Gorbachev]]. Other comedy shows at that time ridiculed Moore's acting, with [[Rory Bremner]] once claiming to have had a death threat from one of his irate fans following one such routine.<ref>Bremner, Rory ''Beware of Imitations'' (1999)</ref>

In a nod to his 1960s TV show, Moore had a vocal cameo in ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]'' (1997) as a radio newsreader as Simon Templar drives away at the end of the film. In the year 2000, he played the role of a secret agent in the Christmas special ''[[Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings]]'', shown on BBC One on Christmas Day. Filming all his scenes in the [[London Eye]], his mission was to eliminate another agent whose file photo looks like Pierce Brosnan. In 2002 he had a small cameo role in the German [[police procedural]] series ''[[Tatort]]'' (episode 506: "Schatten" – "Shadow", 28 July 2002) as himself signing an autograph on a Unicef card.

In the 1981 film ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'', Moore played Seymour Goldfarb, a parody of both himself and James Bond, driving an [[Aston Martin DB5]].

In support of his charitable work for UNICEF, Moore lent his voice to the character of the magic snowman, Lumi Ukko, for a 1990 feature film produced by Pavlina Ltd/FIT. The film is UNICEF-endorsed and is dedicated to the "world’s children".<ref>{{Citation |last1=Crnobrnja |first1=Stanko |title=The Magic Snowman |date=22 December 1987 |type=Fantasy, Family |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093473/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_7_prd |access-date=5 March 2024 |others=Roger Moore, Justin Fried, Dragana Marjanovic |publisher=Pavlina Ltd., TRZ Ton i film |last2=Stanner |first2=C.}}</ref> An audiobook titled ''The Magic Snowman and The Rusty Ice Skates'' features his voice. His daughter, the actress [[Deborah Moore]], narrated the book in honour of her father’s&nbsp;legacy and his work&nbsp;for UNICEF. 20 per cent of the book’s&nbsp;proceeds are pledged to the organisation.

In 2009 Moore appeared in an advertisement for the [[Post Office Ltd.|Post Office]]. In 2010 he provided the voice of a talking cat called [[George Lazenby|Lazenby]] in the film ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]'' which contained several references to, and parodies of, Bond films. In 2011 he co-starred in the film ''[[A Princess for Christmas]]'' with [[Katie McGrath]] and [[Sam Heughan]], and in 2012 he took to the stage for a series of seven 'Evenings with' in UK theatres and, in November, guest-hosted ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p22k9|title=Episode 6 Have I Got News for You, Series 44 Episode 6 of 11|publisher=BBC One|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> A slightly thinner-faced Moore contributed to a charity song in 2017. His last on-screen performance was in 2017, a brief appearance near the end of the remake of ''The Saint''.

In 2015 Moore was named one of ''[[GQ]]'''s 50 best-dressed British men.<ref>{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=GQ |date=5 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archive-date=7 January 2015 }}</ref> In 2015, he read [[Hans Christian Andersen]]'s "[[The Princess and the Pea]]" for the children's fairy tales app GivingTales in aid of [[UNICEF]] with other British celebrities, including [[Michael Caine]], [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Joan Collins]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Joanna Lumley]], [[David Walliams]], [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Paul McKenna]], and [[Michael Ball (singer)|Michael Ball]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Moore backs children's fairy tales app in aid of Unicef|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/18/roger-moore-childrens-app-unicef-givingtales|work=The Guardian|date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==Advocacy==
===Humanitarian work===
Moore's friend [[Audrey Hepburn]] had impressed him with her work for UNICEF, and consequently he became a [[UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador]] in August 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir Roger Moore: Goodwill Ambassador |url=https://sites.unicef.org/people/people_roger_moore.html |publisher=Unicef People |access-date=8 June 2021 |date=13 August 2012 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526142136/https://sites.unicef.org/people/people_roger_moore.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His character, [[Simon Templar]], made a pitch for UNICEF near the end of "The Revolution Racket",<ref>{{Citation|title=The Revolution Racket|date=5 November 1964|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0693568/|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> airing on 5 November 1964. He was the voice of Father Christmas or 'Santa' in the 2004 UNICEF cartoon ''The Fly Who Loved Me''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unicef.org.uk/theflywholovedme/ |title=The Fly Who Loved Me (directed by Dan Chambers) |publisher=Unicef.org.uk |access-date=18 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929131836/http://www.unicef.org.uk/theflywholovedme/ |archive-date=29 September 2009 }}</ref>

===Animal welfare===
Moore was an active proponent of animal welfare causes, particularly in his later life. He worked prolifically alongside [[PETA]] in campaigning against [[foie gras]], narrating short exposés in 2006 and 2012,<ref>{{cite web | title=Inside Foie Gras Farms | website=imdb.com | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6841230/ | access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> as well as appearing in ad campaigns, some of which he personally funded.<ref>{{cite web | title=Live and let foie gras sales die, says Roger Moore | website=the Guardian | date=5 November 2009 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/05/foie-gras-ads-roger-moore | access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> He also wrote columns in various publications, and directly to politicians and businesses, regarding the issue. For his efforts, he was named PETA UK Person of the Year in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | title=Roger Moore wins award for anti-foie gras campaign | website=Reuters | date=18 November 2009 | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/roger-moore-wins-award-for-anti-foie-gras-campaign-idUSTRE5AH3CC/ | access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> The campaign against [[Selfridges]] successfully prompted them to discontinue sales in 2009, while another British company (Creek Projects Investments Ltd) shuttered plans to build a large foie gras facility in China in 2012, in response to Moore's advocacy.<ref>{{cite web | last=Standard | first=The | title=Foie to a kill: Roger Moore campaign stops slaughter of millions of | website=The Standard | date=10 October 2012 | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/foie-to-a-kill-roger-moore-campaign-stops-slaughter-of-millions-of-geese-8204731.html | access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref>

Moore also voiced concern for issues of wild animal welfare. He publicly raised awareness regarding the living conditions of [[Morgan (orca)|Morgan]], a wild-caught [[killer whale]] who had been taken into captivity, as well as successfully leading the campaign to ban the use of wild animals in British [[circuses]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Halter | first=Dr Reese | title=Animal Kingdom Hero: Sir Roger Moore | website=HuffPost | date=25 May 2017 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/animal-kingdom-hero-sir-roger-moore_b_59273fede4b03296e2d11354 | access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> He was an outspoken critic of [[sport hunting]]; in response to the [[killing of Cecil the lion]], an incident which sparked global outrage, ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' published an opinion piece by Moore:<ref>{{cite web | title=Sir Roger Moore on Cecil the lion: 'Hunting is a coward's pastime' | website=The Telegraph | date=29 July 2015 | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/11771713/Cecil-the-lion-Sir-Roger-Moore-says-hunting-is-a-cowards-pastime.html | access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref>
{{Blockquote |text="Sport" hunting is a sickness, a perversion and a danger and should be recognised as such. People who get their "amusement" from hunting and killing defenceless animals can only be suffering from a mental disorder. We know that we should protect the most vulnerable and helpless in society, not destroy them – much less derive pleasure from doing so. Thankfully, those of us with a conscience are appalled by the idea of gunning down animals for the sake of a thrill or a photo. Interest in hunting in Great Britain and elsewhere is steadily declining since decent people prefer to hike, take photographs, kayak and generally enjoy the outdoors without killing other beings.}}

==Personal life==
===Doorn Van Steyn===
In 1946, aged 18, Moore married a fellow RADA student, the actress and ice skater Doorn Van Steyn (born Lucy Woodard), who was six years his senior;<ref name=TelegSep12/> Moore and Van Steyn lived in Streatham with her family, but tension over money matters and her lack of confidence in his acting ability took their toll on the relationship,<ref name="Moore2009">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5B7dAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT36 |title=My Word is My Bond: The Autobiography |author=Roger Moore |date=10 October 2009 |publisher=Michael OMara |isbn=978-1-84317-419-6|pages=36–}}</ref> during which he allegedly suffered [[domestic abuse]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9537467/Sir-Roger-Moore-James-Bond-actor-beaten-up-by-first-two-wives.html Sir Roger Moore: James Bond actor 'beaten up by first two wives'] ''The Telegraph'', 12 September 2012</ref>

===Dorothy Squires===
In 1952 Moore met the Welsh singer [[Dorothy Squires]], who was 12 years his senior, and Van Steyn and Moore divorced the following year.<ref name=SquiresObit>"Obituary: Dorothy Squires", ''[[The Times]]'', London, 15 April 1998, pg. 21</ref> Squires and Moore were married in New York.<ref name=SquiresObit/> They lived in [[Bexley]], [[Kent]], after their wedding.<ref name=Kent5031173>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/sir-roger-moore-former-james-bond-actor-bexley-and-tunbridge-wells-resident-dies-aged-89-from-cancer-1-5031176|title=Sir Roger Moore, former James Bond actor, Bexley and Tunbridge Wells resident, dies aged 89 from cancer|first=Luke|last=May|publisher=Archant|work=Kentnews.co.uk|access-date=23 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523153358/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/sir-roger-moore-former-james-bond-actor-bexley-and-tunbridge-wells-resident-dies-aged-89-from-cancer-1-5031176|archive-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>

They moved to the United States in 1954 to develop their careers, but tension developed in their marriage due to their age difference and Moore's infatuation with starlet [[Dorothy Provine]], and they moved back to the United Kingdom in 1961, where they resided in [[Sutton Coldfield]], near [[Birmingham]].<ref name=SquiresObit/> Squires suffered a series of miscarriages during their marriage, and Moore later said the outcome of their marriage might have been different if they had been able to have children.<ref name=SquiresObit/>

During their tempestuous relationship Squires smashed a guitar over his head, and after learning of his affair with the Italian actress [[Luisa Mattioli]], who later became Moore's third wife, Moore said, "She threw a brick through my window. She reached through the glass and grabbed my shirt and she cut her arms doing it...The police came and they said, 'Madam, you're bleeding' and she said, 'It's my heart that's bleeding'."<ref name=TelegSep12/> Squires intercepted letters from Mattioli to Moore and planned to include them in her autobiography, but the couple won injunctions against the publication in 1977, which led Squires to unsuccessfully sue them for loss of earnings.<ref name=SquiresObit/> The numerous legal cases launched by Squires led her to be declared a [[vexatious litigant]] in 1987.<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vexatious-litigants#history Retrieved May 2017]</ref> Moore paid Squires's hospital bills after her cancer treatment in 1996; she died in 1998.<ref name=SquiresOperation>"Moore pays for Squires operation." ''The Times'', London, 31 May 1996, pg. 6</ref><ref name=TelegOct00/>

===Luisa Mattioli===
[[File:Roger Moore Cannes.jpg|thumb|upright|Moore at the [[1989 Cannes Film Festival]] with wife Luisa Mattioli.]]
In 1961, while filming ''[[Romulus and the Sabines (1961 film)|The Rape of the Sabine Women]]'' in Italy, Moore left Squires for the Italian actress [[Luisa Mattioli]].<ref name=TelegOct00>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1369755/Roger-Moore-pays-wife-10m-in-divorce-deal.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1369755/Roger-Moore-pays-wife-10m-in-divorce-deal.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|first=Hugh |last=Davies|title=Roger Moore pays wife £10m in divorce deal|work=The Telegraph|date=10 October 2000|access-date=10 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Squires refused to accept their separation, and sued Moore for loss of [[Marriage#Rights and obligations|conjugal rights]], but Moore refused the court's order to return to Squires in 28 days.<ref name=TelegOct00/><ref name=SquiresObit/> Squires also smashed windows at a house in France where Moore and Mattioli were living, and unsuccessfully sued the actor [[Kenneth More]] for libel, as More had introduced Moore and Mattioli at a charity event as "Mr Roger Moore and his wife".<ref name=TelegOct00/> Moore and Mattioli lived together until 1969, when Squires finally granted him a divorce, after they had been separated for seven years.<ref name=SquiresOperation/> At Moore's and Mattioli's marriage in April 1969 at the [[Caxton Hall]] in Westminster, London, a crowd of 600 people was outside, with women screaming his name.<ref>"News in Brief", ''The Times'', London, 12 April 1969, pg. 3</ref>

Moore had three children with Mattioli: the actress [[Deborah Moore]] (born 27 October 1963) and two sons, Geoffrey (born 28 July 1966) and Christian (born 23 August 1973).<ref name=ESNov03>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/moore-saint-or-sinner-7292765.html|title=Roger Moore Saint or Sinner?|last=Cavendish|first=Lucy|work=London Evening Standard|date=17 November 2003|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref> Geoffrey is also an actor, and appeared alongside his father in the films ''[[Sherlock Holmes in New York]]'' (1976) and ''[[Fire, Ice and Dynamite]]'' (1990). In later life, he co-founded Hush Restaurant in [[Mayfair]], London, with [[Jamie Barber]],<ref name=GuardAug02>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2002/aug/10/features.jobsmoney1 |title=Yes, the name's bonds |author=Anstead, Mark |work=The Guardian|date=10 August 2002|access-date=10 September 2014}}</ref> and released a single in 2023 under the name Jaffa Moore called "You and I" which featured vocals from the late Glee actor [[Naya Rivera]] and included host of stars in the music video miming along to the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gingerandnuts.com/jaffa-moore/|title=Jaffa Moore, Son Of Sir Roger Moore, Releases New Album 'Photograph'|date=27 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heritagechart.co.uk/chart-archive/week-133-05-feb-2023|title=Week 133 05 February 2023|website=Heritage Chart}}</ref> Geoffrey and his wife Loulou have two daughters. Moore's younger son, Christian, is a film producer and has four children: a daughter from his first marriage to Heidi Moore, and two sons and a daughter from his second marriage to Lara Sidawi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christian Moore (IV)|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1839615/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1|access-date=7 December 2020|website=IMDb}}</ref>

===Kristina "Kiki" Tholstrup===
Moore and Mattioli separated in 1993 after Moore developed feelings for a Swedish-born Danish socialite, [[Barbro Kristina Linder|Kristina "Kiki" Tholstrup]].<ref name=TelegOct00/> Moore later described his [[prostate cancer]] diagnosis in 1993 as "life-changing", which led him to reassess his life and marriage.<ref name=ESNov03/> Mattioli and Tholstrup had long been friends, but Mattioli was scathing of her in the book she subsequently wrote about her relationship with Moore, ''Nothing Lasts Forever'', describing how she felt betrayed by Tholstrup and discarded by Moore.<ref name=TelegOct00/><ref name=ESNov03/>

Moore remained silent on his divorce from Mattioli, later saying that he did not wish to hurt his children by "engaging in a war of words".<ref name=ESNov03/> Moore's children refused to speak to him for a period after the divorce, but they were later reconciled with their father.<ref name=ESNov03/> Mattioli refused to grant Moore a divorce until 2000, when a £10 million settlement was agreed.<ref>James Bone. "Roger Moore's £10m divorce." ''[[The Times]]'', London, 10 October 2000</ref> Moore subsequently married Tholstrup in 2002.<ref name=ESNov03/> Moore said that he loved Tholstrup as she was "organised", "serene", "loving", and "calm", saying, "I have a difficult life. I rely on Kristina totally. When we are travelling for my job, she is the one who packs. Kristina takes care of all that".<ref name=ESNov03/> Moore also said that his marriage to Tholstrup was "a tranquil relationship, there are no arguments".<ref name=TelegNov13/> Tholstrup had two children, Hans-Christian Knudsen Jr. and Christina Knudsen, from a previous marriage; Christina described her stepfather as a positive influence, saying, "I was in difficult relationships but that all changed" when her mother met Moore. Christina Knudsen died of cancer on 25 July 2016, at the age of 47; Moore wrote, "We are heartbroken" and "We were all with her, surrounding her with love, at the end".<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/christina-knudsen-dead-roger-moore_uk_5797418ee4b06d7c426d9798 Roger Moore's Daughter, Christina Knudsen, Dies Aged 47] – Huffington Post UK</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sirrogermoore/status/757864395473027073|title=Sir Roger Moore on Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sirrogermoore/status/757864919765254144|title=Sir Roger Moore on Twitter}}</ref>

==Political views==
[[File: Sir Roger Moore 3 b.jpg|thumb|228x228px|Moore in 1973 by [[Allan Warren]].]]
On politics, Moore stated he was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|conservative]] and thought that [[Conservatism in the United Kingdom|conservatism]] is the way to run a country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/05/23/roger-moore-best-wittiest-quotes/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2017/05/23/roger-moore-best-wittiest-quotes/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title='Sean played Bond as a killer – I played him as a lover': Roger Moore's best quotes|work=The Telegraph|date=23 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was described as a "lifelong" supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and endorsed the party during the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1319000/1319508.stm | title= Campaigning with the stars | work=BBC News | date=14 May 2001 | access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="express.co.uk">{{Cite web|last=Parfitt|first=Tom|date=23 May 2017|title=REVEALED: Sir Roger Moore snubbed Theresa May request to appear at campaign rally|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/808258/Sir-Roger-Moore-dead-James-Bond-Theresa-May-Conservative-Party|access-date=10 February 2021|website=Express.co.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=23 May 2017|title=Obituary: Sir Roger Moore|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-15536118|access-date=3 February 2021}}</ref> However, Moore also expressed a reluctance to be seen as an overtly political figure and felt his work with [[UNICEF]] meant that he could not involve himself directly in politics.<ref name="express.co.uk"/>

In 2011 Moore expressed his support to Conservative Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] regarding his policy on the [[European Union]], stating: "I think he's doing absolutely wonderfully well, despite the opposition from many members of his own party. Traitors, I call them. I mean any hardliner within the Conservative Party who speaks out against their leader. You should support your leader."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.nme.com/news/film/sir-roger-moore-i-ve-paid-my-dues-in-taxes-573874 | title= Sir Roger Moore: 'I've paid my dues in taxes' | work=NME | access-date=15 April 2020| date= 11 December 2011}}</ref>

Moore also expressed support for Britain keeping the [[pound sterling]] as its national currency and was glad the British government had not joined the [[Euro|single EU currency]], stating: "I would have been very upset if we'd had to take [[Elizabeth II|the Queen]] off our currency. They'd probably have to take her off the stamps and everything. I am British and I'm fiercely independent. And I think we should be independent, as [[Sean Connery]] is about Scotland."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Moore slams the Tory party traitors|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/Roger-Moore-slams-the-Tory-party-traitors.398190|access-date=3 February 2021|website=Times of Malta|date=13 December 2011 |language=en-gb}}</ref>

In 2015 Moore criticised what he regarded as excessive [[political correctness]] within the film industry and felt that rewriting [[James Bond]]'s sexuality, gender or ethnicity would be a mistake, arguing "it is not about being homophobic or, for that matter, racist – it is simply about being true to the character."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Moore: Bond Can't Be A Woman Or A Gay Man|url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/roger-moore-bond-cant-be-a-woman-or-a-gay-man-085043390.html|access-date=3 February 2021|website=uk.finance.yahoo.com|date=26 October 2015 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=bangshowbiz.com|date=12 June 2015|title=Sir Roger Moore: I like Bond crumpet|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/sir-roger-moore-i-like-bond-crumpet/2015/06/12/a0598ae6-10e3-11e5-a0fe-dccfea4653ee_story.html|access-date=3 February 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Moore retained membership of the entertainment and media trade union [[BECTU]] (now part of Prospect) until his death, having joined as an apprentice animation technician before his acting career took off. At his death, he was the union's longest-tenured member.<ref>{{cite web|date=24 May 2017|title=BECTU has expressed sadness at the death of Sir Roger Moore, aged 89|url=https://www.bectu.org.uk/news/2716|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706104337/https://www.bectu.org.uk/news/2716|archive-date=6 July 2018}}</ref> In 2007, Moore also voiced his support to workers from the [[Cadbury]] chocolate factory at [[Keynsham]] who were protesting against the plant's closure.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McCormick|first=Ken|date=24 May 2017|title=Do you remember when Sir Roger Moore backed Keynsham workers in their fight to save their factory?|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/you-remember-sir-roger-moore-72622|access-date=3 February 2021|website=BristolLive|language=en}}</ref>

==Tax exile==
Moore became a [[tax exile]] from the United Kingdom in 1978, originally to Switzerland, and divided his year between his four homes: an apartment in [[Monte Carlo]], a holiday house in the coastal [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] town of [[Castiglione della Pescaia]], a chalet in [[Crans-Montana]], Switzerland, and a home in [[Saint-Paul-de-Vence]], France.<ref name=TelegNov13>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/10381403/Roger-Moore-interview-If-I-had-24-hours-to-live-Id-make-a-dry-martini.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/10381403/Roger-Moore-interview-If-I-had-24-hours-to-live-Id-make-a-dry-martini.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Roger Moore interview: 'If I had 24 hours to live, I'd make a dry martini' |first=Veronica |last=Lee |work=The Telegraph |date=26 October 2003|access-date=10 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=TelegAug14>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11065466/Sir-Roger-Moore-I-cant-drink-martinis-any-more-but-life-is-bliss.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/jamesbond/11065466/Sir-Roger-Moore-I-cant-drink-martinis-any-more-but-life-is-bliss.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |author=Julia Llewelyn Smith |title=Sir Roger Moore: 'I can't drink martinis any more – but life is bliss' |work=The Telegraph|date=30 April 2014 |access-date=10 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Moore became a resident of Monaco, having been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador of Monaco by [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert II]] for his efforts in internationally promoting and publicising the principality.<ref name="MonPal">{{cite web|title=Monaco Ambassador's Club – News|url=http://www.palais.mc/en/news/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/event/2012/june/monaco-ambassadors-club-2807.html|work=Monaco Ambassadors Club|publisher=Prince's Palace of Monaco|date=12 June 2012|access-date=13 May 2014}}</ref> Moore was scathing of the Russian population in Monaco, saying, "I'm afraid we're overstuffed with Russians. All the restaurant menus are in Russian now."<ref name=TelegAug14/>

Moore was vocal in his defence of his tax exile status, saying that in the 1970s, with taxes levied on top earners under the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government of [[James Callaghan]], he had been urged by his "accountants, agents, and lawyers" to move abroad because, "At that point we were taxed up to 98% on [[unearned income]], so you would never be able to save enough to ensure that you had any sort of livelihood if you didn't work."<ref name="TelegSep12">{{cite news|last=McGrath|first=Nick|date=30 September 2012|title=Roger Moore: 'I love cash. The sheer luxury of crispy £1 notes'|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9574135/Roger-Moore-I-love-cash.-The-sheer-luxury-of-crispy-1-notes.html|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912093746/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/9574135/Roger-Moore-I-love-cash.-The-sheer-luxury-of-crispy-1-notes.html|archive-date=12 September 2014}}</ref> Moore said in 2011 that his decision to live abroad was "not about tax. That's a serious part of it. I come back to England often enough not to miss it, to see the changes, to find some of the changes good...I paid my taxes at the time that I was earning a decent income, so I've paid my due".<ref name="ScotDec11">{{cite news|date=12 December 2011|title=Sir Roger Moore defends decision to live in Monaco and Switzerland|work=[[The Scotsman]]|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sir-roger-moore-defends-decision-live-monaco-and-switzerland-2480788|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603235941/https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/sir-roger-moore-defends-decision-live-monaco-and-switzerland-2480788|archive-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>

==Illness and death==
Moore had a series of diseases during his childhood, including [[chickenpox]], [[measles]], [[mumps]],<ref name=gordonworst>{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Bryony|title=Sir Roger Moore: I'm the worst James Bond, they say|work=The Telegraph|date=24 September 2008 |access-date=23 May 2017 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3070578/Im-the-worst-James-Bond-they-say.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3070578/Im-the-worst-James-Bond-they-say.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[double pneumonia]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/29/roger-moore-my-family-values|title=Roger Moore: My family values|first=Nick|last=McGrath|date=28 September 2012|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> and [[jaundice]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Chase|first=Chris|title=At the Movies: Roger Moore is anybody's replacement|work=The New York Times |date=26 June 1981|access-date=23 May 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/26/movies/at-the-movies-roger-moore-is-anybody-s-replacement.html}}</ref> and had his [[Appendix (anatomy)|appendix]], [[tonsil]]s, and [[adenoid]]s removed.<ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Moore: 'It's all a bit of a joke' |date=14 November 2008 |access-date=23 May 2017 |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/719272/Roger-Moore-Its-all-a-bit-of-a-joke |work=Sunday Star Times}}</ref>

Moore was a long-term sufferer of [[Kidney stone disease|kidney stones]]<ref>{{cite news|last=McKay|first=Sinclair|title=Review: Roger Moore: My Word Is My Bond by Roger Moore|work=The Telegraph|date=11 October 2008|access-date=24 May 2017 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/3561968/Review-Roger-Moore-My-Word-Is-My-Bond-by-Roger-Moore.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/3561968/Review-Roger-Moore-My-Word-Is-My-Bond-by-Roger-Moore.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |postscript=none}}{{cbignore}}; {{cite news |title=Bond star Sir Roger Moore gets asked strange stuff|work=Newsbeat|publisher=BBC News|date=30 March 2015 |access-date=24 May 2017 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32118469/bond-star-sir-roger-moore-gets-asked-strange-stuff}}</ref> and as a result was briefly hospitalised during the making of ''Live and Let Die'' in 1973<ref>{{cite book|last=Moore|first=Roger|title=Roger Moore As James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming 'Live and Let Die' |location=London|publisher=Pan Books |date=1973|isbn=9780330236539 |pages=15, 46}}</ref> and again whilst filming the 1979 film ''Moonraker''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Roger |title=Bond on Bond: Reflections on 50 Years of James Bond Movies |location=Guilford, Conn. |publisher=Lyons Press |date=2012 |isbn=9780762782819 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWVBBAAAQBAJ |page=141}}</ref> Whilst filming the boat chase in Live and Let Die, Moore crashed a speedboat and suffered a fractured tooth and concussion. During filming for [[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]], Moore suffered burns on his buttocks during a chair explosion stunt.

In 1993 Moore was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] and underwent successful treatment for the disease.<ref>{{cite news |last=France |first=Lisa|title=Roger Moore, '007' actor, dies at 89|work=CNN|date=23 May 2017 |access-date=23 May 2017 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/entertainment/roger-moore-dies/}}</ref>

In 2003 Moore collapsed on stage while appearing on Broadway,<ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Moore collapses on stage|work=The Guardian |date=9 May 2003 |access-date=23 May 2017|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/may/09/arts.artsnews1}}</ref> and was fitted with a [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker|pacemaker]] to treat a potentially deadly slow heartbeat.<ref name=TelegAug14/> He was diagnosed with [[type 2 diabetes]] in 2013.<ref name=TelegAug14/> Some years before his final cancer illness, a tumour spot was found in his liver. Then, in 2017, during the period that he was treated for cancer, he fell, badly injuring his [[Clavicle|collarbone]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Roger Moore – Nobody Does It Better|publisher=BBC Radio 2|date=26 December 2017 |access-date=8 January 2018 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jqwns}}</ref><ref name="aww17"/>

[[File:The grave of Roger Moore in Monaco Cemetery 2 memolands (51511361870).jpg|thumb|upright|right|alt=In the middle of a row of white vertical memorials, each about 1 metre wide, and with a horizontal marble shelf before each, a marker with "Sir Roger MOORE", the date "1927–2017", and "Loving Father & Husband", below which is "Our True Saint". Several flower pots and candles are on the shelf for Moore and his neighbours. To the left of Moore's marker is one with a stone plaque labelled "Moore Family", with a coat of arms in blue with gold.|The grave of Roger Moore in Monaco Cemetery]]
Moore died in the presence of his family at his home in [[Crans-Montana]], [[Switzerland]], on 23 May 2017, from [[cancers]] of the lung and liver.<ref name="aww17">{{cite news |title=Roger Moore's daughter – My kind, naughty, funny dad |url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/australian-womens-weekly-nz/20171109/282278140604495 |access-date=7 June 2021 |work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |date=9 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40018422|title=Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies at age 89|work=BBC News|date=23 May 2017|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/i/web/status/867005447018086400 |title=Family tweet re death of Sir Roger Moore|website= Twitter.com|date= 23 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="nzz">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/roger-moore-ein-schweizer-werbestar-ld.1296310|title=Ein Schweizer Werbestar &#124; NZZ|newspaper=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |date=24 May 2017 }}</ref> He was buried in [[Monaco Cemetery]].<ref name="nzz"/>

==Royal circles==
Moore had friendships with some of Denmark's royal family; [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]] and his then-wife [[Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg]], invited Moore and his wife Kiki to attend the christening of their youngest son, [[Prince Felix of Denmark|Prince Felix]]. In 2004 he attended the [[Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson]]. On 24 May 2008 Moore and his wife attended the wedding of Prince Joachim to his French fiancée [[Princess Marie of Denmark|Marie Cavallier]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

Moore also had a long-standing friendship with [[Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland|Princess Lilian]] of Sweden, whom he first met on a visit to Stockholm for UNICEF. Moore's wife Kristina, who was born in Sweden, was already a friend of Princess Lilian's through mutual friends. In his autobiography, Moore recalled meeting the princess for tea and dinners whenever his wife and he visited Stockholm. He spoke of his recollections at the princess's memorial service at [[St Peter and St Sigfrid's Church]] in Stockholm, on 8 September 2013.<ref name="Moore"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/diplomaticdispatch/2013/09/09/six-royals-and-007-memorial-service-for-princess-lilian|title=Six Royals and 007: Memorial Service for Princess Lilian|website=The Diplomatic Dispatch|access-date=23 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530020341/http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/diplomaticdispatch/2013/09/09/six-royals-and-007-memorial-service-for-princess-lilian/|archive-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

On 1 and 2 July 2011 Moore and his wife attended [[Wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Charlene Wittstock|the wedding]] of [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]] and [[Charlene, Princess of Monaco|Charlene Wittstock]].<ref name="forbes">{{cite news |title=Monaco palace releases wedding guest list|url=https://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/06/30/entertainment-eu-monaco-royal-wedding_8544841.html|work=Forbes|last=Barchfield|first=Jenny|date=30 June 2011|access-date=30 June 2011}}{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Awards and legacy==
{{Quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote="Most people settle on Sir Roger Moore or Sir Sean Connery as their favourite Bond. Why Moore? Because he was Bond incarnate, and then some. He was the quintessential Englishman, somewhere between gentleman and jester – a slick, schmaltzy, suave provocateur. He handled the tone of the role perfectly, pitching his delivery somewhere between the camp kitsch of <!-- [[MOS:TYPOFIX]] -->[Pierce Brosnan] and the smouldering cool of Connery. Moore's 007 was, in a word, fun: never above a wry laugh, preferably with a dry Martini in hand."|source = — Francis Blagburn writing in ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', May 2017.<ref name="Telegraph 2017"/>}}
Moore was appointed Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1999 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=55354 |date=31 December 1998 |page=23 |supp=y}}</ref> and was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the [[2003 Birthday Honours]] for charitable services, especially UNICEF and latterly [[Kiwanis|Kiwanis International]], which had dominated his public life for more than a decade.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56963|date=14 June 2003|page=24|supp=y}}</ref> On being knighted, Moore said that the citation "meant far more to me than if I had got it for acting... I was proud because I received it on behalf of UNICEF as a whole and for all it has achieved over the years".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Leon |last2=Krol |first2=Charlotte |date=23 May 2017 |title=Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies of cancer aged 89 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/23/james-bond-actor-roger-moore-dies-aged-89/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/23/james-bond-actor-roger-moore-dies-aged-89/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |access-date=28 May 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 11 October 2007, three days before he turned 80, Moore was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his work on television and in film. Attending the ceremony were family, friends, and [[Richard Kiel]], with whom he had acted in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''. Moore's star was the 2,350th star installed, and is appropriately located at 7007 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roger-moore.com/etoile-hollywood2007.htm |title=Roger Moore Official Site |website=Roger-moore.com |access-date=18 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107004828/http://www.roger-moore.com/etoile-hollywood2007.htm |archive-date=7 January 2010 }}</ref>

On 28 October 2008 the French government appointed Moore a [[Commandeur|Commander]] of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/roger-moore-commandeur-des-arts-et-des-lettres-28-10-2008-292270.php|title=Roger Moore, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres |newspaper=Le Parisien|language=fr |access-date=25 May 2017|date=28 October 2008}}</ref> On 21 November 2012 Moore was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Hertfordshire]] for his outstanding contributions to the British film and television industry for over 50 years, in particular film and television productions in Hertfordshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.herts.ac.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/2012-Graduates-Recognised-Alongside-James-Bond.cfm |title=University of Hertfordshire News |website=University of Hertfordshire |access-date=21 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404120526/http://www.herts.ac.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/2012-Graduates-Recognised-Alongside-James-Bond.cfm |archive-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After his death, the Roger Moore Stage was opened at [[Pinewood Studios]] at a ceremony held in October 2017 to celebrate his life and work.<ref name="Stage"/> His wife and family were in attendance along with Bond producers [[Michael G Wilson]] and [[Barbara Broccoli]].<ref name="Stage">{{cite news|title=Roger Moore stage opened at Pinewood Studios|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41641574|work=BBC News|date=21 December 2017}}</ref>

In the 2018 film ''[[My Dinner with Hervé]]'', Moore was portrayed by actor [[Mark Umbers]].

'''For his charity work'''

* 2012: UNICEF's UK Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the Life of Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore|url=https://www.unicefusa.org/press/releases/statement-unicef-executive-director-anthony-lake-life-goodwill-ambassador-sir-roger|access-date=8 June 2021|publisher=UNICEF|date=23 May 2017}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] Inspiration Award (UNICEF)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.unicef.org/people/people_41394.html| title=Sir Roger Moore receives Dag Hammarskjöld Inspiration Award for his work with UNICEF| access-date=23 May 2017| website=UNICEF| date=25 October 2017| archive-date=6 July 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161822/https://www.unicef.org/people/people_41394.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2004: UNICEF's Audrey Hepburn Humanitarian Award<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38154003/katy-perry-gets-charity-award-for-her-work-with-children-from-hillary-clinton| title=Katy Perry gets charity award for her work with children from Hillary Clinton| access-date=23 May 2017|publisher=BBC News|work=Newsbeat| date=30 November 2016}}</ref>
* 2003: German ''[[Federal Cross of Merit]]'' (Bundesverdienstkreuz) for his UNICEF work<ref name="Moore2009"/>{{rp|275}}<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.gettyimages.es/detail/fotografía-de-noticias/actor-roger-moore-receives-the-federal-service-fotografía-de-noticias/1773448#actor-roger-moore-receives-the-federal-service-cross-1st-class-from-picture-id1773448 |publisher=Getty Images|title=Actor Roger Moore Receives the Federal Service Fotografia de Noticias|date=10 February 2003}}</ref>
* 2003: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
* 1999: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
'''Lifetime achievements awards'''
* 2008: Commander of the French ''National Order of Arts and Letters'' (Ordre national des Arts et des Lettres)
* 2007: Hollywood Walk of Fame
* 2004: TELEKAMERA ("Tele Tydzień" Lifetime Achievement Award, Poland)
* 2002: Monte Carlo TV Festival (Lifetime Achievement Award)
* 2001: Lifetime achievement award (Filmfestival, Jamaica)
* 1997: Palm Springs film festival, USA, Lifetime Achievement Award
* 1995: TELE GATTO (Italian TV; Lifetime Achievement Award)
* 1991: GOLDEN CAMERA (German TV; lifetime achievement award)
* 1990: BAMBI (Lifetime Achievement Award from the German magazine BUNTE)
'''For his acting'''
* 1981: OTTO (Most popular Film Star; from German Magazine BRAVO)
* 1980: [[Henrietta Award#Retired awards|Golden Globe Henrietta Award]] for World Film Favorite – Male.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners & Nominees Henrietta Award (World Film Favorites)|url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/henrietta-award-world-film-favorites|work=Golden Globe Awards|access-date=29 September 2017|publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017064814/http://www.goldenglobes.com/winners-nominees/henrietta-award-world-film-favorites|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1980: [[Saturn Award]] (Most Popular International Performer)
* 1973: BAMBI (shared with Tony Curtis for "The Persuaders", from the German magazine BUNTE)
* 1973: BEST ACTOR IN TV, award from the French magazine TELE-7-JOURS, shared with Tony Curtis for "The Persuaders"
* 1967: ONDAS-AWARD (Spanish TV for "The Saint")
* 1967: OTTO (Most popular TV-star for "The Saint"; from German magazine BRAVO)

==In popular culture==
Roger Moore is contentiously credited with inspiring the [[Magnum (ice cream)|Walls Magnum ice cream]]. In the 1960s, he reportedly said that his one wish would be for a [[choc ice]] on a stick. Walls created this product and sent one to Moore. They later launched the Magnum in 1989, which is now the world's top-selling ice cream brand.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Neil|date=7 June 2017|title=Seven celebs who invented things|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-40172977|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Film roles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1945 
| ''[[Perfect Strangers (1945 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' || Sailor || rowspan="10" | Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Caesar and Cleopatra (film)|Caesar and Cleopatra]]'' || Roman Soldier 
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1946 
| ''[[Gaiety George]]'' || Audience Member 
|-
| ''[[Piccadilly Incident]]'' || Guest at Pearson's Table 
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1949 
| ''[[Paper Orchid]]'' || Extra 
|-
| ''[[Trottie True]]'' || Stage Door Johnny 
|-
| ''[[The Interrupted Journey]]'' || Soldier in Paddington Café 
|-
! scope="row" | 1950 
| ''Drawing-Room Detective'' || Extra 
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1951 
| ''[[One Wild Oat]]'' || Extra 
|-
| ''[[Honeymoon Deferred (1951 film)|Honeymoon Deferred]]'' || Ornithologist on Train 
|-
! scope="row" | 1954 
| ''[[The Last Time I Saw Paris]]'' || Paul || <ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f041f37|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324210911/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f041f37|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 March 2016|title=Roger Moore|publisher=BFI|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1955 
| ''[[Interrupted Melody]]'' || Cyril Lawrence ||
|-
| ''[[The King's Thief]]'' || Jack || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1956 
| ''[[Diane (1956 film)|Diane]]'' || [[Henry II of France|Prince Henri]] || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1959 
| ''[[The Miracle (1959 film)|The Miracle]]'' || Captain Michael Stuart || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1961 
| ''[[The Sins of Rachel Cade]]'' || Paul Wilton || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Gold of the Seven Saints]]'' || Shaun Garrett || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1962 
| ''[[Romulus and the Sabines (1961 film)|Romulus and the Sabines]]'' || Romulus || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[No Man's Land (1962 film)|No Man's Land]]'' || Enzo Prati ||
|-
! scope="row" | 1968 
| ''[[The Saint and the Fiction Makers|The Fiction Makers]]'' || [[Simon Templar]] ||
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1969 
| ''[[Vendetta for the Saint]]'' || Simon Templar || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Crossplot (film)|Crossplot]]'' || Gary Fenn || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1970 
| ''[[The Man Who Haunted Himself]]'' || Harold Pelham || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1973 
| ''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]'' || [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]] || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1974 
| ''[[Gold (1974 film)|Gold]]'' || Rod Slater || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' || James Bond || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1975 
| ''[[That Lucky Touch]]'' || Michael Scott || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1976 
| ''[[Street People (film)|Street People]]'' || Ulysses || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Shout at the Devil (film)|Shout at the Devil]]'' || Sebastian Oldsmith || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Sherlock Holmes in New York]]'' || [[Sherlock Holmes]] || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1977 
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' || James Bond || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1978 
| ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' || Lieutenant Shaun Fynn || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1979 
| ''[[Escape to Athena]]'' || Major Otto Hecht || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' || James Bond || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[North Sea Hijack]]'' || Rufus Excalibur ffolkes || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1980 
| ''[[The Sea Wolves]]'' || Captain Gavin Stewart || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Sunday Lovers]]'' || Harry Lindon || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1981 
| ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' || Seymour Goldfarb Jr || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' || rowspan="2" | James Bond || <ref name="BFI" />
|- 
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1983 
| ''[[Octopussy]]'' || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' || Chief Inspector [[Jacques Clouseau]] || <ref name="BFI" />
|- 
! scope="row" | 1984 
| ''[[The Naked Face (film)|The Naked Face]]'' || Dr. Judd Stevens || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1985 
| ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' || James Bond || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1987 
| ''The Magic Snowman'' || Lumi Ukko, the Snowman || Voice role
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1990 
| ''[[Fire, Ice and Dynamite]]'' || Sir George Windsor || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[Bullseye! (1990 film)|Bullseye!]]'' || Sir John Bevistock || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1992 
| ''[[Bed & Breakfast (1992 film)|Bed & Breakfast]]'' || Adam || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1995 
| ''[[The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1995 film)|The Man Who Wouldn't Die]]'' || Thomas Grace || Also executive producer<ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1996 
| ''[[The Quest (1996 film)|The Quest]]'' || Lord Edgar Dobbs || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1997 
| ''[[Spiceworld (film)|Spice World]]'' || The Chief || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
| ''[[The Saint (1997 film)|The Saint]]'' || Radio Announcer || Voice role
|-
! scope="row" | 2001 
| ''The Enemy'' || Superintendent Robert Ogilvie || <ref name="BFI" /> 
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2002 
| ''On Our Own Vesna'' || Roger Moore ||
|-
| ''[[Boat Trip (film)|Boat Trip]]'' || Lloyd Faversham || <ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 2004 
| ''The Fly Who Loved Me'' || Father Christmas || rowspan="6" | Voice role
|-
! scope="row" | 2006 
| ''Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie'' || January Q. Irontail 
|-
! scope="row" | 2008 
| ''Agent Crush'' || Burt Gasket 
|-
! scope="row" | 2009 
| ''The Wild Swans'' || Archbishop 
|- 
! scope="row" | 2010 
| ''[[Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore]]''|| Tab Lazenby 
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2011 
| ''The Lighter'' || George Boreman 
|-
| ''[[A Princess for Christmas]]'' || Edward, Duke of Castlebury || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nineoclock.ro/roger-moore-is-shooting-christmas-at-castlebury-hall-in-romania/|title=Roger Moore is shooting "Christmas at Castlebury Hall" in Romania|work=Nine O'Clock|date=8 March 2011|access-date=28 November 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111029/http://www.nineoclock.ro/roger-moore-is-shooting-christmas-at-castlebury-hall-in-romania/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- 
! scope="row" | 2013 
| ''Incompatibles'' || Roger Moore ||
|-
! scope="row" | 2016 
| ''[[The Carer (film)|The Carer]]'' || Roger Moore ||
|-
! scope="row" | 2017 
| ''[[The Saint (2017 film)|The Saint]]'' || Jasper || Final role<ref name="BFI" /> 
|}

=== Television roles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1949 
| ''The Governess'' || Bob Drew || rowspan="2" | TV film
|-
| ''A House in the Square'' || John Anstruther 
|-
! rowspan="4" scope="row" | 1953 
| ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' || French Diplomat || Episode: "World by the Tail"
|-
| ''The Clay of Kings'' || Josiah Wedgwood || rowspan="3" | TV film
|-
| ''Julius Caesar'' || Unknown 
|-
|''[[Black Chiffon]]'' || Unknown 
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1956 
| ''[[Ford Star Jubilee]]'' || Billy Mitchell || Episode: "This Happy Breed"
|-
| ''[[Goodyear Playhouse]]'' || Patrick Simmons || Episode: "A Murder Is Announced"
|-
! rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1957 
| ''[[Assignment Foreign Legion]]'' || Legionnaire Paul Harding || Episode: "The Richest Man in the Legion"
|-
| ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'' || Gavin || Episode: "The Taggart Light"
|-
| ''[[NBC Matinee Theater]]'' || [[Randolph Churchill]] || Episode: "The Remarkable Mr. Jerome"
|-
! scope="row" | 1958–1959 
| ''[[Ivanhoe (1958 TV series)|Ivanhoe]]'' || [[Ivanhoe]] || All 39 episodes<ref name="BFI" />
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1959 
| ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' || Jimmy Simms || Episode: "The Angry Young Man"
|-
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' || Inspector Benson || Season 4 Episode 24: "The Avon Emeralds"
|-
! scope="row" | 1959–1960 
| ''[[The Alaskans]]'' || Silky Harris || All 37 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | 1959–1961 
| ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' || [[List of Maverick episodes|Beau Maverick]] || 16 episodes
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1961 
| ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''|| Radio Announcer || Voice; Episode: "Vacation with Pay"
|-
| ''[[The Roaring 20's (TV series)|The Roaring 20's]]''|| 14 Karat John || 2 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | 1962–1969 
| ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' || [[Simon Templar]] || All 118 episodes<ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1964 
| ''[[Mainly Millicent]]'' || James Bond || Episode: "17 July 1964"
|-
! scope="row" | 1965 
| ''[[The Trials of O'Brien]]'' || Roger Taney || Episode: "What Can Go Wrong"
|-
! scope="row" | 1971–1972 
| ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' || Lord Brett Sinclair || All 24 episodes<ref name="BFI" />
|-
! scope="row" | 1977–1978
| ''[[Laugh-In]]'' || Roger Moore || rowspan="2" | 4 episodes
|-
! scope="row" | 1999 
| ''The Dream Team'' || Desmond Heath 
|-
! scope="row" | 2000 
| ''[[Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings]]'' || Roger Moore || Christmas special
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2002 
| ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' || Edward Poole || Episode: "The Prophecy"
|-
| ''[[Tatort]]'' || Roger Moore || Episode: "Schatten"
|-
! scope="row" | 2005 
| ''Foley & McColl: This Way Up'' || Butler || TV film
|-
! scope="row" | 2014 
| ''[[The Life of Rock with Brian Pern]]'' || [[George Lazenby]] || Episode: "The Day of the Triffids"
|-
! scope="row" | 2016
| ''[[Car SOS]]'' || Roger Moore || Episode: "Volvo P1800"
|}

==Publications==
Moore's book about the filming of ''Live and Let Die'', based on his diaries, titled ''Roger Moore as James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die'', was published in London in 1973, by Pan Books.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2017/04/21/roger-moores-book-about-the-making-of-live-and-let-die-is-bonkers|title=Roger Moore's 1973 Book About The Making Of LIVE AND LET DIE Is Straight-Up Bonkers|website=birthmoviesdeath.com|access-date=25 May 2017|date=21 April 2017}}</ref> The book includes an acknowledgment to Sean Connery, with whom Moore was friends for many years: "I would also like to thank Sean Connery – ''with''<!-- with not without is correct here --> whom it would not have been possible."

Moore's [[autobiography]] ''My Word is My Bond'' ({{ISBN|0061673889}}) was published by [[HarperCollins|Collins]] in the US, in November 2008 and by Michael O'Mara Books Ltd in the UK, on 2 October 2008 ({{ISBN|9781843173182}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roger-moore.com/ |title=Roger Moore's official website |website=Roger-moore.com |date=12 January 2010 |access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref>

On 16 October 2012, ''Bond on Bond'' was published to tie in with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond films. The book, with many pictures, is based on Moore's own memories, thoughts, and anecdotes about all things 007, with some of the profits of the book going to UNICEF.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bond on Bond Review |url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/review_bond_on_bond.php3 |publisher=mi6-hq.com |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

== Books ==
* {{cite book |display-authors= 0 |first= Roger |last= Moore |title= Roger Moore as James Bond: Roger Moore's Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die  |date= 1973 |publisher= Pan Books |isbn= 9780330236539 }}
* {{cite book |display-authors= 0 |first= Roger |last= Moore |title= My Word Is My Bond: The Autobiography |date= 2008 |publisher= Michael O'Mara |isbn= 9781843173878 }}
* {{cite book |display-authors= 0 |first1= Roger |last1= Moore |first2= Gareth |last2= Owen |title= Bond on Bond: The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies |date= 2012 |publisher= Michael O'Mara |isbn= 9781843178613 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/bondonbondultima0000moor }}
* {{cite book |display-authors= 0 |first= Roger |last= Moore |title= Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown |quote= (published as ''One Lucky Bastard'' in the United States) |date= 2014 |publisher= Michael O'Mara |isbn= 9781782432074 }}
* {{cite book |display-authors= 0 |first1= Roger |last1= Moore |first2= Gareth |last2= Owen |title= À bientôt … |date= 2017 |publisher= Michael O'Mara |isbn= 9781782438618 }}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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* {{cite web |title=Roger Moore interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xd6ZrhY-cM |publisher=ITV Cymru/Wales Archive |date=1963}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.unicef.org/people/people_roger_moore.html |website=UNICEF |title=People: Roger Moore |access-date=10 September 2014 |archive-date=21 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321163943/http://www.unicef.org/people/people_roger_moore.html |url-status=dead }}
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