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Roger Moore

1927 - 2017

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Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films: Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), 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. On television Moore played the lead role of Simon Templar, the title character in the British mystery thriller series The Saint (1962–1969). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Moore is the 114th most popular actor (down from 77th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 129th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Actor.

Roger Moore is most famous for playing James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.

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Among actors, Roger Moore ranks 114 out of 13,578. Before him are Johnny Depp, Diane Keaton, Charlotte Rampling, Peter Falk, Gary Cooper, and Samuel L. Jackson. After him are Cary Grant, Jane Fonda, Burt Lancaster, Bill Paxton, Keanu Reeves, and Jean Gabin.

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Among people born in 1927, Roger Moore ranks 11. Before him are Günter Grass, Olof Palme, Gina Lollobrigida, K. Alex Müller, F. Sherwood Rowland, and Peter Falk. After him are Samuel P. Huntington, Kim Young-sam, Robert Shaw, Vladimir Komarov, Turgut Özal, and Mstislav Rostropovich. Among people deceased in 2017, Roger Moore ranks 8. Before him are Charles Manson, Michael I of Romania, Gene Cernan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, and Zygmunt Bauman. After him are Bill Paxton, Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, Jalal Talabani, Jeanne Moreau, and Zbigniew Brzezinski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Moore ranks 253 out of 8,785. Before him are Charlotte Rampling (1946), Henry III of England (1207), Arthur Harden (1865), Horace Walpole (1717), John A. Macdonald (1815), and Archer Martin (1910). After him are Arthur C. Clarke (1917), James Hunt (1947), John Snow (1813), Cary Grant (1904), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), and Ozzy Osbourne (1948).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Roger Moore ranks 15. Before him are Maggie Smith (1934), Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), Rowan Atkinson (1955), James Mason (1909), and Charlotte Rampling (1946). After him are Cary Grant (1904), Leslie Howard (1893), Helen Mirren (1945), Jane Birkin (1946), Judi Dench (1934), and Jason Statham (1967).

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