Overview (4)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (4)

Trade Mark (6)

Self-deprecating wit


Charming debonair persona


Habitually raising his eyebrows


Refined English accent


Deep smooth voice


Tinted gold-rimmed spectacles (worn in later years)


Trivia (141)


During the early stages of his career, Roger collected towels from the hotels he stayed in. However, he stopped when a British newspaper printed a story entitled "Roger Moore is a towel thief". He revealed on So Graham Norton (1998) that he still had the collection in his Swiss home.


He succeeded Audrey Hepburn as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.

He was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on December 31, 1998 in the New Year Honours list for services to UNICEF and on June 14, 2003, in the Queen's Birthdays honours, was promoted to Knight Commander of the same order his services to the charities UNICEF and Kiwanis International.


He was scheduled to make his musical theatre debut as Sir George in "Aspects of Love" in 1990. He left the production days before his escape clause expired due to his own concerns over his singing ability. He was replaced by Kevin Colson

He received an International Humanitarian Award from the London Variety Club for his charity work in 2000.


His father, George Alfred Moore, was a policeman.


Whilst doing National Service, Moore served with Military Intelligence.


In just a few days after he had arrived in the United States in 1952, he appeared in the television play World by the Tail (1953).


He was good friends with Lois Maxwell , who played Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies. They first met in mid 1940s at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where they were in the same class in 1944.


On January 13, 2001, Moore and his then companion, Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup , escaped injury when another vehicle collided with the actor's car. Airbags were attributed to preventing injury. They married the next year.

In 1990, he participated as a guest host in "33 Zecchino d'Oro".


He received an honorary degree from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1999).


His contract for the 007 films provided him with an unlimited supply of Montecristo cigars during filming. The bill for this typically ran to thousands of pounds.


He lived in Switzerland and Monte Carlo with his wife Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup (2002).


In 1954, he was offered contracts with the Royal Shakespeare Company or MGM. Noël Coward advised him to go for the money.

Despite playing James Bond in seven Bond films, he never ordered a vodka martini shaken not stirred.


He was the oldest person to debut as James Bond. He was age 45 when Live and Let Die (1973) was filmed.

On May 21, 1964, he was Air France's 8,000,000th passenger.


On May 7, 2003, he collapsed during a matinee performance of the Broadway comedy "The Play What I Wrote", but finished the show after a 10-minute break. Roger was playing the role of the mystery guest star, which the cameo role is filled by celebrities, when he fainted toward the end of the second act. He was taken to hospital after the show. The next day, he was fitted with a pacemaker - something he had been previously told he would eventually have to get.


Ironically for his first Razzie nomination (Worst Supporting Actor in Spice World (1997)), he went head to head with another former Bond, Sean Connery in The Avengers (1998), also receiving his first Razzie nomination. However, neither man won.


He was born in the same Labour Ward in London as the actor Brian Weske , five years previously.


He attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson . Collins had first met him when her father was his agent and described him in her autobiography as her first crush.

He underwent surgery for prostate cancer in 1993.


He spoke Italian perfectly, former wife Luisa Mattioli is an Italian citizen.


He often spent summers in Hornbæk, Denmark, where his wife Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup has a summer house.

He detested doing scenes that involve him shooting firearms - which caused him to ruin countless 007 takes.


He quit smoking cigarettes in 1971 following a stern lecture from Tony Curtis on the set of The Persuaders! (1971).


Both he and his daughter, Deborah Moore , have acted in the James Bond franchise. She played the air hostess in Die Another Day (2002).


