Ron Moody
Born: 1924-01-08 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK
Died: 2015-06-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; January 8, 1925 – June 11, 2015) was an English actor, singer, and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Other film appearances included The Mouse on the Moon (1963), The Twelve Chairs (1970), and A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995). He was married to Therese Blackbourn until his death; they had six children.
Filmography
2013
- Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
2012
- The Story of Musicals as Self
2006
- A Sense of Carol Reed as Self
2005
- Lost Dogs as Maurice Todd
- Moussaka & Chips as Officer David Tomlinson
2003
2001
- Revelation as Sir Isaac Newton
1997
- Noah's Island as (voice)
1995
- Character Building as White Stag (voice)
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court as Merlin
1993
- The Animals of Farthing Wood as Badger (voice) / Toad (voice)
1992
- Emily's Ghost as Dawson
1991
- How's Business as Pawnshop Broker
1990
- A Ghost in Monte Carlo as Alphonse
1985
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle as Azdak
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Henry Kyle
- Highway to Heaven as Arthur Krock Sr. / King Arthur
- The Bill
- Where Is Parsifal? as Baron Gaspard Beersbohm
1982
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
- Wrong Is Right as King Awad
1981
- Dial M for Murder as Capt. 'Swann' Lesgate
- Othello as Iago
- Into the Labyrinth as Rothgo
1980
- Dominique as Dr. Rogers
- Nobody's Perfect as Det. Insp. Roger Hart
1979
- Hart to Hart as Charles Thompson
- Tales of the Unexpected as Richard Pratt
- Blankety Blank as Self
- Unidentified Flying Oddball as Merlin
1978
- Benji's Very Own Christmas Story as Kris Kringle
- The Word as LeBrun
1977
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It as Dr. Henry Gropinger ( Kissinger )
- Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas as Self
1976
- Rocky Marciano Is Dead as Harry
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Derek Stafford
- Legend of the Werewolf as Zookeeper
- Dogpound Shuffle as Steps
1974
- Village Hall as Mr. Ellis
1972
- The Edwardians as Robert Baden-Powell
- Shirley's World as Matthew Quick
1971
- Flight of the Doves as Hawk Dove
1970
- Play for Today as Harry
- The Twelve Chairs as Ippolit Vorobyaninov
- Is That Your Body, Boy as Cracker Carstairs
1969
- David Copperfield as Uriah Heep
1968
- Oliver! as Fagin
1966
- The Sandwich Man as Rowing Coach
- Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! as Walter Hoskins
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Cracker Carstairs
- Every Day's a Holiday as Professor Leonardo Bastinado
- San Ferry Ann as German
1964
- The Wednesday Play as Walter Hoskins
- Murder Most Foul as H. Driffold Cosgood
- The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown as Jasper Waxo
1963
- Summer Holiday as Orlando
- Festival as Joe Levene
- The Mouse on the Moon as Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy
- Ladies Who Do as Police Inspector
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- A Pair of Briefs as Sidney Pudney
1961
- The Avengers as Ponsonby Hopkirk
- Five Golden Hours as Gabrielle
1960
- Alice Through the Looking Box as Mad Hatter
1959
- Follow a Star as Violinist
1958
- Davy as The Unicyclist (uncredited)
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1955
- Gunsmoke as Noah Beal