Dickie Moore RIP (1925-2015)
Dutch postcard. Photo: a publicity shot of the Little Rascals a.k.a. Our Gang with Dickie Moore in the middle. Caption: "Gelukkig Nieuwjaar" (Happy New Year).
Yesterday, 12 September 2015, the former child and then juvenile actor, Dickie Moore (1925-2015) died at the age of 89. As a baby, he made his screen debut in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). He played the little son of Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932) and was one of the Little Rascals in Our Gang for just a year (1932-1933). By the time he had turned 10, he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Later, he gave 14-year-old Shirley Temple her first screen kiss - in Miss Annie Rooney (1942). Then the roles began to dry up, and he made his last film in 1950. Since then, he worked as a public-relations executive and produced industrial shows. Dick Moore was the Author of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (But Don't Have Sex or Take the Car) in which he interviewed 31 ex-child actors, more than half of whom found their adult lives beset by alcoholism, nervous breakdowns, or failed first marriages. Besides his his third and last wife, film actress Jane Powell, Moore is survived by a son, Kevin; a stepson, Geary; two stepdaughters, Lindsay and Suzanne; a sister, Pat Kingsley; and several grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
Sources: IMDb.
Dickie Moore RIP (1925-2015)
Dutch postcard. Photo: a publicity shot of the Little Rascals a.k.a. Our Gang with Dickie Moore in the middle. Caption: "Gelukkig Nieuwjaar" (Happy New Year).
Yesterday, 12 September 2015, the former child and then juvenile actor, Dickie Moore (1925-2015) died at the age of 89. As a baby, he made his screen debut in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). He played the little son of Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932) and was one of the Little Rascals in Our Gang for just a year (1932-1933). By the time he had turned 10, he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Later, he gave 14-year-old Shirley Temple her first screen kiss - in Miss Annie Rooney (1942). Then the roles began to dry up, and he made his last film in 1950. Since then, he worked as a public-relations executive and produced industrial shows. Dick Moore was the Author of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (But Don't Have Sex or Take the Car) in which he interviewed 31 ex-child actors, more than half of whom found their adult lives beset by alcoholism, nervous breakdowns, or failed first marriages. Besides his his third and last wife, film actress Jane Powell, Moore is survived by a son, Kevin; a stepson, Geary; two stepdaughters, Lindsay and Suzanne; a sister, Pat Kingsley; and several grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
Sources: IMDb.