Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore Jr.) made his acting and screen debut at the age of 18 months in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). By the time he had turned ten he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Moore continued as a child star for many more years, and was the actor who gave Shirley Temple her first romantic screen kiss when that honor was bestowed upon him in 1942's Miss Annie Rooney.
As with many child actors, once Moore got older the roles began to dry up. He made his final film in 1950, but was still in the public eye with the 1949 to 1955 television series Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949). He then retired from acting for a new career in publicity.
Moore died, age 89, in 2015.
Known For
Out of the Past
(1947)
The Kid
Sergeant York
(1941)
George York
Heaven Can Wait
(1943)
Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Pierre Dreyfus
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Johnny Faraday
Full Filmography
Acting
The Beloved Rogue
(1927)
Baby Francois (uncredited)
Madame X
(1929)
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
Blue Skies
(1929)
Passion Flower
(1930)
Tommy
The Office Wife
(1930)
Dickie the Boy at Beach (uncredited)
Son of the Gods
(1930)
Sam Lee as a Child (uncredited)
The Matrimonial Bed
(1930)
Trebel's Son (uncredited)
The Three Sisters
(1930)
The Child
The Star Witness
(1931)
Ned Leeds
The Squaw Man
(1931)
Little Hal
Manhattan Parade
(1931)
Junior Roberts
Three Who Loved
(1931)
Sonny Hanson
Aloha
(1931)
Junior Bradford
Confessions of a Co-Ed
(1931)
Patricia's Son
Seed
(1931)
Johnny Carter as a Child
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Johnny Faraday
Winner Take All
(1932)
Dickie Harmon
So Big!
(1932)
Young Dirk De Jong
The Expert
(1932)
Dickie Foster
Union Depot
(1932)
Little Boy (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
(1932)
'Buddy' Evans
Disorderly Conduct
(1932)
Jimmy
The Racing Strain
(1932)
Bill Westcott as a Little Boy
Fireman, Save My Child
(1932)
Child Watching Baseball Game
Million Dollar Legs
(1932)
Willie - Angela's Brother
Hook and Ladder
(1932)
Dickie
Free Wheeling
(1932)
Dickie
Birthday Blues
(1932)
Dickie
Deception
(1932)
Dickie Allen
Oliver Twist
(1933)
Oliver Twist
Gabriel Over the White House
(1933)
Jimmy Vetter
Gallant Lady
(1933)
Deedy Lawrence
Mush and Milk
(1933)
Dickie
Man's Castle
(1933)
Joie
Cradle Song
(1933)
Alberto
The Kid from Borneo
(1933)
Dickie
Obey the Law
(1933)
Dickie Chester
Fish Hooky
(1933)
Dickie
Little Men
(1934)
Demi
Tomorrow's Youth
(1934)
Thomas Hall Jr.
In Love with Life
(1934)
Laurence 'Laury' Applegate
The World Accuses
(1934)
Tommy Weymouth
This Side of Heaven
(1934)
Freddie
Upperworld
(1934)
Tommy Stream
Fifteen Wives
(1934)
Young Boy
The Human Side
(1934)
Bobbie Sheldon
Strange Wives
(1934)
Twin
Peter Ibbetson
(1935)
Gogo
So Red the Rose
(1935)
Middleton Bedford
Without Children
(1935)
David Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child
Swellhead
(1935)
Billy Malone
The Story of Louis Pasteur
(1936)
Joseph Meister
The Little Red Schoolhouse
(1936)
Dickie Burke
Timothy's Quest
(1936)
Timothy
Madame X
(1937)
Allan Simonds
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Pietro
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Pierre Dreyfus
Love, Honor and Behave
(1938)
Ted (child)
The Arkansas Traveler
(1938)
Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen
My Bill
(1938)
Bill Colbrook
The Gladiator
(1938)
Bobby
Lincoln in the White House
(1939)
Tad Lincoln
The Under-Pup
(1939)
Jerry Binns
Hidden Power
(1939)
Stevie Garfield
The Blue Bird
(1940)
Young Lad (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters
(1940)
Reuter as a Boy
Sergeant York
(1941)
George York
The Great Mr. Nobody
(1941)
'Limpy' Barnes
Miss Annie Rooney
(1942)
Marty White
The Adventures of Martin Eden
(1942)
Johnny
Heaven Can Wait
(1943)
Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
Jive Junction
(1943)
Peter Crane
Happy Land
(1943)
Peter Orcutt
Youth Runs Wild
(1944)
Georgie Dunlop
The Eve of St. Mark
(1944)
Zip West
Sweet and Low-Down
(1944)
Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
Out of the Past
(1947)
The Kid
Dangerous Years
(1947)
Gene Spooner
Behind Locked Doors
(1948)
Mental patient (uncredited)
16 Fathoms Deep
(1948)
George Athos
Tuna Clipper
(1949)
Frankie Pereira
Bad Boy
(1949)
Charlie
The Boy and the Eagle
(1949)
The Cripple Boy
Killer Shark
(1950)
Jonesy
Cody of the Pony Express
(1950)
Bill Cody
The Member of the Wedding
(1952)
Soldier
Eight Iron Men
(1952)
Pvt. Muller
Hollywood’s Children
(1982)
Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
(1993)
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
(2002)
Self - Actor, 'The Bride Wore Red'