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
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Pierre Dreyfus
Madame X
(1937)
Allan Simonds
Heaven Can Wait
(1943)
Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
Oliver Twist
(1933)
Oliver Twist
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Johnny Faraday
Happy Land
(1943)
Peter Orcutt
Hidden Power
(1939)
Stevie Garfield
Madame X
(1929)
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
Union Depot
(1932)
Little Boy (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Beloved Rogue
(1927)
Baby Francois (uncredited)
Blue Skies
(1929)
Madame X
(1929)
Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
Son of the Gods
(1930)
Sam Lee as a Child (uncredited)
The Three Sisters
(1930)
The Child
The Matrimonial Bed
(1930)
Trebel's Son (uncredited)
The Office Wife
(1930)
Dickie the Boy at Beach (uncredited)
Passion Flower
(1930)
Tommy
Three Who Loved
(1931)
Sonny Hanson
Seed
(1931)
Johnny Carter as a Child
Confessions of a Co-Ed
(1931)
Patricia's Son
The Star Witness
(1931)
Ned Leeds
Manhattan Parade
(1931)
Junior Roberts
Aloha
(1931)
Junior Bradford
The Squaw Man
(1931)
Little Hal
Hook and Ladder
(1932)
Dickie
So Big!
(1932)
Young Dirk De Jong
Million Dollar Legs
(1932)
Willie - Angela's Brother
Disorderly Conduct
(1932)
Jimmy
Winner Take All
(1932)
Dickie Harmon
Deception
(1932)
Dickie Allen
The Expert
(1932)
Dickie Foster
Free Wheeling
(1932)
Dickie
Fireman, Save My Child
(1932)
Child Watching Baseball Game
Blonde Venus
(1932)
Johnny Faraday
Birthday Blues
(1932)
Dickie
The Racing Strain
(1932)
Bill Westcott as a Little Boy
The Devil Is Driving
(1932)
'Buddy' Evans
Union Depot
(1932)
Little Boy (uncredited)
Gallant Lady
(1933)
Deedy Lawrence
Mush and Milk
(1933)
Dickie
The Kid from Borneo
(1933)
Dickie
Cradle Song
(1933)
Alberto
Gabriel Over the White House
(1933)
Jimmy Vetter
Fish Hooky
(1933)
Dickie
Oliver Twist
(1933)
Oliver Twist
Obey the Law
(1933)
Dickie Chester
Man's Castle
(1933)
Joie
This Side of Heaven
(1934)
Freddie
The Human Side
(1934)
Bobbie Sheldon
Upperworld
(1934)
Tommy Stream
Fifteen Wives
(1934)
Young Boy
In Love with Life
(1934)
Laurence 'Laury' Applegate
Tomorrow's Youth
(1934)
Thomas Hall Jr.
The World Accuses
(1934)
Tommy Weymouth
Strange Wives
(1934)
Twin
Little Men
(1934)
Demi
So Red the Rose
(1935)
Middleton Bedford
Without Children
(1935)
David Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child
Peter Ibbetson
(1935)
Gogo
Swellhead
(1935)
Billy Malone
The Little Red Schoolhouse
(1936)
Dickie Burke
The Story of Louis Pasteur
(1936)
Joseph Meister
Timothy's Quest
(1936)
Timothy
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Pietro
The Life of Emile Zola
(1937)
Pierre Dreyfus
Madame X
(1937)
Allan Simonds
Love, Honor and Behave
(1938)
Ted (child)
The Arkansas Traveler
(1938)
Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen
My Bill
(1938)
Bill Colbrook
The Gladiator
(1938)
Bobby
The Under-Pup
(1939)
Jerry Binns
Lincoln in the White House
(1939)
Tad Lincoln
Hidden Power
(1939)
Stevie Garfield
A Dispatch from Reuters
(1940)
Reuter as a Boy
The Blue Bird
(1940)
Young Lad (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
(1941)
'Limpy' Barnes
Sergeant York
(1941)
George York
The Adventures of Martin Eden
(1942)
Johnny
Miss Annie Rooney
(1942)
Marty White
Happy Land
(1943)
Peter Orcutt
Jive Junction
(1943)
Peter Crane
Heaven Can Wait
(1943)
Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
Sweet and Low-Down
(1944)
Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
The Eve of St. Mark
(1944)
Zip West
Youth Runs Wild
(1944)
Georgie Dunlop
Dangerous Years
(1947)
Gene Spooner
Out of the Past
(1947)
The Kid
16 Fathoms Deep
(1948)
George Athos
Behind Locked Doors
(1948)
Mental patient (uncredited)
The Boy and the Eagle
(1949)
The Cripple Boy
Bad Boy
(1949)
Charlie
Tuna Clipper
(1949)
Frankie Pereira
Cody of the Pony Express
(1950)
Bill Cody
Killer Shark
(1950)
Jonesy
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'