Victor Moore
Victor Moore | |
|---|---|
Moore starring in the Cole Porter musical Leave It to Me (1938) | |
| Born | Victor Fred Moore February 24, 1876 Hammonton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 1962 (aged 86) East Islip, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1893–1957 |
| Spouses | Emma Littlefield
(m. 1903; died 1934)Shirley Paige
(m. 1942) |
Victor Fred Moore (February 24, 1876 – July 23, 1962) was an American actor of stage and screen, a major Broadway star from the late 1920s through the 1930s. He was also a writer and director, but is best remembered today as a comedian, playing timid, mild-mannered roles. Today's audiences know him as the star of a Christmas-themed movie that has become a perennial: It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947). Moore plays a vagrant who occupies a millionaire's mansion—without the millionaire's knowledge—while the owner is vacationing.