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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 13:19:26 GMT
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Post by stefy69 on May 23, 2017 13:21:16 GMT
Oh my !
R I P Sir.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 13:24:40 GMT
Aged 89 and a half.
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Post by Jan on May 23, 2017 13:38:14 GMT
Curiously he never seems to have appeared in a single stage role throughout his long career, quite unusual for an English actor.
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Post by oxfordsimon on May 23, 2017 13:40:45 GMT
Curiously he never seems to have appeared in a single stage role throughout his long career, quite unusual for an English actor. He did come close with Aspects of Love... |
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Post by d'James on May 23, 2017 13:55:56 GMT
I always thought he came across as a very warm man.
Thoughts with his family.
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Post by Jan on May 23, 2017 13:56:36 GMT
Curiously he never seems to have appeared in a single stage role throughout his long career, quite unusual for an English actor. He did come close with Aspects of Love... Actually one of the longer obituaries point out that immediately after RADA he appeared in the West End in "The Italian Straw Hat" and "Circle of Chalk". |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 13:59:10 GMT
RADA!?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 14:15:32 GMT
My favourite Bond  |
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Post by duncan on May 23, 2017 14:20:51 GMT
The first film I can recall seeing in the cinema was in 1977 and as a 3 year old (I know!!) being transfixed by The Spy Who Loved Me. He was the definitive Bond for me and also offered up wonderful turns in films such as The Man Who Haunted Himself, Cannonball Run, North Sea Hijack and The Wild Geese. A real life good egg as well who never took himself or acting too seriously. Devastated Mr Bond? Heartbroken Mr Drax.  |
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Post by stefy69 on May 23, 2017 14:21:28 GMT
My favourite Bond My favourite Saint ( and I don't mean that in a blasphemous way ! ) |
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Post by kathryn on May 23, 2017 14:28:49 GMT
RIP Sir Roger Moore. He did lots of good work with UNICEF, too.
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Post by jadnoop on May 23, 2017 15:22:40 GMT
It would be a lie if I said he was my favourite Bond but without-a-doubt this was my favourite pre-credits Bond scene growing up:
The hill. The music. And that parachute. Too cool.
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Post by greenice on May 23, 2017 15:40:17 GMT
He had class. There's a nice story about him dropping everything and driving through the night when David Niven died to go and help his daughter with the arrangements.
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Post by PalelyLaura on May 23, 2017 16:21:09 GMT
Lovely story about him posted on Twitter.
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Post by Tibidabo on May 23, 2017 16:27:33 GMT
Deleted - was the same as PaleyLaura's post above. Such a lovely story.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 16:31:56 GMT
I'm just ploughing my way through The Persuaders, his seventies double act detective TV show with Tony Curtis. Quintessential Roger Moore repartee and wardrobe throughout! Live and Let Die was, I think, the first non children's film I ever saw in the cinema.
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Post by viserys on May 23, 2017 16:33:35 GMT
Roger Moore sat some rows behind me at Billy Elliot when the show had just opened. A few people walked up to him to ask for autographs during the interval, but I was too shy and didn't want to bug him on a private night out. Ah well. Seemed like a true gentleman indeed and was very gracious with those who spoke to him.
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Post by Marwood on May 23, 2017 16:47:11 GMT
Saw him at the RFH in November and he seemed in fine health for a man of his age so this was a sad shock to hear earlier. He was my favourite of the Bonds and never took himself too seriously, unlike some of the other knighted thespians at large today. R.I.P.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 16:50:52 GMT
A close friend of mine is the biggest Roger Moore fan I've ever known, he's a huge Bond fan but for him Moore is the man. I was the one who happened to break it to my friend, sending him a message saying I thought of him hearing the news. He was so upset and then felt immediatly gulity because of events in Manchester, but I said to him this was a man you've looked up to most of your life, he had a great influence on many people and did a lot of good. It's ok to feel sad even though there's a big tradgedy, it's still a personal tradgedy even if we don't personally know these celebrities.
Anyway also to say my friend got to ask him a question at a Q&A about 2 years ago, and it made his day (year!) as did generally how generous with his time and answers Moore was at that event. Which is just another little story of many about a man who seems the consumate gentleman.
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Post by Jan on May 23, 2017 16:57:48 GMT
You think he wasn't up to the standard of other RADA alumni like Joan Collins ? For me Moore was at his finest in The Persuaders, an improbable Lew Grade vehicle created for him and Tony Curtis. |
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Post by hal9000 on May 23, 2017 16:59:23 GMT
I was born in the 80s so he was the first Bond I had any familiarity with. Such perfect timing!
And a major and entirely unshowy force in charitable work.
My mum is mad bout him, we bought her a Saint mug from UNICEF one Christmas.
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Post by Michael on May 23, 2017 17:30:31 GMT
Rest in Peace. He was by far my favourite James Bond, mostly because he didn't take himself and the role seriously. But even more, I enjoyed him as Lord Brett Sinclar opposite Tony Curtis' Danny Wilde in The Persuaders, or, in German, Die Zwei. Actually, it's the only TV production I can think of where the German synchronisation is superior to the English original. Just digged out my DVD box and now I'm off watching one or two episodes.  |
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Post by Marwood on May 23, 2017 21:57:43 GMT
So: just thinking about a non-Bond tribute before I retire for the evening (I have the Bond blu-ray box set and have only made it up to On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and think it would be wrong to skip that and jump to Live And Let Die) should I watch Sherlock Holmes In New York, or Bullseye!?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2017 23:26:04 GMT
Sir Roger had what few of the newer generation of stars have - class. He never took himself too seriously and knew that despite being a huge star, he wasn't the greatest actor and once he gave up Bond he didn't try to reinvent himself in serious parts. Instead he found the perfect niche being a tireless Unicef ambassador for many years and for which he was knighted.
He was still doing his "Evening with" shows at the end of last year and seemed to be in good nick despite his advancing years and his mind was still sharp enough to share some great stories.
Connery may have been the definitive Bond but Roger was the one I grew up watching enthralled by his battles with the late great Richard Kiel as Jaws.
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