Victor Moore
American stage and film actor (1876-1962) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Victor Fred Moore 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.
Victor Moore is read about 37 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 4 November 2026
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MGM ParadeSeries
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955Film, 19551949
A Kiss in the DarkFilm, Horace Willoughby1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
On Our Merry WayFilm, 1948Ashton Carrington1945
Ain't That DuckyFilm, Hunter (voice) (uncredited)1944
Carolina BluesFilm, Phineas / Elliott / Hiriam / Horatio / Aunt Martha / Aunt Minerva Carver1942
Star Spangled RhythmFilm, Bronco Billy1941
Louisiana PurchaseFilm, Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry1937
Make Way for TomorrowFilm, Barkley Cooper1936
Gold Diggers of 1937Film, J. J. Hobart1930
Dangerous Nan McGrewFilm, Muldoon1925
The Man Who Found HimselfFilm, Humpty Dumpty Smith1916
The ClownFilm, Piffle1915
Chimmie FaddenFilm, Chimmie Fadden1876Born24 February 1876Known for
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Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947
The Seven Year Itch 1955
Swing Time 1936
Ziegfeld Follies 1945
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Cecil B. DeMille Produced Chimmie Fadden (1915)
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced The Race and Snobs
Helen Broderick Also in We're on the Jury and Swing Time
Paulette Goddard Also in On Our Merry Way (1948)
Dorothy Lamour Also in On Our Merry Way (1948)
Hal B. Wallis Produced This Is the Army (1943)
Adolph Zukor Produced Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Jack L. Warner Produced This Is the Army (1943)
Eddie Bracken Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Duffy's Tavern
Nunnally Johnson Produced We're Not Married! and It's in the Bag!
William Bendix Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Duffy's Tavern
Roy Del Ruth Directed Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Ernest Joy Also in Chimmie Fadden (1915)
Claire Adams Also in Faint Heart and Fair Lady (1917)
Buddy DeSylva Produced My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Bing Crosby Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Duffy's Tavern
Alan Ladd Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Duffy's Tavern
Fred MacMurray Also in On Our Merry Way (1948)
Dick Powell Also in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Sterling Holloway Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Gift of Gab
Ernest Truex Also in This Is the Army (1943)
Jerry Colonna Also in Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Melvin Frank Wrote My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Walter Abel Also in Star Spangled Rhythm and Duffy's Tavern
Filmography 39
42 credits on file
Television 2
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About this person
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.
