| Name | Ron Moody |
|---|---|
| Caption | (top-middle) Ron Moody starring in Oliver! as Fagin in 1968 |
| Birth name | Ronald Moodnick |
| Birth date | January 08, 1924 |
| Birth place | London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor, composer, singer, writer |
| Years active | 1955–2006 |
| Spouse | Therese Blackbourn (1985-present)}} |
Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; 8 January 1924) is an English actor.
He appeared in several children's television series, including The Animals of Farthing Wood, Noah's Island, Telebugs, Into the Labyrinth, and the Discworld series. Among his better known roles is that of Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy in the comedy The Mouse on the Moon (1963), alongside Margaret Rutherford. He played French entertainer and mime artist The Great Orlando in the 1963 Cliff Richard film Summer Holiday. He acted again with former Oliver! co-star Jack Wild in Flight Of The Doves.
In 1969, he was offered, but declined, the lead role in Doctor Who, following the departure of Patrick Troughton from the part. He played Edwin Caldecott, an old nemesis of Jim Branning in EastEnders. He played Ippolit Vorobyaninov alongside Frank Langella (as Ostap Bender) in Mel Brooks' version of The Twelve Chairs (1970). In 2003, he starred in the black comedy Paradise Grove alongside Rula Lenska. In 2005, he acted in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play Other Lives, playing the Duke of Wellington.
In 2004, the British ITV1 nostalgia series After They Were Famous hosted a documentary of the surviving cast of the motion picture Oliver!. Several of the film's musical numbers were reenacted. Most notable and poignant perhaps was Moody, then 80 but still spry, and Jack Wild, (the Artful Dodger from Oliver! and seriously ill with oral cancer at the time of the shooting), recreating their dance from the closing credits of the film.
He appeared on an episode of BBC1's Casualty (episode aired 30 January 2010) as a Scottish war veteran patient who had served with the Black Watch during World War II.
On 30 June 2010, Moody appeared on stage at the end of a performance of Cameron Mackintosh's revival of Oliver! and made a humorous speech about the show's 50th anniversary. He then reprised the "Pick a Pocket or Two" number with the cast.
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