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Alvy Moore

Alvy Moore

Actor · 1921 – 1997 · Vincennes, Indiana, USA

Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American light comic actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres. His character would often make a statement, only to immediately negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert. One such statement was, "Good morning, Mr. Douglas! Well, it's not a good morning ... but it's not a bad morning either!" He became an actor and furthered his training at the Pasadena Playhouse, succeeding David Wayne in the role of Ensign Pulver opposite Henry Fonda's Mister Roberts on Broadway, and later toured with the play for 14 months. He made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in Okinawa (1952).[4] Moore appeared in guest and supporting roles in a number of movies and television shows, including "My Little Margie" in 1952, as Dillard Crumbly, an efficiency expert fresh out of Efficiency College, The Mickey Mouse Club, where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter. He had a small role as a member of Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in the 1953 film The Wild One, and a similar bit part the same year as one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in The War of the Worlds. Moore co-starred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan Slept Here, in which he displayed his natural gift for physical comedy. In 1955 he co-starred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5 Against the House. In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.[4] In 1962 Moore was cast as the Swiss-American botanist David Douglas, for whom the Douglas fir tree is named, in an episode of the western anthology series Death Valley Days. Keenan Wynn co-starred as Douglas' friend Josh Tavers, and Iron Eyes Cody played an Indian chief who threatens to kill the two men.[6] Moore made a brief appearance as a cab driver in the 1964 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Wednesday Woman." He also appeared in two episodes of another CBS sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, "The Impractical Joke" and "The Case Of The Pillow." He was also a guest star on The Andy Griffith Show and later on Little House on the Prairie (TV series). He was an actor, producer, and uncredited scriptwriter for A Boy and His Dog. He attended DisCon II, the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention, to help promote the film. One of his last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom Frasier. In the 1980s Moore appeared in many cult horror films, including Scream (1981), Mortuary (1983), They're Playing With Fire (1984), Intruder (1989), and The Horror Show (1989).

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  • Movie6.8

    The War of the Worlds

    1953 · 732 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    1953 · 1.1K votes

  • Movie6.3

    A Boy and His Dog

    1975 · 402 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Wild One

    1953 · 345 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Herbie Rides Again

    1974 · 452 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Mortuary

    1982 · 90 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Secret of the Incas

    1954 · 60 votes

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  • Movie6.7

    Designing Woman

    1957 · 83 votes

  • Movie5.4

    The Horror Show

    1989 · 172 votes

  • Movie5.9

    5 Against the House

    1955 · 43 votes

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  • Movie6.7

    The Perfect Furlough

    1958 · 23 votes

  • Movie6.1

    For Love or Money

    1963 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Sunday in New York

    1963 · 47 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Brotherhood of Satan

    1971 · 40 votes

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  • Movie8.0

    Which Witch is Which?

    1984 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Intruder

    1989 · 320 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Riot in Cell Block 11

    1954 · 76 votes

  • Movie5.8

    A Very Special Favor

    1965 · 11 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Susan Slept Here

    1954 · 31 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Battle Circus

    1953 · 19 votes

  • Movie7.1

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  • TV7.7

    Frasier

    1993 · 936 votes

  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV8.0
  • TV6.2

    Love, American Style

    1969 · 21 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV6.6

    Wagon Train

    1957 · 31 votes

  • TV7.6

    Hill Street Blues

    1981 · 129 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Waltons

    1972 · 106 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Donna Reed Show

    1958 · 19 votes

  • TV6.5

    The Virginian

    1962 · 35 votes

  • TV6.5

    Dragnet

    1951 · 36 votes

  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV6.9

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    1962 · 139 votes

  • TV7.2

    Newhart

    1982 · 65 votes

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  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.1

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    1964 · 35 votes

  • TV7.2

    Green Acres

    1965 · 80 votes

  • TV7.2

    77 Sunset Strip

    1958 · 26 votes

  • TV6.3

    Surfside 6

    1960 · 3 votes

  • TV4.3

    The Young Marrieds

    1964 · 3 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Munsters

    1964 · 485 votes

  • TV6.8