Del Moore

{{short description|American actor, comedian and radio announcer (1916–1970)}} {{Infobox actor | name = Del Moore | image = Del Moore in Life with Elizabeth (1953).jpg | caption = Del Moore in ''Life with Elizabeth'' (1953) | birth_name = Marion Delbridge Moore | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|5|14}} | birth_place = Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|8|30|1916|5|14}} | death_place = Encino, California, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actor * comedian * radio announcer}} | years_active = 1952–1970 | spouses = {{marriage|Jessie Newbold|1937|1943|end=divorce}}{{marriage|Gayle Ferber|1945}} }} '''Marion Delbridge Moore''' (May 14, 1916 – August 30, 1970) professionally '''Del Moore''', was an American actor, comedian and radio announcer.

==Life and career== Moore was born on May 14, 1916, in Pensacola, Florida, he began his career in radio before moving to television. After serving in the US Army Air Forces in World War II, Moore appeared in 1952 in the first of several ''So You Want To ...'' Warner Bros. comedy shorts with George O'Hanlon. He co-starred in the early television comedy ''Life with Elizabeth'' (1953–55), with Betty White; he also was doing a morning radio spot at KMPC radio. He appeared in many episodes of ''Dragnet'' and ''Adam-12'', and was a regular on the series ''Bachelor Father'' playing Cal Mitchell. For several years in the late 1950s he hosted a daily children's program opposite Willy the Wolf (a muppet-like adult size character), as well as hosting the ''Late Late Show'' on KTTV Channel 11 in Los Angeles.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601111 Del Moore profile], imdb.com; accessed March 23, 2015.</ref>

Moore played supporting roles in several Jerry Lewis films, including ''The Big Mouth'' and ''The Patsy''. He made his feature film debut in Lewis' ''Cinderfella'' in 1960 and was the university president in 1963's ''The Nutty Professor''. He was also in the 1967 teen film ''Catalina Caper'', which later appeared as an "experiment" in a 1990 episode of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fandango.com/delmoore/biographies/p50291|title=Del Moore biography|publisher=Fandango.com|accessdate=2008-12-08|archive-date=2020-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512220711/https://www.fandango.com/delmoore/biographies/p50291|url-status=dead}}</ref>

For his work on television, Del Moore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/del-moore|title=Del Moore|publisher=walkoffame.com|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>

Moore was married twice. He first married Jessie Newbold in 1937 in Florida.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43351868/actor_del_moores_first_marriage_in_the/|title = Actor del Moore's first marriage in the Miami News, Miami, FL (18 Jul 1937)|newspaper = The Miami News|date = 18 July 1937|page = 20}}</ref> After their divorce, he remarried to Gayle Pearl Ferber in 1945 in California.

==Death== Moore died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Encino, California, in 1970 at the age of 54.<ref>[http://www.movietome.com/people/5553/del-moore/index.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080713201942/http://www.movietome.com/people/5553/del-moore/index.html |date=2008-07-13 }}, movietome.com; accessed March 23, 2015.</ref> He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&dq=del+moore+forest+lawn+1970&pg=PA527 ''Resting Places'']</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1956|| ''Bus Stop'' || Man at Rodeo || Uncredited |- |1956|| ''Hollywood or Bust'' || Photographer || Uncredited |- |1960|| ''The Bellboy'' || Golf Announcer || Voice, Uncredited |- |1960|| ''Cinderfella'' || Radio Announcer || Uncredited |- |1961|| ''Dondi'' || Police Detective || Uncredited |- |1961|| ''The Last Time I Saw Archie'' || Pvt. Frank Ostrow || |- |1961|| ''The Ladies Man'' || TV Announcer || Uncredited |- |1961|| ''The Errand Boy'' || M.C. at Premiere || |- |1962|| ''Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock'' || Hiram Best || |- |1962|| ''It's Only Money'' || Patrolman || |- |1963|| ''The Nutty Professor'' || Dr. Mortimer S. Warfield || |- |1963|| ''Who's Minding the Store?'' || Department Store Announcer || Voice, Uncredited |- |1964|| ''The Patsy'' || Policeman || |- |1964|| ''The Disorderly Orderly'' || Dr. Davenport || |- |1965|| ''Two on a Guillotine'' || Reporter Joe Russell || Uncredited |- |1966|| ''Three on a Couch'' || Announcer || Uncredited |- |1966|| ''Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You'' || Dr. Horatio || |- |1967|| ''Catalina Caper'' || Arthur Duval || |- |1967|| ''The Big Mouth'' || Mr. Hodges || |- ||1969|| ''Hook, Line & Sinker'' || Television Clergyman / Gravedigger at Funeral || Uncredited |}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0601111}} *[http://www.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=209&format=tv&theme=guide Episode One of ''Life with Elizabeth''] *[http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/23791 Del Moore with Betty White] *{{findagrave|20284}}

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