# Duke Moore

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{{Short description|American actor (1913–1976)}}
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{{Infobox person
|image=PlanNine 06.jpg
|caption  =L-R: Duke Moore and Carl Anthony in<br>''[Plan 9 from Outer Space](/source/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space)''
|birth_name=James Moore
|birth_date={{birth date|1913|7|15}}
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|death_date={{death date and age|1976|11|16|1913|7|15}}
|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.
|occupation=[Film actor](/source/Film_actor)
}}

'''Duke Moore''' (born '''James Moore'''; July 15, 1913 – November 16, 1976) was an American actor who has the distinction of spending his entire on-screen career in productions by [Ed Wood](/source/Ed_Wood).

Between 1953 and 1970, Moore appeared in the following for Wood:

*''[Crossroads of Laredo](/source/Crossroads_of_Laredo)'' 
*''[Final Curtain](/source/Final_Curtain_(film))''
*''[Plan 9 from Outer Space](/source/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space)'' (1957)
*''[Night of the Ghouls](/source/Night_of_the_Ghouls)'' (1958)
*''[The Sinister Urge](/source/The_Sinister_Urge_(film))'' (1960)
*''[Take it Out in Trade](/source/Take_it_Out_in_Trade)'' (1970)

Moore also received a posthumous addition to his oeuvre when outtake footage to ''Take it out in Trade'' was found in a projectionist's booth in a [pornographic](/source/pornographic) [theater](/source/theater) in [California](/source/California) and subsequently released on video in "as is" form. This footage can be seen in ''[Take it Out in Trade: The Outtakes](/source/Take_it_Out_in_Trade%3A_The_Outtakes)''.

Duke died from a heart attack in [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles), on November 16, 1976, at the age of 63.

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0601146}}

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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors

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