Victor Moore

Victor Moore
Moore starring in the Cole Porter musical Leave It to Me (1938)
Born
Victor Fred Moore

(1876-02-24)February 24, 1876
DiedJuly 23, 1962(1962-07-23) (aged 86)
OccupationActor
Years active1893–1957[1][2]
Spouses
Emma Littlefield
(m. 1903; died 1934)
Shirley Paige
(m. 1942)

Victor Fred Moore (February 24, 1876[3] – July 23, 1962) 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. 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.

  1. ^ "No. 1 Funny Man Got His Start in 'Babes'". Nassau Daily Review-Star. September 15, 1941. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2008). The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. Oxford University Press. p. 504. ISBN 978-0-1953-3533-0. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Stockwell, Mary Lebaron (1904). Descendants of Francis LeBaron of Plymouth, Mass. Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son. p. 351.