Dudley Moore

by Douglas Thompson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.29

  This work traces the life of the diminutive musician, actor, commedian and sex symbol, Dudley Moore. It charts his early years as a working-class boy from Dagenham, his health problems, and his scholarship to Oxford, providing insights into his private life and inner angst and restlessness. Much to the dismay of tall men the world over, Dudley Moore has risen to become an international film star, media magnet and Hollywood heart-throb without losing a trace of the lovable English charm that propelled him to stardom in the 1960s. Dudley Moore's life has always been about making the very best of adversity. The son of a railway man, he spent an isolated childhood in and out of hospital receiving treatment for a clubfoot (which has never healed) - and where humour kept the bullies away and music was his salvation. Winning an organ scholarhip to Oxford, the working-class lad from Dagenham unexpectedly found he could attract the university's tallest and sophisticated girls, while his talent for jazz and acting flourished into the worldwide success of the satirical review Beyond the Fringe and his long-running partnership with Peter Cook as Pete 'n' Dud and Derek & Clive .

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.29

  Magnanimous in charm, diminutive of stature, turbulent in love - Dudley Moore, a permanent fixture in gossip columns and female affections, has been one of Hollywood's most unlikely sex symbols. Four marriages, countless lovers and romantic links with many of the world's most beautiful women have proved that, like fine wine, his appeal merely becomes stronger by the year. Dudley Moore had an isolated childhood as the clubfooted son of a Dagenham railwayman. He was loved for the downtrodden part he played in his long-running, ground-breaking comic partnership with Peter Cook and the hit roles in 10 and Arthur that propelled him to superstardom. He had steamy, stormy marriages to Suzy Kendall, Tuesday Weld, Brogan Lane and Nicole Rothschild. He is now, sadly, suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP).