Kieron Moore
Biography
Kieron Moore was an Irish actor who took leading and supporting parts in British and Hollywood films from the late 1940s into the 1960s. He grew up in County Cork and started on stage at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin before his British debut as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights at nineteen. Alexander Korda signed him after seeing him in the West End play Red Roses for Me, and gave him the role of Count Vronsky in Anna Karenina (1948). Supporting work in Hollywood followed, among it Uriah the Hittite in David and Bathsheba (1951). Later credits included the bully Pony Sugrue in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), The League of Gentlemen (1960), The Day of the Triffids (1963), Crack in the World (1965), and Arabesque (1966). Custer of the West (1967) was his last film, where he played Chief Dull Knife. He retired from acting in 1974.
82years old at death
- Born Skibbereen
- Died Jonzac
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Kieron O'Hanrahan (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 19 years1948 to 1967
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Behind the camera
Moore created the television series Ryan International in 1970, starring in it and writing some of its episodes; it ran for ten episodes.
A change of course
Moore was studying medicine at University College Dublin, but his studies were cut short after he got an invitation to join the Abbey Theatre players.
First role
Moore made his film debut playing an IRA man in The Voice Within (1946), and for that part he was credited as "Keiron O'Hanrahan".
Big break
Moore's work in Sean O'Casey's Red Roses for Me, a West End hit, drew praise. Alexander Korda saw that performance and put him under a long-term contract.
Behind the camera
Moore took the director's chair for several episodes of The Vise in 1956 and 1957. He also appeared in Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! and Three Sundays to Live for the Danzigers.
Kieron Moore movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People1959 Adventure, Family, Fantasyas Pony Sugrue
IMDb rating 7.110K votes
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Films together
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