Ron Moody, British actor, writer. Recipient Golden Globe award, 1968, Moscow Golden Bear award as best actor, 1970, Coco Trophy award, Clowns International, 1999; nominated Oscar, 1968. Served with Royal Air Force, 1943-1948. Member American Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Variety Club of Great British, Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, Clowns International (life president), Performing Rights Society Writers, Society Authors.
Background
Moody, Ron was born on January 8, 1924 in London. Son of Bernard and Kate (Ogus) Moodnick. Bachelor of Science in Economics, U. London, 1953.
Appeared in plays: 6 Years Revue, 1959, Candide, 1960, Oliver, as Shylock in Merchant of Venice,1967, as Polonius in Hamlet, 1972, as Richard in Richard III, 1978, Iago in Othello, 1981, as Harpagon in Moliere"s The Miser.
Education
Films) Oliver, 1967, Twelve Chairs, 1970, Dogpound Shuffle, 1973, Wrong is Right, 1981, Where is Parsifal?, 1983, Ghost in Monte Carlo, 1989, Kid at King Arthur"s Court, 1995. Stage musicals: United States of America tour HMS Pinafore, 1987, Sherlock Holmes, 1989, Streets of Dublin, 1992, Bertie, 1993, Peter Pan, 1995, The Canterville Ghost, 1998. On television as Inspector Hart in Nobody"s Perfect, American Broadcasting Company-television, 1980, Dial M for Murder, 1981.
Director (play) Kafka In Love, 1991.
Author-composer musical comedies) Joey, 1966, Saturnalia, 1970, Move Along Sideways, 1971, The Showman, 1976, Nine Lives, 1991. Touring Move Along Sideways, 1991.
Author: (books) The Devil You Don"t, 1980, Very Very Slightly Imperfect, Office the Cuff, 1987, The Soul of Leonardo, 1991, The Amazon Box, 1998.
Career
Director (play) Kafka In Love, 1991.
Membership
Served with Royal Air Force, 1943-1948. Member American Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Variety Club of Great British, Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, Clowns International (life president), Performing Rights Society Writers, Society Authors.