Roger Moore Net Worth

Roger Moore's Quotes

• (1998) Over the last year I've rather enjoyed making documentaries for a company called Associated Television, run by a man called David Mackenzie. And we shot a couple in Russia, one in Moscow and one in St. Petersburg... they are called "The KGB Files".
• To me, the Bond situations are so ridiculous, so outrageous. I mean, this man is supposed to be a spy and yet, everybody knows he's a spy. Every bartender in the world offers him martinis that are shaken, not stirred. What kind of serious spy is recognized everywhere he goes? It's outrageous. So you have to treat the humor outrageously as well. My personality is entirely different than previous Bonds. I'm not that cold-blooded killer type. Which is why I play it mostly for laughs.
• I must tell you the truth - I have not seen them, and for a very good reason. Knowing that I would get asked questions like that, I'm always desperately honest. If I didn't like the performance, I don't know how I would answer. I do know Timothy, and he is a very, very pleasant chap and a good actor. - When asked for his opinion about the James Bond movies featuring his successor Timothy Dalton
• [his explanation for his comical approach to James Bond] I don't believe in Bond as a hero. It's a load of nonsense. How can you be a spy when any bar you walk into, the bartender says, "Ah, Mr Bond. Shaken, not stirred?".
• [on his son who owns the London restaurant "Hush"] You could say he has a "License to Grill".

Interesting Facts about Roger Moore

1. During the early stages of his career, Roger collected towels from the hotels he stayed in. However, he stopped when a British newspaper printed a story entitled "Roger Moore is a towel thief". He revealed on So Graham Norton (1998) that he still had the collection in his Swiss home.
2. He succeeded Audrey Hepburn as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
3. He was the father of Geoffrey Moore, Christian Moore and Deborah Moore.
4. He was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on December 31, 1998 in the New Year Honours list for services to UNICEF and on June 14, 2003, in the Queen's Birthdays honours, was promoted to Knight Commander of the same order his services to the charities UNICEF and Kiwanis International.
5. He was scheduled to make his musical theatre debut as Sir George in "Aspects of Love" in 1990. He left the production days before his escape clause expired due to his own concerns over his singing ability. He was replaced by Kevin Colson.
6. He received an International Humanitarian Award from the London Variety Club for his charity work in 2000.
7. His father, George Alfred Moore, was a policeman.
8. Whilst doing National Service, Moore served with Military Intelligence.
9. In just a few days after he had arrived in the United States in 1952, he appeared in the television play World by the Tail (1953).
10. He was good friends with Lois Maxwell, who played Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movies. They first met in mid 1940s at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where they were in the same class in 1944.
11. On January 13, 2001, Moore and his then companion, Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup, escaped injury when another vehicle collided with the actor's car. Airbags were attributed to preventing injury. They married the next year.
12. In 1990, he participated as a guest host in "33 Zecchino d'Oro".
13. He received an honorary degree from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1999).
14. His contract for the 007 films provided him with an unlimited supply of Montecristo cigars during filming. The bill for this typically ran to thousands of pounds.
15. He lived in Switzerland and Monte Carlo with his wife Christina 'Kiki' Tholstrup (2002).
16. In 1954, he was offered contracts with the Royal Shakespeare Company or MGM. Noël Coward advised him to go for the money.
17. Despite playing James Bond in seven Bond films, he never ordered a vodka martini shaken not stirred.
18. He was the oldest person to debut as James Bond. He was age 45 when Live and Let Die (1973) was filmed.
19. On May 21, 1964, he was Air France's 8,000,000th passenger.
20. On May 7, 2003, he collapsed during a matinee performance of the Broadway comedy "The Play What I Wrote", but finished the show after a 10-minute break. Roger was playing the role of the mystery guest star, which the cameo role is filled by celebrities, when he fainted toward the end of the second act. He was taken to hospital after the show. The next day, he was fitted with a pacemaker - something he had been previously told he would eventually have to get.