Biography
Dickie Moore (born John Richard Moore Jr.) made his acting and screen debut at the age of 18 months in the John Barrymore film The Beloved Rogue (1927). By the time he had turned ten he was a popular child star and had appeared in 52 films. Moore continued as a child star for many more years, and was the actor who gave Shirley Temple her first romantic screen kiss when that honor was bestowed upon him in 1942's Miss Annie Rooney. As with many child actors, once Moore got older the roles began t...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actor, 'The Bride Wore Red'
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest....
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
as Self
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993
as Self
There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her...
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self
A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with Shirley Temple, Margaret O'Brien, and numerous oth...
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
The Member of the Wedding
1952
as Soldier
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.
Eight Iron Men
1952
as Pvt. Muller
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped...
Cody of the Pony Express
1950
as Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer.
Killer Shark
1950
as Jonesy
A college student takes a break and goes out to sea with his father, the captain of a shark-hunting boat. When his inexperience results in an accident...
The Boy and the Eagle
1949
as The Cripple Boy
A crippled boy discovers a wounded bald eagle, nurses it back to health, tames and teaches it to fly. One day, a rattlesnake is about to strike the bo...
Tuna Clipper
1949
as Frankie Pereira
Hoping to become a lawyer, Alec (Roddy McDowall) becomes a tuna fisherman in order to pay a debt. This turn of events puts Alec on the outs with his t...
Bad Boy
1949
as Charlie
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Behind Locked Doors
1948
as Mental patient (uncredited)
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get...
16 Fathoms Deep
1948
as George Athos
A bitterly jealous sponge fisherman tries to sabotage a fellow diver.
Dangerous Years
1947
as Gene Spooner
Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. Th...
Out of the Past
1947
as The Kid
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried...
Sweet and Low-Down
1944
as Military Cadet General 'Mogie' Cramichael
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to go to their next engagement when a kid ...
Youth Runs Wild
1944
as Georgie Dunlop
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
The Eve of St. Mark
1944
as Zip West
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz and...
Jive Junction
1943
as Peter Crane
A young classical musician becomes the conductor a high-school all-girl jive band to entertain the troops.
Happy Land
1943
as Peter Orcutt
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he h...
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Henry Van Cleve - Age 15 (uncredited)
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy...
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Marty White
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her fam...
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
as Johnny
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Sergeant York
1941
as George York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as 'Limpy' Barnes
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
as Reuter as a Boy
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
The Blue Bird
1940
as Brunig (uncredited)
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're ...
Hidden Power
1939
as Stevie Garfield
Dr. Garfield gets so involved in his research for an antitoxin for severe burns that he completely neglects his wife, Virginian, and their young son, ...
The Under-Pup
1939
as Jerry Binns
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed beca...
Lincoln in the White House
1939
as Tad Lincoln
This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
as Benjamin Franklin 'Benny' Allen
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend wh...
The Gladiator
1938
as Bobby
A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super str...
My Bill
1938
as Bill Colbrook
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
Love, Honor and Behave
1938
as Ted (child)
Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself to save his marriage.
The Bride Wore Red
1937
as Pietro
A poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
Madame X
1937
as Allan Simonds
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her i...
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Pierre Dreyfus
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins...
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
as Dickie Burke
Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Joseph Meister
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and tha...
Timothy's Quest
1936
as Timothy
Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by Vilda Cummins (Elizabeth Patterson, an old maid with ...
So Red the Rose
1935
as Middleton Bedford
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a wido...
Peter Ibbetson
1935
as Gogo
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter i...
Swellhead
1935
as Billy Malone
Baseball player Terry McCall is a very good baseball player, who doesn't mind bragging about his skills on the baseball diamond and also his off-the-f...
Without Children
1935
as David Sonny Cole Jr. as a Child
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadv...
Strange Wives
1934
as Twin
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
The World Accuses
1934
as Tommy Weymouth
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Thomas Hall Jr.
A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
The Human Side
1934
as Bobbie Sheldon
The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
Fifteen Wives
1934
as Young Boy
Shortly after his arrival from South America to New York, Steven Humbolt is found dead in his apartment at the Savoia Hotel. Inspector Decker Dawes in...
In Love with Life
1934
as Laurence 'Laury' Applegate
Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that footbal...
Upperworld
1934
as Tommy Stream
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the m...
This Side of Heaven
1934
as Freddie
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
Little Men
1934
as Demi
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, t...
Gallant Lady
1933
as Deedy Lawrence
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
Man's Castle
1933
as Joey
Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.
Cradle Song
1933
as Alberto
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck (Mädchen in Uniform) raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 17, what if, guided by a kindl...
Mush and Milk
1933
as Dickie
When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
The Kid from Borneo
1933
as Dickie
The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie, Dorothy, and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."
Gabriel Over the White House
1933
as Jimmy Vetter
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fata...
Obey the Law
1933
as Dickie Chester
In this drama, an immigrant barber becomes a US citizen and works hard to uphold his ideals of personal freedom and rights. He is a total supporter of...
Forgotten Babies
1933
as Dickie
While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.
Oliver Twist
1933
as Oliver Twist
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
Fish Hooky
1933
as Dickie
A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.
A Lad an' a Lamp
1932
as Dickie
The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.
The Racing Strain
1932
as Bill Westcott as a Little Boy
A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resum...
The Devil Is Driving
1932
as 'Buddy' Evans
Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when his brother-in-law helps get him a job as a mechanic...
Birthday Blues
1932
as Dickie
Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Deception
1932
as Dickie Allen
Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize have been "fixed", and ensuing romantic turbulence.
Free Wheeling
1932
as Dickie
Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.
Blonde Venus
1932
as Johnny Faraday
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret as Blo...
Hook and Ladder
1932
as Dickie
The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.
The Hollywood Handicap
1932
1930s Thalians Club comedy.
Winner Take All
1932
as Dickie Harmon
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves ...
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Willie - Angela's Brother
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
So Big!
1932
as Young Dirk De Jong
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Disorderly Conduct
1932
as Jimmy
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence leads to his demotion to foot patrolman.
The Expert
1932
as Dickie Foster
An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.
Fireman, Save My Child
1932
as Child Watching Baseball Game
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for hi...
Union Depot
1932
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend S...
Manhattan Parade
1931
as Junior Roberts
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
The Star Witness
1931
as Ned Leeds
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...
The Squaw Man
1931
as Little Hal
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry...
Confessions of a Co-Ed
1931
as Patricia's Son
A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love. Soo...
Three Who Loved
1931
as Sonny Hanson
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
Seed
1931
as Johnny Carter as a Child
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company; he has written a novel. His wife Peggy and he have five children. Bart's former girlfriend Mildred is manage...
Aloha
1931
as Junior Bradford
In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander, instead falling in love with a white man and heir...
Passion Flower
1930
as Tommy
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
The Office Wife
1930
as Dickie the Boy at Beach (uncredited)
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of ...
The Matrimonial Bed
1930
as Trebel's Son (uncredited)
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarrie...
Let Us Be Gay
1930
as Bobby Brown - 5 Years Old (uncredited)
A housewife divorces her self-centered husband. Years later, she attends a party where her ex is pursuing another woman. Unbeknownst to him, she is th...
The Three Sisters
1930
as The Child
A 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola and Kenneth MacKenna. It was distributed by Fox Film ...
Son of the Gods
1930
as Sam Lee as a Child (uncredited)
The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but e...
Madame X
1929
as Boy at Puppet Show (uncredited)
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her...
Blue Skies
1929
Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The...
Plastered in Paris
1928
A Harem Scarum Comedy of two Clowns in a Desert Amidst a Bevy of Harem Beauties. It's a Wow and How!
The Beloved Rogue
1927
as Baby Francois (uncredited)
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.