- Born Name: Matt Moore
- Birthday: 1888-01-08 (Year-Month-Day)
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Matt Moore (actor), For others of the same name, see Matt Moore (disambiguation).Matthew Moore (January 8, 1888 – January 21, 1960) was an Irish-born American actor and director. He appeared in at least 221 motion pictures from 1912 to 1958.Born in Kells, Ireland, he and his brothers, Tom, Owen, and Joe (1895–1926), emigrated to the United States. They all went on to successful movie careers.Once his brothers made a name for themselves, Moore made his debut in the role as the minister in the silent short Tangled Relations (1912) starring Florence Lawrence and Owen Moore.Contributing to the ideas behind several of his movies, White Tiger (1923) was inspired by a hunting trip in Africa on which Moore wrestled a white tiger. Although sustaining minor injuries, he was able to get the tiger to tap out after locking it up in a full nelson submission hold. The footage was originally in the movie, but was edited out for time purposes.Moore played the role as Hector MacDonald in the MGM crime/drama The Unholy Three (1925) co-starring Lon Chaney and Mae Busch, which was a huge hit that year. He played the role as Stanley Stan Wentworth in Coquette (1929) opposite Mary Pickford and Johnny Mack Brown. Coquette was the first talkie of Pickford, ex-wife of his brother Owen.As time passed, Moore took smaller character roles and remained active in the motion picture industry. His final appearance was in the uncredited role as Charlie Bates in the horror/thriller I Bury the Living (1958), which starred Richard Boone and Theodore Bikel.Matt Moore died at age 72 in Hollywood. He is interred in Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles. He has a star for his work in motions pictures on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard. He was very fond of his two cats, having them appear in several of his movies, and both have a star in the animal section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[edit] Selected filmography20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)The Pride of the Clan (1917)The Dark Star (1919)Sahara (1919)Hairpins (1920)Drifting (1923)Strangers of the Night (1923)White Tiger (1923)The Unholy Three (1925)The Way of a Girl (1925)The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927)Coquette (1929)The Front Page (1931)Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)Rain (1932)Little Orphan Annie (1932)Deluge (1933)Range War (1939)Santa Fe Marshal (1940)Wilson (1944)Neptunes Daughter (1949)That Forsyte Woman (1949)Malaya (1949)The Big Hangover (1950)Three Guys Named Mike (1951)The Great Caruso (1951)Plymouth Adventure (1952)Latin Lovers (1953)Executive Suite (1954)Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)The Kings Thief (1955)An Affair to Remember (1957)I Bury the Living (1957)[edit] External linksBiography portalMatt Moore at the Internet Movie DatabaseMatt Moore at Find a GravePersondataNameMoore, MattAlternative namesShort descriptionActorDate of birthJanuary 8, 1888Place of birthKells, County Meath, IrelandDate of deathJanuary 21, 1960Place of deathHollywood, California, USARetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Moore_(actor)Categories: 1888 births | 1960 deaths | American film actors | American silent film actors | Irish film actors | Irish immigrants to the United States (before 1923) | Naturalized citizens of the United States | People from County MeathHidden categories: Articles with hCardsPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesEspañolFrançaisSuomi This page was last modified on 17 October 2010 at 23:43.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();