Dickie Moore, who gained fame in the Our Gang series, was one of the few surviving actors who'd worked in the silent era. For all that I grew up watching him in the Little Rascals shorts on WPIX, I never really knew him by name the way I did other child actors of the era. As a result, the obituary was full of jaw-dropping revelations.
[url]http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dickie-moore-20150912-story.html[/url]
Born John Richard Moore Jr. on Sept 12, 1925, in Los Angeles, he was known for his big brown eyes, mop of dark hair and cherubic face. Even as a baby, his looks got him a job — a casting director spotted him at 11 months and wanted him for a scene in the film "The Beloved Rogue" starring John Barrymore.
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Moore quickly became a steadily working actor. By the time he was in the "Our Gang" short "Hook and Ladder" (1932), he had appeared in more than 30 features and shorts.
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Even while appearing in the shorts, Moore was getting feature exposure, most prominently in Josef von Sternberg's "Blonde Venus" (1932) in which he played the son of Marlene Dietrich, and "So Big!" (1932) starring Barbara Stanwyck, one of his favorites to work with.
"Affectionate and demonstrative, she was easy to understand," he wrote in his book. "She was a direct and gracious woman, who seemed extremely interested in whatever interested me."
Have a look at his IMDB credits below. For me, there were a number of surprises.
[url]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601129/[/url]
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