#OTD 1980: Dudley Moore, fresh from achieving his dream of becoming Dagenham's first international sex symbol, appeared on Parkinson. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1961: The BBC aired a documentary about two of Britain's brightest young composers - one of whom was Dudley Moore. More often remembered for his comedy partnership with Peter Cook and his Hollywood career, his first love, as can be seen here, was music, particularly jazz. | BBC Archive

Remembering Dudley Stuart John Moore (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. He first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. Moore’s career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly Bedazzled (1967), set in Swinging Sixties London (in which he co-starred with Cook) and Hollywood productions Foul Play (1978), 10 (1979) and Arthur (1981). For Arthur, Moore was nominated for the Acad

Comedy legend Peter Cook was born #OTD in 1937. Here he is with Dudley Moore in the famous “Bloody Greta Garbo” sketch. (@FXMC1957) | Touted Folly

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