Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore 14 October 1927 23 May 2017 was an English actor He was the third actor to portray Ian Flemings fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon ProductionsMGM Studios film series playing the character in seven feature films Live and Let Die 1973 The Man with the Golden Gun 1974 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 Moonraker 1979 For Your Eyes Only 1981 Octopussy 1983 and A View to a Kill 1985 Moores seven appearances as Bond are the most of any actor in the Eonproduced entries On television Moore played the lead role of Simon Templar the title character in the British mystery thriller series The Saint 19621969 He played Beau Maverick in the American Western series Maverick 19601961 replacing James Garner as the lead and starred with Tony Curtis in the actioncomedy The Persuaders 19711972 Continuing to act in the decades after his retirement from the Bond franchise Moores final appearance was in a pilot for a new Saint series that became a 2017 television film Moore was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for services to charity In 2007 he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry He was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2008 Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Moore licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia