Jack Alvin “Alvy” Moore (December 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American light comic actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres. His character would often make a statement, only to immediately negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert. One such statement was, “Good morning, Mr. Douglas! Well, it’s not a good morning … but it’s not a bad morning either!”
He became an actor and furthered his training at the Pasadena Playhouse, succeeding David Wayne in the role of Ensign Pulver opposite Henry Fonda’s Mister Roberts on Broadway, and later toured with the play for 14 months. He made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in Okinawa (1952).[4]
Moore appeared in guest and supporting roles in a number of movies and television shows, including “My Little Margie” in 1952, as Dillard Crumbly, an efficiency expert fresh out of Efficiency College, The Mickey Mouse Club, where he hosted “What I Want to Be” segments as the Roving Reporter. He had a small role as a member of Marlon Brando’s motorcycle gang in the 1953 film The Wild One, and a similar bit part the same year as one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in The War of the Worlds. Moore co-starred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan Slept Here, in which he displayed his natural gift for physical comedy. In 1955 he co-starred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5 Against the House. In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.[4]
In 1962 Moore was cast as the Swiss-American botanist David Douglas, for whom the Douglas fir tree is named, in an episode of the western anthology series Death Valley Days. Keenan Wynn co-starred as Douglas’ friend Josh Tavers, and Iron Eyes Cody played an Indian chief who threatens to kill the two men.[6]
Moore made a brief appearance as a cab driver in the 1964 Perry Mason episode “The Case of the Wednesday Woman.” He also appeared in two episodes of another CBS sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, “The Impractical Joke” and “The Case Of The Pillow.” He was also a guest star on The Andy Griffith Show and later on Little House on the Prairie (TV series). He was an actor, producer, and uncredited scriptwriter for A Boy and His Dog. He attended DisCon II, the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention, to help promote the film. One of his last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom Frasier.
In the 1980s Moore appeared in many cult horror films, including Scream (1981), Mortuary (1983), They’re Playing With Fire (1984), Intruder (1989), and The Horror Show (1989).
Alvy Moore Biography / Wiki
| Name | Alvy Moore |
| Also Know | Jack Moore |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Vincennes, Indiana, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1921-12-05 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 75 |
| Deathday | 1997-05-04 |
Alvy Moore Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Witchmaker | Dr. Ralph Hayes | 1969-05-01 | A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women…. |
| Screaming Eagles | Pvt. Grimes | 1956-05-27 | A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day…. |
| Return to Green Acres | Hank Kimball | 1990-05-18 | Tv movie that reunites most the show’s cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone’s property so that a de… |
| The Littles: Liberty and the Littles | Grandpa Little (voice) | 1986-10-18 | On their way to New York City for the Fourth of July, a storm forces the Littles to crash near the Statue of Liberty. Inside the statue they discover … |
| 5 Against the House | Roy | 1955-06-10 | Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino…. |
| An Annapolis Story | Willie Warren | 1955-04-10 | Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl…. |
| Early Warning | 1981-07-07 | A Christian woman wants a newspaper man to publish a story about a One World Foundation being set up whose only goal is to control the world. She want… | |
| Smokey and the Hotwire Gang | Sheriff Flower | 1979-05-04 | Some CB Outlaws attempt to rob an armored car…. |
| A Boy and His Dog | Dr. Moore | 1975-03-23 | Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by … |
| Susan Slept Here | Virgil | 1954-07-28 | On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer’s block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Ma… |
| Scream | Allen | 1981-01-08 | A group of friends on a rafting trip down a river stop in at an old ghost town to spend the night. Soon their rafts disappear, and then they begin to … |
| The Specialist | Bailiff Humbolt | 1975-05-01 | Jerry Bounds, an upright lawyer, must stand up against Pike Smith and his the water company’s efforts to exploit a local lake…. |
| Return from the Sea | Smitty | 1954-07-28 | A hardened career navel officer must come to terms with adapting to civilian life with the help of a waitress that can see through his tough veneer…. |
| The Heart is a Rebel | Bill | 1958-01-01 | While struggling with their son’s serious illness, a young couple experiences conflict when her husband does not understand the wife’s acceptance … |
| The Persuader | Willy Williams | 1957-05-04 | In one of his rare movie starring assignments, William Talman (Hamilton Burger on TV’s Perry Mason) plays a dual role in The Persuader. Talman is seen… |
| Time to Run | Officer Andy Sildania | 1973-01-24 | A conflicted teen lashes out by vandalizing equipment at the nuclear plant where his father works, then hits the road and finds a spiritual path…. |
| The Glory Brigade | Pvt. ‘Stoney’ Stone | 1953-05-20 | During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Due to h… |
| The Brotherhood of Satan | Tobey | 1971-08-06 | A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town’s children to worship Satan…. |
| Riot in Cell Block 11 | Gator | 1954-02-18 | A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly…. |
| 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt | Sutter T. Finley | 1964-05-29 | An out of work Method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. They want the actor to listen … |
| Battle Zone | Marine | 1952-10-26 | Two Marine Corps combat photographers compete for the love of a Red Cross nurse during the Korean War. During a secret mission behind the North Korean… |
| Designing Woman | Luke Coslow | 1957-05-16 | A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the othe… |
| Love and Kisses | Officer Jones | 1965-08-05 | Two teenagers elope and take up residence at the groom’s home with his parents and sister, but the newlyweds quickly discover married life is much dif… |
| China Venture | Carlson | 1953-09-07 | American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII…. |
| For Love or Money | George | 1963-08-07 | Wealthy Chloe Brasher has three beautiful daughters; Bonnie, Kate, and Jan. Chloe pays attorney Deke Gentry to fix them up with three suitable husband… |
| Everything’s Ducky | Lipscott | 1961-12-20 | Everything’s Ducky is a 1961 film directed by Don Taylor and starring Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Two sailors sneak a talking du… |
| Mrs. Sundance | Mr. Spence | 1974-01-15 | The girlfriend of the Sundance Kid is on the run, with a price on her head, when she hears rumors that Sundance may still be alive…. |
| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | Johnson | 1960-12-29 | Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the “Wackiest Ship in the Navy” – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don’t … |
| Lacy and the Mississippi Queen | Reverend | 1978-05-17 | This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters — a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile — team up … |
| The Perfect Furlough | Pvt. Marvin Brewer | 1958-11-30 | A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany h… |
| Fearless Fagan | Thomson | 1952-08-15 | A young man brings his pet lion with him when he’s drafted into the army. Comedy…. |
| Intruder | Officer Dalton | 1989-01-27 | The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac…. |
| Secret of the Incas | Young Man at Bar (uncredited) | 1954-06-06 | Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure…. |
| Mortuary | Bob Stevens | 1983-09-02 | Christie Parson has constant nightmares of her father’s death whom died in a swimming pool. Christie’s mother thinks it was an accident, but Christie … |
| The Horror Show | Chili Salesman | 1989-04-28 | Detective Lucas McCarthy finally apprehends “Meat Cleaver Max” and watches the electric chair execution from the audience. But killing Max Jenke only … |
| Move Over, Darling | Room Service Waiter | 1963-12-19 | Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that … |
| Superbman: The Other Movie | Perry Blight | 1981-01-01 | Facing impending doom on the planet Krapton, Kid-O, infant son of Jel-O, is sent to earth where he is found and adopted by Ma and Pa Cant. Eventually… |
| They’re Playing with Fire | Jimbo | 1984-04-01 | A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom prof… |
| The Late Liz | Bill Morris | 1971-09-01 | Religion changes a woman’s attitude towards alcohol…. |
| There’s No Business Like Show Business | Katy’s Date (uncredited) | 1954-12-16 | Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart…. |
| The Invisible Boy | Scientist | 1957-10-18 | A Super Computer plans world domination with the help of Robbie the robot and a 10 year old boy who is the son the computer’s inventor…. |
| Off Limits | Staff Sgt. Wagner (uncredited) | 1952-12-30 | Wally Hogan has things going his way. He is the manager-trainer of Bullet Bradley, a fighter who has just won the lightweight championship. However, l… |
| Skirts Ahoy! | French-Speaking Sailor (uncredited) | 1952-05-28 | Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn’t long marches or several weeks in a small b… |
| Talk About a Stranger | Sailor on Motorcycle | 1952-04-18 | Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger…. |
| Herbie Rides Again | Angry Taxi Driver | 1974-02-12 | The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer…. |
| The Wild One | Pigeon | 1953-12-30 | The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes … |
| The War of the Worlds | Zippy (uncredited) | 1953-08-13 | The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from… |
Alvy Moore Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| A Christmas Carol | Director | 1979-12-01 | Musical adaptation of the novella by Charles Dickens…. |
Alvy Moore Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Brotherhood of Satan | Producer | 1971-08-06 | A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town’s children to worship Satan…. |
| A Boy and His Dog | Producer | 1975-03-23 | Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by … |
| The Witchmaker | Associate Producer | 1969-05-01 | A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women…. |
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