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6. Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was an English actor, composer, singer and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage ...
Oliver!: Directed by Carol Reed. With Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe. After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor in 1830s London.
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- Drama, Family, Musical
- Carol Reed
- 1968-09-27
Oliver! (1968) allowed him to steal a well-deserved Golden Globe trophy and Oscar nomination in the process, not to mention Hollywood interest. Although he never again matched the success of Oliver! (1968), Moody's portrayal of Uriah Heep in a TV version of Charles Dickens 's David Copperfield (1970) became another a great success.
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- Tottenham, Middlesex, England, UK
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- London, England, UK
Jun 11, 2015 · Ron Moody, a British character actor who rose to prominence in the role of Fagin, Dickens’s guru of thievery, in “Oliver!”, the stage and movie versions of “Oliver Twist,” died on Thursday....
It stars Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, and Mark Lester in the title role. Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus production by John Woolf and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures.
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Jun 11, 2015 · Ron Moody, as Fagin, is seen in a 1968 publicity portrait for the film Oliver! Columbia/Getty Images. With a scruffy beard and devilish twinkle in his eye, Ron Moody's Fagin is one of...
Jun 11, 2015 · Actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the hit film version of Oliver!, has died aged 91, his family says. The British character actor was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for his...
