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Roger Moore

1927 - 2017

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Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. Moore's seven appearances as Bond, from Live and Let Die to A View to a Kill, are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.On television, Moore played the lead role of Simon Templar, the title character in the British mystery thriller series The Saint (1962–1969). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Moore has received more than 17,049,045 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Roger Moore is the 77th most popular actor (down from 38th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Actor.

Roger Moore is most famous for playing James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 85

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Roger Moores by language

Over the past year Roger Moore has had the most page views in the with 1,578,742 views, followed by German (369,560), and French (181,280). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (184.31%), Bulgarian (145.29%), and Ido (84.29%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roger Moore ranks 77 out of 13,578. Before him are Johnny Depp, Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith, Jean Marais, Steven Seagal, and Tom Selleck. After him are John Wayne, Denzel Washington, Hedy Lamarr, Michael Caine, Sharon Tate, and Toshiro Mifune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Roger Moore ranks 8. Before him are Pope Benedict XVI, Ferenc Puskás, Gina Lollobrigida, Günter Grass, Bhumibol Adulyadej, and Olof Palme. After him are Samuel P. Huntington, Peter Falk, Vladimir Komarov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Turgut Özal, and K. Alex Müller. Among people deceased in 2017, Roger Moore ranks 4. Before him are Charles Manson, Helmut Kohl, and Michael I of Romania. After him are Stanislav Petrov, Gene Cernan, Zygmunt Bauman, Salvatore Riina, Ali Abdullah Saleh, David Rockefeller, Jalal Talabani, and Raymond Kopa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Moore ranks 129 out of 8,785. Before him are George Stephenson (1781), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Brian Johnson (1947), Mark Knopfler (1949), Robert Owen (1771), and William Gilbert (1544). After him are Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Aldous Huxley (1894), Bobby Charlton (1937), Edward VII (1841), Henry VI of England (1421), and William of Ockham (1285).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Roger Moore ranks 11. Before him are Alan Rickman (1946), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), Liam Neeson (1952), Ian McKellen (1939), and Maggie Smith (1934). After him are Michael Caine (1933), Jane Birkin (1946), Rowan Atkinson (1955), Helen Mirren (1945), Charlotte Rampling (1946), and Peter O'Toole (1932).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Man with the Golden Gun
James Bond
Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
Dec 1o 19746.4 / 10
A View to a Kill
James Bond
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
May 24o 19856.226 / 10
Live and Let Die
James Bond
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Jun 27o 19736.491 / 10