Robert Moore (director)

Infobox actor
name = Robert Moore

---

imagesize = 180px
caption =
birthname =
birthdate = birth date |1927|02|01|
birthplace = Detroit, Michigan, USA
deathdate = death date and age|1984|05|10|1927|02|01|df=y
deathplace = New York City, New York, USA
othername =
occupation = Theatre director, film director
spouse =
yearsactive =
awards = Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Director
1968 "The Boys in the Band"

Robert Moore (August 7, 1927 – May 10, 1984) was an American stage, film and television director.

Biography

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Moore is best known for his direction of the ground-breaking play "The Boys in the Band", his Broadway productions (which garnered him five Tony Award nominations), and his collaborations - three plays and three films - with Neil Simon, including the classic detective spoof, Murder By Death.

As an actor, he played a disabled gay man opposite Liza Minnelli in the 1970 drama "Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon", appeared in two episodes of Valerie Harper's sitcom "Rhoda" (for which he also directed 26 episodes), and was a regular on Diana Rigg's shortlived 1973 sitcom. His other television directing credits include "The Bob Newhart Show" and the 1976 production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Laurence Olivier, and Maureen Stapleton.

Moore died of pneumonia in New York City.

Work

tage productions

*"Woman of the Year" (1981)
*"They're Playing Our Song" (1979)
*"Deathtrap" (1978)
*"My Fat Friend" (1974)
*"Lorelei" (1974)
*"The Gingerbread Lady" (1970)
*"The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" (1969)
*"Promises, Promises" (1968)

Filmography

*"Chapter Two" (1979)
*"The Cheap Detective" (1978)
*"Murder by Death" (1976)

Awards and nominations

;Awards
* 1968 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play – "The Boys in the Band";Nominations
* 1969 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – "Promises, Promises"
* 1970 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – "Last of the Red Hot Lovers"
* 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – "Deathtrap"
* 1979 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – "They're Playing Our Song"
* 1981 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical – "Woman of the Year"

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0601800|name=Robert Moore
*ibdb name|id=15693|name=Robert Moore