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{{Short description|Child actor and film director (1914–2013)}}
{{Other people|Michael Moore|Michael Moore (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael D. Moore
| name = Mickey Moore
| image = The Lost Romance (1921) - Wilson Moore & Nagle.jpg
| image = The Lost Romance (1921) - Wilson Moore & Nagle.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =Moore (center) with [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]] and [[Conrad Nagel]] in ''[[The Lost Romance]]'' (1921)
| caption = Moore (center) with [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]] and [[Conrad Nagel]] in ''[[The Lost Romance]]'' (1921)
| birth_name = Michael Sheffield
| birth_name = Dennis Michael Sheffield
| birth_date = October 14, 1914
| birth_date = October 14, 1914
| birth_place = [[Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
| birth_place = [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Esther McNeil|1933|1992|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Laurie Abdo|1997|2011|end=died}}
}}
| children = 2 daughters; 5 grandsons; 4 great-grandchildren
| death_date = March 4, 2013 (aged 98)
| death_date = March 4, 2013 (aged 98)
| death_place = [[Malibu, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Malibu, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Film child actor, film director}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director}}
|years_active = 1919–2007

|other_names = {{unbulleted list|Micky Moore|Michael Moore|Michael D. Moore}}
'''Michael D. Moore''' (October 14, 1914 &ndash; March 4, 2013) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[United States|American]] [[film director]], [[second unit director]], and [[child actor]], when he was credited as '''Mickey Moore''' (or '''Micky Moore''').<ref>{{cite book|last1=Eyman|first1=Scott|title=Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille|date=2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781439180419|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gaQee4enjUC&pg=PT401&dq=%22Micky+Moore%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF0cWW1qPPAhXJWx4KHXl4CdIQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Micky%20Moore%22&f=false|accessdate=22 September 2016|language=en}}</ref> He was credited as '''Michael Moore''' on all the films and TV shows he directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director.
}}
'''Mickey Moore''' (born '''Dennis Michael Sheffield''', October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, [[second unit director]], and child actor.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Eyman|first1=Scott|title=Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille|date=2010|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781439180419|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gaQee4enjUC&q=%22Micky+Moore%22&pg=PT401|access-date=22 September 2016|language=en}}</ref> He was credited as '''Michael Moore''' on all the films and television projects that the directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
[[File:All Souls Eve - scene - 1921.jpeg|thumb|left|Mickey Moore, [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]] and [[Mary Miles Minter]] in ''[[All Soul's Eve]]'' (1921)]]
Born '''Dennis Michael Sheffield''' in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]],<ref name=lat>[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-micky-moore-20130311,0,2524943.story?page=1 Moore's obituary in the ''L.A. Times'']</ref> He was the son of Thomas William Sheffield, a British marine engineer, and his wife, Norah Moore Sheffield,<ref name="fga">{{cite journal|last1=Jarrett|first1=Diane|title=Micky Moore: Acting with Pickford ... Directing with Spielberg|journal=Films of the Golden Age|date=Summer 2016|issue=85|pages=68-91}}</ref> an actress from Dublin.<ref name=lat /> He and his brother Patrick were [[Hollywood]] silent film child actors. At the age of 5 he appeared in his first film under the [[stage name]] "Mickey Moore", chosen because their mother "decided that the boys should work under her maiden name of Moore."<ref name=fga/> He appeared in two dozen films, including ''[[The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln]]'' (1924), until 1927 when he was 13.
Dennis Michael Sheffield was born in [[Vancouver, British Columbia]],<ref name=lat>[http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-micky-moore-20130311,0,2524943.story?page=1 Moore's obituary in the ''L.A. Times'']</ref> the son of Thomas William Sheffield, a British marine engineer, and his wife, Norah Moore Sheffield,<ref name="fga">{{cite journal|last1=Jarrett|first1=Diane|title=Micky Moore: Acting with Pickford ... Directing with Spielberg|journal=Films of the Golden Age|date=Summer 2016|issue=85|pages=68–91}}</ref> an actress from Dublin.<ref name=lat /> He and his brother Patrick were [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] silent film child actors. At the age of five he appeared in his first film under the [[stage name]] "Mickey Moore", chosen because their mother "decided that the boys should work under her maiden name of Moore."<ref name=fga/> He appeared in two dozen films, including ''[[The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln]]'' (1924) and ''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927), until 1927 when he was 13.


In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an [[assistant director]]. He was first A.D. on dozens of major motion pictures including ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956), and ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]'' (1957). He was an assistant director on several [[Elvis Presley]] [[musical film]]s and directed Presley in the film ''[[Paradise, Hawaiian Style]]'' (1966) for [[Paramount Pictures]]. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] hired him to direct [[rock and roll]] singer [[Roy Orbison]] in ''[[The Fastest Guitar Alive]]'' (1967). He worked exclusively as a director in film and television from 1965 to 1969.
In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an [[assistant director]]. He was first A.D. on dozens of major motion pictures including ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956), and ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]'' (1957). He was an assistant director on several [[Elvis Presley]] [[musical film]]s and directed Presley in the film ''[[Paradise, Hawaiian Style]]'' (1966) for [[Paramount Pictures]]. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] hired him to direct [[rock and roll]] singer [[Roy Orbison]] in ''[[The Fastest Guitar Alive]]'' (1967). He worked exclusively as a director in film and television from 1965 to 1969.


He then became a [[second unit director]], working on numerous major films such as ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969), ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' (1975). He was credited as associate producer in charge of action and animal scenes for ''[[Quest for Fire (film)|Quest for Fire]]'' (1981)..<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name|0601077|Michael D. Moore}}</ref> In the 1980s, [[Steven Spielberg]] hired Moore as second unit director on ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''. His association with Spielberg led him to direct the "Alamo Jobe" episode of the ''[[Amazing Stories (TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' television series. Moore was still active as a second unit director into his eighties. His most recent work was for [[List of assets owned by Disney#Studio Entertainment|Disney's]] 2000 film, ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''.<ref name=imdb/>
He then became a [[second unit director]], working on numerous major films such as ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969), ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]'' (1975). He was credited as associate producer in charge of action and animal scenes for ''[[Quest for Fire (film)|Quest for Fire]]'' (1981).<ref name=imdb>{{IMDb name|0601077|Michael D. Moore}}</ref> In the 1980s, [[Steven Spielberg]] hired Moore as second unit director on ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'', and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''. His association with Spielberg led him to direct the "Alamo Jobe" episode of the ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'' television series. Moore was still active as a second unit director into his eighties. His last work was for [[List of assets owned by Disney#Studio Entertainment|Disney's]] 2000 film, ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''.<ref name=imdb/>


Moore attended Santa Monica High School in the 1930s where he played football. He married high school sweetheart Esther McNeil in 1933 and had two daughters, Sandra Kastendiek-Drake [1936] and Patricia Newman [1937]. McNeil died in 1992 and Moore married Laurie Abdo, formerly a personal assistant of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] producer [[Howard W. Koch]], five years later; Abdo died in 2011.
Moore attended [[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]] in the 1930s where he played football. He married high school sweetheart Esther McNeil in 1933 and had two daughters, Sandra Kastendiek-Drake (born 1936) and Patricia Newman (born 1937). McNeil died in 1992 and Moore married Laurie Abdo, formerly a personal assistant of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] producer [[Howard W. Koch]], five years later; Abdo died in 2011.<ref name=lat />


==Death==
==Death==
Moore died of congestive [[heart failure]] at the age of 98 in [[Malibu, California]] on March 4, 2013.<ref name=lat/>
Moore died of congestive [[heart failure]] at the age of 98 in [[Malibu, California]] on March 4, 2013.<ref name=lat/>

==Filmography==
===As second unit director===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1969
| ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''
| [[George Roy Hill]]
|-
| ''[[How to Commit Marriage]]''
| [[Norman Panama]]
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]''
| [[Franklin J. Schaffner]]
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]''
| [[Paul Newman]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| ''[[Emperor of the North]]''
| [[Robert Aldrich]]
|-
| ''[[Badge 373]]''
| [[Howard W. Koch]]
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Mame (film)|Mame]]''
| [[Gene Saks]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1975
| ''[[Rooster Cogburn (film)|Rooster Cogburn]]''
| Stuart Millar
|-
| ''[[The Man Who Would Be King (film)|The Man Who Would Be King]]''
| [[John Huston]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| ''[[The Missouri Breaks]]''
| [[Arthur Penn]]
|-
| ''[[The Return of a Man Called Horse]]''
| [[Irvin Kershner]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1977
| ''[[Airport '77]]''
| [[Jerry Jameson]]
|-
| ''[[Damnation Alley (film)|Damnation Alley]]''
| [[Jack Smight]]
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Raise the Titanic (film)|Raise the Titanic]]''
| Jerry Jameson
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1981
| ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''
| [[Steven Spielberg]]
|-
| ''[[Zorro: The Gay Blade]]''
| [[Peter Medak]]
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Six Pack (film)|Six Pack]]''
| [[Daniel Petrie]]
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Never Say Never Again]]''
| Irvin Kershner
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''
| Steven Spielberg
|-
| ''[[The Little Drummer Girl (film)|The Little Drummer Girl]]''
| George Roy Hill
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| ''[[Sylvester (film)|Sylvester]]''
| [[Tim Hunter (director)|Tim Hunter]]
|-
| ''[[National Lampoon's European Vacation]]''
| [[Amy Heckerling]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1987
| ''[[Outrageous Fortune (film)|Outrageous Fortune]]''
| [[Arthur Hiller]]
|-
| ''[[Ishtar (film)|Ishtar]]''
| [[Elaine May]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1988
| ''[[Willow (1988 film)|Willow]]''
| [[Ron Howard]]
|-
| ''[[Funny Farm (film)|Funny Farm]]''
| George Roy Hill
|-
| ''Le palanquin des larmes''
| Jacques Dorfmann
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1989
| ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''
| Steven Spielberg
|-
| ''[[Ghostbusters II]]''
| [[Ivan Reitman]]
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Toy Soldiers (1991 film)|Toy Soldiers]]''
| [[Daniel Petrie Jr.]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1992
| ''[[The Mighty Ducks (film)|The Mighty Ducks]]''
| [[Stephen Herek]]
|-
| ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]''
| [[Richard Attenborough]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1993
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]''
| [[Stuart Gillard]]
|-
| ''[[Cool Runnings]]''
| [[Jon Turteltaub]]
|-
| ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]''
| Stephen Herek
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Little Giants]]''
| [[Duwayne Dunham]]''
|-
| 1996
| ''[[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|101 Dalmatians]]''
| Stephen Herek
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Flubber (film)|Flubber]]''
| [[Les Mayfield]]
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Wrongfully Accused]]''
| [[Pat Proft]]
|-
|-
| 2000
| ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''
| [[Kevin Lima]]
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 73-74.
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp.&nbsp;73–74.


==External links==
==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0601077|Michael D. Moore}}
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*[http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/sayre&CISOPTR=13922&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 Mickey(aged 7)] with [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]] and [[Mary Miles Minter]] in the film ''All Souls Eve'' 1921 (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000923/http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fsayre&CISOPTR=13922&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 Mickey(aged 7)] with [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]] and [[Mary Miles Minter]] in the film ''All Souls Eve'' 1921 (Univ. of Washington, Sayre collection)


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Latest revision as of 05:33, 23 August 2024

Mickey Moore
Moore (center) with Lois Wilson and Conrad Nagel in The Lost Romance (1921)
Born
Dennis Michael Sheffield

October 14, 1914
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedMarch 4, 2013 (aged 98)
Malibu, California, U.S.
Other names
  • Micky Moore
  • Michael Moore
  • Michael D. Moore
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1919–2007
Spouses
Esther McNeil
​
​
(m. 1933; died 1992)​
Laurie Abdo
​
​
(m. 1997; died 2011)​
Children2 daughters; 5 grandsons; 4 great-grandchildren

Mickey Moore (born Dennis Michael Sheffield, October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, second unit director, and child actor.[1] He was credited as Michael Moore on all the films and television projects that the directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director.

Life and career

[edit]
Mickey Moore, Jack Holt and Mary Miles Minter in All Soul's Eve (1921)

Dennis Michael Sheffield was born in Vancouver, British Columbia,[2] the son of Thomas William Sheffield, a British marine engineer, and his wife, Norah Moore Sheffield,[3] an actress from Dublin.[2] He and his brother Patrick were Hollywood silent film child actors. At the age of five he appeared in his first film under the stage name "Mickey Moore", chosen because their mother "decided that the boys should work under her maiden name of Moore."[3] He appeared in two dozen films, including The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) and The King of Kings (1927), until 1927 when he was 13.

In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an assistant director. He was first A.D. on dozens of major motion pictures including The Ten Commandments (1956), and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). He was an assistant director on several Elvis Presley musical films and directed Presley in the film Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) for Paramount Pictures. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired him to direct rock and roll singer Roy Orbison in The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967). He worked exclusively as a director in film and television from 1965 to 1969.

He then became a second unit director, working on numerous major films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Patton (1970), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He was credited as associate producer in charge of action and animal scenes for Quest for Fire (1981).[4] In the 1980s, Steven Spielberg hired Moore as second unit director on Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. His association with Spielberg led him to direct the "Alamo Jobe" episode of the Amazing Stories television series. Moore was still active as a second unit director into his eighties. His last work was for Disney's 2000 film, 102 Dalmatians.[4]

Moore attended Venice High School in the 1930s where he played football. He married high school sweetheart Esther McNeil in 1933 and had two daughters, Sandra Kastendiek-Drake (born 1936) and Patricia Newman (born 1937). McNeil died in 1992 and Moore married Laurie Abdo, formerly a personal assistant of Paramount producer Howard W. Koch, five years later; Abdo died in 2011.[2]

Death

[edit]

Moore died of congestive heart failure at the age of 98 in Malibu, California on March 4, 2013.[2]

Filmography

[edit]

As second unit director

[edit]
Year Title Director
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill
How to Commit Marriage Norman Panama
1970 Patton Franklin J. Schaffner
1971 Sometimes a Great Notion Paul Newman
1973 Emperor of the North Robert Aldrich
Badge 373 Howard W. Koch
1974 Mame Gene Saks
1975 Rooster Cogburn Stuart Millar
The Man Who Would Be King John Huston
1976 The Missouri Breaks Arthur Penn
The Return of a Man Called Horse Irvin Kershner
1977 Airport '77 Jerry Jameson
Damnation Alley Jack Smight
1980 Raise the Titanic Jerry Jameson
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark Steven Spielberg
Zorro: The Gay Blade Peter Medak
1982 Six Pack Daniel Petrie
1983 Never Say Never Again Irvin Kershner
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Steven Spielberg
The Little Drummer Girl George Roy Hill
1985 Sylvester Tim Hunter
National Lampoon's European Vacation Amy Heckerling
1987 Outrageous Fortune Arthur Hiller
Ishtar Elaine May
1988 Willow Ron Howard
Funny Farm George Roy Hill
Le palanquin des larmes Jacques Dorfmann
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Steven Spielberg
Ghostbusters II Ivan Reitman
1991 Toy Soldiers Daniel Petrie Jr.
1992 The Mighty Ducks Stephen Herek
Chaplin Richard Attenborough
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Stuart Gillard
Cool Runnings Jon Turteltaub
The Three Musketeers Stephen Herek
1994 Little Giants Duwayne Dunham
1996 101 Dalmatians Stephen Herek
1997 Flubber Les Mayfield
1998 Wrongfully Accused Pat Proft
2000 102 Dalmatians Kevin Lima

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Eyman, Scott (2010). Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439180419. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Moore's obituary in the L.A. Times
  3. ^ a b Jarrett, Diane (Summer 2016). "Micky Moore: Acting with Pickford ... Directing with Spielberg". Films of the Golden Age (85): 68–91.
  4. ^ a b Michael D. Moore at IMDb

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 73–74.
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