1. Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore was an American actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres.
15 Facts About Alvy Moore
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Alvy Moore was born in Vincennes, Indiana, the son of Indiana natives Roy and Elice Moore.
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Alvy Moore 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.
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Alvy Moore made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in Okinawa.
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Alvy 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, and The Mickey Mouse Club, where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter.
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Alvy Moore 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.
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Alvy Moore found his niche in television, starring as the incompetent county agent Hank Kimball in Green Acres from 1965 to 1971.
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Alvy Moore was a guest star on The Andy Griffith Show and later on Little House on the Prairie.
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Alvy Moore was an actor, producer, and uncredited scriptwriter for A Boy and His Dog.
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Alvy Moore attended DisCon II, the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention, to help promote the film.
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In 1978, Alvy Moore appeared as stage coach station master Swenson in three season two episodes of How the West Was Won.
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One of Alvy Moore's last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom Frasier.
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Alvy Moore met Carolyn Mohr in 1947 while both were actors with the Pasadena Playhouse.
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Alvy Moore died of heart failure on May 4,1997, at their home in Palm Desert, California.
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Alvy Moore was a member and treasurer of the "Motion Picture Mothers" for over 30 years.