
Alvy Moore
Born December 5, 1921 · Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American light comic actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres. His character would often make a statement, only to immediately negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert. One such statement was, "Good morning, Mr. Douglas! Well, it's not a good morning ... but it's not a bad morning either!" He 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. He made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in Okinawa (1952).[4] 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, The Mickey Mouse Club, where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter. He 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. Moore co-starred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan Slept Here, in which he displayed his natural gift for physical comedy. In 1955 he co-starred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5 Against the House. In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.[4] In 1962 Moore was cast as the Swiss-American botanist David Douglas, for whom the Douglas fir tree is named, in an episode of the western anthology series Death Valley Days. Keenan Wynn co-starred as Douglas' friend Josh Tavers, and Iron Eyes Cody played an Indian chief who threatens to kill the two men.[6] Moore made a brief appearance as a cab driver in the 1964 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Wednesday Woman." He also appeared in two episodes of another CBS sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, "The Impractical Joke" and "The Case Of The Pillow." He was also a guest star on The Andy Griffith Show and later on Little House on the Prairie (TV series). He was an actor, producer, and uncredited scriptwriter for A Boy and His Dog. He attended DisCon II, the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention, to help promote the film. One of his last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom Frasier. In the 1980s Moore appeared in many cult horror films, including Scream (1981), Mortuary (1983), They're Playing With Fire (1984), Intruder (1989), and The Horror Show (1989).
Notable Appearances
Movies

The War of the Worlds

Herbie Rides Again

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

A Boy and His Dog

They're Playing with Fire

The Horror Show

There's No Business Like Show Business

The Wild One

Secret of the Incas

Sunday in New York

Move Over, Darling

For Love or Money

Riot in Cell Block 11

Little House: The Last Farewell

Mortuary

5 Against the House

The Brotherhood of Satan

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Here Come the Littles

Susan Slept Here

Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

Designing Woman

Return to Green Acres

Intruder

Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

The Perfect Furlough

A Very Special Favor

The Naked Witch

Who Killed Julie Greer?

The Heart Is a Rebel

Kilroy

The Invisible Boy

Talk About a Stranger

Which Witch is Which?

Return from the Sea

Off Limits

Destination Gobi

Scream

Twist Around The Clock

Fearless Fagan
TV Shows

Wagon Train

Hill Street Blues

Little House on the Prairie

The Waltons

The Virginian

The Donna Reed Show

Daniel Boone

Dragnet

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Newhart

The Beverly Hillbillies

Burke's Law

77 Sunset Strip

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Green Acres

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Surfside 6

The Munsters

Dennis the Menace

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Hardcastle and McCormick

Arrest and Trial

Hazel

The Young Marrieds

Navy Log

87th Precinct

How the West Was Won

Johnny Ringo

Pete and Gladys

The Mickey Mouse Club

Bus Stop

Nanny and the Professor

The Legend of Jesse James

The Wonderful World of Disney

My Mother the Car

The Littles

Peter Loves Mary

Lotsa Luck

General Electric Theater

Hardball
More Movies

An Annapolis Story

Superbman: The Other Movie

Screaming Eagles

China Venture

Battle Circus

Cotton Candy

The Specialist

The Littles: Liberty and the Littles

The Late Liz

Donovan's Kid

Skirts Ahoy!

Mrs. Sundance

Smokey and the Hotwire Gang

The Glory Brigade

Battle Zone

Love and Kisses

Everything's Ducky

The Persuader

Early Warning

Dr. Minx

The Turkey Caper

Time to Run




