Robert Moore (director)


Robert Moore was an American stage, film and television director and actor.

Biography

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Moore studied at the Catholic University of America Drama Department under Gilbert V. Hartke. He is best known for his direction of the ground-breaking play The Boys in the Band, his Broadway productions, and his collaborations - three plays and three films - with Neil Simon, including the detective spoofs Murder By Death and The Cheap Detective.
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, in one episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and was a regular on Diana Rigg's short-lived 1973 sitcom Diana. 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 AIDS-related pneumonia in New York City on May 10, 1984.

Work

;TheatrePromises, Promises The Last of the Red Hot Lovers The Gingerbread Lady Lorelei My Fat Friend Deathtrap They're Playing Our Song

Filmography

;FilmMurder by Death The Cheap Detective Chapter Two
;TelevisionDiana – TV seriesThursday's Game – TV movieThe Bob Newhart Show – TV seriesRhoda – TV seriesDon't Call Us – TV movieCat on a Hot Tin Roof – TV movieThere's Always Room – TV movieThe Sunshine Boys – TV movieThe Natural Look – TV movieAnnie Flynn – TV movieIt's Not Easy – TV series
;ActorTell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon – WarrenThe Mary Tyler Moore Show – Ben Sutherland Diana – Marshall Tyler Rhoda – Lowell Snyder; Mr. Graham

Awards and nominations

;Awards
;Nominations