George Moon
{{Short description|English actor (1909–1981)}}
{{for|the English writer, poet and critic|George Washington Moon}}
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George Moon (19 March 1909 – 17 December 1981) was an English stage, film and television actor.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/yg7/george-moon|title=George Moon | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4d1250|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620184505/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4d1250|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2017|title=George Moon|website=BFI}}
During the late 1950s he appeared as Ginger Smart in the television series Shadow Squad and its sequel Skyport.{{Cite web|url=https://cultbox.co.uk/reviews/dvd-a-blu-ray/shadow-squad-dvd-review|title='Shadow Squad' DVD review|date=February 2, 2011|website=CultBox}}
Moon's largest television role came in 1977 when he played Tipping the butler in the short lived television series Lord Tramp alongside Hugh Lloyd and Joan Sims.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b73ba5836|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007102003/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b73ba5836|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2019|title=Lord Tramp (1977)|website=BFI}}
His daughter is the actress Georgina Moon.
Selected filmography
- Diggers (1931) – Joe Mulga
- A Co-respondent's Course (1931)
- Diggers in Blighty (1933) – Joe Mulga
- Lightning Conductor (1938) – George
- Me and My Pal (1939) – Hal Thommson
- Time Flies (1944) – Bill Barton
- What Do We Do Now? (1946)
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) – Al
- It's a Wonderful World (1956) – Taxi Driver
- Carry On Admiral (1957) – Casey (uncredited)
- Davy (1958) – Jerry
- The Boys (1962) – Mr. Champneys
- Breath of Life (1963) – Freddie
- A Matter of Choice (1963) – Spike
- Die, Monster, Die! (1965) – Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Promise Her Anything (1965) – Neighbour
- Half a Sixpence (1967) – Pub Character
- Carry On Camping (1969) – Scrawny Man
- Carry On Dick (1974) – Mr. Giles
- Eskimo Nell (1975) – Nightwatchman
- Yesterday's Hero (1979) – Changing Room Attendant (uncredited)
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|0600608}}
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Category:Male actors from London
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:20th-century English male actors
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