Alvy Moore
Acting • Born 1921-12-05 – Died 1997-05-04
Biography
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).
Filmography
122 credits
A Boy and His Dog
Movie • 1975
Dr. Moore
There's No Business Like Show Business
Movie • 1954
Katy's Date (uncredited)
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie • 1978
Room Clerk
Early Warning
Movie • 1981
Twist Around The Clock
Movie • 1961
Dizzy Bellew
Designing Woman
Movie • 1957
Luke Coslow
Cotton Candy
Movie • 1978
Mr. Smalley
Riot in Cell Block 11
Movie • 1954
Gator
Time to Run
Movie • 1973
Officer Andy Sildania
The Brotherhood of Satan
Movie • 1971
Tobey
5 Against the House
Movie • 1955
Roy
Here Come the Littles
Movie • 1985
Grandpa Little (voice)
Susan Slept Here
Movie • 1954
Virgil
The Glory Brigade
Movie • 1953
Pvt. 'Stoney' Stone
The Naked Witch
Movie • 1969
Dr. Ralph Hayes
Smokey and the Hotwire Gang
Movie • 1979
Sheriff Flower
Donovan's Kid
Movie • 1979
2nd Horseman
Superbman: The Other Movie
Movie • 1981
Perry Blight
Screaming Eagles
Movie • 1956
Pvt. Grimes
Battle Circus
Movie • 1953
Runnker
Love and Kisses
Movie • 1965
Officer Jones
The Perfect Furlough
Movie • 1958
Pvt. Marvin Brewer
Fearless Fagan
Movie • 1952
Thomson
An Annapolis Story
Movie • 1955
Willie Warren
For Love or Money
Movie • 1963
George
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
Movie • 1964
Sutter T. Finley
Which Witch is Which?
Movie • 1984
Abner
Battle Zone
Movie • 1952
Marine Marine (uncredited)
Everything's Ducky
Movie • 1961
Lipscott
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie • 1953
Winston, Olympic Team Member (uncredited)
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Movie • 1978
Reverend
Scream
Movie • 1981
Allen
Sunday in New York
Movie • 1963
Airport Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Movie • 1961
Reporter
A Very Special Favor
Movie • 1965
Ralph (uncredited)
The Wild One
Movie • 1953
Pigeon (uncredited)
Kilroy
Movie • 1965
Hal Dooley
The Turkey Caper
Movie • 1985
Abner
Return to Green Acres
Movie • 1990
Hank Kimball
Move Over, Darling
Movie • 1963
Room Service Waiter
The Specialist
Movie • 1975
Bailiff Humbolt
Return from the Sea
Movie • 1954
Smitty
Off Limits
Movie • 1952
Staff Sgt. Wagner (uncredited)
Skirts Ahoy!
Movie • 1952
French-Speaking Sailor (uncredited)
The Persuader
Movie • 1957
Willy Williams
Intruder
Movie • 1989
Officer Dalton
They're Playing with Fire
Movie • 1984
Jimbo
The Late Liz
Movie • 1971
Bill Morris
Secret of the Incas
Movie • 1954
Young Man at Bar (uncredited)
Mortuary
Movie • 1982
Bob Stevens
Herbie Rides Again
Movie • 1974
Angry Taxi Driver
Mrs. Sundance
Movie • 1974
Mr. Spence
Talk About a Stranger
Movie • 1952
Sailor on Motorcycle
The Horror Show
Movie • 1989
Chili Salesman
The War of the Worlds
Movie • 1953
Zippy (uncredited)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie • 1960
Johnson
The Invisible Boy
Movie • 1957
Scientist (uncredited)
The Littles: Liberty and the Littles
Movie • 1986
Grandpa Little (voice)
China Venture
Movie • 1953
Carlson
The Heart is a Rebel
Movie • 1958
Bill
Destination Gobi
Movie • 1953
Dr. Minx
Movie • 1975
Sheriff Frank
Little House: The Last Farewell
Movie • 1984
1st Mayor
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Kitchenware Salesman
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Adam Gallante
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Herbert
Little House on the Prairie
TV • 1974
The Munsters
TV • 1964
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
The Mickey Mouse Club
TV • 1955
Self
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Merton
Frasier
TV • 1993
Putnam
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Herbert Colter
Newhart
TV • 1982
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Cabbie
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Herb Dennis
The Waltons
TV • 1972
Nanny and the Professor
TV • 1970
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Amos Truro
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Billy Joe
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Man
My Mother the Car
TV • 1965
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Matt - Bartender
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Gordie Fields
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Joe T. Alcorn
Vacation Playhouse
TV • 1963
Otis Platt
The Littles
TV • 1983
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Cab Driver
Lotsa Luck
TV • 1973
Samuel Quincy
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Adam Sloan
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Hal Dooley
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Les Jensen
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Ray Harris
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Alvin
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Spiegel
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Arnie
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Ralph Kelso
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Photographer
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Specs
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Mr. Giddon
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV • 1964
Hoff
How the West Was Won
TV • 1977
Swenson
Broken Arrow
TV • 1956
Daniels
Hardball
TV • 1994
Old Hardball
Peter Loves Mary
TV • 1960
Lieutenant Baker
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Hank Kimball
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Second Rider (uncredited)
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Private Bledsoe
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Manager
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Hank Kimball / Jed Clampett
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Kimball
Hazel
TV • 1961
Mr. Haverstraw
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Birdy Fletcher
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Fritz Kimball
The Young Marrieds
TV • 1964
Hoby
Green Acres
TV • 1965