Alvy Moore

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).

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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Little House on the Prairie

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Frasier

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The War of the Worlds

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The Munsters

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Herbie Rides Again

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A Boy and His Dog

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The Wild One

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Intruder

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The Horror Show

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The Andy Griffith Show

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Perry Mason

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The Beverly Hillbillies

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

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Hill Street Blues

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There's No Business Like Show Business

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The Waltons

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Move Over, Darling

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Mortuary

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Designing Woman

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Riot in Cell Block 11

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Green Acres

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Scream

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Secret of the Incas

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Newhart

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They're Playing with Fire

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5 Against the House

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The Brotherhood of Satan

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Sunday in New York

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Hardcastle and McCormick

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The Wackiest Ship in the Army

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The Invisible Boy

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Dragnet

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Dennis the Menace

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Daniel Boone

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The Virginian

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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

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The Wonderful World of Disney

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How the West Was Won

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Wagon Train

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Susan Slept Here

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The Littles

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77 Sunset Strip

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The Witchmaker

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Hazel

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Love, American Style

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The Donna Reed Show

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Off Limits

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Talk About a Stranger

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The Mickey Mouse Club

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Battle Circus

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The Perfect Furlough

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3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt

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Burke's Law

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Nanny and the Professor

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A Very Special Favor

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

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Twist Around The Clock

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Cotton Candy

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Screaming Eagles

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Johnny Ringo

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My Mother the Car

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The Glory Brigade

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For Love or Money

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Fearless Fagan

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Navy Log

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The Legend of Jesse James

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Lotsa Luck

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87th Precinct

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Time to Run

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An Annapolis Story

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Battle Zone

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Skirts Ahoy!

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General Electric Theater

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The DuPont Show with June Allyson

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Broken Arrow

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Early Warning

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Everything's Ducky

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Return to Green Acres

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The Specialist

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Return from the Sea

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Mrs. Sundance

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The Littles: Liberty and the Littles

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China Venture

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Surfside 6

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Pete and Gladys

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Arrest and Trial

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The Young Marrieds

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Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid

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Donovan's Kid

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The Persuader

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Peter Loves Mary

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Here Come the Littles

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Smokey and the Hotwire Gang

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Superbman: The Other Movie

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Love and Kisses

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Which Witch is Which?

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Lacy and the Mississippi Queen

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Who Killed Julie Greer?

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Kilroy

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The Turkey Caper

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The Late Liz

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The Heart is a Rebel

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Vacation Playhouse

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Hardball

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