Person
Michael D. Moore
Directing · 1914–2013 · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Michael D. Moore (born Dennis Michael Sheffield, October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, second unit director, and child actor, when he was credited as Mickey Moore (or Micky Moore). He was credited as Michael Moore on all the films and TV shows he directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director. Born Michael Sheffield in Victoria, British Columbia, both he and his brother Patrick were Hollywood child actors. At the age of five he appeared in his first film under the stage name "Mickey Moore". He appeared in two dozen films until 1927 when he was 13. In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an Assistant Film Director and would fill that role or as a Second unit director on more than sixty films. He played a key part in a number of major motion pictures including The Ten Commandments, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, and The Man Who Would Be King in 1975. He also worked as an assistant director on several Elvis Presley musical films and directed Presley in the 1966 film, Paradise, Hawaiian Style for Paramount Pictures. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, MGM hired him to direct rock singer Roy Orbison in 1967's The Fastest Guitar Alive. He was the associate producer in charge of action & animal scenes for Quest for Fire. In the 1980s, Steven Spielberg hired Moore as assistant director for both the second and third Indiana Jones films. Moore worked as second unit director on Raiders of the Lost Ark. His association with Spielberg also led him to direct one episode ("Alamo Jobe") in the acclaimed TV series Amazing Stories. Well into his eighties, Moore was still active, his most recent work being as the second unit director for Disney's 2000 film, 102 Dalmatians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael D. Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known for
Amazing Stories
Director
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Second Unit Director
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Second Unit Director
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Second Unit Director
The Ten Commandments
Assistant Director
101 Dalmatians
Second Unit Director
The War of the Worlds
Assistant Director
Ghostbusters II
Second Unit Director
Willow
Second Unit Director
The Three Musketeers
Second Unit Director
Filmography
- 2005Danger RangersCreator
- 2005Silent Hollywood: Cult, Stars, ScandalsSelf
- 2003Indiana Jones: Making the TrilogySelf (as Michael Moore)
- 2000102 DalmatiansSecond Unit Director
- 1998Wrongfully AccusedSecond Unit Director
- 1996101 DalmatiansSecond Unit Director
- 1994Little GiantsSecond Unit Director
- 1993The Three MusketeersSecond Unit Director
- 1993Cool RunningsSecond Unit Director
- 1992ChaplinSecond Unit Director
- 1992The Mighty DucksSecond Unit Director
- 1991Toy SoldiersSecond Unit Director
- 1989Ghostbusters IISecond Unit Director
- 1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeSecond Unit Director
- 1988Funny FarmSecond Unit Director
- 1988WillowSecond Unit Director
- 1987IshtarSecond Unit Director
- 1987Outrageous FortuneSecond Unit Director
- 1985Amazing StoriesDirector
- 1985National Lampoon's European VacationSecond Unit Director
- 1985SylvesterSecond Unit Director
- 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomSecond Unit Director
- 1983Never Say Never AgainSecond Unit Director
- 1982Six PackSecond Unit Director
- 1981Zorro, The Gay BladeSecond Unit Director
- 1981Raiders of the Lost ArkSecond Unit Director
- 1980Raise the TitanicSecond Unit Director
- 1979The Electric HorsemanSecond Unit Director
- 1977Damnation AlleySecond Unit Director
- 1977Airport '77Second Unit Director
- 1977Mister DeathmanDirector
- 1976The Return of a Man Called HorseSecond Unit Director
- 1976The Missouri BreaksSecond Unit Director
- 1975The Man Who Would Be KingSecond Unit Director
- 1975Rooster CogburnSecond Unit Director
- 1974The YakuzaAssistant Director
- 1974MameSecond Unit Director
- 1973Badge 373Second Unit Director
- 1973Emperor of the NorthSecond Unit Director
- 1973The Thief Who Came to DinnerAssociate Producer
- 1972Portnoy's ComplaintAssistant Director
- 1971Sometimes a Great NotionAssistant Director
- 1970PattonSecond Unit Director
- 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidSecond Unit Director
- 1969How to Commit MarriageSecond Unit Director
- 1968BuckskinDirector
- 1967Kill a DragonDirector
- 1967HondoDirector
- 1967The Fastest Guitar AliveDirector
- 1966An Eye for an EyeDirector
- 1966Paradise, Hawaiian StyleDirector
- 1965The Sons of Katie ElderAssistant Director
- 1964RoustaboutAssistant Director
- 1964The CarpetbaggersAssistant Director
- 1963Fun in AcapulcoAssistant Director
- 1963A New Kind of LoveAssistant Director
- 1962Girls! Girls! Girls!Assistant Director
- 1961Blue HawaiiAssistant Director
- 1961Summer and SmokeAssistant Director
- 1960G.I. BluesAssistant Director
- 1960Visit to a Small PlanetAssistant Director
- 1959Don't Give Up the ShipAssistant Director
- 1959The TrapAssistant Director
- 1958HouseboatAssistant Director
- 1958King CreoleAssistant Director
- 1958Hot SpellAssistant Director
- 1957The Tin StarAssistant Director
- 1957Beau JamesAssistant Director
- 1957Gunfight at the O.K. CorralAssistant Director
- 1956The Ten CommandmentsAssistant Director
- 1956PardnersAssistant Director
- 1955The Seven Little FoysAssistant Director
- 1955You're Never Too YoungAssistant Director
- 1955Hell's IslandAssistant Director
- 1954Living It UpAssistant Director
- 1954Casanova's Big NightAssistant Director
- 1953Money from HomeAssistant Director
- 1953The CaddyAssistant Director
- 1953The War of the WorldsAssistant Director
- 1952The Turning PointAssistant Director
- 1951When Worlds CollideAssistant Director
- 1950The FuriesSecond Assistant Director
- 1950Fancy PantsSecond Assistant Director
- 1949The Great GatsbySecond Assistant Director
- 1949Streets of LaredoSecond Assistant Director
- 1948The PalefaceSecond Assistant Director
- 1947CaliforniaSecond Assistant Director
- 1934CleopatraProps
- 1927Good as GoldBuck Brady, as a child
- 1927The King of KingsMark (as Micky Moore)
- 1926No Man's GoldJimmy Rogers
- 1926The Test of Donald NortonWen-dah-ban - as a boy
- 1925The Man from Red GulchLittle Jimmie Falloner
- 1924CythereaRandon Child (as Mickey Moore)
- 1923Mine to KeepJoy Child
- 1923Truxton KingPrince Robin
- 1922The Impossible Mrs. BellewLance Bellew, Jr. (age 4)
- 1922ManslaughterDicky Evans
- 1921Exit the VampJunior Shipley
- 1921The Love CharmLittle Boy
- 1921ShameDavid, at 5
- 1921The MaskMickey, their son (as Mickey Moore)
- 1921The Lost RomanceAllen Erskine Jr (as Mickey Moore)
- 1921I Am GuiltyThe Child (as Mickey Moore)
- 1921All Souls' EvePeter Heath (as Mickey Moore)
- 1920Something to Think AboutBobby Markely (as Mickey Moore)
- 1920The Price of RedemptionBilly
- 1920Polly of the Storm CountryWee Jerry (as Mickey Moore)
- 1920Parted CurtainsBobby Masters
- 1919The Unpainted WomanOlaf
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