He got MMT, Bo Derek and Liza! Maybe Goldie Hawn, I don’t recall the plot of Foul Play. He was a trollish unattractive man, like a pervy uncle of Davy Jones, but not cute. He had some comic timing, but nothing the way of talent to justify a career in movies? That nose is repulsive.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 3, 2023 3:24 AM |
And he was once married to Tuesday Weld.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 9, 2023 6:54 AM |
Was she blind at the time?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 9, 2023 6:57 AM |
Chevy Chase got Goldie Hawn. Dudley was just a perve with a blow up doll in his closet.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 9, 2023 6:59 AM |
Chevy wasn’t quite attractive himself, but at least he was tall and apparently some women like that.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 9, 2023 7:03 AM |
This was back when everything was geared to straight males, even romantic movies--because people went to the movie theater to see movies on dates and the man paid for the tickets. Straight males don't like movie stars to be too attractive in date movies, since it sets a high standard for them with women. It's the same reason John Belushi became so popular among straight males--an ugly, rude, fat guy plays the most popular dude on campus. It made straight men of a certain era feel good.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 9, 2023 7:13 AM |
God, straight men needed everything catered to them, how insecure were they???
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 9, 2023 7:16 AM |
The 70s was the era of Dustin Hoffman, Shelley Duvall, and Elliot Gould. You didn't have to be beautiful just have a certain quirky charm.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 9, 2023 7:18 AM |
He was likeable, he was funny.
Now we get Ken dolls with zero personality as romantic leads.
Give me Dudley over them any day.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 9, 2023 7:37 AM |
He was already a major star in England, due to Not Only But Also, the Monty Pythonesque show with Peter Cook.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 9, 2023 7:39 AM |
He was the loveable underdog getting laid with the hottest chicks. Decades later, it made a comeback with fat couch potatoes like Kevin James.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 9, 2023 7:41 AM |
The show was a huge hit throughout all the world in all the Commonwealth countries. But typically never made it to America because of its off-beat English humour and America's cultural inwardness. It's interesting to contrast it with Laugh-In which was happening at the same time in the US. Neither particulary funny now, but both innovative then.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 9, 2023 7:43 AM |
Because his massive dong, considering his 5'2" height, was unmutilated! That's why.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 9, 2023 7:49 AM |
He was a lovelorn loser in "Foul Play," but the movie was a smash and when George Segal quit "10" Blake Edwards took a chance and cast Moore in a comic-romantic lead role. "10" was a hit, then "Arthur" was a hit and got him an Oscar nom and lots more lead roles, if fewer hits.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 9, 2023 7:49 AM |
I really think Mike Myers based Austin Powers on Dudley (or at least the persona from Foul Play).
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 9, 2023 7:56 AM |
English humor is all about accents. If you can't discern what part of England they're from, then you won't get the 'humour'.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 9, 2023 8:11 AM |
When did you come up with that bullshit?
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 9, 2023 8:17 AM |
Dudley Moore and Dustin Hoffman sort of ruled the movies at that time. Same look and appeal.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 9, 2023 11:40 AM |
Have you seen many films from the era? It was an ugly time.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 9, 2023 11:53 AM |
Moore was non-threatening, funny and a very likable guy. That's how OP.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 9, 2023 11:58 AM |
[quote]Segal quit "10"
I didn't know that. I like the movie a lot, but it would've been a better film with Segal in the lead.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 9, 2023 12:15 PM |
He seemed like an asshole (always yelling and freaking out) and was ugly asf. I blame his popularity on all of the cocaine in the 70s and early 80s.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 9, 2023 12:15 PM |
Apparently OP doesn't realize Dudley was part of the famous British comedy team, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, as well as an accomplished pianist who led a jazz group.
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are still considered to be one of Britain's most famous and talented comedic double acts. Their Broadway show "Good Evening" had a decent run, about a year, and was always sold out.
All DL seems to care about, a person's looks. This certainly explains why so many untalented actual trolls become 'stars' these days.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 9, 2023 12:24 PM |
[quote] He got MMT, Bo Derek and Liza!
Liza wasn’t exactly Greta Garbo. She could be had for a nickel bag and a VHS of “Meet Me In St. Louis.”
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 9, 2023 12:40 PM |
R4- Whom do you consider attractive?
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 9, 2023 12:43 PM |
R22 My dyslexia version of MTT, despite my disdain for him I love a dead child Christmas movie and 6 Weeks was my jam.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 9, 2023 12:51 PM |
Wasn’t Dudley married to Tuesday Weld?
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | May 9, 2023 1:03 PM |
OP, if you can watch Arthur and still wonder why he was a star, I can’t help you. Even though Gielgud ran away with the movie, DM was hilarious and so sweet.
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | May 9, 2023 1:06 PM |
[quote]My dyslexia version of MTT
Still off by one, OP.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | May 9, 2023 2:00 PM |
Did I marry Tuesday Weld?...
| by Anonymous | reply 30 | May 9, 2023 4:54 PM |
We had lower standards back in the day.
| by Anonymous | reply 31 | May 9, 2023 5:01 PM |
He would never have been a lead if George Segal had not walked days before shooting was to start on 10. The film was actually cancelled, when they nabbed Moore as a last minute replacement.
He was probably not the first choice to replace Segal, but he was the one they could get. And that part established him as a Lead Actor.
| by Anonymous | reply 33 | May 9, 2023 5:17 PM |
Arthur was ficking brilliant. Even Liza Liza was fuuny.
| by Anonymous | reply 34 | May 9, 2023 5:17 PM |
He also dated amazon Susan Anton for a while in the '80s, so hot chicks dug him.
| by Anonymous | reply 35 | May 9, 2023 5:35 PM |
I think it's funny that you think he wasn't hot enough for Mary Tyler Moore and Liza Minelli when he was later paired with genuinely gorgeous women like Mary Steenburgen, Amy Irving, Anne Reinking and Nastassja Kinski!!
| by Anonymous | reply 36 | May 9, 2023 5:38 PM |
R23 please name a time in which unattractive women became stars. Looks have always mattered, maybe not with straight men but for everyone else it did.
| by Anonymous | reply 37 | May 9, 2023 6:18 PM |
My late father was a rather short man, but was incredibly popular with women. He was handsome and shy when he was younger, and maybe carried that confidence into his older years. He tended to draw people out and really listen to them. And he was a bit of a wounded bird, too. Women LOVE that.
You’d never know it to look at him, but he could wrap any woman around his little finger in a matter of minutes. For straight women, it’s not all about looks and money.
| by Anonymous | reply 38 | May 9, 2023 7:00 PM |
R5
[quote] It's the same reason John Belushi became so popular among straight males--an ugly, rude, fat guy plays the most popular dude on campus. It made straight men of a certain era feel good.
That explains a lot. Thank you.
| by Anonymous | reply 39 | May 9, 2023 7:07 PM |
Granted, Dudley Moore was not conventionally handsome, but he was not unattractive.
| by Anonymous | reply 40 | May 9, 2023 7:09 PM |
R38 Charisma! My dad had it too.
| by Anonymous | reply 41 | May 9, 2023 7:14 PM |
Dudley was adorable and funny.
| by Anonymous | reply 43 | May 9, 2023 7:45 PM |
Beats me, he was an unfunny, smarmy dwarf.
| by Anonymous | reply 44 | May 9, 2023 7:55 PM |
As a kid/teenager, I always found him attractive.
| by Anonymous | reply 46 | May 9, 2023 8:19 PM |
Well he was a helluva lot funnier and 100X better looking than horseface Pete Davidson.
| by Anonymous | reply 47 | May 9, 2023 8:51 PM |
Dudley got an Arthur sequel so he must have been doing something right.
| by Anonymous | reply 48 | May 9, 2023 9:00 PM |
You know what they say…”club foot = club *****”!
| by Anonymous | reply 49 | May 9, 2023 9:18 PM |
He resembles Richard Dawson. Were they related? Neither were leading man material.
| by Anonymous | reply 50 | May 9, 2023 9:25 PM |
He has fantastic chemistry with Liza in Arthur.
| by Anonymous | reply 51 | May 9, 2023 9:28 PM |
10 is one of my favorite movies. The argument about the word broad is just brilliant.
| by Anonymous | reply 52 | May 10, 2023 6:12 AM |
Dudley was extremely talented and funny, he also died a terrible death. Who cares if he wasn't the most handsomest or tallest man, Dudley had talent.
OP and his ilk are fucking clueless.
| by Anonymous | reply 53 | May 10, 2023 2:30 PM |
He was quite a funny little person
| by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 3, 2023 1:07 AM |
As Jessica Rabbit says, "He makes me laugh".
The OG "Bedazzled" is genius.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 55 | August 3, 2023 1:24 AM |
Six weeks was the most depressing and disturbing movie
| by Anonymous | reply 56 | August 3, 2023 1:26 AM |
Moore was a brilliant comedian, but he was also an accomplished musician who composed film scores, wrote songs, and was a skilled pianist. The man had tons of talent and intelligence -and those things make a man sexy, handsome or not.
| by Anonymous | reply 58 | August 3, 2023 3:24 AM |
