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Michael D. Moore

Michael D. Moore

Director · 1914–2013 · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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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

Directed 86

1960s

  1. 1969

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Second Unit Director

    78

  2. How to Commit Marriage

    Second Unit Director

  3. 1968

    Buckskin

    Director

  4. 1967

    Kill a Dragon

    Director

  5. Hondo

    Director

  6. The Fastest Guitar Alive

    Director

  7. 1966

    An Eye for an Eye

    Director

    65

  8. Paradise, Hawaiian Style

    Director

    54
  9. 1965

    The Sons of Katie Elder

    Assistant Director

    77
  10. 1964

    Roustabout

    Assistant Director

  11. The Carpetbaggers

    Assistant Director

    56
  12. 1963

    Fun in Acapulco

    Assistant Director

    58

  13. A New Kind of Love

    Assistant Director

  14. 1962

    Girls! Girls! Girls!

    Assistant Director

    50
  15. 1961

    Blue Hawaii

    Assistant Director

    54

  16. Summer and Smoke

    Assistant Director

  17. 1960

    G.I. Blues

    Assistant Director

    46

  18. Visit to a Small Planet

    Assistant Director

    57

1950s

  1. 1959

    Don't Give Up the Ship

    Second Unit Director, Assistant Director

  2. The Trap

    Assistant Director

    67
  3. 1958

    Houseboat

    Assistant Director

    63

  4. King Creole

    Assistant Director

    76

  5. Hot Spell

    Assistant Director

  6. 1957

    Wild Is the Wind

    Assistant Director

  7. The Tin Star

    Assistant Director

    77

  8. Beau James

    Assistant Director

  9. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    Assistant Director

    71
  10. 1956

    The Ten Commandments

    Assistant Director

    80

  11. Pardners

    Assistant Director

  12. 1955

    The Seven Little Foys

    Assistant Director

  13. You're Never Too Young

    Assistant Director

  14. Hell's Island

    Assistant Director

  15. 1954

    Living It Up

    Assistant Director

  16. Casanova's Big Night

    Assistant Director

  17. 1953

    Money from Home

    Assistant Director

  18. The Caddy

    Assistant Director

    67

  19. The War of the Worlds

    Assistant Director

    72
  20. 1952

    The Turning Point

    Assistant Director

  21. 1951

    When Worlds Collide

    Assistant Director

    70
  22. 1950

    The Furies

    Second Assistant Director

    78

  23. Fancy Pants

    Second Assistant Director

    69

1940s

  1. 1949

    The Great Gatsby

    Second Assistant Director

  2. Streets of Laredo

    Second Assistant Director

    62
  3. 1948

    The Paleface

    Second Assistant Director

    74
  4. 1947

    California

    Second Assistant Director

Acted in 20

1920s

  1. 1927

    Good as Gold

    Buck Brady, as a child

  2. The King of Kings

    Mark (as Micky Moore)

    71
  3. 1926

    No Man's Gold

    Jimmy Rogers

  4. 1925

    The Man from Red Gulch

    Little Jimmie Falloner

  5. 1924

    Cytherea

    Randon Child (as Mickey Moore)

  6. 1923

    Truxton King

    Prince Robin

  7. 1922

    The Impossible Mrs. Bellew

    Lance Bellew, Jr. (age 4)

  8. Manslaughter

    Dicky Evans

  9. 1921

    Exit the Vamp

    Junior Shipley

  10. The Love Charm

    Little Boy

  11. Shame

    David, at 5

  12. The Mask

    Mickey, their son (as Mickey Moore)

  13. The Lost Romance

    Allen Erskine Jr (as Mickey Moore)

  14. I Am Guilty

    The Child (as Mickey Moore)

  15. All Souls' Eve

    Peter Heath (as Mickey Moore)

  16. 1920

    Something to Think About

    Bobby Markely (as Mickey Moore)

  17. The Price of Redemption

    Billy

  18. Polly of the Storm Country

    Wee Jerry (as Mickey Moore)

  19. Parted Curtains

    Bobby Masters

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Unpainted Woman

    Olaf

Produced 1

1970s

  1. 1973

    The Thief Who Came to Dinner

    Associate Producer

Art department 1

1930s

  1. 1934

    Cleopatra

    Props

Created 1

2000s

  1. 2005

    Danger Rangers

    Creator

Appearances1

2000s

  1. 2003

    Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy

    Self (as Michael Moore)