The ROGER MOORE Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

NicNac

Nothing too challenging in the interview, talked about Bond, The Saint, Sinatra and Craig. Really top guy

MrBenn

Im a big fan of Sir Roger , and Im hopefully going to see him in one of his shows next month. Id love to get him to just to sign anything . I wonder if anybody has had any luck with this in recent times. I understand he may be one of those who has stopped signing sometimes as he doesn't like them getting them signed just for ebay . That bugs me as all they do is stop genuine people like me getting something signed.

MrBenn

Oh , and didn't we used to have a special section on this website for Autographs and signed stuff ? Or am I thinking of another Bond website ? (woops !)

barryt007

MrBenn wrote: »

Im a big fan of Sir Roger , and Im hopefully going to see him in one of his shows next month. Id love to get him to just to sign anything . I wonder if anybody has had any luck with this in recent times. I understand he may be one of those who has stopped signing sometimes as he doesn't like them getting them signed just for ebay . That bugs me as all they do is stop genuine people like me getting something signed.

He did a personal signing for me for his book 'My Word is My Bond'...he put : To Barry and Hannah,Roger Moore'...Hannah is my youngest daughter.

He was very nice and seemed to appreciate me calling him Sir Roger,and I got to shake his hand...a week later I did the same thing with Sir Michael Caine' so that was a week to remember !!

ggl007

NicNac wrote: »

Nothing too challenging in the interview, talked about Bond, The Saint, Sinatra and Craig. Really top guy

Any link?

BAIN123

ToTheRight wrote: »

bondjames wrote: »

Getafix wrote: »

Sir Rog did the impossible and inhabited the role as fully as Sean - and almost made audiences forget about his predecessor.

A great Bond.

+1. Connery and Moore are Bond gods as far as I'm concerned. My 2nd favourite Bond only because he stayed on too long.

I'm with you on that. For me, when asked the traditional question: "who is your favorite Bond?" -it's really a tie between the two. Then I have to actually think about how I'd rank the others.
Although Tim was the first new James Bond in my lifetime, I can distinctly remember what it was like when the general public only compared Sean and Roger. Poor George was rarely mentioned then usually dismissed in conversation.
Connery and Moore's eras are the benchmark by which I usually compare any new film in terms of overall enjoyment.

In that 1989 interview with Terry Wogan, Cubby himself says at one point:

"A good James Bond, we've had several of them. From Sean to Roger and now our Tim"

Mrcoggins

I had the good luck to meet Sir Roger on his tour in Cardif a year or so back and he very graciously signed my copy of Last Man Standing we spoke for a short while after and i left feeling that they really don't make them like that anymore a true Gent in every way and a great James Bond and a wonderful supporter of all things Bondian.

NicNac

ggl007 wrote: »

NicNac wrote: »

Nothing too challenging in the interview, talked about Bond, The Saint, Sinatra and Craig. Really top guy

Any link?

There will be eventually. Not yet, as far as I know

Mrcoggins

For those of you that missed it this morning it's now up on YouTube

Enjoy .

http://talkradio.co.uk/entertainment/watch-sir-roger-moore-james-bond-saint-and-special-friendship-frank-sinatra-1610255800#

Just found this also from today Sir Roger is a busy man at the moment .

ToTheRight

Mrcoggins wrote: »

For those of you that missed it this morning it's now up on YouTube

Enjoy .

He looks damn good there.

barryt007

Just watched the 'this morning 'interview:
This man never ceases to amaze me,its one of the main highlights of my life that i met him,chatted to him,and shook his hand,let alone get a personal signed message from him....Sir Roger never ages,is as sharp as ever,still putting himself down as an actor (he was even more immense in 'Gold' ! he was brilliant in that),and WILL hit that 100 year mark...God bless you Sir Roger Moore for the joy and entertainment and showing me the real Englishman in all us Englishmen.

Templar and Bond ,you cant get better than that.

Thunderpussy

Sir Roger, always puts a smile on my face. ^:)^

ClarkDevlin

The man even played Sherlock Holmes!

Jones_The_Bond

That was a nice interview on This Morning. Holly Willoughby saying "you were my 007 and always will be," just proves she has excellent taste.

What a photograph that was though: Rog lined up with Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. Some serious star power came out that night to praise Moore.

Sir Rog is one of the last of a vanishing breed.

bondjames

Thanks for posting that interview. Made my day. I had no idea Sir Rog was honoured by those greats, or that he even knew some of them.

While this is against protocol, I'm afraid it's too good to not post directly so here they are. My acting hero and his worthy successor.

Unforgivably, there's only one ridiculously small grainy photo of all of them (the last direct post shows Grant, Niven, Stewart, Sinatra and Peck in the same frame). Damn shame there aren't better photos.

The rest are links:











https://blogduwest2.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/maverick-moore.jpg

http://static.bafta.org/images/originals/img322-16796.jpg

http://static.bafta.org/images/originals/img310-16791.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/25/1411676422722_Image_galleryImage_UNITED_STATES_circa_1990_.JPG

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/roger-moore-luisa-moore-dean-martin-and-milton-berle-picture-id107002563?s=594x594

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/friars-club-man-of-the-year-honors-roger-moore-17th-may-1986-dean-picture-id116518515

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/roger-moore-frank-sinatra-and-barbara-sinatra-during-new-york-friars-picture-id105904713

http://media.gettyimages.com/photos/barbara-grant-roger-moore-luisa-mattioli-dean-martin-and-cary-grant-picture-id76771094?s=594x594

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xr/50744852.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF878921F7C3FC3F69D929FD2ED05C599A391F6C75F340DA681398186F961695A90F52FDF3D0D94E1BCCDD78

https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/moore_sinatra1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all

http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xr/116703371.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=3&d=77BFBA49EF87892140FEB0FF7845C57D9989E724AF6BF0C7BC4C0F0A21BCA5A1FE0E050F7A86E05CE30A760B0D811297

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/25/1411676430284_Image_galleryImage_Frank_Sinatra_and_Roger_M.JPG

http://66.media.tumblr.com/fd0e7e0d83b255ba5486e494f516d8c4/tumblr_n7h4olXAja1sh1z9to1_1280.jpg

NicNac

Friends of the highest order.
Frank Sinatra's last wife was Barbara Marx, previously married to the youngest Marx Brother Zeppo.

I have a book of Marx Brothers interviews from the early 70s where Groucho is talking about Zeppo and Barbara and he defuses rumours that Barbara is getting close to Sinatra. Says it's all ridiculous.

Soon after she left Zeppo and hooked up with Frank.

jake24

That was a great interview, Moore is a true gent. He looks to be in great shape.

Thunderfinger

ClarkDevlin wrote: »

The man even played Sherlock Holmes!

And Ivanhoe.

ClarkDevlin

Thunderfinger wrote: »

ClarkDevlin wrote: »

The man even played Sherlock Holmes!

And Ivanhoe.

And Lord Brett Sinclair.

Thunderfinger

Whatever happened to those plans with the Persuaders remake, starring Hugh Grant and George Clooney? Clooney is a great choice, but Grant? I would rather have Ewan McGregor.

SharkBait

90 year old next year, whaat??

Would think he's 70 something. Also His eyesight seem to be good for a man of his age. If I live that long 'eye' would be so nearsighted I could not see anything further than my arm's lenght.

God bless the man.

ggl007

Mrcoggins wrote: »

For those of you that missed it this morning it's now up on YouTube

Enjoy .

http://talkradio.co.uk/entertainment/watch-sir-roger-moore-james-bond-saint-and-special-friendship-frank-sinatra-1610255800#

Just found this also from today Sir Roger is a busy man at the moment .

Thanks for the link. Roger Moore is awesome!

Mrcoggins

El gusto es mio @ ggl007.

ClarkDevlin

I think a Persuaders film won't happen.

ggl007

Mrcoggins wrote: »

El gusto es mio @ ggl007.

Excellent Spanish, amigo @Mrcoggins

:D

Mrcoggins

Whilst I would love to take the credit I must admit to using Google translate !.

MrBenn

Mrcoggins wrote: »

I had the good luck to meet Sir Roger on his tour in Cardif a year or so back and he very graciously signed my copy of Last Man Standing we spoke for a short while after and i left feeling that they really don't make them like that anymore a true Gent in every way and a great James Bond and a wonderful supporter of all things Bondian.

That's great to hear. I know sometimes its not the person, but some jumped up agent or similar that make them rush out.
I think I will take one of his books to be signed rather than just a Bond photo, as my thought is he may be more willing to sign one of his own books ?

barryt007

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Bloody laptop wouldnt copy and paste.

ClarkDevlin

He was always on the radar.

MrBenn

Well I enjoyed the show at Wolverhampton . Sir Roger is a very witty guy. To be fair , if you've read his autobiography you will know most of the stuff he said. The Q&A session was the best part. Unfortunately I didn't see him arrive, (tho photos suggest he mayve signed an autograph then), But afterwards he was ushered straight away with no signing at all.