- Born
- Died
- Birth nameVictor Fred Moore
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Victor Moore was born on February 24, 1876 in Hammonton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), Swing Time (1936) and Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). He was married to Shirley Paige and Emma Littlefield. He died on July 23, 1962 in East Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.
- SpousesShirley Paige(January 16, 1942 - July 23, 1962) (his death)Emma Littlefield(June 23, 1903 - June 23, 1934) (her death, 3 children)
- ChildrenOra Victoria MooreVictor Frederick Moore JrRobert Emmett Moore
- ParentsOrville Edwin MooreSarah Annette Davis
- RelativesKate May Moore(Sibling)Carl Edwin Moore(Sibling)Ora Edna Moore(Sibling)
- Moore and his first wife were a vaudeville team for several decades before her death. Moore did not announce his marriage to Shirley Paige until they had been married for a year and a half. At the time of the announcement he was 67 and she was 21.
- His last film was The Seven Year Itch (1955).
- Property Moore owned in the Jackson Heights section of Queens became the Victor Moore Arcade, which was bounded by Roosevelt Ave., Broadway (Queens' Broadway) and 75th St. It opened in 1941 and housed stores, offices, a bus terminal and two entrances to a subway station. The Victor Moore Arcade was actually seen in a movie. Henry Fonda exits from the subway at this building at the start of Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956).
- The Victor Moore Arcade in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, which connected subway entrances and exits to an adjacent bus terminal was wiped out of existence in 2005 when the Roosevelt Ave. subway station was rebuilt. The name, however, was transferred to the present Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal.
- Children: Victor Jr. (1906-1986), Ora (1917-1993), and Robert (1920-2004).
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
