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Ron Moody Biography

Ronald Moodnick (8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015), known professionally as Ron Moody, was an English actor, singer, composer and writer best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage production. Other notable projects include The Mouse on the Moon (1963), Mel Brooks' The Twelve Chairs (1970) and Flight of the Doves (1971), in which Moody shared the screen with Oliver! co-star Jack Wild.

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My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue.

Comedy, Fagin, Portrayal, Revue

I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.

Actor, Actors, Age, Five, Wanted

My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business.

Business, Fill, Needs, Night, Training

There are names like Savoy Hotel, Caruso, Shangri-La, Pavlove, Mount Everest and the Treorchy Male Choir that just hang up there as peaks of excellence - perfect things that we simply take for granted as symbols of greatness. So imagine how delighted and honoured I am to join with all the other small peaks in congratulating the Choir of Choirs on its anniversary. In admiration, since I was a boy!

Admiration, Boys, Greatness, Join, Male, Names

Ive no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

Action, Actions, Regret, Regrets, Responsibility, Take

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.

Fagin, Film, Miracle, Play, Small

For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it.

Artist, Artists, Believe, Laughing, Rehearsal, Show

Working on a film, you don't get time to develop rivalries, but the theatre is like a little village, and the differences between me, Lionel and Georgia grew.

Differences, Film, Ghouls, Like, Lionel, Theatre

Now I can see I was at fault for not being more considerate, but when we were doing the show I didn't think it was my job to be considerate to other people.

Job, Jobs, People, Show, Think, Thinking

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