Roger George Moore was born on 14 October 1927, in Stockwell, London England, and was one of the most experienced and successful actors in the industry, almost certainly best known for his role as James Bond in seven ‘Bond’ movies, having first become notable as ‘The Saint’ in the acclaimed UK TV series of the same name in the 1960s . Roger passed away on 23 May 2017.
So just how rich was Roger Moore? It is estimated that Roger’s net worth was over $90 million, his wealth having been gained through his hard work and his popularity as an actor during a career spanning more than 60 years.
Roger Moore Net Worth $90 Million
Roger was educated at several schools, including when evacuated from London to Devon during World War 2. Roger then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – one of his first appearances was when he was only 17 years old in the movie called “Caesar and Cleopatra”, before doing national service at 18, being commissioned into the army for two years. Roger then received invitations for various roles, appearing in such movies as “Interrupted Melody”, “The King’s Thief” and “Diane” among others, which helped establish his worth, and got him noticed, so that he then had roles in the TV series “Ivanhoe”, “The Alaskans” and “Maverick” in the late 50s and early 60s. In 1962 Roger started acting the role of Simon Templar in the very popular television series “The Saint”, which ran until 1969 and had a huge impact on the growth of Moore’s net worth. After the success of this television show, Roger received an invitation to act in James Bond films: “Moonraker”, “The Man with the Golden Gun”, “Live and Let Die”, “Octupussy” and three others. His role in these movies made Roger famous all over the world, and there is no doubt that it was one of the bests periods in his career, and for building his net worth.
Post-Bond, Roger seemed to lose interest in full time acting, and didn’t appear on the screen for five years. Subsequent appearances included in the TV series “My Riviera”, the film “Bed & Breakfast” in 1989; The Quest in 1996 ; and “Spice World” in 1997 . He even played an amorous homosexual in “Boat Trip” in 2000, and a variety of relatively minor roles up until 2015.
In addition to acting, Roger also published several books, including “Roger Moore as James Bond: Roger Moore’s Own Account of Filming Live and Let Die”, “Bond on Bond”, “My Word is My Bond: The Autobiography” among others, which also contributed to his growing net worth.
During his career, Roger received many honorable awards, including Commander of the National Order of Arts and Letters, ONDAS-Award, BAMBI Award, SATURN Award and many others.Most importantly he was made a Knight Commander of the Oder of the British Empire (KBE) in 2003 by Queen Elizabeth, for services to the entertainment industry and his work with charities.
While talking about Roger’s personal life, it can be said that he married four times, to Doornvan Steyn(1946–53); singer Dorothy Squires(1953–68) ending in a publicly stormy breakup over several years; Luisa Mattioli from 1969 until separating less than amicably in 1996, finally divorcing in 2002 – they had three children; and to Kristina Tolstrup from 2002 until his passing at their home in Switzerland on 23 May 2017, from cancer. Despite his healthy and often heroic appearance when acting, Roger had several health problems during his life, from double pneumonia when he was five, to an infected foreskin at eight, prostate cancer in 1993 requiring surgery, a possibly deadly slow heartbeat in 2003 requiring the fitting of a pacemaker, and continuing battles with skin cancers. Lastly, he contracted Type 2 diabetes in 2013, so thereafter was unable to imbibe alcohol!
Aside from his career as an actor and author, Roger Moore was also involved in charities, and was a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.
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