Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller and Dudley Moore / Irving Berlin / W. McNeil Lowry (1963) In the 1970s, the relationship between Moore and Cook became increasingly strained as the latter's alcoholism began affecting his work. In 1971, however, Cook and Moore took sketches from Not Only....But Also and Goodbye Again, together with new material, to create the stage revue Beyond the Fringe. This show toured Australia in 1972 before transferring to New York City in 1973, re-titled as Good Evening. Cook frequently appeared on and off stage the worse for drink. Nonetheless, the show proved very popular and it won Tony and Grammy Awards. a b "Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, The 25 best comedy duos". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 . Retrieved 22 July 2021. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.73. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Thomas, Terry; Daum, Terry (1990). Terry-Thomas Tells Tales: An Autobiography. Robson Books. p.117. ISBN 9780860516620 . Retrieved 1 March 2017. When he went public with the diagnosis in 1999, he still managed a joke. "I understand that one person in 100,000 suffers from the disease and and I am also aware that there are 100,000 members of my union, the Screen Actors Guild, who are working every day, he said. "I think, therefore, it is in some way considerate of me that I have taken on the disease for myself, thus protecting the remaining 99,999 members from this fate." Commenting on the competition, a spokesperson for thortful.com said: ‘It was great to see so many people interested and keen to be involved in our search for the nation’s cutest canine. a b c "Bozo Timeline-1960s". WGN-TV. Archived from the original on 9 July 2001 . Retrieved 16 February 2011. We are thrilled to announce that Cuddly Dudley has been crowned King of the Canines and want to thank all the dogs (and their owners) for taking part as the competition was fierce.’

a b Wilmer, Val (4 September 2000). "Obituary of Iggy Quail". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 October 2010. After graduating from Magdalen College in 1958, Moore toured Britain and the United States with the Vic Lewis jazz band. He then joined the John Dankworth band; formed the Dudley Moore Trio; did a cabaret act with Joe Melia; and wrote the music for two plays at the Royal Court, John Arden's Serjeant Musgrave's Dance and NF Simpson's One Way Pendulum. Soon the call came from the 1960 Edinburgh Festival to appear with three other Oxbridge graduates, Jonathan Miller, Alan Bennett and Peter Cook in Beyond The Fringe, the official festival revue at the Royal Lyceum Theatre. Cheryl Crawford / Equity Liberty Theatre / Barry Manilow / National Theatre of the Deaf / Diana Ross / Lily Tomlin (1977) a b Daniel Jeffreys (17 June 1996). "The wives and times of cuddly Dudley". The Independent . Retrieved 23 April 2016. Fiddler on the Roof / Ethel Merman / Richard Rodgers / The Theatre Guild-American Theatre Society (1972)

The pair also starred in movies, most notably Bedazzled, which was written by Cook, and the 1969 version of Spike Milligan's play The Bed-Sitting Room, and took stage shows to Australia and the US. Moore (right) with Peter Cook in 1969. Their success was based on the contrast between Moore’s buffoonery and Cook’s deadpan monologues. [1] His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Dudley Moore worth at the age of 67 years old? Dudley Moore’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from UK. We have estimated Strictly for the Birds" b/w "Duddly Dell", 1961 ( Parlophone R 4772) – The Dudley Moore Trio (Derek Hogg, drums; Hugo Boyd, double bass) And at school, he fitted the stereotype of using laugher to deflect the bullies, who would otherwise tease him over his height and disability.Roger Wilmut, From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980 Moore died on the morning of 27 March 2002 [12] as a result of pneumonia, secondary to immobility caused by his PSP, in Plainfield, New Jersey, at the age of 66. Rena Fruchter was holding his hand when he died; she reported his final words were "I can hear the music all around me." [32] [33] Moore was interred at Hillside Cemetery in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Fruchter later wrote a memoir of their relationship titled Dudley Moore ( Ebury Press, 2004). On film, Moore and Cook appeared in the 1966 British comedy film The Wrong Box, before co-writing and co-starring in Bedazzled (1967) with Eleanor Bron. [12] Set in Swinging London of the 1960s, Bedazzled was directed by Stanley Donen. The pair closed the decade with appearances in the ensemble caper film Monte Carlo or Bust and Richard Lester's The Bed Sitting Room, based on the play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. In 1968 and 1969 Moore embarked on two solo comedy ventures, firstly in the film 30 is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia and secondly, on stage, for an Anglicised adaptation of Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam at the Globe Theatre in London's West End.