Alvy Moore
Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American light comic actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green Acres. His character would often make a statement, only to immediately negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert. One such statement was, "Good morning, Mr. Douglas! Well, it's not a good morning ... but it's not a bad morning either!"
He became an actor and furthered his training at the Pasadena Playhouse, succeeding David Wayne in the role of Ensign Pulver opposite Henry Fonda's Mister Roberts on Broadway, and later toured with the play for 14 months. He made his screen debut playing the quartermaster in Okinawa (1952).[4]
Moore appeared in guest and supporting roles in a number of movies and television shows, including "My Little Margie" in 1952, as Dillard Crumbly, an efficiency expert fresh out of Efficiency College, The Mickey Mouse Club, where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter. He had a small role as a member of Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in the 1953 film The Wild One, and a similar bit part the same year as one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in The War of the Worlds. Moore co-starred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan Slept Here, in which he displayed his natural gift for physical comedy. In 1955 he co-starred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5 Against the House. In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.[4]
In 1962 Moore was cast as the Swiss-American botanist David Douglas, for whom the Douglas fir tree is named, in an episode of the western anthology series Death Valley Days. Keenan Wynn co-starred as Douglas' friend Josh Tavers, and Iron Eyes Cody played an Indian chief who threatens to kill the two men.[6]
Moore made a brief appearance as a cab driver in the 1964 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Wednesday Woman." He also appeared in two episodes of another CBS sitcom, The Dick Van Dyke Show, "The Impractical Joke" and "The Case Of The Pillow." He was also a guest star on The Andy Griffith Show and later on Little House on the Prairie (TV series). He was an actor, producer, and uncredited scriptwriter for A Boy and His Dog. He attended DisCon II, the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention, to help promote the film. One of his last television appearances was a brief guest shot on the sitcom Frasier.
In the 1980s Moore appeared in many cult horror films, including Scream (1981), Mortuary (1983), They're Playing With Fire (1984), Intruder (1989), and The Horror Show (1989).
Known for
Perry Mason
Cabbie
Frasier
Putnam
The Andy Griffith Show
Kitchenware Salesman
Little House on the Prairie
The Waltons
Wagon Train
Private Bledsoe
The Virginian
Man
The Virginian
Les Jensen
The Virginian
Ray Harris
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
Alvin
Hill Street Blues
Merton
Love, American Style
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Matt - Bartender
Daniel Boone
Amos Truro
Dragnet
Burke's Law
Herbert
Burke's Law
Spiegel
Burke's Law
Arnie
Burke's Law
Ralph Kelso
Burke's Law
Photographer
Newhart
The Donna Reed Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Hoff
Green Acres
Hank Kimball
Green Acres
Hank Kimball / Jed Clampett
Green Acres
Kimball
Green Acres
Fritz Kimball
Green Acres
The Munsters
77 Sunset Strip
Adam Gallante
Hazel
Mr. Haverstraw
Twist Around The Clock
Dizzy Bellew
Dennis the Menace
Manager
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Early Warning
Hardcastle and McCormick
Birdy Fletcher
Designing Woman
Luke Coslow
Surfside 6
Herbert Colter
The Heart is a Rebel
Bill
Which Witch is Which?
Abner
Arrest and Trial
Specs
How the West Was Won
Swenson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Cab Driver
The Mickey Mouse Club
Self
Broken Arrow
Daniels
Navy Log
The Perfect Furlough
Pvt. Marvin Brewer
Johnny Ringo
Billy Joe
Johnny Ringo
Gordie Fields
87th Precinct
Adam Sloan
87th Precinct
Mr. Giddon
The Legend of Jesse James
Joe T. Alcorn
The Young Marrieds
Hoby
A Very Special Favor
Ralph (uncredited)
Nanny and the Professor
Sunday in New York
Airport Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Vacation Playhouse
Otis Platt
The Turkey Caper
Abner
Peter Loves Mary
Lieutenant Baker
The Invisible Boy
Scientist (uncredited)
Pete and Gladys
The War of the Worlds
Zippy (uncredited)
Everything's Ducky
Lipscott
Love and Kisses
Officer Jones
Donovan's Kid
2nd Horseman
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Winston, Olympic Team Member (uncredited)
The Littles
The Horror Show
Chili Salesman
Scream
Allen
They're Playing with Fire
Jimbo
Battle Zone
Marine Marine (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hal Dooley
The Wonderful World of Disney
Second Rider (uncredited)
Talk About a Stranger
Sailor on Motorcycle
My Mother the Car
Off Limits
Staff Sgt. Wagner (uncredited)
Secret of the Incas
Young Man at Bar (uncredited)
Herbie Rides Again
Angry Taxi Driver
Dr. Minx
Sheriff Frank
Battle Circus
Runnker
Screaming Eagles
Pvt. Grimes
Smokey and the Hotwire Gang
Sheriff Flower
Here Come the Littles
Grandpa Little (voice)
Fearless Fagan
Thomson
Lotsa Luck
Samuel Quincy
Hardball
Old Hardball
The Naked Witch
Dr. Ralph Hayes
A Boy and His Dog
Dr. Moore
5 Against the House
Roy
Intruder
Officer Dalton
The Glory Brigade
Pvt. 'Stoney' Stone
The Persuader
Willy Williams
The Wild One
Pigeon (uncredited)
Destination Gobi
General Electric Theater
Herb Dennis
There's No Business Like Show Business
Katy's Date (uncredited)
Mortuary
Bob Stevens
Kilroy
Hal Dooley
The Late Liz
Bill Morris
Susan Slept Here
Virgil
Move Over, Darling
Room Service Waiter
For Love or Money
George
Riot in Cell Block 11
Gator
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Johnson
Little House: The Last Farewell
1st Mayor
The Brotherhood of Satan
Tobey
Skirts Ahoy!
French-Speaking Sailor (uncredited)
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Room Clerk
An Annapolis Story
Willie Warren
The Specialist
Bailiff Humbolt
Cotton Candy
Mr. Smalley
China Venture
Carlson
Return to Green Acres
Hank Kimball
3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt
Sutter T. Finley
Time to Run
Officer Andy Sildania
Mrs. Sundance
Mr. Spence
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Reverend
Who Killed Julie Greer?
Reporter
Superbman: The Other Movie
Perry Blight
The Littles: Liberty and the Littles
Grandpa Little (voice)
Return from the Sea
Smitty