Robert Moore (director)
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Robert Moore (August 7, 1927 - May 10, 1984) was an American stage, film and television director.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Moore is best known for his direction of the ground-breaking play The Boys in the Band, his Broadway productions (which garnered him five Tony Award nominations), and his collaborations - three plays and three films - with Neil Simon.
As an actor, he played a disabled homosexual opposite Liza Minnelli in the 1970 drama Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, appeared in two episodes of Valerie Harper's sitcom Rhoda (for which he directed sixteen episodes), and was a regular on Diana Rigg's shortlived 1973 sitcom. His other television directing credits include The Bob Newhart Show and the 1976 production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Laurence Olivier, and Maureen Stapleton.
Moore died of pneumonia in New York City.
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[edit] Broadway credits
- Woman of the Year (1981)
- They're Playing Our Song (1979)
- Deathtrap (1978)
- My Fat Friend (1974)
- Lorelei (1974)
- The Gingerbread Lady (1970)
- The Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969)
- Promises, Promises (1968)
[edit] Theatre awards and nominations
- 1981 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (Woman of the Year, nominee)
- 1979 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (They're Playing Our Song, nominee)
- 1978 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (Deathtrap, nominee)
- 1970 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (Last of the Red Hot Lovers, nominee)
- 1969 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (Promises, Promises, nominee)
- 1968 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play (The Boys in the Band, winner)
[edit] Selected filmography
- Chapter Two (1979)
- The Cheap Detective (1978)
- Murder by Death (1976)
- My Brother's Keeper (Mary Tyler Moore Show) (1973)
