Ron Moody - biography

“Fate destined me to play Fagin.  It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film.”

“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.”

“I’d wanted to be an actor from the age of five.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“I’ve no regrets.  You take responsibility for your actions.”

“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.”

Ron Moody has appeared in the following films:
Men, Women and Clothes: Sense and Nonsense in Fashion (1956)
Davy (1957)
Follow a Star (1959)
Make Mine Mink (1960)
Five Golden Hours (1961)
A Pair of Briefs (1962)
Summer Holiday (1963)
The Mouse on the Moon (1963)
Ladies Who Do (1963)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Every Day’s a Holiday (1965)
San Ferry Ann (1965)
The Sandwich Man (1966)
Oliver! (1968)
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
Flight of the Doves (1971)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)
Dogpound Shuffle (1975)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
Dominique (1978)
The Spaceman and King Arthur (1979)
Wrong Is Right (1982)
Where Is Parsifal? (1983)
Astérix et le coup du menhir (1989)
How’s Business (1991)
Emily’s Ghost (1992)
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (1995)
Take Pity (1996)
Quality Time (1996)
The 3 Kings (2000)
Chopsticks (2001)
Revelation (2001)
Paradise Grove (2003)
Lost Dogs (2005)
Moussaka & Chips (2005)