Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; January 8, 1925 – June 11, 2015) was an English actor, singer, and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival. Other film appearances included The Mouse on the Moon (1963), The Twelve Chairs (1970), and A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995). He was married to Therese Blackbourn until his death; they had six children.

Filmography

• 2005Lost Dogs — Maurice Todd
• 2005Moussaka & Chips — Officer David Tomlinson
• Keen Eddie
• 2001Revelation — Sir Isaac Newton
• Noah’s Island — (voice)
• 1995A Kid in King Arthur's Court — Merlin
• 1995Character Building — White Stag (voice)
• 1995The Animals of Farthing Wood: The Journey Begins — Toad
• The Animals of Farthing Wood — Badger (voice) / Toad (voice), Badger (voice) / Toad (voice) / Great White Stag (voice), Badger (voice) / Great White Stag (voice), Rollo (voice), Toad (voice) / Great White Stag (voice) / Bully (voice), Toad (voice) / Bully (voice), Toad (voice) / Rollo (voice) / Bully (voice)
• 1992Emily's Ghost — Dawson
• 1991How's Business — Pawnshop Broker
• 1990A Ghost in Monte Carlo — Alphonse
• Casualty — Chick
• Hideaway — Det. Sgt. Albert Adams
• The Telebugs — All Male Voices except Bug
• 1985The Caucasian Chalk Circle — Azdak
• Highway to Heaven — Arthur Krock Sr. / King Arthur
• Murder, She Wrote — Henry Kyle
• The Bill — Chris
• 1984Where Is Parsifal? — Baron Gaspard Beersbohm
• Tales of the Gold Monkey
• 1982Wrong Is Right — King Awad
• 1981Dial M for Murder — Capt. 'Swann' Lesgate
• Into the Labyrinth — Rothgo
• 1981Othello — Iago
• 1980Dominique — Dr. Rogers
• Nobody's Perfect — Det. Insp. Roger Hart
• Hart to Hart — Charles Thompson, The Captain
• Tales of the Unexpected — Richard Pratt
• 1979Unidentified Flying Oddball — Merlin
• 1978Benji's Very Own Christmas Story — Kris Kringle
• The Word — LeBrun
• 1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It — Dr. Henry Gropinger ( Kissinger )
• 1976Rocky Marciano Is Dead — Harry
• 1975Dogpound Shuffle — Steps
• 1975Legend of the Werewolf — Zookeeper
• Starsky & Hutch — Derek Stafford
• Village Hall — Mr Ellis
• Shirley's World — Matthew Quick
• The Edwardians — Robert Baden-Powell
• 1971Flight of the Doves — Hawk Dove
• 1970Is That Your Body, Boy — Cracker Carstairs
• Play for Today — Harry
• 1970The Twelve Chairs — Ippolit Vorobyaninov
• 1969David Copperfield — Uriah Heep
• 1968Oliver! — Fagin
• 1966The Sandwich Man — Rowing Coach
• 1966Who's a Good Boy Then? I Am! — Walter Hoskins
• 1965Every Day's a Holiday — Professor Leonardo Bastinado
• 1965San Ferry Ann — German
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Cracker Carstairs
• 1964Murder Most Foul — H. Driffold Cosgood
• 1964The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown — Jasper Waxo
• The Wednesday Play — Walter Hoskins
• Thursday Theatre — Professor Winke
• Festival — Joe Levene
• 1963Ladies Who Do — Police Inspector
• 1963Summer Holiday — Orlando
• 1963The Mouse on the Moon — Prime Minister Rupert Mountjoy
• 1962A Pair of Briefs — Sidney Pudney
• 1962The Winter's Tale — Autolycus
• 1961Five Golden Hours — Gabrielle
• The Avengers — Ponsonby Hopkirk, Professor Jordan
• 1960Alice Through the Looking Box — Mad Hatter
• Armchair Mystery Theatre — Henry Mason
• 1959Follow a Star — Violinist
• 1958Davy — The Unicyclist (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Noah Beal

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise — Self (archive footage)
• The Story of Musicals — Self
• 2006A Sense of Carol Reed — Self
• Blankety Blank — Self
• 1977Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas — Self
• 1977The David Soul and Friends Special — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee