Tim Moore | |
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![]() Tim Moore as "Kingfish" on CBS TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show | |
Born | Harry Roscoe Moore December 9, 1887 Rock Island, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | December 13, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 71)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1898–1958 |
Spouses | Hester Moore
(m. 1908; dissolved 1915)Benzonia Davis
(m. 1941; died 1956)Vivian Cravens (m. 1957) |
Tim Moore (December 9, 1887 – December 13, 1958) was an American vaudevillian and comic actor of the first half of the 20th century. He gained his greatest recognition in the starring role of George "Kingfish" Stevens in the CBS TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show. He proudly stated, "I've made it a point never to tell a joke on stage that I couldn't tell in front of my mother."[1]