Ron Moody

Ron Moody will always be Fagin to me, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Born Ronald Moodnick in 1924 London, he created that sly, lovable old thief on the West End stage in 1960 and then immortalized him in the 1968 film, taking home a Golden Globe for it. There is something rare about an actor who commits so completely to a single character that he becomes inseparable from it. Add the composing, the singing, the writing, and you get a true theatre-bred all-rounder. He died in 2015 at 91, but that wonderful rascal of a pickpocket is very much still alive on screen.

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Name (English)

Ron Moody

Name (Japanese)

ロン・ムーディー

Reading

ろん・むーでぃー

Born

January 8, 1924 – June 11, 2015

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / writer / composer / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 1984 Theatre World Special Award
• 1969 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Moody
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366910

Tags

• stage actor
• film actor
• writer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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