Curiosidades

He seriously injured co-star Jimmy Wakely in a 1945 knife attack that occurred after a night of heavy drinking, apparently due to a budding professional jealousy over Wakely's popularity. Wakely survived the attack and, surprisingly, did not press charges. Even more surprisingly, Moore returned to co-star with Wakely in Rainbow Over the Rockies (1947) and Roaring Westward (1949).

According to writer Don Creacy, in an in-depth article in the March 2009 issue of "Classic Images", Moore had a life-long passion for flying and at one point abandoned his acting career to become a transport pilot. It didn't last long, however; he was injured in a plane crash that required a hospital stay of more than a year. He also became a flight instructor at one point at a private San Fernando Valley airport to make ends meet. His aspirations of being a professional pilot were ended by the airplane crash.

An expert woodworker, he was known for making beautiful furniture. but it cost him the ends of two of his fingers in separate accidents.

He was known as a tough flight instructor with great focus and very demanding to detail. He also took special exception to cowboy actors who couldn't set a horse properly and was very outspoken about it.

He loved roses and maintained a lovely rose garden at his California home.

Retired from acting in 1961. He and his family then moved from Los Angeles to Big Bear, CA, where they operated a gift shop until his death in 1964.

Known in pictures for wearing a distinctive-looking gun belt and buckle.