Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5, 1921 â€" May 4, 1997) was an
American actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county
agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green
Acres. His character would often make a statement, only to immediately
negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement
until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver
Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert. One such statement was,
"Good morning, Mr. Douglas! Well, it's not a good morning ... but it's
not a bad morning either!" Moore appeared in 140 of the 170 total
Green Acres episodes.Alvy Moore was born in Vincennes, Indiana, the
son of Indiana natives Roy and Elice Moore. When Alvy was young the
family moved to Terre Haute, where Roy was a grocery store manager.
Alvy was president of the senior class at Wiley High School in
1940â€"41. He then attended Indiana State Teachers Collegeâ€"now
Indiana State Universityâ€"both before and after service with the
United States Marine Corps during World War II, in which he saw combat
in the Battle of Iwo Jima.He became an actor and furthered his
training at the Pasadena Playhouse, succeeding David Wayne in the role
of Ensign Pulver opposite Henry Fonda's Mister Roberts on Broadway,
and later toured with the play for 14 months. He made his screen debut
playing the quartermaster in Okinawa (1952).Moore appeared in guest
and supporting roles in a number of movies and television shows,
including My Little Margie in 1952, as Dillard Crumbly, an efficiency
expert fresh out of Efficiency College, and The Mickey Mouse Club,
where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter.
He had a small role as a member of Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in
the 1953 film The Wild One, and a similar bit part the same year as
one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in The War of the Worlds. Moore
co-starred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan
Slept Here, in which he displayed his natural gift for physical
comedy. In 1955, he co-starred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5
Against the House. In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring
role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with
Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.
American actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county
agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series Green
Acres. His character would often make a statement, only to immediately
negate the statement himself and then negate the corrected statement
until his stream of statements was interrupted by a frustrated Oliver
Wendell Douglas portrayed by Eddie Albert. One such statement was,
"Good morning, Mr. Douglas! Well, it's not a good morning ... but it's
not a bad morning either!" Moore appeared in 140 of the 170 total
Green Acres episodes.Alvy Moore was born in Vincennes, Indiana, the
son of Indiana natives Roy and Elice Moore. When Alvy was young the
family moved to Terre Haute, where Roy was a grocery store manager.
Alvy was president of the senior class at Wiley High School in
1940â€"41. He then attended Indiana State Teachers Collegeâ€"now
Indiana State Universityâ€"both before and after service with the
United States Marine Corps during World War II, in which he saw combat
in the Battle of Iwo Jima.He became an actor and furthered his
training at the Pasadena Playhouse, succeeding David Wayne in the role
of Ensign Pulver opposite Henry Fonda's Mister Roberts on Broadway,
and later toured with the play for 14 months. He made his screen debut
playing the quartermaster in Okinawa (1952).Moore appeared in guest
and supporting roles in a number of movies and television shows,
including My Little Margie in 1952, as Dillard Crumbly, an efficiency
expert fresh out of Efficiency College, and The Mickey Mouse Club,
where he hosted "What I Want to Be" segments as the Roving Reporter.
He had a small role as a member of Marlon Brando's motorcycle gang in
the 1953 film The Wild One, and a similar bit part the same year as
one of the Linda Rosa townspeople in The War of the Worlds. Moore
co-starred with Dick Powell and Debbie Reynolds in the 1954 film Susan
Slept Here, in which he displayed his natural gift for physical
comedy. In 1955, he co-starred with Brian Keith and Kim Novak in 5
Against the House. In the early 1960s he was cast in the recurring
role of Howie in 11 episodes of the CBS sitcom Pete and Gladys, with
Harry Morgan and Cara Williams.
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