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Michael D. Moore

Michael D. Moore

Director and producer · Died March 4, 2013, aged 98 · Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Michael D. Moore (born Dennis Michael Sheffield, October 14, 1914 – March 4, 2013) was a Canadian-born American film director, second unit director, and child actor, when he was credited as Mickey Moore (or Micky Moore). He was credited as Michael Moore on all the films and TV shows he directed, and on most of the films on which he was second unit director. Born Michael Sheffield in Victoria, British Columbia, both he and his brother Patrick were Hollywood child actors. At the age of five he appeared in his first film under the stage name "Mickey Moore". He appeared in two dozen films until 1927 when he was 13. In the early 1950s, Moore began working as an Assistant Film Director and would fill that role or as a Second unit director on more than sixty films. He played a key part in a number of major motion pictures including The Ten Commandments, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, and The Man Who Would Be King in 1975. He also worked as an assistant director on several Elvis Presley musical films and directed Presley in the 1966 film, Paradise, Hawaiian Style for Paramount Pictures. Because of that, plus his experience directing a western film, MGM hired him to direct rock singer Roy Orbison in 1967's The Fastest Guitar Alive. He was the associate producer in charge of action & animal scenes for Quest for Fire. In the 1980s, Steven Spielberg hired Moore as assistant director for both the second and third Indiana Jones films. Moore worked as second unit director on Raiders of the Lost Ark. His association with Spielberg also led him to direct one episode ("Alamo Jobe") in the acclaimed TV series Amazing Stories. Well into his eighties, Moore was still active, his most recent work being as the second unit director for Disney's 2000 film, 102 Dalmatians. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael D. Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 14, 1914
Died
March 4, 2013 (aged 98)
From
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Works as
Director and producer
Titles
82 on MovieCove · 111 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 3% in 30 days

What are Michael D. Moore's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Survival
27%
Morality
15%
Society
15%
Self
11%
Power
4%
Survival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Romantic
2
Melancholic
2
Hopeful
2
Warm
1
Other
4

How their films linger

Fun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Michael D. Moore's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 82 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Michael D. Moore's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

111 credits, 82 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Danger Rangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show Creator

  • 102 Dalmatians(2000)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Wrongfully Accused(1998)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • 101 Dalmatians(1996)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Little Giants(1994)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Three Musketeers(1993)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Cool Runnings(1993)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Chaplin(1992)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Mighty Ducks(1992)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Toy Soldiers(1991)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Ghostbusters II(1989)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade(1989)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Funny Farm(1988)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Willow(1988)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Ishtar(1987)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Outrageous Fortune(1987)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Amazing Stories(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • National Lampoon's European Vacation(1985)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Sylvester(1985)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Little Drummer Girl(1984)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Never Say Never Again(1983)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Six Pack(1982)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Zorro: The Gay Blade(1981)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Quest for Fire(1981)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Raise the Titanic(1980)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Electric Horseman(1979)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Damnation Alley(1977)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Airport '77(1977)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Mister Deathman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Director

  • The Return of a Man Called Horse(1976)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Missouri Breaks(1976)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Would Be King(1975)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Rooster Cogburn(1975)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Yakuza(1974)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Mame(1974)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Badge 373(1973)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Emperor of the North(1973)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner(1973)

    Assistant Director · Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Portnoy's Complaint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Assistant Director

  • Sometimes a Great Notion(1971)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Patton(1970)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid(1969)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • How to Commit Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Second Unit Director

  • Buckskin(1968)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Kill a Dragon(1967)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Hondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • The Fastest Guitar Alive(1967)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • An Eye for an Eye(1966)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Paradise, Hawaiian Style(1966)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Sons of Katie Elder(1965)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Roustabout(1964)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Carpetbaggers(1964)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Fun in Acapulco(1963)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • A New Kind of Love(1963)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Girls! Girls! Girls!(1962)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Blue Hawaii(1961)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Summer and Smoke(1961)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • G.I. Blues(1960)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Visit to a Small Planet(1960)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Don't Give Up the Ship(1959)

    Assistant Director · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Trap(1959)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Houseboat(1958)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • King Creole(1958)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Hot Spell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Assistant Director

  • Wild Is the Wind(1957)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Tin Star(1957)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Beau James (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Assistant Director

  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral(1957)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Ten Commandments(1956)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Pardners(1956)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Seven Little Foys(1955)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • You're Never Too Young(1955)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Hell's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Assistant Director

  • Living It Up(1954)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Casanova's Big Night(1954)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Money from Home(1953)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Caddy(1953)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The War of the Worlds(1953)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Turning Point(1952)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • When Worlds Collide(1951)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Furies(1950)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Fancy Pants(1950)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Great Gatsby(1949)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Streets of Laredo(1949)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Paleface(1948)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • California(1947)

    Second Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Cleopatra(1934)

    Props

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Good as Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Buck Brady, as a child

  • The King of Kings(1927)

    as Mark (as Micky Moore)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • No Man's Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Jimmy Rogers

  • The Test of Donald Norton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Wen-dah-ban - as a boy

  • The Man from Red Gulch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Little Jimmie Falloner

  • Cytherea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Randon Child (as Mickey Moore)

  • Mine to Keep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Joy Child

  • Truxton King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Prince Robin

  • The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Lance Bellew, Jr. (age 4)

  • Manslaughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Dicky Evans

  • Exit the Vamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Junior Shipley

  • The Love Charm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Little Boy

  • Shame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as David, at 5

  • The Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Mickey, their son (as Mickey Moore)

  • The Lost Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Allen Erskine Jr (as Mickey Moore)

  • I Am Guilty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as The Child (as Mickey Moore)

  • All Souls' Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Peter Heath (as Mickey Moore)

  • Something to Think About (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Bobby Markely (as Mickey Moore)

  • The Price of Redemption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Billy

  • Polly of the Storm Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Wee Jerry (as Mickey Moore)

  • Parted Curtains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Bobby Masters

  • The Unpainted Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Olaf

Career shape

A full career of 110 titles from 1919 to 2005.

Biggest box office

Quest for Fire (1981)

$21M worldwide

Highest rated

Quest for Fire (1981)

Midcredits 88th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting22 of 110: 22 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting8 of 110: 8 only directing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score23rdProducing1 of 110: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew80 of 110: 79 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

1910s1 · acting1920s21 · acting1930s1 · crew1940s4 · crew1950s23 · crew1960s18 · crew1970s16 · crew1980s16 · crew1990s8 · crew2000s2 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Michael D. Moore's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 81; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

24thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

25thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 82 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th34
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

49 of their 82 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser49
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · director

The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)

61st percentile spread · 49% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Quest for Fire (1981)

Midcredits 88th · 79% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 59/100 and the pacing 39/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Michael D. Moore work with?

People who share at least 2 of Michael D. Moore's MovieCove titles; W. Wallace Kelley shares the most, 3.