Far from his dashing on-screen image, Roger Moore is a cheery, down-to-earth and surprisingly skilful actor, says Sinclair McKay Sir Roger Moore has been a national treasure since the 1970s, the decade with which most people still associate him. His personation of James Bond - the slick quips, the flapping flares and casual sexism - now for many stands as a synecdoche of that decade. But this consistently self-deprecating actor - in fact, he is a skilled light comedian, as you will find if you watch his Bond or Simon Templar now - has been around for longer than that. Indeed, the first surprising thing about his memoirs is learning exactly how long. Moore is the south-London-born son of a policeman. An otherwise tranquil childhood in Stockwell was interrupted first by the Blitz, then by some strange medical emergencies, such...
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