# R.I.P. Dudley Moore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dudley-moore/100431>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 27, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dudley-moore/100431 "2002-03-27T19:13:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dudley-moore/100431/21 "2002-04-06T10:59:27Z")

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I’ve been thinking about this for a few days. Thought I’d post it.

Whenever I read “The Hobbit,” Dudley was my Bilbo. That was how my Bilbo looked. That was how my Bilbo talked. Not the character from “Arthur” but Dudley himself. I just think that’s cool. It’s so perfect to me.

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-dudley-moore/100431/22 "2002-04-07T02:37:07Z")

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**Osiris,** now that you mention it, it does sort of fit. But **after** Bilbo met the dwarves. He was a little uptight before then.

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