Archie Moore
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mongoose, Ancient Archie, The Mongoose, Old Mongoose, The Old Mongoose, Archibald Moore, Archibald Wright, Archibald Lee Wright
American boxer (1913-1998)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Archie Moore
- The Archie Moore story
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Benoit, Mississippi, USA
Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) was an American catch wrestler and professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (1952 – 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport, competing from 1935 to 1963. Nicknamed "The Mongoose", and then "The Old Mongoose" in the latter half of…
Known for
- When We Were Kings — Self1996
- Boxing Barmy1996
- Boxing's Greatest Champions — Self1995
- Mike Tyson Presents: The Heavyweights1988
- Penitentiary II — Himself1982
- Breakheart Pass — Carlos1975
- The Outfit — Packard1973
- Cutter — Ray Brown1972
- My Sweet Charlie — Morgan1970
- And Still Champion! The Story of Archie Moore — Self1967
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 75
- Total plays
- 163
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Moore
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Benoit
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Occupation
- television actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Image
- Archie Moore 1955.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- date of birth
- 1913-12-13
- date of death
- 1998-12-09
- Commons category
- Archie Moore
- start of work period
- 1935-09-03
- end of work period
- 1962-11-15
- writing language
- English language
- sports discipline competed in
- light heavyweight
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 219
- number of wins
- 184
- number of losses
- 24
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