Roger Moore
Roger Moore was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1999, then granted knighthood by the Queen in 2003… Roger Moore was 6’2″ tall, according to his 2017 obituary in The Independent… Roger Moore played superdetective Sherlock Holmes in the 1976 TV movie Sherlock Holmes in New York… Roger Moore was married four times: to Doorn van Steyn (from 1946, when he was 18, until their divorce in 1953), to singer Dorothy Squires (from 1953 until their divorce in 1968), to Italian actress Luisa Mattioli (from 1969 until their divorce in 1996) and to Kristina Tholstrup (from 2002 until his death in 2017). Moore and Mattioli had three children: Deborah (born 1963), Geoffrey (b. 1966) and Christian (b. 1973).
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His 2017 obituary, plus photos and more, from The Guardian
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His (posthumous) official site, with notes on his career and good works
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The Independent's obituary has good detail on his early years
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Wikipedia tells all about the TV series that really put him on the map
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