Roger Moore on The Persuaders! | The Dick Cavett Show

Broadcast from London, Dick Cavett asks British film star Roger Moore about his new role in the new tv series "The Persuaders!". Featuring British politician Enoch Powell and British director and author Jonathan Miller.
Date aired - May 14th 1971 - Roger Moore, Enoch Powell and Jonathan Miller
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@mcroley591]

Roger Moore was a classy gentleman.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

Until he left his wife Luisa Mattioli to run off with her best friend.

[@johnmc3862]

@@georgfriedrichhandel4390 lol Did you see him in James Bond!

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@@johnmc3862 And that is relevant to what I said how?

[@theovanrossum8652]

@@johnmc3862 Bond is make believe. His private life wasn't.

[@annaritaranalli1791]

And what sultry speaking voice

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

I believe it will be a long time before we see ANYONE who could come close to matching the delight felt while watching Roger Moore!!!!

[@alextakacs768]

Agree 100%

[@jasonjudd3810]

So true

[@paulchoccyt1303]

I met him, was amazing.

[@barracuda7018]

Sense of humor, Roger Moore..

[@andymatthews7617]

None better very very sadly missed 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@evo5dave]

He was ludicrously handsome back then.

[@Mike8981]

Imagine having guests like Powell and Moore on the same show today!

[@SM-gl8yo]

Holy smokes! What a good-looking man.

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Roger Moore-a man of enormous panache and charm,likewise The Persuaders a show that's absolutely enjoyable watching the light hearted banter between Roger and Tony

[@Dreamskater100]

Well put.

[@mazzbalboa]

The guy was in his 40s here and looks just amazing. ....Roger is probably in the top 5 of best looking actors ever.

[@andymatthews7617]

The best

[@xdra31]

Agree!

[@royzlatanestevez9843]

He certainly is a handsome man, but I don't think he looks that exceptional for a guy in his 40s. Handsome, yes, but Johnny Depp or even Viggo Mortensen in their 40s were comparable. (I get it, these are superstars, all exceptional people. But he's not exceptional for a superstar.)

[@georgehenderson7783]

What about Andrew Tate? 🙂

[@jetblack.7186]

Forty isn’t old though

[@toma.4808]

The late great Sir Roger Moore A Kind, classy and charitable man. My favorite James Bond .RIP

[@andrewmorton395]

My best bond

[@andrewmorton395]

My best bond

[@Dreamskater100]

Agree. Same.

[@broceliandeforest7420]

Also think Live and Let Die is the best film of the franchise.

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

God bless you 007. You Only Live Once. Rest in Peace Roger Moore.

[@1e0s]

I'd forgotten how handsome he was. Loved the Persuaders when I was a child & he & Tony Curtis were perfect together.

[@Alfredromeothatsme]

Roger was one smooth guy!

[@michaeljames4904]

What a line-up: Dr Jonathan Miller, the Rt Hon. Brigadier Prof. Enoch Powell MP, and the Elephant & Castle’s most famous offspring, copper’s son and UNICEF Ambassador (yet to be Sir) Roger Moore!

[@elbecko7969]

I think Michael Caine is also from Elephant and Castle. Is Stockwell in E&C?

[@ninobrown5363]

Roger Moore was Too Cool! Best Bond Actor. I watch these videos just so I can Learn how to be like Him

[@grantross2609]

the saint and the avengers emptied out the uk streets back in the day..... fun non-pc shows that are still highly watchable to this day also, people forget the great character actors who turned up as villains, agents, cameos ... great nostalgia especially for boomer tv fans

[@kunaguero7947]

Amazing actor and a very funny man you can listen to him all day long 😄

[@jlp2061]

Persuaders was a great show

[@lucysmith594]

Roger Moore was a lovely, self deprecating man. I met him a few times in the 70’s and he was really charming. Loved The Persuaders.

[@ransomedavis2208]

oh were you in his circles considering you met him afew times.

[@micknordstrom2591]

Probably the most handsome and the most charming man the world has ever seen.

[@nataliedelagrandiere4022]

He was so British!

[@jasonsmith902]

Natalie de La Grandière is such an awesome name 😍😍

[@StarzzyJJASD]

Yrs very elegant and handsome gentleman 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@perfumeaddict1204]

Roger Moore was such a sweetie - did so much for charity, always gently amused.

[@elbecko7969]

This is probably when Roger Moore was at his coolest and exuded confidence that truly rivaled Sean Connery. I think though that off set and in interviews during the Bond films he was more himself and projected less of an image, which is another kind of self-confidence.

[@UXB-p5u]

Roger oozed such elegance and class without ever coming across as big headed or pushy a real lovely guy loved by his many good friend's ❤

[@thomaschacko6320]

Terrific series, “The Persuaders,” which ended when Moore signed up for James Bond. Two of my favourite films are “The Wild Geese” and “The Sea Wolves.”

[@michaellarkin7853]

snap !!!!

[@photo161]

Are was crazy about The Persuaders ever episode had more entertainment value than most full-length movies. The two stars were both fantastic...never better anywhere...I had heard that the cancellation was due to rating problems..Not surprised as the show seemed too good for average TV audiences...sound like a slob, but so be it...

[@thomaschacko6320]

@@photo161 Then I’m as much of a snob as you - let’s be proud of that! Here in the States, ABC mishandled the series by placing it in bad time slots; Curtis and Moore both said so. Plus, the producers were planning to trim the travel budget in favour of more studio work. Neither star favored that! Finally, Moore was preparing for Bond. Hence, another good series met a premature end.

[@photo161]

Meant to say, " sound like a snob? so be it...

[@alexgunn7479]

I've always enjoyed North Sea Hijack too

[@MrMAKFoto]

So little importance he's been given just introduced as an upcoming star, little did they know one of the best James Bond is there!

[@georgehenderson7783]

THE best Bond, in my opinion. Connery, Dalton and Craig were good too though.

[@steaks652]

That theme tune is a classic.

[@indieshack4476]

Dick Cavett for a time in the early 1970's was highly feted in the UK and I recall his UK episodes. Cavett was/is extremely good. Moore is doing well here, very open as usual.

[@KurtI2525]

Total class and charm. Not a lot of men like this nowadays, it seems.

[@robynheavner4689]

Will always Love Roger Moore❤Rip, darling💙

[@andymatthews7617]

A truly wonderful man very very sadly missed 😥😥😥

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Very interesting mix of Roger Moore, Enoch Powell and Jonathan Miller on a talk show. You wonder what they might have in common, but it certainly makes for interesting TV. Three very admired people.

[@Justanotherandy63]

I imagine Moore and Miller hated Powell.

[@damayantimukherjee7889]

@@Justanotherandy63 well rightly so!

[@jamesanthony5681]

@@Justanotherandy63 Miller, yes. He and Powell got into a spirited discussion on UK immigration that you can see on another upload.

[@UTubeAngelique]

Powell was only admired by inbreds and delusional people.

[@mikewilson714]

There is a link between Moore and Powell in that, in North Sea Hijack, Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (Moore) has a love of cats and only that character could get away with calling one of his black cats 'Enoch'! 😂

[@stiofandundealgan1280]

Roger Moore : eternal Lord Brett Sinclair, Simon Templar and James Bond ! A very charismatic and classy actor !

[@danf4447]

he is genuinely amused and amusing ..funny and giving the impression of calm and laid back.

[@paul8926]

Roger Moore looks so young here.

[@viralbuthow000]

He looked younger than that at birth.

[@nataliedelagrandiere4022]

@@viralbuthow000 What's your point?

[@woodstocknun]

he was 44 here, so he wasnt that young after all.

[@jennyliew7179]

He is really handsome

[@jasonjudd3810]

The truth is - he was in his 40’s ... but as he said himself- he always looked 15 years younger than he was. Which was the key to his longevity as Bond.

[@H4CK61]

We should all have listened to Enochs words back the with his famous speech and taken action at that time and the world would be a much better place NOW.

[@davidsmith5523]

Yes it only we had embraced diversity and rejected devide and rule politics. We could have got rid of fascism by now.

[@roberttilton7927]

Enoch's rivers of blood speech foreshadowing at its finest.

[@geoffjoffy]

As a straight guy, I think Roger was a very good looking charming man.

[@jasonjudd3810]

As a straight man myself- I agree 100% with your statement. Which current movie stars today are as good looking as Moore in his prime? None

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I regard myself as in the category of `Envy without Desire.` In short, I quite agree with you.

[@geoffjoffy]

@@dogwithwigwamz.7320 Well said

[@jasonjudd3810]

@@dogwithwigwamz.7320 ... eloquently put Mr Metal Hammer- I could not have put it better myself

[@shadowyoptimism955]

I'm a straight man and wonder am I living a false reality or I'm just going nuts!

[@mcqueenfanman]

I bet that Persuaders show was fun to make, seems like each episode they were in a different country.

[@michaeljames4904]

It was snow and champagne for both gents every day: no wonder Sir Rog loved his work so much!

[@theovanrossum8652]

As I recall the Persuaders was filmed in the south of France. Never saw any other country.

[@maurus01]

Apparently it was so fun that Roger gain some weight from the good times filming

[@martinvienna6813]

@@theovanrossum8652 England too, especially at Pinewood

[@manofthehour6856]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS, and the other Moore clips! Just delightful! Always a great interview, especially with Dick Cavett, and those wonderful days long before Talk Shows were essentially scripted. Actually a pairing of Cavett and Moore would have been better than Curtis and Moore in the Persuaders! The wit and banter between the two is so extraordinary.

[@Simon-ik1kb]

these interviews, these videos... such a time machine. That was present for these amazing people. They were living their lives, having a good or bad day. On this specific day maybe reading the news, which are old news now... And we know what will happen, what rest of their life will be, what they will achieve... Watching these videos I always get this strange fascinating feeling.

[@pelmediaproductions4049]

Moore was good looking and charming

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

I will ALWAYS ADORE Roger!!!! And DC, love this program-I haven’t laughed so in a VERY long time!!

[@andymatthews7617]

He had no chips on his shoulder or big headed he was my hero

[@dannymistry5876]

Dick Cavett is the best presenter. Period 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@jpvigotty]

"It wasn't during the time of the postal strike." Brutal but elegant.

[@writeract2]

I missed the meaning of this reference - I knew it was a good comeback of sorts.

[@ciaranwalsh3725]

I didn’t 100% get this but guessed it was a barb. Was he questioning if Powell just made the woman up rather then getting a letter from her?

[@TheKindDiva]

@@ciaranwalsh3725 Absolutely. Sammy Davis Jnr, and Harry Belafonte were good friends of Roger’s, there’s no way he would’ve supported Powell’s bigoted views.

[@jesselcash7481]

WOW Smoking a cigar on live t v ., lol, things have changed. Roger Moore was always cool

[@t.9584]

Wonderful man: the most handsome actor ever, imho

[@stevebrodie3685]

Hey what a true gent Roger Moore was. We’ll never see his like again.

[@MrBond249]

Roger Moore, head and shoulders the best James Bond.

[@elbecko7969]

@Rishi J Yeah

[@andymatthews7617]

Totally agree a really nice man no edges on him

[@jamesanthony5681]

No.

[@TheWishp]

I liked Roger’s little postal strike comment to Powell, went over everybody’s head did that.

[@ebe7840]

Remember that serie, great tv those years.

[@JakeBayCity]

The coolest man who ever lived

[@brianclaridge7695]

The Persuaders theme tune is awesome (John Barry)

[@annaritaranalli1791]

John barry is a very good musician

[@t.b.g.504]

And another 007 connection.

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397]

I Love You Roger Moore My Sweetheart Darling I Love You So!!!!💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@andymatthews7617]

I'm a heterosexual man but roger was a really good looking man very sadly missed

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397]

@@andymatthews7617 I Truly Feel Your Pain. Me Too.

[@andymatthews7617]

@@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397 we wont see anybody as good as roger ever again 😥😥😥

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397]

@@andymatthews7617 I'm So Sorry

[@andymatthews7617]

@@tiffaniaporchiazzo3397 great memories though that's all we have in life

[@SukhdevSingh-mc7fi]

miss u Roger 😢 ❤

[@Autopsy6]

What a classy fellow!

[@twistintheknot]

I liked Enoch Powell’s comment to play the media like a man playing a musical instrument!

[@trevorgilbert7284]

Met him at a chemist in west london in the 90s got his autograph very polite man i had much respect for him R.I.P

[@bs1consilioetprudentia505]

Good times to remember.

[@tonycoxall7370]

This is amazing. I never realised that Roger Moore appeared as a chat show guest along with Jonathan Miller and also Enoch Powell mp - of all people. All rather admirable men in their different ways.

[@creese6129]

Admiral? That's comment says so much

[@fatfreddyscoat7564]

An absolute class act.

[@iansmith7871]

Effortless. What a legend.

[@ravipeiris4388]

Charming fellow.

[@stevegregan1625]

He was always The Saint in my time I did watch all his Bond Films though and The Persuaders was a mixture of Both

[@spanishpeaches2930]

Love the cigar !

[@woodyjagla328]

,,,,,,, Legend !

[@andymatthews7617]

Tragic hes gone

[@GarryH1963]

I wish Sean Connery had done "Live And let Die". That would have given Roger more time to do another series of "The Persuaders!"

[@mcqueenfanman]

Oh, that ending was funny. You'd have to see the earlier part to know.

[@johnnelson2209]

Class

[@robertanderson-yx8mo]

What a life lived

[@Alterbridge321]

My favorite part is at 0:43 when Cavett corrects himself for indicating that there might be more than one heaven.

[@CloneShockTrooper]

Both Roger Moore and The Dick Cavett Show are a class act.

[@sajid6027]

Cocktail cuff shirt & gauntlet cuff jacket! Wow!

[@pallhe]

Very funny combination of characters.

[@mollyfilms]

Felt a very awkward show. Didn’t flow very easily. RM is a legend, never takes things seriously and can lighten the mood instantly.

[@augustotorres9746]

ROGER MOORE THE BEST!! AND THE PERSUADERS WITH tONY! CURTIS!!!

[@andymatthews7617]

Totally agree very very sadly missed 😥😥😥

[@kevey54]

Strange how smoking a cigar (which I used to) was just accepted as a normal part of life yet these days people would be horified.

[@tiffaniaporchiazzo5699]

My Sweetheart Darling Roger Moore Lord Brett Sinclair I Love You So Much Baby❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@leonshackleford9585]

I wish I was Roger George Moore or Sir Roger Moore / He was a Very Classy Suave Sophisticated Tongue & Cheek Gentleman that’s what I loved ❤ About Roger Moore when he Simon Templar in the Saint / Lord Brett Sinclair in the Persuaders & James Bond 007 Roger Moore was the Right Man for it all

[@elisabethchoquet5405]

Qu'il était beau, Mon Dieu ! Je l'aimerai toujours et il me manque....

[@CrassMufumbu]

You can hear the murmur of the audience shocked at how good looking he is.

[@simonm7133]

Cavett says Moore is very wealthy ( bear in mind this was pre Bond) . Actually he was. a savvy businessman. When The Saint started filming in colour - a total of 47 episodes, Moore not only starred ( and directed a few episodes) but he became a co-owner of the show. The show was being syndicated (and still is to this day) all over the world and so he took a fair share of the royalties and profits. In more recent years he picked up the video and DVD royalties as well . He could have retired and just lived a very comfortable millionaire lifestyle as soon as The Saint finished. Not bad for a working class copper's son from South Lambeth!

[@Milkman4279]

We're not obsessed with accurate news reporting anymore!!!

[@viralbuthow000]

British taxes in 1971 were a whopping 75% on top rated income.

[@NoosaHeads]

They were even higher than 75%. - If the income was "unearned" (ie, rents, interest etc) the rate was 87% - I kid you not. This absurdity started about 1968 and ended in 1979. How can stealing 87% of a person's property be caled "equitable"?

[@viralbuthow000]

@@NoosaHeads Unbelievable. First person I heard mention it was Bill Wyman of the Stones. I said that was ridiculous. But it explained all the tax exiles ... and of course George Harrison's Taxman".

[@holydiver73]

@@NoosaHeads that’s communist thinking. That people will be happy about having nearly 90% of their i come taken away and they they will just sit back and allow that to happen. What happened was what conservatives predicted would happen. The rich just left the country and took all that money with them. So instead of getting 50% of something, the greedy Labour government ended up with 90% of nothing.

[@baronmeduse]

He wasn't paying them anyway, so it's irrelevant.

[@holydiver73]

@@baronmeduse the point being is that had the tax bracket for the rich been set lower to a fairer 50%. They wouldn’t have left. That’s what makes it relevant. The Harold Wilson government of the 60’s and the 70’s imposed this ‘wealth tax’. And the same thing happened both times. Any system of government who Continually do the same thing and expect another outcome is a stupid system of government and one not worth following.

[@cessnaace]

"The Persuaders" (ordered on PAL DVD) aired in the U.K. on ITV and in the U.S. on ABC, which put it in a terrible time slot. It lasted one season. Lew Grade followed it up with an equally expensive series (already own on PAL DVD) called "The Protectors," Produced by Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill; Created by Gerry Anderson (starred Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter, and Tony Anholt). It lasted two seasons, although it came close to a third. In the U.S. it was syndicated. It was shot on location all over Europe. Anderson and Vaughn each disliked the other. Anderson later cast Anholt in the second season of "Space: 1999." One disadvantage that "The Protectors" had in comparison to "The Persuaders" was that it aired in a 25 minute time slot, so it had less time for plot development. Lew Grade insisted on the 25 minute format. "The Persuaders" had a 50 minute time slot.

[@ChrisBennettGameDesign]

That walk-on music tho. 😂😂

[@albionmyl7735]

True englishman Anglo-Saxon

[@acastrohowell]

I was nuts about him 😍

[@elftower907]

Cavett so threatened

[@ivanbrousse6805]

ROGER MOORE HAD ALL OF A LORD ! 👌👌👌👌

[@mariesigauke3763]

Icon

[@chestermarcol3831]

Smoking a corona has never looked more gentile and classy as the way Roger Moore did. LOL What a suave MF'er.

[@sumtingwong9563]

Roger Moore's mother was indeed born in India. I thought he was joking when he said it.

[@dps8435]

Did Roger ever give a dull interview,if so I've never seen it.

[@knownpleasures]

The persuaders did well in Europe but flopped in the States so it only lasted one season

[@inco9943]

enoch powell and roger moore what a random combination

[@ruantengyi]

it would be two years later he was cast as james bond

[@waynedoyle5584]

thank you but.....please...please...please...PLEASE groucho marx

[@garethbramley1]

Very little on 'The Persuaders!'!!!!!!!

[@paullinnane8135]

Roger Moore looked good in 1971, from 1979 onwards he started to look old

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

Was Dick Cavett over here, or were we over there ?

[@peterfranks6243]

If you didn't know him you'd think he was royalty

[@ashleysilver5594]

Yes we all know now Roger Moores mother was born in India. Maybe thats why he so pretty.

[@skymaster4121]

The Dick Cavett show was quality.