Dudley Moore him an unprecedented status as a romantic leading man. Moore followed up with the comedy film "Wholly Moses!", which was not a major success. In 1981 Moore appeared in the title role of the comedy "Arthur", an even bigger hit than "10". Co-starring Liza Minnelli and Sir John Gielgud, it was both commercially and critically successful, Moore receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, whilst Gielgud won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Arthur's stern but compassionate manservant. Moore lost to Henry Fonda (for "On Golden Pond"). He did, however, win a Golden Globe award for Best
Dudley Moore on the song "The Sun Began to Rain". In 1981 he recorded "Smilin' Through" with Cleo Laine. He composed the soundtracks for the films "Bedazzled" (1967), "30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia" (1968), "Inadmissible Evidence" (1968), "Staircase" (1969), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1978) and "Six Weeks" (1982), among others. In the late 1970s Moore moved to Hollywood, where he had a supporting role in the hit film "Foul Play" (1978) with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. The following year saw his breakout role in Blake Edwards's "10", which became one of the biggest box-office hits of 1979 and gave