Arthur (1981 film) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Co-written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, it was performed by Christopher Cross. Sir John Gielgud also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The film was nominated for two other Academy Awards. Arthur Bach is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City, who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith limousine through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, which he is told will be his, only if he marries the upper class Susan Johnson, the daughter
Dudley Moore an animated adaptation of "King Kong", were inconsistent in terms of both critical and commercial reception. Moore eventually disowned the "Arthur" sequel, but, in later years, Cook would wind him up by claiming he preferred "Arthur 2: On the Rocks" to "Arthur". In 1986 he once again hosted "Saturday Night Live", albeit without Peter Cook this time. Moore was the subject of the British "This Is Your Life"—for a second time—in March 1987 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at his Venice Beach restaurant; he had previously been honoured by the programme in December 1972. In addition to acting,