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 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,