Roger Moore and her lack of confidence in his acting ability took their toll on the relationship, during which he allegedly suffered domestic abuse. In 1952, Moore met the Welsh singer Dorothy Squires, who was 12 years his senior, and Van Steyn and Moore divorced the following year. Squires and Moore were married in New York. They lived in Bexley, Kent, after their marriage. They moved to the United States in 1954 to develop their careers, but tension developed in their marriage due to their age difference and Moore's infatuation with starlet Dorothy Provine, and they moved back to the United Kingdom
Roger Moore and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. It was a sizeable hit in Britain and Europe but, like "Shout at the Devil", less so in the US. The cast featured Richard Burton, who had top billing. And Richard Harris. Moore played the lead in "Escape to Athena" (1979) partly financed by Lew Grade. It was a heist adventure set in war-time Greece, and stars Telly Savalas and David Niven, and features mostly American character actors, including Elliott Gould, Stefanie Powers, Richard Roundtree, Sonny Bono, and Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. Roger Moore (with top billing) plays a charming former Austrian antiquities dealer