Dan Tyler Moore (author)

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Dan Tyler Moore, Jr.
Born(1908-02-01)February 1, 1908
Washington, D.C., US
DiedFebruary 11, 1998(1998-02-11) (aged 90)
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, US
Occupation(s)author
businessman
SEC commissioner
intelligence operative
public speaker
Notable workThe Terrible Game (1957)

Dan Tyler Moore Jr. was an American intelligence officer, SEC regional commissioner, businessman, public speaker, and author. [1] [2] Though involved in many fields and careers during his lifetime, he is perhaps best remembered today for his 1957 pulp novel The Terrible Game, which served as the basis for the 1985 cult film Gymkata .

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Early life and education

Dan Tyler Moore Jr. was born on February 1, 1908, in Washington, D.C. His father was Dan Tyler Moore Sr., a military attaché and friend to US President Theodore Roosevelt (and cousin to First Lady Edith Roosevelt [3] ), and his mother was Luvean "Luvie" Jones Moore, née Butler. [1] Moore attended St. Albans School in D.C. and later Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1932 with a degree in physics, [1] and subsequently married sculptor and heiress Elizabeth Oakes in 1932. [1]

Early career

Moore began his career as an investment banker in New York City, and subsequently moved to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Joseph P. Kennedy. [4] In 1937, he left the national SEC to become the regional administrator for the newly-created SEC "zone 4", which covered Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky. [5] In this capacity, he wrote Ohio's state securities act. [6]

OSS

During World War II, Moore was brought into the newly established OSS by William J. Donovan. Moore then went to Cairo as a Deputy to James M. Landis, Head of the Economic Mission to Middle East, [4] but also with a secret duty as a regional chief for the OSS. [1] As a regional OSS chief for North Africa, he was involved in disrupting German diamond supplies, foiling an assassination attempt on King George II of Greece and inventing a hoist to airlift spies. [1]

Post-War career

After the war, Moore became involved with a project to build hotels in Turkey. [4] When he returned to America, he settled in Cleveland, Ohio and subsequently established a trade firm with his friend and fellow Cleveland resident Eliot Ness. [1] [7] He became a prominent lecturer during the 1950s, particularly on the subject of fraud [8] and in 1960s became the chairman of the International Platform Association. [1]

Writing career

Moore received a "story by" credit on the 1949 film noir Illegal Entry . By the 1950s, he was a prolific published author, penning a syndicated column on fraud. [1] He had also begun writing short fiction, some of which was published in the Saturday Evening Post . In the April 14, 1956, issue of that magazine, he published a short story called The Terrible Game, [9] [10] which he expanded the next year into an adventure novel of the same title. The book became a best-seller, [11] and was adapted for film under the title Gymkata in 1985. Subsequently, he published several non-fiction books, including Cloak & Cipher (1962, with Martha Waller), Wolves, Widows, and Orphans (1967), and Lecturing for Profit (1967).

Death

Moore died February 11, 1998, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He was buried in Lake View Cemetery. [1]

Partial bibliography

Short fiction

Novels

Nonfiction

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  2. ↑ WorldCat author record
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  6. ↑ "New Sec Post Created; D.T. Moore Jr. to Head Region Covering Four States". The New York Times . New York City. p. 39.
  7. ↑ McFarland, Rebecca (January 2012). "Eliot Ness". ClevelandPoliceMuseum.org. Cleveland Police Historical Society. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ Howard, Linda (October 16, 1968). "Actress To Speak In Heath" (PDF). The Oracle. Vol. 5, no. 2. Newark, Ohio. ...fraud expert Dan Tyler Moore...
  9. ↑ "Hitchin' Rack". Boys' Life . Boy Scouts of America. January 1980. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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