- He seriously injured co-star Jimmy Wakely in a 1945 knife attack that occurred after a night of heavy drinking, apparently due to a budding professional jealousy over Wakely's popularity. Wakely survived the attack and, surprisingly, did not press charges. Even more surprisingly, Moore returned to co-star with Wakely in Rainbow Over the Rockies (1947) and Roaring Westward (1949).
- According to writer Don Creacy, in an in-depth article in the March 2009 issue of "Classic Images", Moore had a life-long passion for flying and at one point abandoned his acting career to become a transport pilot. It didn't last long, however; he was injured in a plane crash that required a hospital stay of more than a year. He also became a flight instructor at one point at a private San Fernando Valley airport to make ends meet. His aspirations of being a professional pilot were ended by the airplane crash.
- An expert woodworker, he was known for making beautiful furniture. but it cost him the ends of two of his fingers in separate accidents.
- He was known as a tough flight instructor with great focus and very demanding to detail. He also took special exception to cowboy actors who couldn't set a horse properly and was very outspoken about it.
- He loved roses and maintained a lovely rose garden at his California home.
- Retired from acting in 1961. He and his family then moved from Los Angeles to Big Bear, CA, where they operated a gift shop until his death in 1964.
- Known in pictures for wearing a distinctive-looking gun belt and buckle.
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