Editing Roger Moore (section)

=== Warner Bros. (1959–1961) ===
[[File:Roger Moore circa 1960.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Moore, {{circa|lk=no|1960}}]]
After that, Moore spent a few years mainly doing one-shot parts in television series, including an episode of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' in 1959 titled "The Avon Emeralds". He signed another long-term contract to a studio, this time to [[Warner Bros]].<ref name="ebert">{{cite web|last=Sobczynski|first=Peter|title=Roger Moore: 1927–2017|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/roger-moore-1927-2017|access-date=25 May 2017 |website=Roger Ebert|date=23 May 2017 }}</ref>

In 1959 he took the lead role in ''[[The Miracle (1959 film)|The Miracle]]'',<ref name="ebert"/> a version of the play ''[[Das Mirakel (play)|Das Mirakel]]'' for Warner Bros. showcasing [[Carroll Baker]] as a nun. The part had been turned down by [[Dirk Bogarde]]. That same year, Moore was directed by [[Arthur Hiller]] in "The Angry Young Man", an episode of the television series ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'' starring [[Michael Rennie]] as the criminal mastermind Harry Lime, the role portrayed by [[Orson Welles]] in the [[The Third Man|film version]].

====''The Alaskans'' (1959–1960)====
[[File:Roger Moore The Alaskans 1959.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Moore in ''The Alaskans.'']]
Moore's next television series involved playing the lead as "Silky" Harris for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]/Warner Bros. 1959–60 [[Western (genre)|Western]] ''[[The Alaskans]]'', with co-stars [[Dorothy Provine]] as Rocky, [[Jeff York]] as Reno, and [[Ray Danton]] as Nifty. The show ran for a single season of 37 hour-long episodes on Sunday nights. Though set in [[Skagway, Alaska]], with a focus on the [[Klondike Gold Rush]] around 1896, the series was filmed in the hot studio lot at Warner Bros. in Hollywood with the cast costumed in fur coats and hats. Moore found the work highly taxing, and his off-camera affair with Provine complicated matters even more. Moore later referred to the experience as his "most appalling television series."

He subsequently appeared as the questionable character "14 Karat John" in the two-part episode "Right Off the Boat" of the ABC/WB [[crime drama]] ''[[The Roaring 20s (TV series)|The Roaring 20s]]''—alongside [[Rex Reason]], [[John Dehner]], [[Gary Vinson]], and Dorothy Provine—appearing in a similar role but with a different character name.

====''Maverick'' (1960–1961)====
[[File:Roger Moore Beau Maverick 1960.JPG|thumb|upright|{{center|Moore as [[Maverick (TV series)#Roger Moore as Beau Maverick|Beau Maverick]]}}]]
[[File:Roger Moore Kathleen Crowley Maverick 1961.JPG|right|upright|thumb|Moore and [[Kathleen Crowley]] in ''Maverick.'']]
In the wake of ''The Alaskans'', Moore was cast as [[Maverick (TV series)#Roger Moore as Beau Maverick|Beau Maverick]], an [[Regional accents of English|English-accented]] cousin of frontier gamblers [[Maverick (TV series)#James Garner as Bret Maverick|Bret Maverick]] ([[James Garner]]), [[Maverick (TV series)#Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick|Bart Maverick]] ([[Jack Kelly (actor)|Jack Kelly]]), and [[Maverick (TV series)#Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick|Brent Maverick]] ([[Robert Colbert]]) in the much more successful ABC/WB Western series ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''.

Moore appeared as the character in 14 episodes after Garner had left the series at the end of the previous season, wearing some of Garner's costumes; while filming ''The Alaskans'', he had already recited much of Garner's dialogue, for the Alaskan series frequently recycled ''Maverick'' scripts, changing only the names and locales.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roger-moore.com/sirrogermoore/67.htm |title=Moore answer to a June 2007 question on his official website |website=Roger Moore Official Site |access-date=7 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821063634/http://www.roger-moore.com/sirrogermoore/67.htm |archive-date=21 August 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He had also filmed a [[List of Maverick episodes|''Maverick'' episode]] with Garner two seasons earlier, in which Moore played a different character, in a retooling of [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]'s 1775 [[comedy of manners]] play ''[[The Rivals]]''.<ref name="hornsection"/> In the course of the story, Moore and Garner's characters switched names on a bet, with Moore consequently identifying himself as "Bret Maverick" through most of the episode.<ref name="hornsection">{{cite web |url=http://hornsection.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/maverick-mondays-rivals-1959.html |title=MAVERICK Mondays: "The Rivals" (1959) |publisher=Blogspot|work=The Horn Section |access-date=25 May 2017 |date=8 September 2014}}</ref>

Moore's debut as Beau Maverick occurred in the first episode of the 1960–61 fourth season, "[[List of Maverick episodes#Fourth season (1960-1961)|The Bundle from Britain]]", one of four episodes in which he shared screen time with his cousin Bart (Jack Kelly). [[Robert Altman]] wrote and directed "Bolt from the Blue", an episode featuring [[Will Hutchins]] as a frontier lawyer similar to his character in the series ''[[Sugarfoot]]'', and "Red Dog" found Beau mixed up with the vicious bank robbers [[Lee Van Cleef]] and [[John Carradine]]. [[Kathleen Crowley]] was Moore's [[leading lady]] in two episodes ("Bullet for the Teacher" and "Kiz"), and others included [[Mala Powers]], [[Roxane Berard]], [[Fay Spain]], [[Merry Anders]], [[Andra Martin]] and [[Jeanne Cooper]]. Upon leaving the series, Moore cited a decline in script quality since the Garner era as the key factor in his decision to depart; ratings for the show were also down.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2014/10/8-cancelled-tv-shows-that-got-a-twin-peaks-style-revival-271512/ |title=8 Cancelled TV Shows That Got A 'Twin Peaks'-Style Revival |website=IndieWire |access-date=25 May 2017 |date=8 October 2014}}</ref> Moore was originally slated to appear with both Jack Kelly and Robert Colbert in the series but by the time Colbert starred in his first episode, Moore had already left the series. Numerous early publicity stills of Kelly, Moore and Colbert posing together exist, however.

Moore was still under contract with Warners, who cast him in ''[[The Sins of Rachel Cade]]'' (1961), making love to a nun played by [[Angie Dickinson]], and ''[[Gold of the Seven Saints]]'' (1961), supporting [[Clint Walker]]. He also went to Italy to make the adventure comedy ''[[Romulus and the Sabines (1961 film)|Romulus and the Sabines]]'' (1961).