Dan Tyler Moore

Dan Tyler Moore Jr. was an American intelligence officer, SEC regional commissioner, businessman, public speaker, and author. 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.

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 ), and his mother was Luvean "Luvie" Jones Moore, née Butler. 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. In this capacity, he wrote Ohio's state securities act.

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, He became a prominent lecturer during the 1950s, particularly on the subject of fraud and in 1960s became the chairman of the International Platform Association. which he expanded the next year into an adventure novel of the same title. The book became a best-seller, 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.

Partial bibliography

Short fiction The Terrible Game (Saturday Evening Post, April 14, 1956) The Scent of Danger (Collier's, May 11, 1956) The Girl Who Gambled (Saturday Evening Post, February 6, 1960)

Novels The Terrible Game (1957)

Nonfiction Cloak & Cipher (1962, with Martha Waller) Wolves, Widows, and Orphans (1967) Lecturing for Profit (1967)