---
name: "Jim Moloney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-moloney"
fi1m_id: "jim-moloney"
imdb_id: "nm0597225"
tmdb_id: 32156
wikidata_id: "Q18402367"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 October 1929"
died: "23 March 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:10:18.088288+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jim Moloney

## Identity

Jim Moloney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-moloney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-moloney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0597225
- **TMDB ID:** 32156
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18402367
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18402367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32156

Writer. Born 8 October 1929 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Died 23 March 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 October 1929, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 23 March 1994
- **Active:** 1955–1980
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 76 (1), 1980s 38 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18402367, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32156

## Biography

Jim Moloney was an American actor, writer and producer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on 8 October 1929, he appeared in small roles in 1950s films and television, including *Mister Roberts* (1955) and episodes of *The Lone Ranger*.

He later contributed screenplays, including a co-writing credit on *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980) with Rudy Dochtermann. Moloney also wrote the story and teleplay for the television film *The Night They Saved Christmas* (1984) and served as associate producer on *Sunburst* (1975). He died in Malibu, California, on 23 March 1994.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Mister Roberts* (1955), Fi1m 76, as Kennedy — [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Fi1m 38, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Night They Saved Christmas* (1984), Teleplay
- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Screenplay — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)
- *Slashed Dreams* (1975), Associate Producer
- *Mister Roberts* (1955), as Kennedy — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)
- *I Led 3 Lives* (1953), series, as Jim Fielding III

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