Nevertheless, Moon landed several acting roles. His first was in 1971, a cameo in Frank Zappa ‘s 200 Motels as a nun afraid of dying from a drug overdose. Although it only took 13 days to film, fellow cast member Howard Kaylan remembers Moon spending off-camera time at the Kensington Garden Hotel bar instead of sleeping. Moon’s next film role was J.D. Clover, drummer for the fictional Stormy Tempest (played by Billy Fury) at a holiday camp during the early days of British rock ‘n’ roll , in 1973’s That’ll Be the Day . He reprised the role for the film’s 1974 sequel, Stardust , in Jim MacLaine’s ( David Essex ) backing band the Stray Cats and played Uncle Ernie in Ken Russell ‘s 1975 film adaptation of Tommy . Moon’s last film appearance was in 1978’s Sextette .
Nevertheless, Moon landed several acting roles. His first was in
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