Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

Known for
Acting
Born
December 26, 1930
Died
December 20, 2018 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Biography

Donald Moffat (26 December 1930 – 20 December 2018) was an English actor with decades long career in film and stage in the United States. He began his acting career on and off Broadway which included appearances in The Wild Duck and Right You Are If You Think You Are, earning a Tony Award nomination for both, as well as Painting Churches for which he received an Obie Award. Moffat also appeared in several feature films including The Thing and The Right Stuff, along with his guest appearances in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and The West Wing.

Known For

Filmography

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Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island

Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island

Movie · as Roger Williams

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury poster

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

TV · as Matthew Sherwood · 1 ep

2003
Realizing The Right Stuff poster

Realizing The Right Stuff

Movie · as Self

2001
61* poster

61*

Movie · as Ford Frick

2000
Bull poster

Bull

TV · as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts · 22 eps

1999
Cookie's Fortune poster

Cookie's Fortune

Movie · as Jack Palmer

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Talmidge Cregg · 1 ep

1998
The Sleep Room poster

The Sleep Room

TV · as Joe Rauh · 2 eps

1997
A Smile Like Yours poster

A Smile Like Yours

Movie · as Dr. Felber

1996
The Evening Star poster

The Evening Star

Movie · as Hector Scott

1994
Trapped in Paradise poster

Trapped in Paradise

Movie · as Clifford Anderson

1994
Clear and Present Danger poster

Clear and Present Danger

Movie · as President Bennett

1994
Is There Life Out There? poster

Is There Life Out There?

Movie · as Grandpa Walter

1993
Love, Cheat & Steal poster

Love, Cheat & Steal

Movie · as Frank Harrington

1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman poster

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

TV · as Walt Whitman · 1 ep

1993
Tales of the City poster

Tales of the City

TV · as Edgar Halcyon · 5 eps

1992
Housesitter poster

Housesitter

Movie · as George Davis

1992
Majority Rule poster

Majority Rule

Movie · as Walter Simms

1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story poster

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Movie · as O'Connell

1991
The Great Pretender poster

The Great Pretender

Movie · as Owen Milner

1991
Regarding Henry poster

Regarding Henry

Movie · as Charlie Cameron

1991
Class Action poster

Class Action

Movie · as Quinn

1991
Babe Ruth poster

Babe Ruth

Movie · as Jacob Ruppert

1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities poster

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Movie · as Mr. McCoy

1990
Kaleidoscope poster

Kaleidoscope

Movie · as Arthur Patterson

1990
A Son's Promise poster

A Son's Promise

Movie · as Paw Paw

1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty poster

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

Movie · as Garrett Fitzsimons

1989
Music Box poster

Music Box

Movie · as Harry Talbot

1989
Cross of Fire poster

Cross of Fire

TV · as George Oberholtzer · 2 eps

1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being poster

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Movie · as Chief Surgeon

1988
Far North poster

Far North

Movie · as Uncle Dane

1988
Necessary Parties poster

Necessary Parties

Movie · as Grampa Mills

1988
China Beach poster

China Beach

TV · 2 eps

1988
The Bourne Identity poster

The Bourne Identity

TV · as David Abbott · 2 eps

1987
Desperado poster

Desperado

Movie · as Malloy, Nora's Dad

1987
When the Time Comes poster

When the Time Comes

Movie · as Harold

1986
The Best of Times poster

The Best of Times

Movie · as Herbert ("The Colonel")

1986
Monster in the Closet poster

Monster in the Closet

Movie · as General Franklin Turnbull

1986
Houston: The Legend of Texas poster

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Movie · as Col. John Allen

1986
License to Kill poster

License to Kill

Movie · as Howard Webster

1986
Lily poster

Lily

Movie · as John Farnsworth

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Lawrence O'Neil · 1 ep

1985
Alamo Bay poster

Alamo Bay

Movie · as Wally

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "The Star") · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Tim Carver · 1 ep

1983
The Right Stuff poster

The Right Stuff

Movie · as Lyndon B. Johnson

1983
Who Will Love My Children? poster

Who Will Love My Children?

Movie · as Dick Thomas

1983
Through Naked Eyes poster

Through Naked Eyes

Movie · as Patrolman

1982
The Thing poster

The Thing

Movie · as Garry

1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion poster

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

Movie · as Captain Vesey

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Gardner Church, Edgar Halcyon · 1 ep

1981
The White Lions poster

The White Lions

Movie · as Vreeland

1981
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy poster

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Movie · as Hugh Auchincloss

1981
My Champion poster

My Champion

Movie · as Dr. Myron Shapiro

1980
Popeye poster

Popeye

Movie · as The Taxman

1980
HealtH poster

HealtH

Movie · as Colonel Cody

1980
The Long Days of Summer poster

The Long Days of Summer

Movie · as Josef Kaplan

1980
On the Nickel poster

On the Nickel

Movie · as Sam

1979
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter poster

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Movie · as Wally Ball

1979
Ebony, Ivory and Jade poster

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

Movie · as Ian Cabot

1979
Mrs. R's Daughter poster

Mrs. R's Daughter

Movie · as Frank Randell

1979
Promises in the Dark poster

Promises in the Dark

Movie · as Dr. Walter McInerny

1978
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force poster

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Movie · as Col. Benton

1978
The Gift of Love poster

The Gift of Love

Movie · as William Schuyler

1978
Tartuffe poster

Tartuffe

Movie · as Tartuffe

1978
The Word poster

The Word

TV · as Henri Aubert · 4 eps

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Brooks Oliver · 3 eps

1977
Exo-Man poster

Exo-Man

Movie · as Wallace Rogers

1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Movie · as Harry Hopkins

1977
Mary White poster

Mary White

Movie · as Sir James Barrie

1977
Code R poster

Code R

TV · as Jack Douglas · 1 ep

1977
The Fitzpatricks poster

The Fitzpatricks

TV · 1 ep

1977
Logan's Run poster

Logan's Run

TV · as Rem · 14 eps

1976
The Call of the Wild poster

The Call of the Wild

Movie · as Simpson

1975
Forget-Me-Not Lane poster

Forget-Me-Not Lane

Movie · as Charles Bisley

1974
The Terminal Man poster

The Terminal Man

Movie · as Dr. Arthur McPherson

1974
A Touch of the Poet poster

A Touch of the Poet

Movie · as Jamie Cregan

1974
Earthquake poster

Earthquake

Movie · as Dr. Harvey Johnson

1974
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love poster

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

Movie · as Fred

1974
Little House on the Prairie poster

Little House on the Prairie

TV · as Nathaniel Mears · 1 ep

1974
The New Land

The New Land

TV · 13 eps

1974
The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV · as Lester Burstyn, Dr. Martin Davis · 1 ep

1973
Showdown poster

Showdown

Movie · as Art Williams

1973
The Snoop Sisters poster

The Snoop Sisters

TV · as Shriver Danforth · 1 ep

1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid poster

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Movie · as Manning

1972
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine poster

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

Movie · as Thomas Melville

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · as Lester Morgan · 1 ep

1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah poster

The Devil and Miss Sarah

Movie · as Appleton

1971
Columbo poster

Columbo

TV · as Sheldon Hays · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as Charles Bisley · 1 ep

1970
R.P.M. poster

R.P.M.

Movie · as Perry Howard

1970
Night Gallery poster

Night Gallery

TV · as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model") · 1 ep

1970
The Young Rebels poster

The Young Rebels

TV · 1 ep

1969
The File on Devlin poster

The File on Devlin

Movie · as John Heywood

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Dr. David Forbes · 1 ep

1969
Room 222 poster

Room 222

TV · 1 ep

1968
Rachel, Rachel poster

Rachel, Rachel

Movie · as Niall Cameron

1968
Of Mice and Men poster

Of Mice and Men

Movie · as Slim

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · 1 ep

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Henry Simmons · 1 ep

1967
Ironside poster

Ironside

TV · as Daniel Keyes, Hartz · 1 ep

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · as Don McGrath · 1 ep

1967
Coronet Blue poster

Coronet Blue

TV · as The Rector · 1 ep

1966
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

TV · as Alex Pierson · 1 ep

1963
Art, what is it? Why is it? poster

Art, what is it? Why is it?

Movie · as Narrator

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Dr. Leon Elm, Dr. Finch · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Judge MacIntyre, Thatcher · 1 ep

1958
Naked City poster

Naked City

TV · as Brickwell · 1 ep

1956
The Battle of the River Plate poster

The Battle of the River Plate

Movie · as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Joseph Graham · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as John Heywood · 1 ep