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Donald Moffat

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Donald Moffat

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Dec 26, 1930 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2005Law & Order: Trial by JuryMatthew Sherwood
2003Realizing The Right StuffSelf
200161*Ford Frick
2000BullRobert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
1999Cookie's FortuneJack Palmer
1999The West WingTalmidge Cregg
1998The Sleep RoomJoe Rauh
1997A Smile Like YoursDr. Felber
1996The Evening StarHector Scott
1994Trapped in ParadiseClifford Anderson
1994Clear and Present DangerPresident Bennett
1994Is There Life Out There?Grandpa Walter
1993Love, Cheat & StealFrank Harrington
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine WomanWalt Whitman
1993Tales of the CityEdgar Halcyon
1992HousesitterGeorge Davis
1992Majority RuleWalter Simms
1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryO'Connell
1991The Great PretenderOwen Milner
1991Regarding HenryCharlie Cameron
1991Class ActionQuinn
1991Babe RuthJacob Ruppert
1990The Bonfire of the VanitiesMr. McCoy
1990KaleidoscopeArthur Patterson
1990A Son's PromisePaw Paw
1990Kojak: Flowers For MattyGarrett Fitzsimons
1989Music BoxHarry Talbot
1989Cross of FireGeorge Oberholtzer
1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingChief Surgeon
1988Far NorthUncle Dane
1988Necessary PartiesGrampa Mills
1988China Beach
1988The Bourne IdentityDavid Abbott
1987DesperadoMalloy, Nora's Dad
1987When the Time ComesHarold
1986The Best of TimesHerbert ("The Colonel")
1986Monster in the ClosetGeneral Franklin Turnbull
1986Houston: The Legend of TexasCol. John Allen
1986License to KillHoward Webster
1986LilyJohn Farnsworth
1986L.A. LawLawrence O'Neil
1985Alamo BayWally
1985The Twilight Zone(segment "The Star")
1984Murder, She WroteTim Carver
1983The Right StuffLyndon B. Johnson
1983Who Will Love My Children?Dick Thomas
1983Through Naked EyesPatrolman
1982The ThingGarry
1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionCaptain Vesey
1981The White LionsVreeland
1981Jacqueline Bouvier KennedyHugh Auchincloss
1981My ChampionDr. Myron Shapiro
1980PopeyeThe Taxman
1980HealtHColonel Cody
1980The Long Days of SummerJosef Kaplan
1980On the NickelSam
1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterWally Ball
1979Ebony, Ivory and JadeIan Cabot
1979Mrs. R's DaughterFrank Randell
1979Promises in the DarkDr. Walter McInerny
1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air ForceCol. Benton
1978The Gift of LoveWilliam Schuyler
1978TartuffeTartuffe
1978The WordHenri Aubert
1978DallasBrooks Oliver
1977Exo-ManWallace Rogers
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsHarry Hopkins
1977Mary WhiteSir James Barrie
1977Code RJack Douglas
1977The Fitzpatricks
1977Logan's RunRem
1976The Call of the WildSimpson
1975Forget-Me-Not LaneCharles Bisley
1974The Terminal ManDr. Arthur McPherson
1974A Touch of the PoetJamie Cregan
1974EarthquakeDr. Harvey Johnson
1974Rex Harrison Presents Stories of LoveFred
1974Little House on the PrairieNathaniel Mears
1974The New Land
1974The Six Million Dollar ManLester Burstyn
1974The Six Million Dollar ManDr. Martin Davis
1973ShowdownArt Williams
1973The Snoop SistersShriver Danforth
1972The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidManning
1972The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972The WaltonsLester Morgan
1971The Devil and Miss SarahAppleton
1971ColumboSheldon Hays
1971Great PerformancesCharles Bisley
1970R.P.M.Perry Howard
1970Night GalleryUncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
1970The Young Rebels
1969The File on DevlinJohn Heywood
1969Room 222
1968Rachel, RachelNiall Cameron
1968Of Mice and MenSlim
1968Hawaii Five-ODr. David Forbes
1968Lancer
1967The High ChaparralHenry Simmons
1967IronsideDaniel Keyes
1967MannixDon McGrath
1967IronsideHartz
1967Coronet BlueThe Rector
1966Mission: ImpossibleAlex Pierson
1963Art, what is it? Why is it?Narrator
1961The DefendersDr. Leon Elm
1961The DefendersDr. Finch
1959BonanzaJudge MacIntyre
1959BonanzaThatcher
1958Naked CityBrickwell
1956The Battle of the River PlateSwanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
1955GunsmokeJoseph Graham
1951Hallmark Hall of FameJohn Heywood
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