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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 26, 1930
Place of Birth:
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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Donald Moffat
Biography
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 61* | Ford Frick |
| 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | Jack Palmer |
| 1998 | The Sleep Room | |
| 1997 | A Smile Like Yours | Dr. Felber |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Hector Scott |
| 1994 | Trapped in Paradise | Clifford Anderson |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | President Bennett |
| 1994 | Is There Life Out There? | Grandpa Walter |
| 1993 | Love, Cheat & Steal | Frank Harrington |
| 1992 | Housesitter | George Davis |
| 1992 | Majority Rule | Walter Simms |
| 1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | O'Connell |
| 1991 | The Great Pretender | Owen Milner |
| 1991 | Regarding Henry | Charlie Cameron |
| 1991 | Class Action | Quinn |
| 1991 | Babe Ruth | Jacob Ruppert |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Mr. McCoy |
| 1990 | Kaleidoscope | Arthur Patterson |
| 1990 | A Son's Promise | Paw Paw |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Garrett Fitzsimons |
| 1989 | Music Box | Harry Talbot |
| 1988 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Chief Surgeon |
| 1988 | Far North | Uncle Dane |
| 1988 | Necessary Parties | Grampa Mills |
| 1987 | Desperado | Malloy, Nora's Dad |
| 1987 | When the Time Comes | Harold |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Herbert ("The Colonel") |
| 1986 | Monster in the Closet | General Franklin Turnbull |
| 1986 | Houston: The Legend of Texas | Col. John Allen |
| 1986 | License to Kill | Howard Webster |
| 1986 | Lily | John Farnsworth |
| 1985 | Alamo Bay | Wally |
| 1984 | Who Will Love My Children? | Dick Thomas |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 1983 | Through Naked Eyes | Patrolman |
| 1982 | The Thing | Garry |
| 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Captain Vesey |
| 1981 | The White Lions | Vreeland |
| 1981 | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Hugh Auchincloss |
| 1980 | Popeye | The Taxman |
| 1980 | HealtH | Colonel Cody |
| 1980 | The Long Days of Summer | Josef Kaplan |
| 1980 | On the Nickel | Sam |
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Wally Ball |
| 1979 | Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Ian Cabot |
| 1979 | Mrs. R's Daughter | Frank Randell |
| 1979 | Promises in the Dark | Dr. Walter McInerny |
| 1978 | Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Col. Benton |
| 1978 | The Gift of Love | William Schuyler |
| 1978 | Tartuffe | Tartuffe |
| 1977 | Exo-Man | Wallace Rogers |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Harry Hopkins |
| 1977 | Mary White | Sir James Barrie |
| 1976 | The Call of the Wild | Simpson |
| 1975 | Forget-Me-Not Lane | Charles Bisley |
| 1974 | The Terminal Man | Dr. Arthur McPherson |
| 1974 | A Touch of the Poet | Jamie Cregan |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Dr. Harvey Johnson |
| 1974 | Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love | Fred |
| 1973 | Showdown | Art Williams |
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Manning |
| 1971 | The Devil and Miss Sarah | Appleton |
| 1970 | R.P.M. | Perry Howard |
| 1969 | The File on Devlin | John Heywood |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel | Niall Cameron |
| 1968 | Of Mice and Men | Slim |
| 1963 | Art, what is it? Why is it? | Narrator |
| 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited) |
| Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island | Roger Williams |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Matthew Sherwood |
| 2000 | Bull | Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Talmidge Cregg |
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Walt Whitman |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Edgar Halcyon |
| 1989 | Cross of Fire | George Oberholtzer |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1988 | The Bourne Identity | David Abbott |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Judge Lawrence O'Neil |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Star") |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Tim Carver |
| 1978 | The Word | Henri Aubert |
| 1978 | Dallas | Brooks Oliver |
| 1977 | Code R | Jack Douglas |
| 1977 | The Fitzpatricks | |
| 1977 | Logan's Run | Rem |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1974 | The New Land | |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Lester Burstyn |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Martin Davis |
| 1973 | The Snoop Sisters | Shriver Danforth |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Lester Morgan |
| 1971 | Columbo | Sheldon Hays |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Charles Bisley |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model") |
| 1970 | The Young Rebels | |
| 1969 | Room 222 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Dr. David Forbes |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Henry Simmons |
| 1967 | Ironside | Daniel Keyes |
| 1967 | Mannix | Don McGrath |
| 1967 | Ironside | Hartz |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Alex Pierson |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Dr. Leon Elm |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Dr. Finch |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Judge MacIntyre |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Thatcher |
| 1958 | Naked City | Brickwell |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Joseph Graham |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | John Heywood |