Donald Moffat

Personal Info

Birthday

December 26, 1930

Day of Death

2018-12-20

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Also Known As

Donald Moffatt

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.

Known For

Columbo

Bonanza

Dallas

Murder, She Wrote

The West Wing

The Six Million Dollar Man

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

The Waltons

Filmography

2001
61*
as Ford Frick
1999
Cookie's Fortune
as Jack Palmer
1997
A Smile Like Yours
as Dr. Felber
1996
The Evening Star
as Hector Scott
1994
Trapped in Paradise
as Clifford Anderson
Is There Life Out There?
as Grandpa Walter
Clear and Present Danger
as President Bennett
1993
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Frank Harrington
1992
Majority Rule
as Walter Simms
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as O'Connell
Housesitter
as George Davis
1991
Babe Ruth
as Jacob Ruppert
Regarding Henry
as Charlie Cameron
The Great Pretender
as Owen Milner
Class Action
as Quinn
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Mr. McCoy
Kaleidoscope
as Arthur Patterson
A Son's Promise
as Paw Paw
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Garrett Fitzsimons
1989
Music Box
as Harry Talbot
1988
Far North
as Uncle Dane
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Chief Surgeon
Necessary Parties
as Grampa Mills
1987
When the Time Comes
as Harold
Desperado
as Malloy, Nora's Dad
1986
License to Kill
as Howard Webster
Houston: The Legend of Texas
as Col. John Allen
Lily
as John Farnsworth
Monster in the Closet
as General Franklin Turnbull
The Best of Times
as Herbert ("The Colonel")
1985
Alamo Bay
as Wally
1984
Who Will Love My Children?
as Dick Thomas
1983
Through Naked Eyes
as Patrolman
The Right Stuff
as Lyndon B. Johnson
1982
The Thing
as Garry
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Captain Vesey
1981
The White Lions
as Vreeland
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
as Hugh Auchincloss
1980
Popeye
as The Taxman
HealtH
as Colonel Cody
The Long Days of Summer
as Josef Kaplan
On the Nickel
as Sam
1979
Promises in the Dark
as Dr. Walter McInerny
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Frank Randell
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
as Ian Cabot
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Wally Ball
1978
The Gift of Love
as William Schuyler
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Col. Benton
Tartuffe
as Tartuffe
1977
Exo-Man
as Wallace Rogers
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Harry Hopkins
Mary White
as Sir James Barrie
1976
The Call of the Wild
as Simpson
1975
Forget-Me-Not Lane
as Charles Bisley
1974
Earthquake
as Dr. Harvey Johnson
The Terminal Man
as Dr. Arthur McPherson
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Fred
A Touch of the Poet
as Jamie Cregan
1973
Showdown
as Art Williams
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Manning
1971
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Appleton
1970
R.P.M.
as Perry Howard
1969
The File on Devlin
as John Heywood
1968
Rachel, Rachel
as Niall Cameron
Of Mice and Men
as Slim
1963
Art, what is it? Why is it?
as Narrator
1956
The Battle of the River Plate
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)