Donald Moffat

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-12-26 (88 years old)

Deathday

2018-12-20

Place of Birth

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Moffat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting

1982

The Thing

as Garry

1989

Music Box

as Harry Talbot

1992

Housesitter

as George Davis

1980

Popeye

as The Taxman

1986

The Best of Times

as Herbert ("The Colonel")

1994

Trapped in Paradise

as Clifford Anderson

1983

The Right Stuff

as Lyndon B. Johnson

1994

Clear and Present Danger

as President Bennett

1974

The Terminal Man

as Dr. Arthur McPherson

1968

Rachel, Rachel

as Niall Cameron

1968

1986

Monster in the Closet

as General Franklin Turnbull

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal

as Frank Harrington

1980

HealtH

as Colonel Cody

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

1988

Far North

as Uncle Dane

1991

The Great Pretender

as Owen Milner

1970

R.P.M.

as Perry Howard

1978

The Gift of Love

as William Schuyler

1969

The File on Devlin

as John Heywood

1985

Alamo Bay

as Wally

1986

1990

Kaleidoscope

as Arthur Patterson

1974

A Touch of the Poet

as Jamie Cregan

1991

Regarding Henry

as Charlie Cameron

1981

The White Lions

as Vreeland

1999

Cookie's Fortune

as Jack Palmer

1987

Desperado

as Malloy, Nora's Dad

1992

Majority Rule

as Walter Simms

1994

Is There Life Out There?

as Grandpa Walter

1977

Exo-Man

as Wallace Rogers

1974

Earthquake

as Dr. Harvey Johnson

1991

Class Action

as Quinn

1987

1991

Babe Ruth

as Jacob Ruppert

1975

Forget-Me-Not Lane

as Charles Bisley

1979

1979

Mrs. R's Daughter

as Frank Randell

1981

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

as Hugh Auchincloss

1996

The Evening Star

as Hector Scott

1973

Showdown

as Art Williams

1984

1978

Tartuffe

as Tartuffe

1983

Through Naked Eyes

as Patrolman

1997

A Smile Like Yours

as Dr. Felber

1979

Promises in the Dark

as Dr. Walter McInerny

1988

Necessary Parties

as Grampa Mills

1977

Mary White

as Sir James Barrie

1980

1980

2001

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as Ford Frick

1990

A Son's Promise

as Paw Paw

1986

License to Kill

as Howard Webster

1990

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

as Garrett Fitzsimons

1976

1986

Lily

as John Farnsworth

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