Donald Moffat

Known for: Acting

Born: 1930-12-26 – 2018-12-20 (aged 87)

From: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

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.

Filmography (111)

TV★ 8.1
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Matthew Sherwood
MOVIE★ 9.0
Realizing The Right Stuff
2003
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
61*
2001
as Ford Frick
TV★ 6.8
Bull
2000
as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Talmidge Cregg
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cookie's Fortune
1999
as Jack Palmer
TV★ 10.0
The Sleep Room
1998
as Joe Rauh
MOVIE★ 4.0
A Smile Like Yours
1997
as Dr. Felber
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Evening Star
1996
as Hector Scott
MOVIE★ 5.7
Trapped in Paradise
1994
as Clifford Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Is There Life Out There?
1994
as Grandpa Walter
MOVIE★ 6.6
Clear and Present Danger
1994
as President Bennett
MOVIE★ 4.5
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
as Frank Harrington
TV★ 7.7
Tales of the City
1993
as Edgar Halcyon
TV★ 7.6
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Walt Whitman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Majority Rule
1992
as Walter Simms
MOVIE★ 5.8
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
as O'Connell
MOVIE★ 6.2
Housesitter
1992
as George Davis
MOVIE★ 6.0
Babe Ruth
1991
as Jacob Ruppert
MOVIE★ 6.5
Regarding Henry
1991
as Charlie Cameron
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Great Pretender
1991
as Owen Milner
MOVIE★ 6.3
Class Action
1991
as Quinn
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Mr. McCoy
MOVIE★ 4.6
Kaleidoscope
1990
as Arthur Patterson
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Son's Promise
1990
as Paw Paw
MOVIE★ 5.8
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Garrett Fitzsimons
MOVIE★ 7.1
Music Box
1989
as Harry Talbot
TV★ 6.6
Cross of Fire
1989
as George Oberholtzer
MOVIE★ 6.5
Far North
1988
as Uncle Dane
TV★ 6.5
The Bourne Identity
1988
as David Abbott
TV★ 7.5
China Beach
1988
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
as Chief Surgeon
MOVIE★ 6.7
Necessary Parties
1988
as Grampa Mills
MOVIE
When the Time Comes
1987
as Harold
MOVIE★ 4.2
Desperado
1987
as Malloy, Nora's Dad
MOVIE★ 5.7
License to Kill
1986
as Howard Webster
MOVIE★ 7.2
Houston: The Legend of Texas
1986
as Col. John Allen
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Lawrence O'Neil
MOVIE
Lily
1986
as John Farnsworth
MOVIE★ 4.9
Monster in the Closet
1986
as General Franklin Turnbull
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Best of Times
1986
as Herbert ("The Colonel")
TV★ 7.7
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "The Star")
MOVIE★ 6.0
Alamo Bay
1985
as Wally
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Tim Carver
MOVIE★ 4.6
Through Naked Eyes
1983
as Patrolman
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Right Stuff
1983
as Lyndon B. Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Who Will Love My Children?
1983
as Dick Thomas
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Thing
1982
as Garry
MOVIE★ 7.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
as Captain Vesey
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Gardner Church
MOVIE★ 10.0
The White Lions
1981
as Vreeland
MOVIE★ 7.6
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
as Hugh Auchincloss
MOVIE★ 9.0
My Champion
1981
as Dr. Myron Shapiro
MOVIE★ 5.6
Popeye
1980
as The Taxman
MOVIE★ 5.4
HealtH
1980
as Colonel Cody
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Long Days of Summer
1980
as Josef Kaplan
MOVIE★ 7.0
On the Nickel
1980
as Sam
MOVIE★ 5.9
Promises in the Dark
1979
as Dr. Walter McInerny
MOVIE★ 7.5
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
as Frank Randell
MOVIE★ 7.5
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
1979
as Ian Cabot
MOVIE★ 9.4
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
as Wally Ball
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Gift of Love
1978
as William Schuyler
TV★ 4.8
The Word
1978
as Henri Aubert
MOVIE★ 4.4
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
as Col. Benton
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tartuffe
1978
as Tartuffe
TV★ 6.9
Dallas
1978
as Brooks Oliver
MOVIE★ 5.0
Mary White
1977
as Sir James Barrie
TV★ 6.8
Logan's Run
1977
as Rem
TV★ 7.5
The Fitzpatricks
1977
MOVIE★ 4.7
Exo-Man
1977
as Wallace Rogers
MOVIE★ 4.9
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Harry Hopkins
TV★ 8.0
Code R
1977
as Jack Douglas
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Call of the Wild
1976
as Simpson
MOVIE
Forget-Me-Not Lane
1975
as Charles Bisley
MOVIE★ 6.2
Earthquake
1974
as Dr. Harvey Johnson
TV★ 5.0
The New Land
1974
TV★ 7.9
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Nathaniel Mears
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Terminal Man
1974
as Dr. Arthur McPherson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974
as Fred
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Touch of the Poet
1974
as Jamie Cregan
TV★ 7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Lester Burstyn
TV★ 7.5
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Shriver Danforth
MOVIE★ 6.2
Showdown
1973
as Art Williams
TV★ 7.2
The Waltons
1972
as Lester Morgan
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Manning
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971
as Appleton
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Sheldon Hays
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Charles Bisley
TV★ 7.8
Night Gallery
1970
as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
TV★ 5.7
The Young Rebels
1970
MOVIE★ 5.9
R.P.M.
1970
as Perry Howard
MOVIE★ 8.0
The File on Devlin
1969
as John Heywood
TV★ 6.1
Room 222
1969
TV★ 5.6
Lancer
1968
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Dr. David Forbes
MOVIE★ 6.6
Rachel, Rachel
1968
as Niall Cameron
MOVIE★ 9.0
Of Mice and Men
1968
as Slim
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Don McGrath
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Henry Simmons
TV★ 6.7
Coronet Blue
1967
as The Rector
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Daniel Keyes
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Alex Pierson
MOVIE
Art, what is it? Why is it?
1963
as Narrator
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Dr. Leon Elm
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Judge MacIntyre
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Brickwell
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Battle of the River Plate
1956
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Joseph Graham
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as John Heywood
MOVIE
Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island
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as Roger Williams