Donald Moffat
December 26, 1930 (95 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Matthew Sherwood
- 2003 · Realizing The Right Stuff as Self
- 2001 · 61* as Ford Frick
- 2000 · Bull as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
- 1999 · The West Wing as Talmidge Cregg
- 1999 · Cookie's Fortune as Jack Palmer
- 1998 · The Sleep Room as
- 1997 · A Smile Like Yours as Dr. Felber
- 1994 · Trapped in Paradise as Clifford Anderson
- 1994 · Is There Life Out There? as Grandpa Walter
- 1994 · Clear and Present Danger as President Bennett
- 1993 · Love, Cheat & Steal as Frank Harrington
- 1993 · Tales of the City as Edgar Halcyon
- 1993 · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as Walt Whitman
- 1992 · Majority Rule as Walter Simms
- 1992 · Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as O'Connell
- 1992 · Housesitter as George Davis
- 1991 · Babe Ruth as Jacob Ruppert
- 1991 · Regarding Henry as Charlie Cameron
- 1991 · The Great Pretender as Owen Milner
- 1991 · Class Action as Quinn
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Mr. McCoy
- 1990 · Kaleidoscope as Arthur Patterson
- 1989 · Music Box as Harry Talbot
- 1989 · Cross of Fire as George Oberholtzer
- 1988 · Far North as Uncle Dane
- 1988 · The Bourne Identity as David Abbott
- 1988 · China Beach as
- 1988 · The Unbearable Lightness of Being as Chief Surgeon
- 1988 · Necessary Parties as Grampa Mills
- 1987 · When the Time Comes as Harold
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Lawrence O'Neil
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Star")
- 1985 · Alamo Bay as Wally
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Tim Carver
- 1983 · The Right Stuff as Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1982 · The Thing as Garry
- 1981 · My Champion as Dr. Myron Shapiro
- 1980 · Popeye as The Taxman
- 1980 · On the Nickel as Sam
- 1979 · Mrs. R's Daughter as Frank Randell
- 1978 · The Word as Henri Aubert
- 1978 · Dallas as Brooks Oliver
- 1977 · Logan's Run as Rem
- 1977 · The Fitzpatricks as
- 1977 · Code R as Jack Douglas
- 1974 · Earthquake as Dr. Harvey Johnson
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1974 · Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love as Fred
- 1974 · A Touch of the Poet as Jamie Cregan
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Lester Burstyn
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Martin Davis
- 1973 · The Snoop Sisters as Shriver Danforth
- 1972 · The Waltons as Lester Morgan
- 1971 · Columbo as Sheldon Hays
- 1971 · Great Performances as Charles Bisley
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
- 1970 · The Young Rebels as
- 1969 · The File on Devlin as John Heywood
- 1969 · Room 222 as
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Dr. David Forbes
- 1967 · Mannix as Don McGrath
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Henry Simmons
- 1967 · Coronet Blue as The Rector
- 1967 · Ironside as Daniel Keyes
- 1967 · Ironside as Hartz
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Alex Pierson
- 1961 · The Defenders as Dr. Leon Elm
- 1961 · The Defenders as Dr. Finch
- 1959 · Bonanza as Judge MacIntyre
- 1959 · Bonanza as Thatcher
- 1958 · Naked City as Brickwell
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Joseph Graham
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as John Heywood
- Future · Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island as Roger Williams
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Hector Scott
- 1990 · A Son's Promise as Paw Paw
- 1990 · Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Garrett Fitzsimons
- 1987 · Desperado as Malloy, Nora's Dad
- 1986 · License to Kill as Howard Webster
- 1986 · Houston: The Legend of Texas as Col. John Allen
- 1986 · Lily as John Farnsworth
- 1986 · Monster in the Closet as General Franklin Turnbull
- 1986 · The Best of Times as Herbert ("The Colonel")
- 1983 · Through Naked Eyes as Patrolman
- 1983 · Who Will Love My Children? as Dick Thomas
- 1982 · A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion as Captain Vesey
- 1981 · The White Lions as Vreeland
- 1981 · Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as Hugh Auchincloss
- 1980 · HealtH as Colonel Cody
- 1980 · The Long Days of Summer as Josef Kaplan
- 1979 · Promises in the Dark as Dr. Walter McInerny
- 1979 · Ebony, Ivory and Jade as Ian Cabot
- 1979 · Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter as Wally Ball
- 1978 · The Gift of Love as William Schuyler
- 1978 · Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force as Col. Benton
- 1978 · Tartuffe as Tartuffe
- 1977 · Mary White as Sir James Barrie
- 1977 · Exo-Man as Wallace Rogers
- 1977 · Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years as Harry Hopkins
- 1976 · The Call of the Wild as Simpson
- 1975 · Forget-Me-Not Lane as Charles Bisley
- 1974 · The New Land as
- 1974 · The Terminal Man as Dr. Arthur McPherson
- 1973 · Showdown as Art Williams
- 1972 · The Trial of the Catonsville Nine as
- 1972 · The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Manning
- 1971 · The Devil and Miss Sarah as Appleton
- 1970 · R.P.M. as Perry Howard
- 1968 · Rachel, Rachel as Niall Cameron
- 1968 · 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)




