Portrait of Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

Acting

Biography

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.

Born: December 26, 1930

Place of Birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Filmography

2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Matthew Sherwood

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

1997
A Smile Like Yours

as Dr. Felber

1996
The Evening Star

as Hector Scott

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
1992
Majority Rule

as Walter Simms

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
Kaleidoscope

as Arthur Patterson

1990
A Son's Promise

as Paw Paw

1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty

as Garrett Fitzsimons

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
Necessary Parties

as Grampa Mills

1987
1987
Desperado

as Malloy, Nora's Dad

1986
License to Kill

as Howard Webster

1986
1986
L.A. Law

as Judge Lawrence O'Neil

1986
Lily

as John Farnsworth

1986
Monster in the Closet

as General Franklin Turnbull

1986
The Best of Times

as Herbert ("The Colonel")

1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "The Star")

1985
Alamo Bay

as Wally

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Tim Carver

1984
1983
Through Naked Eyes

as Patrolman

1983
The Right Stuff

as Lyndon B. Johnson

1982
The Thing

as Garry

1981
The White Lions

as Vreeland

1981
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

as Hugh Auchincloss

1981
My Champion

as Dr. Myron Shapiro

1980
Popeye

as The Taxman

1980
HealtH

as Colonel Cody

1980
1980
1979
Promises in the Dark

as Dr. Walter McInerny

1979
Mrs. R's Daughter

as Frank Randell

1979
1978
The Gift of Love

as William Schuyler

1978
The Word

as Henri Aubert

1978
Tartuffe

as Tartuffe

1978
Dallas

as Brooks Oliver

1977
Mary White

as Sir James Barrie

1977
1977
Exo-Man

as Wallace Rogers

1977
Code R

as Jack Douglas

1976
1975
Forget-Me-Not Lane

as Charles Bisley

1974
Earthquake

as Dr. Harvey Johnson

1974
The Terminal Man

as Dr. Arthur McPherson

1974
A Touch of the Poet

as Jamie Cregan

1974
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man

as Dr. Martin Davis

1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Shriver Danforth

1973
Showdown

as Art Williams

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
R.P.M.

as Perry Howard

1969
The File on Devlin

as John Heywood

1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. David Forbes

1968
Rachel, Rachel

as Niall Cameron

1968
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

1956
The Battle of the River Plate

as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1955
Gunsmoke

as Joseph Graham

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as John Heywood