Actor
Donald Moffat
Born December 26, 1930 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UKDied December 20, 201869 films
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.
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Filmography
69 films as actor- TBARoger Williams: Founder Of Rhode IslandRoger Williams
- 200161*Ford Frick
- 1999Cookie's FortuneJack Palmer
- 1997A Smile Like YoursDr. Felber
- 1996The Evening StarHector Scott
- 1994Trapped in ParadiseClifford Anderson
- 1994Is There Life Out There?Grandpa Walter
- 1994Clear and Present DangerPresident Bennett
- 1993Love, Cheat & StealFrank Harrington
- 1992Majority RuleWalter Simms
- 1992Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser StoryO'Connell
- 1992HousesitterGeorge Davis
- 1991Babe RuthJacob Ruppert
- 1991Regarding HenryCharlie Cameron
- 1991The Great PretenderOwen Milner
- 1991Class ActionQuinn
- 1990The Bonfire of the VanitiesMr. McCoy
- 1990KaleidoscopeArthur Patterson
- 1990A Son's PromisePaw Paw
- 1990Kojak: Flowers For MattyGarrett Fitzsimons
- 1989Music BoxHarry Talbot
- 1988Far NorthUncle Dane
- 1988The Unbearable Lightness of BeingChief Surgeon
- 1988Necessary PartiesGrampa Mills
- 1987When the Time ComesHarold
- 1987DesperadoMalloy, Nora's Dad
- 1986License to KillHoward Webster
- 1986Houston: The Legend of TexasCol. John Allen
- 1986LilyJohn Farnsworth
- 1986Monster in the ClosetGeneral Franklin Turnbull
- 1986The Best of TimesHerbert ("The Colonel")
- 1985Alamo BayWally
- 1983Through Naked EyesPatrolman
- 1983The Right StuffLyndon B. Johnson
- 1983Who Will Love My Children?Dick Thomas
- 1982The ThingGarry
- 1982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's RebellionCaptain Vesey
- 1981The White LionsVreeland
- 1981Jacqueline Bouvier KennedyHugh Auchincloss
- 1981My ChampionDr. Myron Shapiro
- 1980PopeyeThe Taxman
- 1980HealtHColonel Cody
- 1980The Long Days of SummerJosef Kaplan
- 1980On the NickelSam
- 1979Promises in the DarkDr. Walter McInerny
- 1979Mrs. R's DaughterFrank Randell
- 1979Ebony, Ivory and JadeIan Cabot
- 1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and DaughterWally Ball
- 1978The Gift of LoveWilliam Schuyler
- 1978Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air ForceCol. Benton
- 1978TartuffeTartuffe
- 1977Mary WhiteSir James Barrie
- 1977Exo-ManWallace Rogers
- 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsHarry Hopkins
- 1976The Call of the WildSimpson
- 1975Forget-Me-Not LaneCharles Bisley
- 1974EarthquakeDr. Harvey Johnson
- 1974The Terminal ManDr. Arthur McPherson
- 1974Rex Harrison Presents Stories of LoveFred
- 1974A Touch of the PoetJamie Cregan
- 1973ShowdownArt Williams
- 1972The Trial of the Catonsville NineThomas Melville
- 1972The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidManning
- 1971The Devil and Miss SarahAppleton
- 1970R.P.M.Perry Howard
- 1969The File on DevlinJohn Heywood
- 1968Rachel, RachelNiall Cameron
- 1968Of Mice and MenSlim
- 1956The Battle of the River PlateSwanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)