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Donald Moffat

Actor | * 12/26/1930 († 87, 12/20/2018) | Plymouth, Devon, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Donald Moffat (December 26, 1930 – December 20, 2018) was a British–American actor with a 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 Tony Award nominations for both, as well as Painting Churches, for which he received an Obie Award. Moffat also appeared in several feature films, including The Thing (1982), The Right Stuff (1983) and, in a rare leading role on film, as a tenuously-recovering alcoholic in On the Nickel (1980). Moffat also made guest appearances in numerous television series, including such shows as Little House on the Prairie, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and The West Wing. He also was a principal in the 1993 TV min... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Comedies

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A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out ...

The Right Stuff

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1983 | 3.7/5 | 3h 13min
Drama, History, Adventure
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Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meet ...

Popeye

Certification unknown

1980 | 2.7/5 | 1h 54min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Kids & Family
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A team of American scientists investigate the empty, destroyed base of their Norwegian counterparts in Antarctica, only to discover a terrifying life force that can take the form of its prey. ...

The Thing

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1982 | 4.0/5 | 1h 49min
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel. ...

Clear and Present Danger

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1994 | 3.3/5 | 2h 21min
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Donald Moffat

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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Movies with Donald Moffat as Actor(65)

as Ford Frick2001 61*
as Jack Palmer1999 Cookie's Fortune
1998 The Sleep Room
as Dr. Felber1997 A Smile Like Yours
as Hector Scott1996 The Evening Star
as Clifford Anderson1994 Trapped in Paradise
as Grandpa Walter1994 Is There Life Out There?
as Paw Paw1994 A Son's Promise
as President Bennett1994 Clear and Present Danger
as Frank Harrington1993 Love, Cheat & Steal
as George Davis1992 Housesitter
as Walter Simms1992 Majority Rule
as O'Connell1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Quinn1991 Class Action
as Jacob Ruppert1991 Babe Ruth
as Charlie Cameron1991 Regarding Henry
as Arthur Patterson1990 Kaleidoscope
as Garrett Fitzsimons1990 Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Mr. McCoy1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Harry Talbot1989 Music Box
as Chief Surgeon1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Grampa Mills1988 Necessary Parties
as David Abbott1988 The Bourne Identity
as Uncle Dane1988 Far North
as Malloy, Nora's Dad1987 Desperado
as Harold1987 When the Time Comes
as Herbert ("The Colonel")1986 The Best of Times
as Col. John Allen1986 Houston: The Legend of Texas
as General Franklin Turnbull1986 Monster in the Closet
as Wally1985 Alamo Bay
as Webster1984 License to Kill
as Lyndon B. Johnson1983 The Right Stuff
as Patrolman1983 Through Naked Eyes
as Dick Thomas1983 Who Will Love My Children?
as Captain Vesey1982 A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Garry1982 The Thing
as Vreeland1981 The White Lions
as Hugh Auchincloss1981 Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
as Colonel Cody1980 Health
as Josef Kaplan1980 The Long Days of Summer
as Sam1980 On the Nickel
as The Taxman1980 Popeye
as Frank Randell1979 Mrs. R's Daughter
as Wally Ball1979 Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Dr. Walter McInerny1979 Promises in the Dark
as Ian Cabot1979 Ebony, Ivory and Jade
as Col. Benton1978 Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Air Traffic Controller1978 Land of No Return
as William Schuyler1978 The Gift of Love
as Tartuffe1978 Tartuffe
as Sir James Barrie1977 Mary White
as Wallace Rogers1977 Exo-Man
as Harry Hopkins1977 Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Jamie Cregan1974 A Touch of the Poet
as Dr. Arthur McPherson1974 The Terminal Man
as Dr. Harvey Johnson1974 Earthquake
as Fred1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Art Williams1973 Showdown
as Manning1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Appleton1971 The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Perry Howard1970 R.P.M.
as John Heywood1969 The File on Devlin
as Slim1968 Of Mice and Men
as Niall Cameron1968 Rachel, Rachel
as Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax1956 The Battle of the River Plate

TV Shows/Series with Donald Moffat as Actor(32)

as Matthew Sherwood2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts2000 Bull
as Talmidge Cregg1999 The West Wing
as Walt Whitman1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Edgar Halcyon1993 Tales of the City
as George Oberholtzer1989 Cross of Fire
1988 China Beach
as Judge Lawrence O'Neil1986 L.A. Law
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Tim Carver1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Brooks Oliver1978 Dallas
as Henri Aubert1978 The Word
1977 Code R
as Rem1977 Logan's Run
1977 The Fitzpatricks
1974 Little House on the Prairie
1972 The Waltons
as Sheldon Hays1971 Columbo
as Charles Bisley1971 Great Performances
1970 The Young Rebels
as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")1970 Night Gallery
1969 Room 222
as Dr. David Forbes1968 Hawaii Five-O
1968 Lancer
as Henry Simmons1967 The High Chaparral
1967 Ironside
1967 Mannix
1966 Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Leon Elm1961 The Defenders
as Dr. Finch1961 The Defenders
as Joseph Graham1955 Gunsmoke
as John Heywood1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Donald Moffat
Born: Friday, 12/26 1930 (December) in Plymouth, Devon, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 12/20 2018 (December) in Sleepy Hollow (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Spouses (current/former): Gwen Arner, Anne Murray Ellsperman
Other names for Donald Moffat (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Donald Moffatt"
Donald Moffat frequently works together with these people:
Morgan Woodward (24x, Actor)
Victor French (24x, Actor)
Nehemiah Persoff (21x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (21x, Actor)
John Larch (20x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (20x, Actor)
Gregg Palmer (20x, Actor)
John Dehner (19x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (19x, Actor)
Alan Fudge (19x, Actor)
Mills Watson (19x, Actor)
Philip Kaufman (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10427, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/23/2024