Donald Moffat

Known for: Acting
Born: December 26, 1930, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Died: December 20, 2018
Movies: 70

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.1

The Thing

1982

6.6

Clear and Present Danger

1994

7.4

The Right Stuff

1983

5.6

Popeye

1980

6.5

Regarding Henry

1991

5.6

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

6.8

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

6.2

Housesitter

1992

6.1

Earthquake

1974

5.6

Trapped in Paradise

1994

Filmography

2003	Realizing The Right Stuff	Self
2001	61*	Ford Frick
1999	Cookie's Fortune	Jack Palmer
1997	A Smile Like Yours	Dr. Felber
1996	The Evening Star	Hector Scott
1994	Trapped in Paradise	Clifford Anderson
1994	Is There Life Out There?	Grandpa Walter
1994	Clear and Present Danger	President Bennett
1993	Love, Cheat & Steal	Frank Harrington
1992	Majority Rule	Walter Simms
1992	Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story	O'Connell
1992	Housesitter	George Davis
1991	Babe Ruth	Jacob Ruppert
1991	Regarding Henry	Charlie Cameron
1991	The Great Pretender	Owen Milner
1991	Class Action	Quinn
1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Mr. McCoy
1990	Kaleidoscope	Arthur Patterson
1990	A Son's Promise	Paw Paw
1990	Kojak: Flowers For Matty	Garrett Fitzsimons
1989	Music Box	Harry Talbot
1988	Far North	Uncle Dane
1988	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Chief Surgeon
1988	Necessary Parties	Grampa Mills
1987	When the Time Comes	Harold
1987	Desperado	Malloy, Nora's Dad
1986	License to Kill	Howard Webster
1986	Houston: The Legend of Texas	Col. John Allen
1986	Lily	John Farnsworth
1986	Monster in the Closet	General Franklin Turnbull
1986	The Best of Times	Herbert ("The Colonel")
1985	Alamo Bay	Wally
1983	Through Naked Eyes	Patrolman
1983	The Right Stuff	Lyndon B. Johnson
1983	Who Will Love My Children?	Dick Thomas
1982	The Thing	Garry
1982	A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion	Captain Vesey
1981	The White Lions	Vreeland
1981	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	Hugh Auchincloss
1981	My Champion	Dr. Myron Shapiro
1980	Popeye	The Taxman
1980	HealtH	Colonel Cody
1980	The Long Days of Summer	Josef Kaplan
1980	On the Nickel	Sam
1979	Promises in the Dark	Dr. Walter McInerny
1979	Mrs. R's Daughter	Frank Randell
1979	Ebony, Ivory and Jade	Ian Cabot
1979	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter	Wally Ball
1978	The Gift of Love	William Schuyler
1978	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Col. Benton
1978	Tartuffe	Tartuffe
1977	Mary White	Sir James Barrie
1977	Exo-Man	Wallace Rogers
1977	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	Harry Hopkins
1976	The Call of the Wild	Simpson
1975	Forget-Me-Not Lane	Charles Bisley
1974	Earthquake	Dr. Harvey Johnson
1974	The Terminal Man	Dr. Arthur McPherson
1974	Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love	Fred
1974	A Touch of the Poet	Jamie Cregan
1973	Showdown	Art Williams
1972	The Trial of the Catonsville Nine	Thomas Melville
1972	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Manning
1971	The Devil and Miss Sarah	Appleton
1970	R.P.M.	Perry Howard
1969	The File on Devlin	John Heywood
1968	Rachel, Rachel	Niall Cameron
1968	Of Mice and Men	Slim
1963	Art, what is it? Why is it?	Narrator
1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

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