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Donald Moffat

Acting

Born December 26, 1930 · Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Died December 20, 2018

Also known as Donald Moffatt

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 1967 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The West Wing

1999as Talmidge Cregg

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005as Matthew Sherwood

The Thing

1982as Garry

Columbo

1971as Sheldon Hays

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Nathaniel Mears

Night Gallery

1969as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Walt Whitman

Tales of the City

1993as Edgar Halcyon

Mission: Impossible

1966as Alex Pierson

China Beach

1988

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Tim Carver

Bonanza

1959as Thatcher

The Right Stuff

1983as Lyndon B. Johnson

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Dr. Martin Davis

Music Box

1989as Harry Talbot

The Waltons

1972as Lester Morgan

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Dr. David Forbes

L.A. Law

1986as Lawrence O'Neil

61*

2001as Ford Frick

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

1982as Captain Vesey

The Long Days of Summer

1980as Josef Kaplan

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988as Chief Surgeon

Ironside

1967as Hartz

Dallas

1978as Brooks Oliver

Logan's Run

1977as Rem

Mannix

1967as Don McGrath

The High Chaparral

1967as Henry Simmons

Necessary Parties

1988as Grampa Mills

The Gift of Love

1978as William Schuyler

Gunsmoke

1955as Joseph Graham

Clear and Present Danger

1994as President Bennett

Rachel, Rachel

1968as Niall Cameron

Cross of Fire

as George Oberholtzer

Regarding Henry

1991as Charlie Cameron

The Bourne Identity

1988as David Abbott

Far North

1988as Uncle Dane

The Call of the Wild

1976as Simpson

A Son's Promise

1990as Paw Paw

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

Housesitter

1992as George Davis

Showdown

1973as Art Williams

Earthquake

1974as Dr. Harvey Johnson

Great Performances

1971as Charles Bisley

The Evening Star

1996as Hector Scott

Is There Life Out There?

1994as Grandpa Walter

Alamo Bay

1985as Wally

Trapped in Paradise

1994as Clifford Anderson

The Best of Times

1986as Herbert ("The Colonel")

License to Kill

1986as Howard Webster

Naked City

1958as Brickwell