Donald Moffat
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.
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Movies (39)
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as Ford Frick
2001
Cookie's Fortune
as Jack Palmer
1999
The Sleep Room
1998
A Smile Like Yours
as Dr. Felber
1997
The Evening Star
as Hector Scott
1996
Trapped in Paradise
as Clifford Anderson
1994
Is There Life Out There?
as Grandpa Walter
1994
Clear and Present Danger
as President Bennett
1994
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Frank Harrington
1993
Majority Rule
as Walter Simms
1992
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as O'Connell
1992
Housesitter
as George Davis
1992
Babe Ruth
as Jacob Ruppert
1991
Regarding Henry
as Charlie Cameron
1991
The Great Pretender
as Owen Milner
1991
Class Action
as Quinn
1991
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Mr. McCoy
1990
Kaleidoscope
as Arthur Patterson
1990
A Son's Promise
as Paw Paw
1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Garrett Fitzsimons
1990
Music Box
as Harry Talbot
1989
Far North
as Uncle Dane
1988
The Bourne Identity
as David Abbott
1988
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Chief Surgeon
1988
Necessary Parties
as Grampa Mills
1988
When the Time Comes
as Harold
1987
Desperado
as Malloy, Nora's Dad
1987
License to Kill
as Howard Webster
1986
Houston: The Legend of Texas
as Col. John Allen
1986
Lily
as John Farnsworth
1986
Monster in the Closet
as General Franklin Turnbull
1986
The Best of Times
as Herbert ("The Colonel")
1986
Alamo Bay
as Wally
1985
Who Will Love My Children?
as Dick Thomas
1984
Through Naked Eyes
as Patrolman
1983
The Right Stuff
as Lyndon B. Johnson
1983
The Thing
as Garry
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Captain Vesey
1982
The White Lions
as Vreeland
1981
TV Shows (11)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Matthew Sherwood
2005
Bull
as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
2000
The West Wing
as Talmidge Cregg
1999
Tales of the City
as Edgar Halcyon
1993
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Walt Whitman
1993
Cross of Fire
as George Oberholtzer
1989
The Bourne Identity
as David Abbott
1988
China Beach
1988
L.A. Law
as Judge Lawrence O'Neil
1986
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Star")
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Tim Carver
1984