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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-12-26 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Donald Moffat

Biography:

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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Known For

Acting

2005

Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Matthew Sherwood

2001

61* as Ford Frick

2000

Bull as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts

1999

Cookie's Fortune as Jack Palmer
The West Wing as Talmidge Cregg

1998

1997

A Smile Like Yours as Dr. Felber

1996

The Evening Star as Hector Scott

1994

Trapped in Paradise as Clifford Anderson
Clear and Present Danger as President Bennett
Is There Life Out There? as Grandpa Walter

1993

Love, Cheat & Steal as Frank Harrington
Tales of the City as Edgar Halcyon

1992

Housesitter as George Davis
Majority Rule as Walter Simms

1991

The Great Pretender as Owen Milner
Regarding Henry as Charlie Cameron
Class Action as Quinn
Babe Ruth as Jacob Ruppert

1990

Kaleidoscope as Arthur Patterson
A Son's Promise as Paw Paw
Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Garrett Fitzsimons

1989

Music Box as Harry Talbot
Cross of Fire as George Oberholtzer

1988

Far North as Uncle Dane
Necessary Parties as Grampa Mills
The Bourne Identity as David Abbott

1987

Desperado as Malloy, Nora's Dad

1986

The Best of Times as Herbert ("The Colonel")
Monster in the Closet as General Franklin Turnbull
Houston: The Legend of Texas as Col. John Allen
License to Kill as Howard Webster
L.A. Law as Judge Lawrence O'Neil

1985

Alamo Bay as Wally
The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Star")

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Tim Carver

1983

The Right Stuff as Lyndon B. Johnson
Through Naked Eyes as Patrolman

1982

The Thing as Garry

1981

The White Lions as Vreeland
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy as Hugh Auchincloss

1980

Popeye as The Taxman
HealtH as Colonel Cody
The Long Days of Summer as Josef Kaplan

1979

Mrs. R's Daughter as Frank Randell
Promises in the Dark as Dr. Walter McInerny

1978

The Gift of Love as William Schuyler
Tartuffe as Tartuffe
The Word as Henri Aubert
Dallas as Brooks Oliver

1977

Exo-Man as Wallace Rogers
Mary White as Sir James Barrie
Code R as Jack Douglas

1976

1975

Forget-Me-Not Lane as Charles Bisley

1974

The Terminal Man as Dr. Arthur McPherson
A Touch of the Poet as Jamie Cregan
Earthquake as Dr. Harvey Johnson
The Six Million Dollar Man as Lester Burstyn
The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Martin Davis

1973

Showdown as Art Williams
The Snoop Sisters as Shriver Danforth

1972

The Waltons as Lester Morgan

1971

Columbo as Sheldon Hays
Great Performances as Charles Bisley

1970

R.P.M. as Perry Howard
Night Gallery as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")

1969

The File on Devlin as John Heywood

1968

Rachel, Rachel as Niall Cameron
Hawaii Five-O as Dr. David Forbes

1967

The High Chaparral as Henry Simmons
Ironside as Daniel Keyes
Mannix as Don McGrath
Ironside as Hartz

1966

Mission: Impossible as Alex Pierson

1963

1961

The Defenders as Dr. Leon Elm
The Defenders as Dr. Finch

1959

Bonanza as Judge MacIntyre
Bonanza as Thatcher

1958

Naked City as Brickwell

1956

The Battle of the River Plate as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
The Battle of the River Plate as Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)

1955

Gunsmoke as Joseph Graham

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as John Heywood

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