Acting
Donald Moffat
Born 1930-12-26
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Department: Acting
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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The Thing
1982
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Clear and Present Danger
1994
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Columbo
1971
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Little House on the Prairie
1974
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The West Wing
1999
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Murder, She Wrote
1984
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The Right Stuff
1983
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Bonanza
1959
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Dallas
1978
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (116 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Matthew Sherwood | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Realizing The Right Stuff | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | 61* | Ford Frick | Movie | 2001 |
 | Bull | Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The West Wing | Talmidge Cregg | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Cookie's Fortune | Jack Palmer | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Sleep Room | Joe Rauh | TV Series | 1998 |
 | A Smile Like Yours | Dr. Felber | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Evening Star | Hector Scott | Movie | 1996 |
 | Trapped in Paradise | Clifford Anderson | Movie | 1994 |
 | Is There Life Out There? | Grandpa Walter | Movie | 1994 |
 | Clear and Present Danger | President Bennett | Movie | 1994 |
 | Love, Cheat & Steal | Frank Harrington | Movie | 1993 |
 | Tales of the City | Edgar Halcyon | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Walt Whitman | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Majority Rule | Walter Simms | Movie | 1992 |
 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | O'Connell | Movie | 1992 |
 | Housesitter | George Davis | Movie | 1992 |
 | Babe Ruth | Jacob Ruppert | Movie | 1991 |
 | Regarding Henry | Charlie Cameron | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Great Pretender | Owen Milner | Movie | 1991 |
 | Class Action | Quinn | Movie | 1991 |
 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Mr. McCoy | Movie | 1990 |
 | Kaleidoscope | Arthur Patterson | Movie | 1990 |
 | A Son's Promise | Paw Paw | Movie | 1990 |
 | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Garrett Fitzsimons | Movie | 1990 |
 | Music Box | Harry Talbot | Movie | 1989 |
 | Cross of Fire | George Oberholtzer | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Far North | Uncle Dane | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Bourne Identity | David Abbott | TV Series | 1988 |
 | China Beach | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1988 |
 | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Chief Surgeon | Movie | 1988 |
 | Necessary Parties | Grampa Mills | Movie | 1988 |
 | When the Time Comes | Harold | Movie | 1987 |
 | Desperado | Malloy, Nora's Dad | Movie | 1987 |
 | License to Kill | Howard Webster | Movie | 1986 |
 | Houston: The Legend of Texas | Col. John Allen | Movie | 1986 |
 | L.A. Law | Lawrence O'Neil | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Lily | John Farnsworth | Movie | 1986 |
 | Monster in the Closet | General Franklin Turnbull | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Best of Times | Herbert ("The Colonel") | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "The Star") | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Alamo Bay | Wally | Movie | 1985 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Tim Carver | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Through Naked Eyes | Patrolman | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Right Stuff | Lyndon B. Johnson | Movie | 1983 |
 | Who Will Love My Children? | Dick Thomas | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Thing | Garry | Movie | 1982 |
 | A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion | Captain Vesey | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Gardner Church | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Edgar Halcyon | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The White Lions | Vreeland | Movie | 1981 |
 | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Hugh Auchincloss | Movie | 1981 |
 | My Champion | Dr. Myron Shapiro | Movie | 1981 |
 | Popeye | The Taxman | Movie | 1980 |
 | HealtH | Colonel Cody | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Long Days of Summer | Josef Kaplan | Movie | 1980 |
 | On the Nickel | Sam | Movie | 1980 |
 | Promises in the Dark | Dr. Walter McInerny | Movie | 1979 |
 | Mrs. R's Daughter | Frank Randell | Movie | 1979 |
 | Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Ian Cabot | Movie | 1979 |
 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Wally Ball | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Gift of Love | William Schuyler | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Word | Henri Aubert | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Col. Benton | Movie | 1978 |
 | Tartuffe | Tartuffe | Movie | 1978 |
 | Dallas | Brooks Oliver | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Mary White | Sir James Barrie | Movie | 1977 |
 | Logan's Run | Rem | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Fitzpatricks | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 |
 | Exo-Man | Wallace Rogers | Movie | 1977 |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Harry Hopkins | Movie | 1977 | |
 | Code R | Jack Douglas | TV Series | 1977 |
 | The Call of the Wild | Simpson | Movie | 1976 |
 | Forget-Me-Not Lane | Charles Bisley | Movie | 1975 |
 | Earthquake | Dr. Harvey Johnson | Movie | 1974 |
| The New Land | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1974 | |
 | Little House on the Prairie | Nathaniel Mears | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Terminal Man | Dr. Arthur McPherson | Movie | 1974 |
 | Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love | Fred | Movie | 1974 |
 | A Touch of the Poet | Jamie Cregan | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Lester Burstyn | TV Series | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Martin Davis | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Snoop Sisters | Shriver Danforth | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Showdown | Art Williams | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Waltons | Lester Morgan | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Trial of the Catonsville Nine | Thomas Melville | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Manning | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Devil and Miss Sarah | Appleton | Movie | 1971 |
 | Columbo | Sheldon Hays | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Great Performances | Charles Bisley | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Night Gallery | Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model") | TV Series | 1970 |
 | The Young Rebels | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1970 |
 | R.P.M. | Perry Howard | Movie | 1970 |
 | The File on Devlin | John Heywood | Movie | 1969 |
 | Room 222 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Hawaii Five-O | Dr. David Forbes | TV Series | 1969 |
 | Lancer | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Rachel, Rachel | Niall Cameron | Movie | 1968 |
 | Of Mice and Men | Slim | Movie | 1968 |
 | Mannix | Don McGrath | TV Series | 1967 |
 | The High Chaparral | Henry Simmons | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Coronet Blue | The Rector | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Ironside | Daniel Keyes | TV Series | 1967 |
| Ironside | Hartz | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Mission: Impossible | Alex Pierson | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Art, what is it? Why is it? | Narrator | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Defenders | Dr. Leon Elm | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Dr. Finch | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Bonanza | Judge MacIntyre | TV Series | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Thatcher | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Naked City | Brickwell | TV Series | 1958 |
 | The Battle of the River Plate | Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited) | Movie | 1956 |
 | Gunsmoke | Joseph Graham | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | John Heywood | TV Series | 1951 |
| Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island | Roger Williams | Movie | — |