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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 26, 1930
Died
December 20, 2018
Place of Birth
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Also Known As
- Donald Moffatt
Donald Moffat
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.1
Matthew Sherwood
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
7.0
Ford Frick
61*
2001
6.8
Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
Bull
2000
8.2
Talmidge Cregg
The West Wing
1999
6.3
Jack Palmer
Cookie's Fortune
1999
5.5
The Sleep Room
1998
3.7
Dr. Felber
A Smile Like Yours
1997
6.1
Hector Scott
The Evening Star
1996
5.6
Clifford Anderson
Trapped in Paradise
1994
5.0
Grandpa Walter
Is There Life Out There?
1994
Credits
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Matthew Sherwood
2005
8.1
61*
as Ford Frick
2001
7.0
Bull
as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
2000
6.8
The West Wing
as Talmidge Cregg
1999
8.2
Cookie's Fortune
as Jack Palmer
1999
6.3
The Sleep Room
1998
5.5
A Smile Like Yours
as Dr. Felber
1997
3.7
The Evening Star
as Hector Scott
1996
6.1
Trapped in Paradise
as Clifford Anderson
1994
5.6
Is There Life Out There?
as Grandpa Walter
1994
5.0
Clear and Present Danger
as President Bennett
1994
6.6
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Frank Harrington
1993
4.1
Tales of the City
as Edgar Halcyon
1993
7.7
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Walt Whitman
1993
7.6
Majority Rule
as Walter Simms
1992
3.0
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as O'Connell
1992
5.3
Housesitter
as George Davis
1992
6.1
Babe Ruth
as Jacob Ruppert
1991
6.0
Regarding Henry
as Charlie Cameron
1991
6.5
The Great Pretender
as Owen Milner
1991
1.0
Class Action
as Quinn
1991
6.3
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Mr. McCoy
1990
5.6
Kaleidoscope
as Arthur Patterson
1990
4.0
A Son's Promise
as Paw Paw
1990
6.3
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Garrett Fitzsimons
1990
4.5
Music Box
as Harry Talbot
1989
7.1
Cross of Fire
as George Oberholtzer
1989
6.5
Far North
as Uncle Dane
1988
6.3
The Bourne Identity
as David Abbott
1988
6.5
China Beach
1988
7.4
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Chief Surgeon
1988
6.9
Necessary Parties
as Grampa Mills
1988
5.5
When the Time Comes
as Harold
1987
0.0
Desperado
as Malloy, Nora's Dad
1987
3.2
License to Kill
as Howard Webster
1986
5.7
Houston: The Legend of Texas
as Col. John Allen
1986
6.9
L.A. Law
as Judge Lawrence O'Neil
1986
7.0
Lily
as John Farnsworth
1986
0.0
Monster in the Closet
as General Franklin Turnbull
1986
4.9
The Best of Times
as Herbert ("The Colonel")
1986
5.6
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Star")
1985
7.8
Alamo Bay
as Wally
1985
5.9
Murder, She Wrote
as Tim Carver
1984
7.5
Who Will Love My Children?
as Dick Thomas
1984
6.2
Through Naked Eyes
as Patrolman
1983
4.1
The Right Stuff
as Lyndon B. Johnson
1983
7.4
The Thing
as Garry
1982
8.1
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Captain Vesey
1982
6.0
The White Lions
as Vreeland
1981
0.0
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
as Hugh Auchincloss
1981
7.5
My Champion
as Dr. Myron Shapiro
1981
0.0
Popeye
as The Taxman
1980
5.5
HealtH
as Colonel Cody
1980
5.2
The Long Days of Summer
as Josef Kaplan
1980
0.0
On the Nickel
as Sam
1980
6.0
Promises in the Dark
as Dr. Walter McInerny
1979
5.7
Mrs. R's Daughter
as Frank Randell
1979
6.0
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
as Ian Cabot
1979
5.0
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Wally Ball
1979
9.2
The Gift of Love
as William Schuyler
1978
6.0
The Word
as Henri Aubert
1978
5.0
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Col. Benton
1978
3.5
Tartuffe
as Tartuffe
1978
0.0
Dallas
as Brooks Oliver
1978
6.8
Mary White
as Sir James Barrie
1977
5.0
Logan's Run
as Rem
1977
6.7
The Fitzpatricks
1977
5.0
Exo-Man
as Wallace Rogers
1977
4.3
🎬
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
as Harry Hopkins
1977
4.4
Code R
as Jack Douglas
1977
0.0
The Call of the Wild
as Simpson
1976
6.3
Forget-Me-Not Lane
as Charles Bisley
1975
0.0
Earthquake
as Dr. Harvey Johnson
1974
6.1
🎬
The New Land
1974
5.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
The Terminal Man
as Dr. Arthur McPherson
1974
5.3
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Fred
1974
0.0
A Touch of the Poet
as Jamie Cregan
1974
0.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Lester Burstyn
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Martin Davis
1974
7.3
The Snoop Sisters
as Shriver Danforth
1973
7.2
Showdown
as Art Williams
1973
6.1
The Waltons
as Lester Morgan
1972
7.2
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972
0.0
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Manning
1972
5.5
The Devil and Miss Sarah
as Appleton
1971
6.0
Columbo
as Sheldon Hays
1971
8.1
Great Performances
as Charles Bisley
1971
5.8
Night Gallery
as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
1970
7.8
The Young Rebels
1970
4.5
R.P.M.
as Perry Howard
1970
5.8
The File on Devlin
as John Heywood
1969
0.0
Room 222
1969
6.0
Lancer
1968
4.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. David Forbes
1968
7.1
Rachel, Rachel
as Niall Cameron
1968
6.5
Of Mice and Men
as Slim
1968
9.0
Mannix
as Don McGrath
1967
6.7
The High Chaparral
as Henry Simmons
1967
6.6
Coronet Blue
as The Rector
1967
5.5
Ironside
as Daniel Keyes
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Hartz
1967
6.8
Mission: Impossible
as Alex Pierson
1966
7.6
Art, what is it? Why is it?
as Narrator
1963
0.0
The Defenders
as Dr. Leon Elm
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Dr. Finch
1961
5.9
Bonanza
as Judge MacIntyre
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Thatcher
1959
7.5
Naked City
as Brickwell
1958
5.5
The Battle of the River Plate
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
1956
6.3
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Gunsmoke
as Joseph Graham
1955
6.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John Heywood
1951
8.6
🎬
Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island
as Roger Williams
N/A
0.0