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Donald Moffat was an English actor with a 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.
Born
Friday, 26 December 1930
Died
Thursday, 20 December 2018
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Edgar Halcyon | 2017 |
| Troma Is Spanish for Troma | General Turnbull (in 'Monster in the Closet') | 2010 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Judge Matthew Sherwood | 2005 |
| 61* | Ford Frick | 2001 |
| The West Wing | Talmidge Cregg | 1999 |
| Cookie's Fortune | Jack Palmer | 1999 |
| The Sleep Room | Joseph Rauh | 1998 |
| A Smile Like Yours | Dr. Felber | 1997 |
| The Evening Star | Hector Scott | 1996 |
| Trapped in Paradise | Clifford Anderson | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin | Edgar Halcyon | 2017 |
| Troma Is Spanish for Troma | General Turnbull (in 'Monster in the Closet') | 2010 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Judge Matthew Sherwood | 2005 |
| 61* | Ford Frick | 2001 |
| The West Wing | Talmidge Cregg | 1999 |
| Cookie's Fortune | Jack Palmer | 1999 |
| The Sleep Room | Joseph Rauh | 1998 |
| A Smile Like Yours | Dr. Felber | 1997 |
| The Evening Star | Hector Scott | 1996 |
| Trapped in Paradise | Clifford Anderson | 1994 |
| Is There Life Out There? | Grandpa Walter | 1994 |
| Clear and Present Danger | President Bennett | 1994 |
| Love, Cheat & Steal | Frank Harrington | 1993 |
| Tales of the City | Edgar Halcyon | 1993 |
| Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Walt Whitman | 1993 |
| Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | O'Connell | 1992 |
| HouseSitter | George Davis | 1992 |
| Babe Ruth | Jacob Ruppert | 1991 |
| Regarding Henry | Charlie Cameron | 1991 |
| Class Action | Quinn | 1991 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | Mr. McCoy | 1990 |
| Kaleidoscope | Arthur Patterson | 1990 |
| A Son's Promise | Paw Paw | 1990 |
| Music Box | Harry Talbot | 1990 |
| Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Garrett Fitzsimons | 1990 |
| Cross Fire | George Oberholtzer | 1989 |
| Far North | Uncle Dane | 1988 |
| Tattinger's | Father Fitzmaurice | 1988 |
| The Bourne Identity | David Abbott | 1988 |
| China Beach | Dad | 1988 |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Chief Surgeon | 1988 |
| Necessary Parties | Grampa Mills | 1988 |
| Buck James | Les Grant | 1987 |
| When the Time Comes | Harold | 1987 |
| Houston: The Legend of Texas | Col. John Allen | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Judge Lawrence O'Neil | 1986 |
| Monster in the Closet | Gen. Turnbull / General Franklin Turnbull | 1986 |
| The Best of Times | The Colonel / Herbert ("The Colonel") | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | Dr. Chandler (segment "The Star") | 1985 |
| Alamo Bay | Wally | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Tim Carver | 1984 |
| License to Kill | Webster | 1984 |
| Through Naked Eyes | Patrolman / Patrolman #4 | 1983 |
| The Right Stuff | Lyndon B. Johnson | 1983 |
| Who Will Love My Children? | Dick Thomas | 1983 |
| The Thing | Garry | 1982 |
| The White Lions | Vreeland | 1982 |
| A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | 1982 | |
| American Playhouse | Gardner Church | 1982 |
| Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Hugh Auchincloss | 1981 |
| Popeye | The Taxman | 1980 |
| HealtH | Colonel Cody | 1980 |
| The Long Days of Summer | Josef Kaplan | 1980 |
| On the Nickel | Sam | 1980 |
| Promises in the Dark | Dr. Walter McInerny | 1979 |
| Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Ian Cabot | 1979 |
| Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Wally Ball | 1979 |
| The Chisholms | Enos | 1979 |
| The Gift of Love | William Schuyler | 1978 |
| The Word | Henri Aubert | 1978 |
| Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force | Col. Benton | 1978 |
| Land of No Return | Air Traffic Controller | 1978 |
| Dallas | Brooks Oliver | 1978 |
| Mary White | Sir James Barrie | 1977 |
| Logan's Run | Rem | 1977 |
| The Fitzpatricks | Father Maloney | 1977 |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | Harry Hopkins | 1977 |
| Code R | Jack Douglas | 1977 |
| The Call of the Wild | Simpson | 1976 |
| Family | Gene Carson / Philip Raskin | 1976 |
| Earthquake | Dr. Harvey Johnson | 1974 |
| The New Land | Reverend Lundstrom | 1974 |
| The Terminal Man | Dr. Arthur McPherson | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Nathaniel Mears | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Lester Burstyn / Dr. Martin Davis | 1974 |
| A Touch of the Poet | Jamie Cregan | 1974 |
| Showdown | Art Williams | 1973 |
| The Snoop Sisters | Shriver Danforth | 1972 |
| The Waltons | Lester Morgan | 1972 |
| The Trial of the Catonsville Nine | Thomas Melville | 1972 |
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Manning | 1972 |
| The Devil and Miss Sarah | Appleton | 1971 |
| Columbo | Sheldon Hays | 1971 |
| The Young Rebels | Colonel Scott | 1970 |
| R.P.M. | Perry Howard | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model") | 1969 |
| Room 222 | Lloyd Hollis | 1969 |
| Here Come the Brides | Marlowe | 1968 |
| Lancer | Porter | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Dr. David Forbes | 1968 |
| Rachel, Rachel | Niall Cameron | 1968 |
| Mannix | Don McGrath | 1967 |
| Ironside | Daniel Keyes / Hartz | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Henry Simmons | 1967 |
| Coronet Blue | The Rector | 1967 |
| Mission: Impossible | Alex Pierson | 1966 |
| The Defenders | Dr. Leon Elm / Dr. Finch | 1961 |
| Bonanza | Thatcher / Judge MacIntyre | 1959 |
| Naked City | Brickwell | 1958 |
| Gunsmoke | Joseph Graham | 1955 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Captain Stolner / Joe Cartey / Lieutenant Jack Harrison / Younger Detective | 1953 |
