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.

Known For

Dallas

Columbo

The West Wing

Murder, She Wrote

Bonanza

Bonanza

Ironside

Ironside

All Movies (71)

• Realizing The Right Stuff2003 · as Self
• 61*2001 · as Ford Frick
• Cookie's Fortune1999 · as Jack Palmer
• A Smile Like Yours1997 · as Dr. Felber
• The Evening Star1996 · as Hector Scott
• Trapped in Paradise1994 · as Clifford Anderson
• Is There Life Out There?1994 · as Grandpa Walter
• Clear and Present Danger1994 · as President Bennett
• Love, Cheat & Steal1993 · as Frank Harrington
• Majority Rule1992 · as Walter Simms
• Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story1992 · as O'Connell
• Housesitter1992 · as George Davis
• Babe Ruth1991 · as Jacob Ruppert
• Regarding Henry1991 · as Charlie Cameron
• The Great Pretender1991 · as Owen Milner
• Class Action1991 · as Quinn
• The Bonfire of the Vanities1990 · as Mr. McCoy
• Kaleidoscope1990 · as Arthur Patterson
• A Son's Promise1990 · as Paw Paw
• Kojak: Flowers For Matty1990 · as Garrett Fitzsimons
• Music Box1989 · as Harry Talbot
• Far North1988 · as Uncle Dane
• The Unbearable Lightness of Being1988 · as Chief Surgeon
• Necessary Parties1988 · as Grampa Mills
• When the Time Comes1987 · as Harold
• Desperado1987 · as Malloy, Nora's Dad
• License to Kill1986 · as Howard Webster
• Houston: The Legend of Texas1986 · as Col. John Allen
• Lily1986 · as John Farnsworth
• Monster in the Closet1986 · as General Franklin Turnbull
• The Best of Times1986 · as Herbert ("The Colonel")
• Alamo Bay1985 · as Wally
• Through Naked Eyes1983 · as Patrolman
• The Right Stuff1983 · as Lyndon B. Johnson
• Who Will Love My Children?1983 · as Dick Thomas
• The Thing1982 · as Garry
• A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion1982 · as Captain Vesey
• The White Lions1981 · as Vreeland
• Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy1981 · as Hugh Auchincloss
• My Champion1981 · as Dr. Myron Shapiro
• Popeye1980 · as The Taxman
• HealtH1980 · as Colonel Cody
• The Long Days of Summer1980 · as Josef Kaplan
• On the Nickel1980 · as Sam
• Promises in the Dark1979 · as Dr. Walter McInerny
• Mrs. R's Daughter1979 · as Frank Randell
• Ebony, Ivory and Jade1979 · as Ian Cabot
• Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter1979 · as Wally Ball
• The Gift of Love1978 · as William Schuyler
• Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force1978 · as Col. Benton
• Tartuffe1978 · as Tartuffe
• Mary White1977 · as Sir James Barrie
• Exo-Man1977 · as Wallace Rogers
• Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years1977 · as Harry Hopkins
• The Call of the Wild1976 · as Simpson
• Forget-Me-Not Lane1975 · as Charles Bisley
• Earthquake1974 · as Dr. Harvey Johnson
• The Terminal Man1974 · as Dr. Arthur McPherson
• Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love1974 · as Fred
• A Touch of the Poet1974 · as Jamie Cregan
• Showdown1973 · as Art Williams
• The Trial of the Catonsville Nine1972
• The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid1972 · as Manning
• The Devil and Miss Sarah1971 · as Appleton
• R.P.M.1970 · as Perry Howard
• The File on Devlin1969 · as John Heywood
• Rachel, Rachel1968 · as Niall Cameron
• Of Mice and Men1968 · as Slim
• Art, what is it? Why is it?1963 · as Narrator
• The Battle of the River Plate1956 · as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
• Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island— · as Roger Williams

All TV Shows (43)

• Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005 · as Matthew Sherwood
• Bull2000 · as Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
• The West Wing1999 · as Talmidge Cregg
• The Sleep Room1998 · as Joe Rauh
• Tales of the City1993 · as Edgar Halcyon
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman1993 · as Walt Whitman
• Cross of Fire1989 · as George Oberholtzer
• The Bourne Identity1988 · as David Abbott
• China Beach1988
• L.A. Law1986 · as Lawrence O'Neil
• The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "The Star")
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Tim Carver
• The Word1978 · as Henri Aubert
• Dallas1978 · as Brooks Oliver
• Logan's Run1977 · as Rem
• The Fitzpatricks1977
• Code R1977 · as Jack Douglas
• The New Land1974
• Little House on the Prairie1974 · as Nathaniel Mears
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Lester Burstyn
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Dr. Martin Davis
• The Snoop Sisters1973 · as Shriver Danforth
• The Waltons1972 · as Lester Morgan
• Columbo1971 · as Sheldon Hays
• Great Performances1971 · as Charles Bisley
• Night Gallery1970 · as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
• The Young Rebels1970
• Room 2221969
• Lancer1968
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Dr. David Forbes
• Mannix1967 · as Don McGrath
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Henry Simmons
• Coronet Blue1967 · as The Rector
• Ironside1967 · as Daniel Keyes
• Ironside1967 · as Hartz
• Mission: Impossible1966 · as Alex Pierson
• The Defenders1961 · as Dr. Leon Elm
• The Defenders1961 · as Dr. Finch
• Bonanza1959 · as Judge MacIntyre
• Bonanza1959 · as Thatcher
• Naked City1958 · as Brickwell
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Joseph Graham
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as John Heywood