Donald Moffat was born on December 26, 1930 in Plymouth, Devon, England. He is an actor, known for The Thing (1982), One Life to Live (1968) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). He has been married to Gwen Arner since June 13, 1970. They have two children. He was previously married to AnneMurray Ellsperman.
Lynn Marie Moffat, Gabriel Robin Moffat, Kathleen Wendy Moffat, Catherine Jean Moffat
Parents
Kathleen Mary Moffat, Walter George Moffat
Awards
Obie Award for Performance
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Helen Hayes Awards for outstanding Supporting Performer, Visiting Production, Drama Desk Award fo...
Movies
The Thing, Clear and Present Danger, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Housesitter, The Right Stuff, Popeye, Regarding Henry, Trapped in Paradise, Cookie's Fortune, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, Rachel, Rachel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Best of Times, The Evening Star, Music Box, The ...
TV Shows
Bull, Logan's Run, Eleanor and Franklin, The New Land, The Word (US), The Legend of Black Heaven (US)
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Trademark
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Bushy eyebrows and upright posture
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Fact
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He was awarded the 1986 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Iceman Cometh," in Mark Taper Forum production at the James A. Doolittle Theatre at the University of California in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 1979 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Terra Nova" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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He was awarded the 1996 Drama Logue Award for Performance for "The Heiress" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
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Father of Kathleen Wendy and Gabriel Robin from his first marriage, and Lynn Marie and Catherine Jean with his wife, Gwen Arner.
He was nominated for a 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in "Misalliance" at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Began his acting career as a member of London's Old Vic theater in the 50s.
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Studied acting at RADA.
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Made his stage debut at age 24 in a London stage production of "Macbeth".
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1967 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for two plays - both revivals: Pirandello's "Right You Are If You Think You Are", and Ibsen's "The Wild Duck".
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Resides in Los Angeles, California.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Playhouse
1986
TV Series
Gardner Church
Monster in the Closet
1986
Gen. Turnbull
The Best of Times
1986
The Colonel
The Twilight Zone
1985
TV Series
Dr. Chandler (segment "The Star")
Murder, She Wrote
1985
TV Series
Tim Carver
Alamo Bay
1985
Wally
License to Kill
1984
TV Movie
Webster
The Mississippi
1984
TV Series
Through Naked Eyes
1983
TV Movie
Patrolman
The Right Stuff
1983
Lyndon B. Johnson
Who Will Love My Children?
1983
TV Movie
Dick Thomas
Dallas
1982-1983
TV Series
Brooks Oliver
The Thing
1982
Garry
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
1982
TV Movie
The White Lions
1981
Vreeland
Wagner
1981
TV Series
Narrator (voice)
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
TV Movie
Hugh Auchincloss
Popeye
1980
The Taxman
HealtH
1980
Colonel Cody
The Long Days of Summer
1980
TV Movie
Josef Kaplan
On the Nickel
1980
Sam
The Chisholms
1980
TV Mini-Series
Enos
Promises in the Dark
1979
Dr. Walter McInerny
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979
TV Movie
Frank Randell
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
1979
TV Movie
Ian Cabot
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979
TV Movie
Wally Ball
Family
1977-1979
TV Series
Gene Carson / Philip Raskin
Tartuffe
1978
TV Movie
Tartuffe
The Gift of Love
1978
TV Movie
William Schuyler
The Word
1978
TV Mini-Series
Henri Aubert
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
TV Movie
Col. Benton
Land of No Return
1978
Air Traffic Controller
Logan's Run
1977-1978
TV Series
Rem
Little House on the Prairie
1978
TV Series
Nathaniel Mears
Waiting for Godot
1977
TV Movie
Estragon
The Fitzpatricks
1977
TV Series
Father Maloney
Mary White
1977
TV Movie
Sir James Barrie
Exo-Man
1977
TV Movie
Wallace Rogers
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
TV Movie
Harry Hopkins
Code R
1977
TV Series
Jack Douglas
The Waltons
1977
TV Series
Lester Morgan
The Six Million Dollar Man
1975-1976
TV Series
Dr. Martin Davis / Lester Burstyn
The Call of the Wild
1976
TV Movie
Simpson
Great Performances
1975
TV Series
Charles Bisley
Earthquake
1974
Dr. Harvey Johnson
The New Land
1974
TV Series
Rev. Lundstrom
The Terminal Man
1974
Dr. Arthur McPherson
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974
TV Movie
Fred
A Touch of the Poet
1974
TV Movie
Jamie Cregan
Ironside
1972-1974
TV Series
Daniel Keyes / Hartz
Gunsmoke
1974
TV Series
Joseph Graham
The Snoop Sisters
1973
TV Series
Shriver Danforth
Mannix
1973
TV Series
Don McGrath
Showdown
1973
Art Williams
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972
Thomas Melville
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
Manning
The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971
TV Movie
Appleton
Night Gallery
1971
TV Series
Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
Bonanza
1970-1971
TV Series
Thatcher / Judge MacIntyre
Mission: Impossible
1971
TV Series
Alex Pierson
The Young Rebels
1970
TV Series
Colonel Scott
Hawaii Five-O
1970
TV Series
Dr. David Forbes
R.P.M.
1970
Perry Howard
The High Chaparral
1970
TV Series
Henry Simmons
Lancer
1970
TV Series
Porter
Room 222
1969
TV Series
Lloyd Hollis
The File on Devlin
1969
TV Movie
Hywood
Here Come the Brides
1969
TV Series
Marlowe
Rachel, Rachel
1968
Niall Cameron
One Life to Live
1968
TV Series
Dr. Marcus Polk #1 (1968-1969)
Of Mice and Men
1968
TV Movie
Slim
Coronet Blue
1967
TV Series
Rector - the Father Superior
The Defenders
1963-1965
TV Series
Dr. Finch / Dr. Leon Elm
Look Up and Live
1961
TV Series
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1961
TV Series
The United States Steel Hour
1958-1960
TV Series
Joe Cartey / Lieutenant Jack Harrison / Younger Detective / ...
The DuPont Show of the Month
1959
TV Series
Naked City
1958
TV Series
Brickwell
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
1956
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
TV Series
Judge Matthew Sherwood
The West Wing
2003
TV Series
Talmidge Cregg
61*
2001
TV Movie
Ford Frick
Bull
2000
TV Series
Robert 'The Kaiser' Roberts
Cookie's Fortune
1999
Jack Palmer
The Sleep Room
1998
Joseph Rauh
A Smile Like Yours
1997
Dr. Felber
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1997
TV Series
Walt Whitman
Just in Time
1996
Short
Ernie (uncredited)
The Evening Star
1996
Hector Scott
Trapped in Paradise
1994
Clifford Anderson
Is There Life Out There?
1994
TV Movie
Grandpa Walter
Clear and Present Danger
1994
President Bennett
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993
Frank Harrington
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City
1993
TV Mini-Series
Edgar Halcyon
Majority Rule
1992
TV Movie
Walter Simms
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
TV Movie
O'Connell
HouseSitter
1992
George Davis
Columbo
1992
TV Series
Sheldon Hays
Babe Ruth
1991
TV Movie
Jacob Ruppert
Regarding Henry
1991
Charlie Cameron
The Great Pretender
1991
TV Movie
Owen Milner
Class Action
1991
Quinn
Kojak: Flowers for Matty
1990
TV Movie
Garrett Fitzsimons
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Mr. McCoy
Kaleidoscope
1990
TV Movie
Arthur Patterson
A Son's Promise
1990
TV Movie
Paw Paw
Music Box
1989
Harry Talbot
Cross of Fire
1989
TV Movie
George Oberholtzer
China Beach
1989
TV Series
Dad
L.A. Law
1989
TV Series
Judge Lawrence O'Neil
Tattinger's
1989
TV Series
Father Fitzmaurice
Necessary Parties
1988
TV Movie
Grampa Mills
Far North
1988
Uncle Dane
The Bourne Identity
1988
TV Mini-Series
David Abbott
Buck James
1987-1988
TV Series
Les Grant
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988
Chief Surgeon
When the Time Comes
1987
TV Movie
Harold
Desperado
1987
TV Movie
Malloy, Nora's Dad
Houston: The Legend of Texas
1986
TV Movie
Col. John Allen
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mister President
2008
TV Movie documentary special thanks - as Donald Moffatt
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Realizing 'The Right Stuff'
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
T-20 Years and Counting
2003
Video documentary short
Himself
Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger
2002
Video documentary short
Himself
The 39th Annual New Dramatists Benefit
1992
TV Movie
Himself
Shaw vs. Shakespeare I: The Character of Caesar
1970
Documentary short
George Bernard Shaw
Cassius
Shaw vs. Shakespeare II: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
1970
Documentary short
George Bernard Shaw
Cassius
Shaw vs. Shakespeare III: Caesar and Cleopatra
1970
Documentary short
George Bernard Shaw
The APA Rehearses Ibsen
1967
TV Movie documentary
Actor
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Edición Especial Coleccionista
2012
TV Series
Garry
Troma Is Spanish for Troma
2010
Documentary
General Turnbull (in 'Monster in the Closet')
President Hollywood
2008
TV Movie documentary
President Bennett (uncredited)
The Chisholms
1980
TV Mini-Series
Enos
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1998
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series