Donald Moffat
Date of birth: 1930-12-26
Place of birth: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Donald Moffatt
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.
Movie Credits
The Thing
1982-06-25
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its
Music Box
1989-12-22
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
1988-02-05
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, an
Housesitter
1992-06-12
Con artist Gwen moves into Newton's empty home without his knowledge and begins setting up house, po
Popeye
1980-12-12
Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm
The Best of Times
1986-01-31
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Trapped in Paradise
1994-12-02
Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.
The Right Stuff
1983-10-20
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to
Clear and Present Danger
1994-08-03
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is dia
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990-12-21
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotli
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978-08-21
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his h
The Terminal Man
1974-06-19
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience viole
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972-05-12
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield,
Rachel, Rachel
1968-08-26
Rachel is a 35-year-old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a
Of Mice and Men
1968-01-31
Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depressio
Monster in the Closet
1986-05-15
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college
Love, Cheat & Steal
1993-12-05
Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's
HealtH
1980-09-12
At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convent
The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the At
Far North
1988-11-09
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope w
The Great Pretender
1991-04-14
A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers da
R.P.M.
1970-09-16
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professo
The Gift of Love
1978-12-08
Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite
The File on Devlin
1969-11-21
A young woman finds herself engulfed in Cold War intrigue when her father, a Nobel Prize-winning aut
Alamo Bay
1985-04-03
A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees V
Houston: The Legend of Texas
1986-11-22
Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas
Kaleidoscope
1990-10-15
A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 3
The Devil and Miss Sarah
1971-12-04
A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
1979-05-13
A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she i
A Touch of the Poet
1974-04-24
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former
Regarding Henry
1991-07-10
After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a lovin
The White Lions
1981-12-31
A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare w
The Sleep Room
1998-03-31
At the height of the cold war, the C.I.A. secretly funded Dr. Ewen Cameron, director of the Allan Me
Cookie's Fortune
1999-03-24
Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of rea
Desperado
1987-04-27
Cowboy Duell McCall wants to quickly deliver a herd of cattle to town, get paid and move on but roma
Majority Rule
1992-10-27
A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in
Is There Life Out There?
1994-10-09
Lily Marshall has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return t
Exo-Man
1977-06-18
A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to wa
Earthquake
1974-11-15
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits
Class Action
1991-03-15
A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affai
When the Time Comes
1987-05-28
A terminally ill woman seeks assistance in taking her life when her husband refuses.
Babe Ruth
1991-10-06
A film based on the home-run legend's life.
Forget-Me-Not Lane
1975-03-12
A college professor remembers the humor and sorrow of his youth in World War II Britain.
Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island
Recreates the conflict of Roger Williams with the Puritan leaders of New England, including his atte
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
1979-08-03
In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a
Mrs. R's Daughter
1979-09-19
When a young woman is brutally raped and beaten, her mother sets out to find justice for her.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981-10-14
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her
The Evening Star
1996-12-25
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora
Showdown
1973-06-20
Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.
Who Will Love My Children?
1984-09-19
Lucile Fray has 10 children and terminal cancer. As her ne'er-do-well alcoholic husband, isn't capab
Tartuffe
1978-05-31
Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the
Through Naked Eyes
1983-12-11
A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite
A Smile Like Yours
1997-08-27
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby
Promises in the Dark
1979-11-02
A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves f
Art, what is it? Why is it?
1963-01-01
John Canaday analyzes the place of art among the humanities as an expression of man's attempt to def
Necessary Parties
1988-01-01
Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want th
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977-03-13
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Mary White
1977-11-18
The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughte
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974-05-01
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic
The Long Days of Summer
1980-05-23
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective ser
On the Nickel
1980-05-08
Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of
61*
2001-04-28
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally
A Son's Promise
1990-03-05
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terr
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
1982-02-17
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to sei
License to Kill
1986-12-16
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and fru
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992-09-12
For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared,
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990-01-04
Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smugglin
The Call of the Wild
1976-05-22
A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get to t
Lily
1986-06-14
Lily Miniver is an eccentric, intrepid young woman whose job as associate curator at the prestigious
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
1972-05-15
On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service of
My Champion
1981-05-17
In 1964 Miki came to LA with only a suitcase, hoping to become the world's best marathon runner. She