Donald Moffat
A bushy-browed veteran character player of stage and screen since the 1960s, Donald Moffat began stomping the boards during the 50s in his native England, making his West End debut in a 1954 production of "Macbeth." He made his feature debut in Paul Newman's "Rachel, Rachel" (1968), and since the early 80s has become a Hollywood staple, playing older gentlemen in both films and TV. Some of Moffat's craggy parts include "The Right Stuff" (1983), as Lyndon B. Johnson; "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988), as the chief surgeon; and "Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990), as Tom Hanks' dad. He was especially touching as a middle-aged businessman who finds he only has a short time to live in the TV miniseries adaptation of Armistead Maupin's San Francisco chronicle, "Tales from the City" (PBS, 1994). Moffat continued working steadily through the '90s, including roles as the president of the United States in the thriller "Clear and Present Danger" (1994) and in Robert Altman's crime comedy "Cookie's Fortune" (1999). He also appeared on "The West Wing" (NBC 1999-2006) as the father of Alison Janney's C.J. Cregg and on Dick Wolf's short-lived "Law & Order: Trial By Jury" (NBC 2005-06) as a judge. Donald Moffat died at his home in Sleepy Hollow, New York on December 20, 2018, following a massive stroke. He was 87.
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Donald Moffat
Filmography
Movies
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86% |
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61* | Ford Frick (Character) | - | 2001 |
86% |
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Cookie's Fortune | Jack Palmer (Character) | - | 1999 |
6% |
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A Smile Like Yours | Dr. Felber (Character) | $3.3M | 1997 |
20% |
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The Evening Star | Hector Scott (Character) | $12.7M | 1996 |
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Love, Cheat & Steal | Frank Harrington (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Is There Life Out There? | Grandpa Walter (Character) | - | 1994 |
81% |
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Clear and Present Danger | President Bennett (Character) | $121.5M | 1994 |
10% |
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Trapped in Paradise | Clifford Anderson (Character) | $5.8M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Columbo: No Time to Die | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
36% |
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Housesitter | George Davis (Character) | $58.1M | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | O'Connell (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Majority Rule | Walter Simms (Character) | - | 1992 |
77% |
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Class Action | Fred Quinn (Character) | $23.9M | 1991 |
49% |
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Regarding Henry | Charlie Cameron (Character) | $41.0M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Babe Ruth | Jacob Ruppert (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Pretender | Owen Milner (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Garrett Fitzsimons (Character) | - | 1990 |
15% |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities | Mr. McCoy (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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A Son's Promise | Paw Paw (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Kaleidoscope | Arthur Patterson (Character) | - | 1990 |
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Cross of Fire | George Oberholtzer (Character) | - | 1989 |
75% |
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Music Box | Harry Talbot (Character) | $5.1M | 1989 |
13% |
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Far North | Uncle Dane (Character) | $23.7K | 1988 |
87% |
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Chief Surgeon (Character) | $9.3M | 1988 |
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Monster in the Closet | Gen. Turnbull (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Desperado | Malloy (Character) | - | 1987 |
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Houston: The Legend of Texas | Col. John Allen (Character) | - | 1986 |
29% |
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The Best of Times | The Colonel (Character) | $5.8M | 1986 |
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Alamo Bay | Wally (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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License to Kill | Webster (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Through Naked Eyes | Patrolman (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Who Will Love My Children? | Dick Thomas (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Captain Vesey (Character) | - | 1982 |
85% |
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The Thing | Garry (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Hugh Auchincloss (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Lions | Vreeland (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Long Days of Summer | Josef Kaplan (Character) | - | 1980 |
58% |
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Popeye | The Taxman (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Nickel | Sam (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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H.E.A.L.T.H. | Colonel Cody (Character) | - | 1980 |
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Promises in the Dark | Dr. Walter McInerny (Character) | - | 1979 |
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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Wally Ball (Character) | - | 1979 |
92% |
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Winter Kills | Unknown (Character) | $75.6K | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. R's Daughter | Frank Randell (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gift of Love | William Schuyler (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary White | Sir James Barrie (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exo-Man | Wallace Rogers (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Call of the Wild | Simpson (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snowman | Air Traffic Controller (Character) | - | 1975 |
50% |
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The Terminal Man | Dr. Arthur McPherson (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Showdown | Art Williams (Character) | - | 1973 |
73% |
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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Manning (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil and Miss Sarah | Appleton (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The File on Devlin | Hywood (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Of Mice and Men | Slim (Character) | - | 1968 |
92% |
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Rachel, Rachel | Niall Cameron (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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81% | 95% | The West Wing | Talmidge Cregg (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bull | Robert "the Kaiser" Roberts (Character) | 2000-2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Sheldon Hays (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The Bourne Identity | David Abbott (Character) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Tim Carver (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Logan's Run | Rem (Character) | 1977-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Nathaniel Mears (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Martin Davis (Guest Star) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Joseph Graham (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Don McGrath (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Marlowe (Guest Star) | 1969 |