Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

1930-12-26 Plymouth, Devon, England, UK 69 Credits

Biography

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 ...

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61*

61*

2001

as Ford Frick

7.0
Acting

In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally ha...

Cookie's Fortune

Cookie's Fortune

1999

as Jack Palmer

6.4
Acting

Conflict arises in the small town of Holly Springs when an old woman's death causes a variety of reactions among family and friends.

The Sleep Room

The Sleep Room

1998

6.0
Acting

At the height of the cold war, the C.I.A. secretly funded Dr. Ewen Cameron, director of the Allan Memorial Institute, and his experimental research in...

A Smile Like Yours

A Smile Like Yours

1997

as Dr. Felber

3.6
Acting

A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby

The Evening Star

The Evening Star

1996

as Hector Scott

5.9
Acting

Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has on...

Trapped in Paradise

Trapped in Paradise

1994

as Clifford Anderson

5.6
Acting

Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

Is There Life Out There?

Is There Life Out There?

1994

as Grandpa Walter

5.0
Acting

Lily Marshall has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "I...

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as President Bennett

6.7
Acting

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Love, Cheat & Steal

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993

as Frank Harrington

4.4
Acting

Paul Harrington thinks he has the perfect wife... stunning, kind, and ambitious. Yet behind Lauren's pretty face lies a wicked person who sent her for...

Majority Rule

Majority Rule

1992

as Walter Simms

3.0
Acting

A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of p...

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story

1992

as O'Connell

5.2
Acting

For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, the fight was on to see who could follow him. Jac...

Housesitter

Housesitter

1992

as George Davis

6.1
Acting

After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-ni...

Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth

1991

as Jacob Ruppert

6.0
Acting

A film based on the home-run legend's life.

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry

1991

as Charlie Cameron

6.5
Acting

Respected lawyer Henry Turner survives a convenience-store shooting only to find he has lost his memory, and has serious speech and mobility issues. A...

The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender

1991

as Owen Milner

1.0
Acting

A newspaper reporter, who has just won a trial against his newspaper which had fired him, suffers dangerous reprisals at his work.

Class Action

Class Action

1991

as Quinn

6.3
Acting

A liberal activist lawyer alienated his daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie ag...

The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

1990

as Mr. McCoy

5.6
Acting

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and ...

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

1990

as Arthur Patterson

4.0
Acting

A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from t...

A Son's Promise

A Son's Promise

1990

as Paw Paw

6.0
Acting

An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O'Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, ...

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

1990

as Garrett Fitzsimons

4.5
Acting

Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.

Music Box

Music Box

1989

as Harry Talbot

7.1
Acting

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

Far North

Far North

1988

as Uncle Dane

6.3
Acting

After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

as Chief Surgeon

6.9
Acting

Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to...

Necessary Parties

Necessary Parties

1988

as Grampa Mills

7.0
Acting

Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop ow...

When the Time Comes

When the Time Comes

1987

as Harold

Acting

A terminally ill woman seeks assistance in taking her life when her husband refuses.

Desperado

Desperado

1987

as Malloy, Nora's Dad

3.8
Acting

Cowboy Duell McCall wants to quickly deliver a herd of cattle to town, get paid and move on but romance with local girl Nora gets him involved in a fe...

License to Kill

License to Kill

1986

as Howard Webster

5.7
Acting

A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucra...

Houston: The Legend of Texas

Houston: The Legend of Texas

1986

as Col. John Allen

6.9
Acting

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing ...

Lily

Lily

1986

as John Farnsworth

Acting

Lily Miniver is an eccentric, intrepid young woman whose job as associate curator at the prestigious Jeffersonian Museum in Washington, D.C. takes her...

Monster in the Closet

Monster in the Closet

1986

as General Franklin Turnbull

5.0
Acting

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band...

The Best of Times

The Best of Times

1986

as Herbert ("The Colonel")

5.6
Acting

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.

Alamo Bay

Alamo Bay

1985

as Wally

5.9
Acting

A despondent Vietnam veteran in danger of losing his livelihood is pushed to the edge when he sees Vietnamese immigrants moving into the fishing indus...

Who Will Love My Children?

Who Will Love My Children?

1984

as Dick Thomas

6.2
Acting

Lucile Fray has 10 children and terminal cancer. As her ne'er-do-well alcoholic husband, isn't capable enough to handle raising them, there's only one...

Through Naked Eyes

Through Naked Eyes

1983

as Patrolman

4.3
Acting

A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite him--until he finds out one day that an attractiv...

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983

as Lyndon B. Johnson

7.4
Acting

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history b...

The Thing

The Thing

1982

as Garry

8.1
Acting

In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years....

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

1982

as Captain Vesey

6.0
Acting

Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this fa...

The White Lions

The White Lions

1981

as Vreeland

Acting

A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy

1981

as Hugh Auchincloss

8.0
Acting

Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into...

Popeye

Popeye

1980

as The Taxman

5.5
Acting

Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who's searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and wi...

HealtH

HealtH

1980

as Colonel Cody

5.2
Acting

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tri...

The Long Days of Summer

The Long Days of Summer

1980

as Josef Kaplan

Acting

In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of...

On the Nickel

On the Nickel

1980

as Sam

6.0
Acting

Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of the good times he enjoyed with his wino friends o...

Promises in the Dark

Promises in the Dark

1979

as Dr. Walter McInerny

6.1
Acting

A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut. Sh...

Mrs. R's Daughter

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979

as Frank Randell

6.0
Acting

When a young woman is brutally raped and beaten, her mother sets out to find justice for her.

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

1979

as Ian Cabot

5.0
Acting

In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Iv...

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

1979

as Wally Ball

9.2
Acting

A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to re...

The Gift of Love

The Gift of Love

1978

as William Schuyler

6.0
Acting

Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite lovingly--sacrifices a treasured possession to buy...

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force

1978

as Col. Benton

4.3
Acting

The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.

Tartuffe

Tartuffe

1978

as Tartuffe

Acting

Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the wealthy Orgon and then attempts to seduce both his...

Exo-Man

Exo-Man

1977

as Wallace Rogers

4.3
Acting

A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977

as Harry Hopkins

5.1
Acting

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Mary White

Mary White

1977

as Sir James Barrie

5.0
Acting

The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at...

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1976

as Simpson

6.3
Acting

A prospector, a trapper and their sled dog battle the Klondike elements on their journey to get to the gold country.

Forget-Me-Not Lane

Forget-Me-Not Lane

1975

as Charles Bisley

Acting

A college professor remembers the humor and sorrow of his youth in World War II Britain.

Earthquake

Earthquake

1974

as Dr. Harvey Johnson

6.1
Acting

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

The Terminal Man

The Terminal Man

1974

as Dr. Arthur McPherson

5.3
Acting

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures...

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

1974

as Fred

Acting

Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segmen...

A Touch of the Poet

A Touch of the Poet

1974

as Jamie Cregan

Acting

Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the B...

Showdown

Showdown

1973

as Art Williams

6.1
Acting

Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972

as Manning

5.6
Acting

The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.

The Devil and Miss Sarah

The Devil and Miss Sarah

1971

as Appleton

6.0
Acting

A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man's wife to try to p...

R.P.M.

R.P.M.

1970

as Perry Howard

6.3
Acting

R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of ...

The File on Devlin

The File on Devlin

1969

as John Heywood

Acting

A young woman finds herself engulfed in Cold War intrigue when her father, a Nobel Prize-winning author, vanishes while travelling near the Russian bo...

Rachel, Rachel

Rachel, Rachel

1968

as Niall Cameron

6.6
Acting

Rachel is a 35-year-old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, sh...

Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1968

as Slim

9.0
Acting

Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depression, but luck is not in their cards.

Art, what is it? Why is it?

Art, what is it? Why is it?

1963

as Narrator

Acting

John Canaday analyzes the place of art among the humanities as an expression of man's attempt to define what it means to be a human being. Mr. Canaday...

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

1956

as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Is...

Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island

N/A

as Roger Williams

Acting

Recreates the conflict of Roger Williams with the Puritan leaders of New England, including his attempts to achieve separation of church and state, fr...