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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Thing
as Garry
1982
Music Box
as Harry Talbot
1989
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
as Chief Surgeon
1988
Housesitter
as George Davis
1992
Popeye
as The Taxman
1980
The Best of Times
as Herbert ("The Colonel")
1986
Trapped in Paradise
as Clifford Anderson
1994
The Right Stuff
as Lyndon B. Johnson
1983
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Mr. McCoy
1990
Clear and Present Danger
as President Bennett
1994
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
as Col. Benton
1978
The Terminal Man
as Dr. Arthur McPherson
1974
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Manning
1972
Rachel, Rachel
as Niall Cameron
1968
Of Mice and Men
as Slim
1968
Monster in the Closet
as General Franklin Turnbull
1986
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Frank Harrington
1993
HealtH
as Colonel Cody
1980
The Battle of the River Plate
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
1956
Far North
as Uncle Dane
1988
TV Appearances
L.A. Law
as Lawrence O'Neil
1986
Little House on the Prairie
as Nathaniel Mears
1974
China Beach
1988
Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. David Forbes
1968
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Star")
1985
Gunsmoke
as Joseph Graham
1955
Room 222
1969
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Matthew Sherwood
2005
Night Gallery
as Uncle George (segment "Pickman's Model")
1970
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Walt Whitman
1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as John Heywood
1951
The High Chaparral
as Henry Simmons
1967