Donald Moffat Biography (1930-)

Born December 26, 1930, in Plymouth, Devon, England; son of Walter George (aninsurance agent) and Kathleen Mary (maiden name, Smith) Moffat; married AnneMurray Ellsperman (an actress), May 22, 1954 (divorced, August, 1968); married Gwen Arner (an actress), May, 1969; children: (first marriage) Kathleen Wendy, Gabriel Robin; (second marriage) Lynn Marie, Catherine Jean. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, stage manager
Birth Details: December 26, 1930; Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Swanston, Pursuit of the Graf Spee (also known as The Battle of the River Plate and Graf Spee), Rank, 1957
Neil Cameron (some sources cite Hector), Rachel, Rachel, Warner Bros., 1968
Perry Howard, R.P.M., Columbia, 1970
Thomas Melville, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Columbia, 1971
Manning, The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid, Universal, 1972
Art Williams, Showdown, Universal, 1973
Dr. Arthur McPherson, The Terminal Man, Warner Bros., 1974
Dr. Harvey Johnson, Earthquake, Universal, 1974
Air traffic controller, Land of No Return (also known as Challenge to Survive and Snowman), 1975
Dr. Walter McInterny, Promises in the Dark, Warner Bros., 1979
Captain of T. K., Winter Kills, Avco Embassy, 1979
Colonel Cody, Health (also known as H.E.A.L.T.H.), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Sam, On the Nickel, Rose's Park, 1979
The tax man, Popeye, Paramount, 1980
Vreeland, The White Lions, 1981
Garry, The Thing (also known as John Carpenter's The Thing), Universal, 1982
Lyndon B. Johnson, The Right Stuff, Warner Bros., 1983
Wally Scheer, Alamo Bay, TriStar, 1985
The colonel, The Best of Times, Universal, 1986
General Turnbull, Monster in the Closet, Troma, 1987
Chief surgeon, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Orion, 1988
Uncle Dane, Far North, Alive, 1988
Harry Talbot, Music Box, TriStar, 1989
Mr. McCoy, Bonfire of the Vanities, Warner Bros., 1990
Charlie, Regarding Henry, Paramount, 1991
Fred Quinn, Class Action, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
George Davis, HouseSitter, Universal, 1992
President Edward Bennett, Clear and Present Danger, Paramount, 1994
Clifford Anderson, Trapped in Paradise (also known as Home forthe Holidays, It Happened in Paradise, and Welcome to Paradise), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
Ernie, Just in Time, 1996
Hector Scott, The Evening Star, Paramount, 1996
Dr. Felber, A Smile Like Yours, Paramount, 1997
Jack Palmer, Cookie's Fortune, October Films, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Dr. Marcus Polk, One Life to Live (also known as One Life to Live: The Summer of Seduction), ABC, 1968-1969
Reverend Lars Lundstrom, The New Land, ABC, 1974
Rem, the android, Logan's Run, CBS, 1977-1978
Enos, The Chisholms, CBS, 1980
Robert "The Kaiser" Roberts, a recurring role, Bull, TNT, 2000
Miniseries
Henri Aubert, The Word, CBS, 1978
Narrator, Wagner, 1983
David Abbott, The Bourne Identity, ABC, 1988
George Oberholtzer, Cross of Fire, NBC, 1989
Edgar Warfield Halcyon, "Tales of the City" (also known as "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City"), American Playhouse, PBS, 1994
Joseph Rauh, The Sleep Room (also known as Le pavillon de l'oubli), Lifetime, 1998
Movies
Slim, Of Mice and Men, ABC, 1968
Appleton, The Devil and Miss Sarah, ABC, 1971
Fred, "Kiss Me Again, Stranger," Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love, NBC, 1974
Simpson, The Call of the Wild, NBC, 1976
Rogers, The Exo-Man, NBC, 1977
Harry Hopkins, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, ABC, 1977
The Last Hurrah, NBC, 1977
Sir James M. Barrie, Mary White, ABC, 1977
Colonel Benton, Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force, NBC, 1978
William Schuyler, The Gift of Love, ABC, 1978
Wally Ball, Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (also known as Strangers), CBS, 1979
Frank Randell, Mrs. R's Daughter, NBC, 1979
Ian Cabot, Ebony, Ivory, and Jade, CBS, 1979
Josef Kaplan, The Long Days of Summer, ABC, 1980
Hugh Auchincloss, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, ABC, 1981
Dick Thomas, Who Will Love My Children?, ABC, 1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (also known as Denmark Vesey's Rebellion), PBS, 1982
Patrolman, Through Naked Eyes, ABC, 1983
Howard Webster, License to Kill, CBS, 1984
John Farnsworth, Lily, CBS, 1986
Colonel John Allen, Houston: The Legend of Texas (also known as Gone to Texas), 1986
Malloy, Desperado, NBC, 1987
Harold, When the Time Comes, ABC, 1987
Grampa Mills, "Necessary Parties," WonderWorks, PBS, 1988
Cecil O'Kelley (Paw Paw), A Son's Promise (also known as Fire in the Heart, The O'Kelley Brothers, and The O'Kelley Story), ABC, 1990
Arthur Patterson, Kaleidoscope (also known as Danielle Steele's"Kaleidoscope"), NBC, 1990
Garrett Fitzsimmons, "Flowers for Matty," Kojak (also known as The ABC Saturday Movie), ABC, 1990
Owen Milner, The Great Pretender (also known as Dead End Brattigan), NBC, 1991
Jacob Ruppert, Babe Ruth (also known as The Sultan of Swat), NBC, 1991
Walter Simms, Majority Rule, syndicated, 1992
O'Connell, Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (also known asLife on the High Wire), HBO, 1992
Sheldon Hays, Columbo: No Time to Die, ABC, 1992
Frank Harrington, Love, Cheat, & Steal (also known as Preyfor Us All), Showtime, 1993
Grandpa Walter, Is There Life out There?, CBS, 1994
Ford Frick, 61* (also known as 61), HBO, 2001
Specials
Hywood, "The File on Devlin," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1969
Jamie Cregan, "A Touch of the Poet," Theatre in America, PBS, 1974
Estragon, "Waiting for Godot," Theatre in America, PBS, 1977
Title role, "Tartuffe," Theatre in America, PBS, 1978
Charles Bisley, "Forget-Me-Not Lane," Theatre in America, PBS, 1979
Gardner Church, "Painting Churches," American Playhouse, PBS, 1986
Episodic

"Ad Astra," Camera Three, CBS, 1958
"The Browning Version," DuPont Show of the Month, NBC, 1959
Jimmy, "You Can't Have Everything," United States Steel Hour, CBS,1960
"The Colossus," The Defenders, CBS, 1963
"The Prosecutor," The Defenders, CBS, 1965
The rector, "A Dozen Demons," Coronet Blue, 1967
"Next Week East Lynne," Here Come the Brides, ABC, 1969
Judge, "The Trouble with Amy," Bonanza, 1969
Henry Simmons, "The Lieutenant," High Chaparral, NBC, 1970
Dr. Forbes, "And a Time to Die...," Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1970
Dr. Forbes, "The Age of Independence," The Young Rebels, ABC, 1970
Porter, "The Lion and the Lamb," Lancer, 1970
"Face of Fear," Bonanza, NBC, 1971
Alex Pierson, "Mindbend," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1971
Uncle George, "Pickman's Model," Night Gallery, NBC, 1971
Hartz, "Shadow Soldiers," Ironside, NBC, 1972
"All the Dead Were Strangers," Mannix, CBS, 1973
"Corpse and Robbers," The Snoop Sisters, NBC, 1973
Joseph Graham, "The Foundling," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1974
Daniel, "Close to the Heart," Ironside, NBC, 1974
Lester Burstyn, "The Bionic Criminal," The Six Million Dollar Man,ABC, 1975
Dr. Martin Davis, "Nightmare in the Sky," The Six Million Dollar Man, ABC, 1976
Mr. Morgan, "John's Crossroads," The Waltons, CBS, 1977
Code R, CBS, 1977
Family, ABC, 1977
"The Sacrament," The Fitzpatricks, CBS, 1977
Nathaniel Mears, "Be My Friend," Little House on the Prairie, 1978
Brooks Oliver, "Mama Dearest," Dallas, CBS, 1982
Brooks Oliver, "The Ewing Blues," Dallas, CBS, 1983
Brooks Oliver, "The Reckoning," Dallas, CBS, 1983
The Mississippi, CBS, 1984
Tim Carver, "Murder at Fifty Mile" (also known as "Funeral at Fifty Mile"), Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1985
Dr. Chandler, "The Star," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
Les Grant, "Abslom, Abslom," Buck James (also known as The Heart of Texas), ABC, 1987
Les Grant, "The Requiem," Buck James (also known as The Heart of Texas), ABC, 1988
Pop McMurphy, "The World: Parts 1 & 2," China Beach, ABC, 1988
Judge Lawrence O'Neil, "The Accidental Jurist," L.A. Law, NBC, 1989
Walt Whitman, "The Body Electric," Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, CBS,1997
Talmidge Cregg, "The Long Goodbye," The West Wing, NBC, 2003
Also appeared in Armstrong Circle Theatre, NBC.
Stage Appearances
First murderer, Macbeth, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland,then (London debut) Old Vic Theatre, both 1954
Sir Stephen Scroop, Richard II, Old Vic Theatre, 1955
Earl of Douglas, Henry IV, Part I, Old Vic Theatre, 1955
Earl of Warwick, Henry IV, Part II, Old Vic Theatre, 1955
(Broadway debut) Mr. Ogmore and Nogood Boyo, Under Milkwood, HenryMiller's Theatre, 1957
Stage manager, The Skin of Our Teeth, University Players, Princeton, NJ, 1957
Mr. Martin, The Bald Soprano, Sullivan Street Playhouse, New YorkCity, 1958
Grandfather Jack, Jack, Sullivan Street Playhouse, 1958
Detective Inspector Bruton, Listen to the Mockingbird, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, then Shubert Theatre, Washington, DC, both 1958
Shabyelsky, Ivanov, Renata Theatre, New York City, 1959
Verges, Much Ado about Nothing, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1959
George, The Tumbler, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1960
Clerk of the court, Duel of Angels, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1960
Title role, Richard II, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Akron, 1960
Earl of Worcester, Henry IV, Part I, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, 1960
Justice Shallow, Henry IV, Part II, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, 1960
Member of chorus, Henry V, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, 1960
Laudisi, Right You Are ... If You Think You Are, Association of Producing Artists, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, 1961
Geronte, Scapin, Association of Producing Artists, McCarter Theatre, 1961
Dr. Dorn, The Seagull, Association of Producing Artists, McCarterTheatre, 1961
Reverend Canon Chasuble, The Importance of Being Earnest, Association of Producing Artists, McCarter Theatre, 1961
Title role, Macbeth, Akron Shakespeare Festival, Akron, OH, 1961
Malvolio, Twelfth Night, Akron Shakespeare Festival, 1961
Gremio, The Taming of the Shrew, Akron Shakespeare Festival, 1961
Mr. Tarlton, Misalliance, Sheridan Square Playhouse, New York City, 1961
Sam McBryde, A Passage to India, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1962
Title role, Richard II, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland, OH, 1962
Touchstone, As You Like It, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1962
Julian Skeffington, The Affair, Henry Miller's Theatre, 1962
Dick Dudgeon, The Devil's Disciple, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1963
A and B, Act without Words, Playhouse in the Park, 1963
Henry IV, The Emperor, Playhouse in the Park, 1963
Gremio, The Taming of the Shrew, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1963
Title role, Henry V, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1963
Duke Vincentio, Measure for Measure, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1963
Aston, The Caretaker, Players Theatre, New York City, 1964
Octavius Robinson and Jack Tanner, Man and Superman, University ofMichigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, and Phoenix Theatre, New York City, both 1964
Andrei, War and Peace, Association of Producing Artists, Phoenix Theatre, 1964
The Hostage, 1964
Judith, 1964
Martin Vanderhof, You Can't Take It with You, Lyceum Theatre, NewYork City, 1965
Lamberto Laudisi, Right You Are ... If You Think You Are, Lyceum Theatre, 1966
Joseph Surface, School for Scandal, Lyceum Theatre, 1967
Andrei, War and Peace, Association of Producing Artists, Phoenix Theatre, 1967
Hjalmar Ekdal, The Wild Duck, 1967
Martin Vanderhof, You Can't Take It with You, 1967
The Cherry Orchard, 1967-1968
Lopahin, The Cherry Orchard, Lyceum Theatre, 1969
Sailor Mohan, Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, Lyceum Theatre, 1969
Chanal, Chemin de Fer, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1969
Hamlet, 1969
Richard, Father's Day, New Theatre for Now, Los Angeles, 1970, then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1971
Title role, Hadrian VII, Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA, 1970-1971
Title role, The Magistrate, Bucks County Playhouse, 1970-1971
Thomas Melville, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, Mark Taper Forum, 1971
Boniface, Hotel Paradiso, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA,1971
The Crucible, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1972
Forget-Me-Not Lane, Mark Taper Forum, 1973
Vagabond, The Tavern, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1973
Joseph Malley, Child's Play, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1973
Harpagon, The Miser, Studio Arena Theatre, 1974
Moricet, 13 Rue de l'Amour, Studio Arena Theatre, 1975
The Kitchen, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Los Angeles, 1975
Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, 1975
Captain Shotover, Heartbreak House, Westwood Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1976
John Tarleton, Misalliance, Academy Festival Theatre, Chicago, IL,1976
Estragon, Waiting for Godot, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, 1977
Krapp's Last Tape, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, 1977
Scott, Terra Nova, Mark Taper Forum, 1979
Gardner Church, Painting Churches, South Street Theatre, New YorkCity, 1983
Cam MacMillan, Play Memory, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1984
James, Passion Play, Mark Taper Forum, 1985
The Iceman Cometh, John F. Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theatre, 1985, then Broadway, later produced in Los Angeles, both 1986
Falstaff, Henry IV, Part I, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1987
Title role, Titus Andronicus, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1989
Uncommon Ground, 1991
Touchstone, As You Like It, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1992
The Heiress, 1995
USG, A Few Stout Individuals, Signature Theatre Company, New YorkCity, 2002
Also appeared as Andrew Makepeace Ladd III in Love Letters, and inproductions of The Iceman Cometh, Dublin, Ireland, and A Long Day's Journey into Night.
Major Tours
Pat, The Hostage, U.S. and Canadian cities, 1961
Stage Work
Director
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akron Shakespeare Festival, Akron, OH,1961
Julius Caesar, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland, OH, 1964
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, 1964
Miss Julie, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, 1966
New York ... and Who to Blame It On, Association of Producing Artists, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1968
Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1969
Father's Day, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1971
13 Rue de l'Amour, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1975
Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, Los Angeles, 1975
The Wakefield Mystery Plays, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, 1977
Stage Manager
Salad Days, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1954
Romanoff and Juliet, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1955

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Maclean's, January 12, 1998, p. 66
Variety, August 25, 1997, pp. 74-76

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