Donald Moffat
Highest Rated: 88% Winter Kills (1979)
Lowest Rated: 6% A Smile Like Yours (1997)
Birthday: Dec 26, 1930
Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
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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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85% | 90% | 61 | Ford Frick (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 86% | 65% | Cookie's Fortune | Jack Palmer (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 6% | 19% | A Smile Like Yours | Dr. Felber (Character) | $3.3M | 1997 |
| 22% | 62% | The Evening Star | Hector Scott (Character) | $12.7M | 1996 |
| 10% | 41% | Trapped in Paradise | Clifford Anderson (Character) | $5.8M | 1994 |
| 80% | 74% | Clear and Present Danger | President Bennett (Character) | $121.5M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Love, Cheat & Steal | Frank Harrington (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Is There Life Out There? | Grandpa Walter (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 40% | 47% | Housesitter | George Davis (Character) | $58.1M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | Columbo: No Time to Die | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | O'Connell (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Majority Rule | Walter Simms (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 76% | 51% | Class Action | Fred Quinn (Character) | $23.9M | 1991 |
| 43% | 63% | Regarding Henry | Charlie Cameron (Character) | $41M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Babe Ruth | Jacob Ruppert (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Pretender | Owen Milner (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 16% | 26% | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Mr. McCoy (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Kaleidoscope | Arthur Patterson (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Garrett Fitzsimons (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | A Son's Promise | Paw Paw (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Cross of Fire | George Oberholtzer (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 72% | 77% | Music Box | Harry Talbot (Character) | $5.1M | 1989 |
| 13% | 50% | Far North | Uncle Dane (Character) | $23.7K | 1988 |
| 85% | 84% | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Chief Surgeon (Character) | $9.3M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | Monster in the Closet | Gen. Turnbull (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Desperado | Malloy (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 31% | 43% | The Best of Times | The Colonel (Character) | $5.8M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 15% | Houston: The Legend of Texas | Col. John Allen (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Alamo Bay | Wally (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | License to Kill | Webster (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Through Naked Eyes | Patrolman (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Who Will Love My Children? | Dick Thomas (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 85% | 92% | 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 | On the Nickel | Sam (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Long Days of Summer | Josef Kaplan (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 61% | 39% | Popeye | The Taxman (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Wally Ball (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | H.E.A.L.T.H. | Colonel Cody (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. R's Daughter | Frank Randell (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Promises in the Dark | Dr. Walter McInerny (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 88% | 55% | Winter Kills | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Gift of Love | William Schuyler (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exo-Man | Wallace Rogers (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary White | Sir James Barrie (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 |
| 53% | 44% | The Terminal Man | Dr. Arthur McPherson (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Showdown | Art Williams (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 73% | 44% | 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 | Of Mice and Men | Slim (Character) | - | 1968 |
| 86% | 77% | Rachel, Rachel | Niall Cameron (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75% | 95% | The West Wing | Talmidge Cregg (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Bull | Robert "the Kaiser" Roberts (Character) | 2000-2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sleep Room | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Columbo | Sheldon Hays (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bourne Identity | David Abbott (Character) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (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 | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Unknown (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 |
QUOTES FROM Donald Moffat CHARACTERS
Garry says: This is pure nonsense. It doesn't prove a thing.
MacReady says: I thought you'd feel that way, Garry. You were the only one that could've gotten to that blood. We'll do you last.
Jack Palmer says: He died alright about four years later in Alabama, in a button factory accident.
Emma Duvall says: A button factory?
Camille Orcutt says: Seems the hole poker machine broke loose and fell on him. He had 273 holes in him before they could get it off.
Garry says: This is pure nonsense. Doesn't prove a thing.
MacReady says: I thought you'd feel that way, Garry. You were the only one who could've gotten to that blood. We'll do you last.
Garry says: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot. And when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!!!
Garry says: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot. And when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
Garry says: But I've known Bennings for ten years!
Garry says: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
Garry says: I'll put this right through your HEAD.
Garry says: I don't know about Copper...But I give you my word I did not go near that blood.....But I guess you'll all feel a little easier...If someone else was in charge.
Garry says: I don't know about Copper. But I give you my word I did not go near that blood... But I guess you'll all feel a little easier, if someone else was in charge.
Garry says: The generator's gone.
MacReady says: Any way we can fix it?
Garry says: It's GONE, MacReady.
Garry says: You reach anybody, yet?
Windows says: Reach anybody? We're a thousand miles from nowhere, man. And it's gonna get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any better!
Garry says: Well stick to it, Windows. Stick to it.
Bennings says: Winds are gonna die down a tad over the next couple of hours.
Garry says: A TAD?
Garry says: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot. But when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS F*CKING COUCH!
Garry says: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
Garry says: This is pure nonsense. It doesn't prove a thing.
MacReady says: I thought you'd feel that way, Garry. You were the only one who could've gotten to that blood. We'll do you last.
MacReady says: I don't know...it's like this: thousands of years ago this spaceship crashes, and this thing, whatever it is, jumps out or crawls out and gets entombed in the ice.
MacReady says: I don't know, it's like this: thousands of years ago this spaceship crashes, and this thing, whatever it is, jumps out or crawls out and gets entombed in the ice.
Garry says: So, the Norwegians find it, and they dig it out of the ice...
MacReady says: That's right, Garry. They dig it up; they cart it back to their base. Somehow it gets thawed; it wakes up, probably not the best of moods, and...I don't know. I wasn't there!
MacReady says: That's right, Garry. They dig it up; they cart it back to their base. Somehow it gets thawed; it wakes up, probably not the best of moods, and, I don't know. I wasn't there!
Garry says: You reach anybody, yet?
Windows says: Reach anybody? We're a thousand miles from nowhere, man. And it's gonna get a hell of a lot worse before it gets any better!
Garry says: The generator's gone.
MacReady says: Any way we can we fix it?
Garry says: It's "gone", MacReady.
Garry says: It's 'gone', MacReady.
Garry says: My god, what was happening to him?
MacReady says: If it had any more time, just a few minutes more to finish, it would have looked and sounded and acted just like Bennings!
Garry says: I don't know what you're saying.
MacReady says: That was one of those things out there, trying to imitate him, Garry. Come on.
Garry says: MacReady, I know Bennings, I've known him for ten years. He's my friend.
MacReady says: We've gotta burn the rest of him.
Garry says: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of this winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!