Donald Moffat

Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
12/26/1930
Birthplace:
Plymouth, England
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biography
A bushy-browed veteran character player of stage and screen since the 1960s, 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 Continued
Credits
Jack Palmer
1999
Dr Felber
1997
Hector Scott
1996
Charlie
1991
Quinn
1991
Garry
1982
Taxman
1980
Perry Howard
President Bennett
Dr Walter McInterny
General Turnbull
Dr Arthur McPherson
The Colonel
Clifford Anderson
George Davis
Paul's Father
Niall Cameron
1968
Art Williams
Uncle Dane
Harry Talbot
Wally Scheer
Air Traffic Controller
milestones
Year
Milestone
1954 
London stage debut, "Macbeth"
1957 
Broadway debut, "Under Milkwood"
1968 
Feature acting debut, "Rachel, Rachel"
1968 
Appeared as Dr. Marcus Polk in the daytime soap "One Life to Live"
1974 
Co-starred in the short-lived series, The New Land"
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