Donald Moffat

Highest Rated: 96% The Right Stuff (1983)

Lowest Rated: 5% Trapped in Paradise (1994)

Birthday: Dec 26, 1930

Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

RADA alumnus Donald Moffat made his London stage debut in 1954, playing the First Murderer in MacBeth. On stage, the wiry, angular Moffat excelled in the plays of Ibsen and Moliere; on screen, he has since carved his niche in eccentric, unpredictable roles. He has also sparkled in authoritative characterizations, both bombastic (a tantrum-tossing LBJ in 1981's The Right Stuff, a fascistic Colonel Ruppert in the 1991 TV movie Babe Ruth) and cool-headed (the fictional U.S. president in 1993's A Clear and Present Danger, Kennedy in-law Hugh Auchincloss in the 1982 video presentation Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy). In addition, Moffat has brightened many a Robert Altman production, most prominently as the ubiquitous bike-riding tax collector in Popeye (1980). Donald Moffat's TV-series resumé includes such roles as an immigrant Scandinavian minister in The New Land (1974), a lovable android in Logan's Run (1977), and all-knowing Dr. Marcus Polk on the ABC daytimer One Life to Live.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Forget-Me-Not-Lane	Actor	—	2003
85%	61*	Ford Frick	—	2001
86%	Cookie's Fortune	Jack Palmer	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Sleep Room	Actor	—	1998
6%	A Smile Like Yours	Dr. Felber	—	1997
22%	The Evening Star	Hector Scott	—	1996
No Score Yet	Is There Life out There?	Grandpa Walter	—	1994
80%	Clear and Present Danger	President Bennett	—	1994
5%	Trapped in Paradise	Clifford	—	1994
No Score Yet	Love, Cheat & Steal	Frank Harrington	—	1993
No Score Yet	Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story	O'Connell	—	1992
40%	Housesitter	George Davis	—	1992
No Score Yet	Columbo: No Time to Die	Sheldon Hays	—	1992
No Score Yet	Majority Rule	Walter Simms	—	1992
43%	Regarding Henry	Charlie	—	1991
No Score Yet	When the Time Comes	Harold	—	1991
76%	Class Action	Quinn	—	1991
16%	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Mr. McCoy	—	1990
No Score Yet	Kaleidoscope	Arthur Patterson	—	1990
No Score Yet	A Son's Promise	Paw Paw	—	1990
No Score Yet	Cross of Fire	Actor	—	1989
72%	Music Box	Harry Talbot	—	1989
13%	Far North	Uncle Dane	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Bourne Identity	David Abbott	—	1988
85%	The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Chief Surgeon	—	1988
No Score Yet	Necessary Parties	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Desperado	Malloy	—	1987
No Score Yet	Monster in the Closet	Gen. Turnbull	—	1987
No Score Yet	Gone to Texas	Actor	—	1986
31%	The Best of Times	The Colonel	—	1986
No Score Yet	Alamo Bay	Wally	—	1985
No Score Yet	License to Kill	Webster	—	1984
96%	The Right Stuff	Lyndon B. Johnson	—	1983
No Score Yet	Through Naked Eyes	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	Who Will Love My Children?	Dick Thomas	—	1983
85%	The Thing	Garry	—	1982
No Score Yet	Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy	Hugh Auchincloss	—	1981
63%	Popeye	Taxman	—	1980
No Score Yet	Health	Colonel Cody	—	1980
No Score Yet	The Long Days of Summer	Josef Kaplan	—	1980
No Score Yet	On the Nickel	Sam	—	1980
No Score Yet	Promises in the Dark	Dr. Walter McInerny	—	1979
88%	Winter Kills	Captain	—	1979
No Score Yet	Mrs. R's Daughter	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter	Wally Ball	—	1979
No Score Yet	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Gift of Love	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Tartuffe	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Mary White	Actor	—	1977
No Score Yet	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years	Harry Hopkins	—	1977
No Score Yet	Call of the Wild	Simpson	—	1976
44%	Earthquake	Dr. Harvey Johnson	—	1974
53%	The Terminal Man	Dr. Arthur McPherson	—	1974
No Score Yet	A Touch of the Poet	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	Showdown	Art Williams	—	1973
73%	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Manning	—	1972
No Score Yet	The Trial of the Catonsville Nine	Thomas Melville	—	1972
No Score Yet	R.P.M.	Perry Howard	—	1970
86%	Rachel, Rachel	Niall Cameron	—	1968

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
75%	The West Wing 1999-2006	Talmidge Cregg	2003
No Score Yet	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1993-1998	Walt Whitman	1997
100%	Tales of the City 1993	Edgar Warfield Halcyon	1993
No Score Yet	Columbo 1968-2003	Sheldon Hays	1992
No Score Yet	American Playhouse 1982-1996	Actor	1986
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Tim Carver	1985
No Score Yet	Dallas 1978-1991	Brooks Oliver	1982
No Score Yet	Little House on the Prairie 1974-1983	Nathaniel Mears	1981 1978 1977
No Score Yet	Logan's Run 1977-1978	Rem	1978 1977
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Morgan	1977 1975
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Joseph	1974
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Hartz Daniel	1974 1972
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 1966-1973	Alex Pierson	1971
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Thatcher Judge	1971 1970
No Score Yet	The High Chaparral 1967-1971	Simmons	1970
78%	More Tales Of The City 1998	Edgar Warfield Halcyon

Quotes from Donald Moffat's Characters

Garry:	This is pure nonsense. It doesn't prove a thing.
MacReady:	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:	He died alright about four years later in Alabama, in a button factory accident.
Emma Duvall:	A button factory?
Camille Orcutt:	Seems the hole poker machine broke loose and fell on him. He had 273 holes in him before they could get it off.

Garry:	This is pure nonsense. Doesn't prove a thing.
MacReady:	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:	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:	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:

But I've known Bennings for ten years!

Garry:

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:

I'll put this right through your HEAD.

Garry:	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:	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:	The generator's gone.
MacReady:	Any way we can fix it?
Garry:	It's GONE, MacReady.

Garry:	You reach anybody, yet?
Windows:	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:	Well stick to it, Windows. Stick to it.

Bennings:	Winds are gonna die down a tad over the next couple of hours.
Garry:	A TAD?

Garry:	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:	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:	This is pure nonsense. It doesn't prove a thing.
MacReady:	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:	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:	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:	So, the Norwegians find it, and they dig it out of the ice...
MacReady:	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:	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:	You reach anybody, yet?
Windows:	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:	The generator's gone.
MacReady:	Any way we can we fix it?
Garry:	It's "gone", MacReady.
Garry:	It's 'gone', MacReady.

Garry:	My god, what was happening to him?
MacReady:	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:	I don't know what you're saying.
MacReady:	That was one of those things out there, trying to imitate him, Garry. Come on.
Garry:	MacReady, I know Bennings, I've known him for ten years. He's my friend.
MacReady:	We've gotta burn the rest of him.

Garry:

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!

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Donald Moffat

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

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Quotes from Donald Moffat's Characters