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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....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Cookie's Fortune - ( Jack Palmer / 1999 / Released / )
A Smile Like Yours - ( Dr Felber / 1997 / Released / )
The Evening Star - ( Hector Scott / 1996 / Released / )
Clear and Present Danger - ( President Bennett / 1994 / Released / )
Trapped in Paradise - ( Clifford Anderson / 1994 / Released / )
Love, Cheat & Steal - ( Paul's Father / 1993 / Released / )
Housesitter - ( George Davis / 1992 / Released / )
Class Action - ( Quinn / 1991 / Released / KF )
Regarding Henry - ( Charlie / 1991 / Released / )
The Bonfire of the Vanities - ( Mr McCoy / 1990 / Released / )
Music Box - ( Harry Talbot / 1989 / Released / Nippon Herald Films, Inc )
Far North - ( Uncle Dane / 1988 / Released / )
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - ( Chief Surgeon / 1988 / Released / Rialto Film Zurich )
Monster in the Closet - ( General Turnbull / 1987 / Released / Troma Pictures )
The Best of Times - ( The Colonel / 1986 / Released / Trimark Pictures )
Alamo Bay - ( Wally Scheer / 1985 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
The Right Stuff - ( Lyndon B Johnson / 1983 / Released / Columbia-EMI-Warner )
Wagner - ( Narrator(- Narration) / 1983 / Released / )
The Thing - ( Garry / 1982 / Released / )
On the Nickel - ( Sam / 1980 / Released / )
Popeye - ( Taxman / 1980 / Released / )
Promises in the Dark - ( Dr Walter McInterny / 1979 / Released / )
The Land of No Return - ( Air Traffic Controller / 1978 / Released / International Picture Show Company )
Winter Kills - ( Captain of T K / 1977 / Released / )
The Terminal Man - ( Dr Arthur McPherson / 1974 / Released / Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group )
Showdown - ( Art Williams / 1973 / Released / )
The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid - ( Manning / 1972 / Released / )
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine - ( Thomas / 1972 / Released / Cinema 5 )
R.P.M. - ( Perry Howard / 1970 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Rachel, Rachel - ( Niall Cameron / 1968 / Released / )
TV Credits
Law & Order: Trial by Jury ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
61* ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Bull ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
The Sleep Room ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The West Wing ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Is There Life Out There? ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Love, Cheat & Steal ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Majority Rule ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
No Time To Die ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Babe Ruth ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
The Great Pretender ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
A Son's Promise ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Danielle Steel's "Kaleidoscope" ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Flowers For Matty ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Cross of Fire ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Necessary Parties ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
The Bourne Identity ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Buck James ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Desperado ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
When the Time Comes ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Houston: The Legend of Texas ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Lily ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Painting Churches ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
License to Kill ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Who Will Love My Children? ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
The Chisholms ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
The Long Days of Summer ( 1980 / Released ): Actor
Ebony, Ivory and Jade ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Mrs. R's Daughter ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter ( 1979 / Released ): Actor
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Tartuffe ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
The Gift of Love ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
The Word ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Exo-Man ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Logan's Run ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Mary White ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Waiting For Godot ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Call of the Wild ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Forget-Me-Not Lane ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
A Touch of the Poet ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Rex Harrison Presents Short Stories of Love ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
The New Land ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
The Devil and Miss Sarah ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
The File on Devlin ( 1969 / Released ): Actor
One Life to Live ( 1968 / Released ): Actor
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( Released ): Actor
L.A. Law ( Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

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 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).

Profession(s):
Actor, director, stage manager
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
daughter:Catherine Jean Moffat (mother, Gwen Arner)
daughter:Kathleen Wendy Moffat (mother, Anne Ellsperman)
daughter:Lynn Marie Moffat (mother, Gwen Arner)
father:Walter George Moffat
son:Gabriel Robin Moffat (mother, Anne Ellsperman)
wife:Gwen Arner (married in May 1969)
wife:Anne Murray Ellsperman (married in May 1954; divorced in August 1968)

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Education
King Edward VI School Totnes, England
Dartington Hall Devon, England
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London, England 1952
Awards (Back to top)
OBIE Award Performance "Painting Churches" 1982 - 1983

Milestones (Back to top)
1999 Reteamed with Altman for "Cookie's Fortune"
1994 Portrayed Edgar Halcyon in "Armistad Maupin's 'Tales of the City'" (PBS)
1994 Cast as the US President in "Clear and Present Danger"
1990 Played Tom Hanks' father in "The Bonfire of the Vanities"
1983 Cast as Lyndon Johnson in "The Right Stuff"
1980 First collaboration with director Robert Altman, "Health"
1980 Appeared in the series "The Chisholms"
1980 Played the Taxman in Altman's "Popeye"
1977 Portrayed Harry Hopkins in the ABC miniseries "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years"
1974 Co-starred in the short-lived series, The New Land"
1968 Feature acting debut, "Rachel, Rachel"
1968 - 1969 Appeared as Dr. Marcus Polk in the daytime soap "One Life to Live"
1957 Broadway debut, "Under Milkwood"
1954 London stage debut, "Macbeth"
Co-starred as Rem the android on the series "Logan's Run"

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