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British–American actor (1930–2018)
Donald Moffat
Born (1930-12-26 ) December 26, 1930Died December 20, 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 87 ) Education Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (BA Occupation Actor Years active 1956–2005 Spouses
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Donald Moffat (December 26, 1930 – December 20, 2018) was a British-American actor with a decades-long career in film and stage in the United States. He began his acting career on- and off-Broadway , which included appearances in The Wild Duck Right You Are If You Think You Are Painting Churches Obie Award . Moffat also appeared in several feature films, including The Thing The Right Stuff On the Nickel Little House on the Prairie Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman The West Wing Tales of the City
Early life [ edit ]
Moffat was born in Plymouth , Devon , the only child of Kathleen Mary (née Smith) and Walter George Moffat, an insurance agent. His father was Scottish . His parents ran a boarding house in Totnes . Completing his studies at the local King Edward VI School and national service in the Army from 1949 to 1951, Moffat trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London .[1] [2]
Moffat began his career as a stage actor in London and New York City . His first work was at the Old Vic Theatre Company in London.[3]
After moving to the United States, Moffat worked as a bartender and a lumberjack in Oregon , his wife's home state. "After six months," he said, "I realized that I was an actor and I would always be an actor. And an actor must act. So I started acting again."[4] Princeton, New Jersey . He worked as a carpenter, and his wife did ironing in order to supplement his $25 per week pay.[2]
He joined APA (The Association of Producing Artists), a repertory company on Broadway , and was nominated for a Tony for Best Actor in a Play in 1967 for his roles in revivals of Henrik Ibsen 's The Wild Duck Pirandello 's Right You Are If You Think You Are [5]
He was nominated for Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his work in Play Memory (1984) and for Outstanding Featured Actor in the revival of Eugene O'Neill 's The Iceman Cometh Jason Robards .[6] Obie for Painting Churches [7] Gemini Award for his performance as attorney Joe Ruah in the CBC miniseries The Sleep Room [8] Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals (as Ulysses S. Grant ),[9] The Heiress [10] The Cherry Orchard [11] Much Ado About Nothing [12] The School for Scandal [12] The Affair [13] Hamlet [14]
Among Moffat's best-known film roles are as Lyndon B. Johnson in The Right Stuff Clear and Present Danger The Thing [15]
Television [ edit ]
Moffat played Enos in the CBS western miniseries The Chisholms [16] The New Land [17] Logan's Run [18] Columbo The West Wing Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Tales of the City Ford Frick in the HBO movie, 61* [15] Law & Order: Trial by Jury [19]
Personal life [ edit ]
Moffat married actress Anne Murray in 1954;[1] [2] Gwen Arner .[4]
Moffat died on December 20, 2018, in Sleepy Hollow, New York due to complications from a stroke , six days before his 88th birthday.[1]
Selected TV and filmography [ edit ]
Rachel, Rachel [15]
R. P. M. [15]
The High Chaparral
Mission Impossible
Night Gallery Pickman's Model " as Uncle George [21]
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid [15]
Showdown [15]
Gunsmoke
The Terminal Man [15]
Earthquake [22]
The Call of the Wild [15]
Ebony, Ivory & Jade [23]
The Waltons
Family
Exo-Man [15]
Logan's Run [22]
Little House on the Prairie
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years Harry Hopkins [15]
Land of No Return [22]
The Word [22]
Promises in the Dark [15]
On the Nickel [15]
Popeye [15]
The Chisholms CBS miniseries (1980) as Enos[15]
The Thing [15]
The Right Stuff Lyndon B. Johnson [15]
License to Kill [15]
Alamo Bay
The Best of Times [15]
Monster in the Closet [15]
The Bourne Identity 2002 film version the role is re-imagined as Deputy Director Ward Abbott (played by Brian Cox )[15]
The Unbearable Lightness of Being [15]
Far North [15]
Music Box [15]
The Bonfire of the Vanities [15]
Class Action [15]
Regarding Henry [15]
Babe Ruth Jacob Ruppert [15]
Housesitter [15]
Love, Cheat & Steal [15]
Clear and Present Danger [15]
Trapped in Paradise [22]
The Evening Star [15]
The Sleep Room [24]
Cookie's Fortune [15]
61* Ford Frick [15]
The West Wing [19]
Law & Order: Trial by Jury [19]
References [ edit ]
^ "Familiar Face" . The Irish Times Dublin . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ a b "Waiting for Rem" . San Antonio Express . Retrieved August 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Peikert, Mark (March 21, 2018). "Two-Time Tony Nominee Donald Moffat Dead at 87" . Playbill . Retrieved March 25, 2022 .
^ "Donald Moffat" . Playbill . Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017 .
^ "1980s: Winners" . OBIE Awards . Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017 .
^ Hannant, Larry (December 1999). "The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman produced by Louise Lore and Gerry Flahive, The Sleep Room produced by Bernard Zukerman, The Un-Canadians produced by Joanne Smale (review)" . Canadian Historical Review 80 4 ): 698–705.
^ Isherwood, Charles (May 13, 2002). "A Few Stout Individuals" . Variety . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ Winer, Laurie (September 13, 1996). "Cruelty Forges a Shining 'Heiress' . Los Angeles Times ISSN 0458-3035 . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ Loehlin, James N. (September 14, 2006). Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard ISBN 978-0-5218-2593-1
^ a b Criscitiello, Alexa (December 20, 2018). "Award-Winning Actor and Director Donald Moffat Passes Away At Age 87" . Broadway World . Retrieved December 22, 2018.
^ Bordman, Gerald (November 21, 1996). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969 ISBN 978-0-1950-9079-6
^ Adams, Val (May 22, 1964). "C.B.S. Series Plans Part Of 'The Brig'; Play Will Be a Segment of 'Look Up and Live' The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Filmography for Donald Moffat" . Turner Classic Movies . Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ Terrace, pp. 185–186.
^ Terrace, p. 755.
^ Terrace, pp. 617–618.
^ a b c Lincoln, Ross (December 21, 2018). "Donald Moffat, 'The Right Stuff' and 'The Thing' Actor, Dies at 87" . TheWrap . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ "The Battle of the River Plate" . Trailers from Hell . July 22, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
^ Skelton, Scott (1999). Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-hours Tour ISBN 9780815627821 . Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
^ a b c d e "Donald Moffat List of Movies and TV Shows" . TV Guide . Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ "Ebony, Ivory and Jade(1979)" . Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
^ "The Sleep Room (1998)" . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
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