Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

Nascimento : 1930-12-26, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Morte : 2018-12-20

História

Was an English actor with 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 and Right You Are If You Think You Are, earning a Tony Award nomination for both, as well as Painting Churches for which he received an Obie Award. Moffat also appeared in several feature films including The Thing and The Right Stuff, along with his guest appearances in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and The West Wing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Moffat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Donald Moffat

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61*: A História de Um Recorde
Ford Frick
Dois jogadores do New York Yankees tem o maior desafio de suas vidas pela frente: bater o recorde histórico de 60 pontos numa única temporada de Babe Ruth, um dos maiores ídolos do beisebol de todos os tempos. A pressão é grande. Mas além da disputa em campo, para Mantle e Maris também estão em jogo coisas como amizade, lealdade, companheirismo, prestígio, amor e vida pessoal. Qual deles realizará o grande feito?
A Fortuna de Cookie
Jack Palmer
O conflito surge na pequena cidade de Holly Springs quando a morte de uma velha causa uma variedade de reações entre familiares e amigos.
The Sleep Room
At the height of the cold war, the C.I.A. secretly funded Dr. Ewen Cameron, director of the Allan Memorial Institute, and his experimental research into brainwashing techniques. Twenty-five years later, the last nine survivors of those gruesome experiments fight to expose the truth...of The Sleep Room.
Um Sorriso Como o Seu
Dr. Felber
A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby
The Evening Star
Hector Scott
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line.
Encurralados no Paraíso
Clifford Anderson
Três irmãos trapalhões planejam um crime contra um banco na pequena cidade de Paraíso. O golpe, em si, é fácil, mas o difícil mesmo é sair do local, que sofre uma tempestade de neve. Para completar, eles terão, ainda, que resistir à ingenuidade dos habitantes da cidade, que os tratam com muita simpatia e generosidade.
Is There Life Out There?
Grandpa Walter
Lily Marshall has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "Is there life beyond her family and home?", Lily wonders. The hole in Lily's life is soon filled by too much. There's a confusing new social life on campus, schoolwork keeping her up late, a part-time job keeping her from her husband and kids whose mom is turning into a stranger. Lily's strength, love and perseverance are the only things that can help her now.
A Son's Promise
Paw Paw
An iron-willed Georgia boy accepts the burden of a man on his young shoulders. Fifteen-year-old Terry O'Kelly is fatherless and his remaining parent, his mother, is dying. Anguished, the soon-to-be orphan makes a surprising grown-up decision: Terry promises to care for his six brothers and vows to keep the family together. Steadfast to his word, Terry takes on the struggles of parenthood, which yields some difficult and unpleasant surprises.
Perigo Real e Imediato
President Bennett
Após o agente Jack Ryan tornar-se vice-diretor da CIA, ele descobre ligações entre um amigo do presidente dos EUA, que foi assassinado, e os chefes dos cartéis de droga colombianos. Como retaliação, o agente John Clark é enviado para a Colômbia para matar os chefões do tráfico. Ryan, então, tem de lutar para saber o que aconteceu e quem é o responsável.
Amar Trair & Roubar
Frank Harrington
A bela Lauren se casa com um homem mais velho. Ela é inesperadamente confrontada com seu ex, um criminoso fugitivo.
Majority Rule
Walter Simms
A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of power.
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
O'Connell
For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, the fight was on to see who could follow him. Jackie Presser was the son of a long time union board member and when he retired, Jackie was elevated to one of the most powerful position in the country; President of the Teamsters Union.
Como Agarrar um Marido
George Davis
Steve Martin e Goldie Hawn são os protagonistas desta hilariante comédia romântica sobre as consequências de se "esticar" a verdade. Quando a namorada do arquitecto Newton Davis (Martin), Becky (Dana Delaney), rejeita a sua proposta de casamento, a sua casa de sonho, acabada de construir, subitamente transforma-se em nada mais que um monumento vazio da sua rejeição. Isto é, até que um encontro ocasional com Gwen (Hawn) lhe vira a vida ao contrário. É uma comédia deliciosa, ternurenta e inteligente, do realizador Frank Oz.
Babe Ruth
Jacob Ruppert
A film based on the home-run legend's life.
Uma Segunda Chance
Charlie Cameron
Henry Turner (Harrison Ford) é um frio advogado de uma grande empresa, que acabou de ganhar um caso usando um artíficio nada louvável. Em seu lar ele é extremamente rígido com Rachel (Mikki Allen), sua filha adolescente, e tem com sua esposa Sarah (Annette Bening) um casamento de aparência. Henry trata a todos, da sua empregada doméstica até sua secretária, com um cruel egoísmo. Porém toda sua vida é alterada quando, numa noite, vai até um mini-mercado comprar cigarros e ao chegar um assalto está em andamento. O ladrão acaba baleando Henry, que sobrevive mas perde sua memória. Inicialmente ele é tratado por Bradley (Bill Nunn), um fisioterapeuta, que faz Henry se recuperar fisicamente. Já em sua casa suas lembranças começam a ser refeitas mas de forma bem lenta, pois ele teve de reaprender tudo, inclusive a ler. Durante este processo de reconstrução Henry vai se revelando uma pessoa bem mais gentil e humana, que começa a questionar seu comportamento no passado.
Julgamento Final
Quinn
O advogado ativista liberal Jedediah alienou a filha Maggie anos atrás quando descobriu seus muitos assuntos. Agora, um advogado corporativo conservador, Maggie concorda em enfrentar o pai no tribunal. Para ganhar promoção, ela deve defender um fabricante de automóveis contra acusações de que os vagões da estação propensos a explosões não são seguros. Enquanto sua mãe pede paz, Maggie assume seu pai em um julgamento que se torna cada vez mais pessoal e desagradável.
A Fogueira das Vaidades
Mr. McCoy
Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) é um grande corretor de Wall Street que ganha comissões milionárias e tem a sua vida modificada bruscamente quando ao ir com Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith), sua amante, para Manhattan, erra o caminho e vai parar no Bronx. Lá ele atropela um negro, fazendo com que este fato seja o ponto de partida da sua ruína e também o início da meteórica ascensão de Peter Fallow (Bruce Willis), um jornalista desconhecido.
Kaleidoscope
Arthur Patterson
A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from the Big Apple to Beantown to the City of Light. His investigation, however, opens the door to disturbing revelations about a forgotten past.
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Garrett Fitzsimons
Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.
Muito Mais Que um Crime
Harry Talbot
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
A Casa de Kate é um Caso
Uncle Dane
Kate volta para casa quando seu pai é internado. Apesar de toda sua sofisticação, ela volta à infância, tentando desesperadamente ganhar a aprovação do pai machista. Para isso, ela jura matar o velho cavalo que causou os ferimentos do pai.
The Bourne Identity
David Abbott
An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can't remember a thing...he does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why the access code for an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he seeks his own identity, things quickly become dangerous. There are attempts to kill him, he is well known in first class hotels across Europe, and worst of all, there are strange similarities between his memories and reported actions of the notorious terrorist, Carlos the Jackal.
A Insustentável Leveza do Ser
Chief Surgeon
Em meados dos anos 60, em Praga, Tomas conhece a inocente Tereza e os dois se apaixonam. Porém, o médico também mantém relações com Sabina, uma mulher refinada. Mas a vida deste triângulo amoroso será afetada pelos acontecimentos deste período.
Necessary Parties
Grampa Mills
Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop owner -- and former attorney -- Archie Corelli to run interference for him and put a stop to the proceedings. It's a match made in heaven because Chris and Archie both have a deep desire to see the right thing done.
When the Time Comes
Harold
A terminally ill woman seeks assistance in taking her life when her husband refuses.
Desperado
Malloy, Nora's Dad
Duell McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town. Framed for the murder of Sheriff John Whaley, McCall is forced to wander the wild frontier in search of the one man who can clear him.
Houston: The Legend of Texas
Col. John Allen
Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing to forget the Alamo (as if anyone could), Houston led the military in Texas' rebellion against Mexico. G.D. Spradlin co-stars as President Andrew Jackson, with Michael Beck appearing as Jim Bowie, James Stephens as Stephen Austin, and Richard Yniguez as Mexican General Santa Anna. Lensed on location in the Lone Star state, this sweeping made-for-TV film originally occupied three hours' screen time on November 22, 1986. Its title at that time was Houston: The Legend of Texas. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
O Monstro do Armário
General Franklin Turnbull
O Monstro do Armário é uma paródia de filmes de horror / monstro. Depois de várias pessoas e um cachorro são encontrados mortos em seus armários um repórter “bem-educado”, um professor universitário, seu filho e um professor de banda confuso juntos para desvendar o mistério, mas não sem envolver o Exército dos EUA e pânico em massa.
A Última Chance
Herbert ("The Colonel")
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
A Baía do Ódio
Wally
Um desanimado veterano do Vietnã, que corre o risco de perder seu sustento, é levado ao limite quando vê imigrantes vietnamitas se mudando para a indústria pesqueira em uma cidade da baía do Texas.
License to Kill
Webster
A grieving family whose daughter was killed in a car crash with a drunken driver is outraged and frustrated as they encounter the inevitable bureaucratic delays in bringing the case to trial. Once in the courtroom, they are horror-stricken as the young, hard-pressed district attorney seems unable to overcome the technicalities and maneuverings that the driver's attorney uses to keep his client out of jail and still on the streets as a legal driver. When the judge is forced to rule time and again in favor of the defense, it appears that the driver might escape punishment altogether.
Crimes em Chicago
Patrolman
A musician living in an apartment building likes to check out the residents of the building opposite him--until he finds out one day that an attractive woman in that building is checking him out. He strikes up a relationship with her. Soon afterwards a string of serial killings occurs in the neighborhood, and suspicion begins to fall on the musician.
Os Eleitos: Onde o Futuro Começa
Lyndon B. Johnson
O livro de Tom Wolfe que conta a história do programa espacial norte-americano foi escrito como um romance, e o filme tem a mesma qualidade ficcional. Ele cobre desde a quebra da barreira do som por Chuck Yeager até aos astronautas da Mercury 7, mostrando que ninguém tinha a menor ideia de como executar um programa espacial ou como selecionar as pessoas para participarem. Os sete eleitos são Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra e Deke Slayton. Emocionante, engraçado, charmoso e eletrizante ao mesmo tempo.
Minha Vida Por Meus Filhos
Dick Thomas
Who Will Love My Children? is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film based on the life of Lucile Fray. Lucile Fray was diagnosed with cancer in 1952 and wanted to find suitable homes for her ten children, since she felt her husband could not properly care for them. Prior to her death, she succeeded. The film was directed by John Erman, written by Michael Bortman, and starred Ann-Margret in her first television film. It was originally broadcast on American Broadcasting Company. The same evening as its original broadcast, February 14, 1983, the children of Lucile Fray appeared on That's Incredible!, an ABC program.
O Enigma de Outro Mundo
Garry
Na remota Antártida, um grupo de cientistas americanos é perturbado em sua base quando, de um helicóptero, alguém atira em um cão do acampamento. À medida que socorrem o cão baleado, o bicho começa a atacar os cientistas e os outros cachorros e logo eles descobrem que o animal pode assumir a forma de suas vítimas. Isto significa que membros da equipe podem ser mortos e a cópia assumir o lugar deles. Com isso, um piloto e um médico precisam capturar a fera antes que seja tarde demais.
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Captain Vesey
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Hugh Auchincloss
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Popeye
The Taxman
Numa noite de tempestade, o rabugento de bom-coração marinheiro Popeye chega em um pequeno barco ao porto da comunidade litorânea de Sweethaven. Ele aluga um quarto na pensão da família Palito e rapidamente se apaixona pela filha dos proprietários, Olívia. Olívia está perturbada pois fora prometida em casamento para o Capitão Brutus (que é chamado pelo nome original das tiras, Bluto), um encrenqueiro rufião que oprime a comunidade cobrando impostos abusivos para o seu chefe, o misterioso Comodoro. Popeye conta que está a procura de seu pai, o Vovô Popeye, que sua mãe falecida lhe contara em sonho que ainda estaria vivo e morando naquele lugar. Ninguém lhe dá atenção, até que Popeye mostra sua força ao enfrentar um bando de valentões na taverna.
Política do Corpo e Saúde
Colonel Cody
Health is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
The Long Days of Summer
Josef Kaplan
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during the late '30, and follows a fictionalized family where the father has jeopardized a promising law career to defend a Jewish immigrant against the prejudices of a staid New England town.
On the Nickel
Sam
Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of the good times he enjoyed with his wino friends on "the Nickel" of Los Angeles' skid row.
Promises in the Dark
Dr. Walter McInerny
A young doctor, Alexandra Kendall, seeking change while recovering from a recent heartbreak, moves from Chicago, Illinois to Hartford, Connecticut. She joins the West Hartford medical practice of Dr. Walter McInterny, a doctor approaching retirement age. 17-year-old Elizabeth "Buffy" Koenig is a precocious student at West Hartford's William Hall High School. Her boyfriend Gerry is a football player at Hall High. While Dr. McInterny is away on vacation, longtime patient Buffy hurts her leg while harmlessly kicking a soccer ball during Gerry's nearby football practice. At the hospital, Dr. Kendall finds that not only is the leg broken, but the bone was also weakened by cancer. Dr. Kendall treats Buffy and the two develop a bond that extends beyond the doctor-patient relationship; Dr. Kendall is drawn to Buffy's humor and raw honesty.
Mrs. R's Daughter
Frank Randell
A small-town teen is raped while on an outing with a group of men. The local authorities mishandle the case, leading to the the acquittal of the accused rapist. The teen's mother then sets on a course of revenge which also threatens to tear the family apart.
Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Ian Cabot
In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Ivory. The trio go undercover to protect a lady scientist from international hitmen as she heads for Washington D.C. from the near-East with her super-secret formula.
Duas Estranhas: História de Mãe e Filha
Wally Ball
A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to rebuild her relationship with her embittered mother before she dies.
The Gift of Love
William Schuyler
Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite lovingly--sacrifices a treasured possession to buy the perfect Christmas gift for their mate.
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Col. Benton
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
Land of No Return
Air Traffic Controller
Zak O'Brien is an animal trainer for the popular television series "Caesar and Romulus", which has been selected for a "Patsy" Award to be presented in Burbank, Californa. Zak, Caesar and Romulus board his Cherokee Arrow in Denver for the flight there, but en route at night over the Utah wastelands they encounter a sudden blizzard. Zak's radio fails, and then engine trouble ensues and he guides the craft down to a crash landing. All survive, but the plane is destroyed and now a struggle for survival begins.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
Donald Moffat stars in Moliere's classic comedy about lovable scoundrel Tartuffe, who befriends the wealthy Orgon and then attempts to seduce both his new friend's wife and daughter in this TV presentation from the Broadway Theatre Archive. Tartuffe pretends to be a pious man whose faith convinces Orgon and his family to succumb to his influence, but he's undone when his womanizing ways make it clear that his piety is a charade.
Exo-Man: O Homem de Aço
Wallace Rogers
A professor, who has been paralyzed in an attack by mob hitmen, builds a suit that enables him to walk and fight crime.
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Harry Hopkins
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Mary White
Sir James Barrie
The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on the life of her father.
The Terminal Man
Dr. Arthur McPherson
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Fred
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love with a murderer; in the third, a woman falls in love with a penniless painter.
A Touch of the Poet
Jamie Cregan
Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
Terremoto
Dr. Harvey Johnson
Um jovem sismologista, usando os ensinamentos de um especialista, prevê um tremor de ampla magnitude em Los Angeles, mas ninguém lhe dá a devida atenção. A vida das pessoas e de todos os moradores da cidade será tragicamente atingida pelo maior terremoto que a cidade já viu e, apesar de pequenos tremores prenunciarem a catástrofe, a população não pressente a tragédia que está para acontecer.
Inimigos à Força
Art Williams
Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.
Sem Lei e Sem Esperança
Manning
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces to rob the First National Bank in Northfield, Minnesota, but things do not go as planned.
Sarah e o Diabo
Appleton
A notorious outlaw being escorted to prison by a homesteader and his wife turns out to have satanic powers. He uses them on the man's wife to try to possess her and help him escape.
R.P.M. - Revoluções Por Minuto
Perry Howard
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of campus activism in the late 1960s. Radical students take over the college, the president resigns, and Quinn's character, who has always been a champion of student activism, is appointed president. As the students continue to push the envelope of revolution, Quinn's character is faced with the challenge of restoring order or abetting the descent into anarchy.
The File on Devlin
John Heywood
A young woman finds herself engulfed in Cold War intrigue when her father, a Nobel Prize-winning author, vanishes while travelling near the Russian border. Entrusted by her father with an unfinished book he was working on before his trip, the young woman becomes engaged in a power struggle over the material with her estranged stepmother. Suspiciously befriended by a journalist in the midst of the crisis, the young woman ultimately learns that no one is to be trusted - as her father's work is of interest to the intelligence departments of several countries.
Rachel, Rachel
Niall Cameron
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
Of Mice and Men
Slim
Two ranch workers, one of them simple-minded, look for work and happiness during the Great Depression, but luck is not in their cards.
Art, what is it? Why is it?
Narrator
John Canaday analyzes the place of art among the humanities as an expression of man's attempt to define what it means to be a human being. Mr. Canaday shows how the masterworks of art and architecture have formed a visual history of man's thought, ideals, and most fondly-held beliefs.
A Batalha do Rio da Prata
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax
Nos primeiros anos da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a Marinha Real Britânica está lutando uma batalha desesperada para manter as rotas dos comboios do Atlântico abertas para abastecer as Ilhas Britânicas, enfrentando o grande perigo representado pelos muitos navios de guerra alemães, como o Almirante Graf Spee, que estão vasculhando o oceano em busca de navios de carga para afundarem.