Biography
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 …
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Career Milestones
1999 | Reteamed with Altman for "Cookie's Fortune" | |
1994 | Cast as the US President in "Clear and Present Danger" | |
1994 | Portrayed Edgar Halcyon in "Armistad Maupin's 'Tales of the City'" (PBS) | |
1990 | Played Tom Hanks' father in "The Bonfire of the Vanities" | |
1983 | Cast as Lyndon Johnson in "The Right Stuff" | |
1980 | Played the Taxman in Altman's "Popeye" | |
1980 | Appeared in the series "The Chisholms" | |
1980 | First collaboration with director Robert Altman, "Health" | |
| Co-starred as Rem the android on the series "Logan's Run" | ||
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 | Appeared as Dr. Marcus Polk in the daytime soap "One Life to Live" | |
1968 | Feature acting debut, "Rachel, Rachel" | |
1957 | Broadway debut, "Under Milkwood" | |
1954 | London stage debut, "Macbeth" | |