Background
Moffat was born in Plymouth, Devon, the only child of Kathleen Mary (née Smith) and Walter George Moffat, an insurance agent.
Moffat was born in Plymouth, Devon, the only child of Kathleen Mary (née Smith) and Walter George Moffat, an insurance agent.
Student, Royal Academy Dramatic Art, 1952-1954.
Completing his studies at the local King Edward VI School and national service in the Army, Moffat trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Moffat began his career as a stage actor in London and New New York His first work was at the Old Vic Theatre Company in London.
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 and Pirandello"s Right You Are If You Think You Are.
Among his best known film roles are as Lyndon B. in The Right Stuff (1983), the corrupt United States. President in Clear and Present Danger, as well as Garry, the station commander in The Thing. He has appeared on television in Logan"s Run, The West Wing, Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman and Tales of the City, in which his performance as dying executive Edgar Halcyon earned him many new fans.
He has also appeared in many Broadway and Office-Broadway plays, including the world premieres of John Guare"s A Few Stout Individuals (as Ulysses South Grant), Painting Churches, The Heiress, The Cherry Orchard, Much Ado About Nothing, The School for Scandal, The Affair and Hamlet. One of his last roles was as Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in the Home Box Office movie, 61*.
With Royal Artillery, 1949-1951.
Married Anne Murray Ellsperman, May 22, 1954 (divorced August 1968). Children: Kathleen Wendy, Gabriel Robin. Married Gwen Arner, May 1969.
Children: Lynn Marie, Catherine Jean.