ACTOR

Donald Moffat

1930 - 2018

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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 and Right You Are If You Think You Are, earning Tony Award nominations for both, as well as Painting Churches, for which he received an Obie Award. Moffat also appeared in several feature films, including The Thing (1982), The Right Stuff (1983) and, in a rare leading role on film, as a tenuously-recovering alcoholic in On the Nickel (1980). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Moffat has received more than 1,074,592 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Moffat is the 4,156th most popular actor (down from 3,497th in 2019), the 3,263rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,935th in 2019) and the 486th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Donald Moffats by language

Over the past year Donald Moffat has had the most page views in the with 139,783 views, followed by French (15,570), and German (10,508). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (97.91%), Persian (45.04%), and Hungarian (39.64%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Donald Moffat ranks 4,156 out of 13,578. Before him are Kirsten Vangsness, Vladimir Korenev, Marie Bell, Doug McClure, Uschi Digard, and Neal McDonough. After him are Talisa Soto, Jang Dong-gun, Michael Beck, Virginie Ledoyen, Kim So-yeon, and Teresa Stratas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Donald Moffat ranks 356. Before him are Stephen Fumio Hamao, Owen Garriott, Chris Barber, Anthony Downs, Tommy Flanagan, and Jacques Tits. After him are Luis de Pablo, Darío Jara Saguier, Magomedali Magomedov, Theodore Freeman, Richard Anuszkiewicz, and Harrison Young. Among people deceased in 2018, Donald Moffat ranks 285. Before him are Hans Günter Winkler, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Tomasz Stańko, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Thomas S. Monson, and Toshiko Fujita. After him are Fadil Vokrri, George Maxwell Richards, Barys Kit, Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Vinnie Paul, and Jacques Higelin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Moffat ranks 3,263 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Speed (1969), Jane March (1973), Harry Patch (1898), Reginald Punnett (1875), Dave Davies (1947), and Isaac Watts (1674). After him are Wulfhere of Mercia (650), Donald Sumpter (1943), Joe Fagan (1921), Michael Green (1946), N. E. Brown (1849), and Keith Campbell (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Donald Moffat ranks 486. Before him are Richard O'Brien (1942), Davy Jones (1945), Leonard Whiting (1950), Jennifer Saunders (1958), Warren Clarke (1947), and Jane March (1973). After him are Donald Sumpter (1943), Marina Sirtis (1955), Carey Mulligan (1985), Noah Taylor (1969), Reginald Owen (1887), and Edmund Purdom (1926).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Thing
Garry
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form-changing creature wreaks havoc, creates terror... and becomes one of them.
Jun 25o 19828.1 / 10
Clear and Present Danger
President Bennett
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts discovering links between the man and drug dealers. As former CIA agent John Clark is sent to Colombia to kill drug cartel kingpins in retaliation, Ryan must fight through multiple cover-ups to figure out what happened and who's responsible.
Aug 3o 19946.6 / 10
Housesitter
George Davis
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.
Jun 12o 19926.1 / 10