John Moffatt
Biography
John Moffatt was an English actor and playwright who built a career in London theater and radio. Born in Badby, Northamptonshire, he studied acting in secret and made his stage debut in 1944. He learned his craft in repertory companies before working in the West End and with the English Stage Company, the Old Vic, and the National Theatre. His stage range covered classics, new plays, revue, and pantomime, and he won a Clarence Derwent award as best supporting actor for John Osborne's Play. On radio he was best known for playing Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot in a sequence of adaptations from 1987 to 2007. His films included Tom Jones (1963), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), S.O.S. Titanic (1979), and Britannia Hospital (1982). He died in 2012.
89years old at death
- Born Badby
- Died London
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Albert John Moffatt
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 19 years1963 to 1982
Every film, newest first
- 1982Britannia HospitalIMDb rating 6.2
- 1979S.O.S. TitanicIMDb rating 6.2
- 1974Murder on the Orient ExpressIMDb rating 7.2
- 1963Tom JonesIMDb rating 6.3
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A first
Moffatt played Hercule Poirot in 25 BBC radio adaptations of Agatha Christie's stories, from The Murder of Roger Ackroyd in 1987 to Dead Man's Folly in 2007.
First role
Moffatt's first film part came in Loser Takes All in 1956, when he played a hotel barman in a small role.
Beyond film
Moffatt became a celebrated pantomime Dame and wrote five pantomimes himself, a fondness that began when he played Ugly Sisters at Oxford with Tony Hancock.
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Worked with
John Moffatt shares two films with David Warner, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
David Warner's page
Albert Finney's page
Malcolm McDowell's page
Mark Hamill's page
Helen Mirren's page
Vanessa Redgrave's page
All films by Sidney Lumet
All films by Tony Richardson
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