"Graham Moffatt Graham Victor Harold Moffatt (6 December 1919 – 2 July 1965) was an English character actor and comedian who was most active in the 1930s and 1940s. He is best known for a number of films where he appeared with Will Hay and Moore Marriott as 'Albert': an insolent, overweight, overgrown-schoolboy type character, loosely reminiscent of Billy Bunter. Born in Hammersmith, London, the son of Frederick Victor Moffatt (1896–1977) and Daisy Eleonora née Whiteside (1895–1969), both of whom outlived him. He was born on 6 December 1919, exactly 31 years after Will Hay, with whom Moffatt would become"
"a 46-minute experimental sound film based on the comedy of the same name he mounted in 1908. The film starred Moffat, his wife and his daughter. He was living in Cape Town, South Africa, by 1950 and he died there in 1951, aged 85. Besides his plays, he published at least three books: Graham Moffat William Graham Moffat (21 February 1866 — 12 December 1951) was a Scottish actor, director, playwright and spiritualist. Moffat formed the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow in 1907 after his wife Maggie Moffat was arrested at a protest in London and imprisoned for"
"Graham Moffat William Graham Moffat (21 February 1866 — 12 December 1951) was a Scottish actor, director, playwright and spiritualist. Moffat formed the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow in 1907 after his wife Maggie Moffat was arrested at a protest in London and imprisoned for refusing to pay the fine. He is known for his 1910 comedy ""Bunty Pulls the Strings"" which was a hit on Broadway. He was born in 1866 and his father was William Moffat and his mother was Helen Dobson. The third of eight children, he was born in Glasgow, Scotland. There, he was"
"him ""for"" an estate agent; his wife ""was"" an estate agent. Conversely, his later sitcom ""Coupling"" was based on his relationship with his second wife, TV producer Sue Vertue. Moffat reused the surname ""Taylor"", which is Mark's surname in ""Joking Apart"", for Jack Davenport's character Steve in ""Coupling"". He wrote three episodes of ""Murder Most Horrid"", an anthology series of comedic tales starring Dawn French. The first (""Overkill"", directed by Bob Spiers) was identified by the BBC as a ""highlight"" of the series. His other two episodes were ""Dying Live"" (dir. Dewi Humphreys) and ""Elvis, Jesus and Zack"" (dir. Tony"
"film star in Britain and was ranked the third highest grossing star at the British Box Office in 1938, behind George Formby and Gracie Fields. He is widely regarded as one of the most prolific and influential British comedians of all-time. Hay worked with Gainsborough Pictures from 1935 to 1940, during which time he developed a partnership with Graham Moffatt, playing an insolent overweight schoolboy, and Moore Marriott as a toothless old man. Hay's 1937 film, with Moffatt and Marriott, ""Oh, Mr. Porter!"" was credited by ""The Times"" as being ""a comic masterpiece of the British cinema"", while the writer"
"Live"" on the October 1, 2016 episode hosted by Margot Robbie, alongside Mikey Day and Melissa Villaseñor. Moffat became a repertory cast member in 2018, beginning with Season 44. Moffat became engaged to Caroline Rau in March 2016, and got married on August 19, 2017. Film Television Alex Moffat (comedian) Alex Moffat (born March 25, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, and cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"". Moffat was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from North Shore Country Day School in 2000. Afterwards he attended Denison University, graduating in 2004. Moffat started his comedy career as"
"Steven Moffat Steven William Moffat (; born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer and producer, best known for his work as showrunner, writer and executive producer of British television series ""Doctor Who"" and ""Sherlock"". Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series ""Press Gang"". His first sitcom, ""Joking Apart"", was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom ""Coupling"" was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote ""Chalk"", a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired by his own experience"
"he starred after deputising for actor Will Fyffe. He appeared as the Biffer in ""Whisky Galore!"" which was released after his death. He died on 8 April 1949 after taking an overdose of aspirin while suffering from ill health and, according to his wife, ""nervous depression"". He had recently turned down an offer of stage work from Alistair Sim because he ""did not feel up to it"". Morland Graham Morland Graham (8 August 1891 – 8 April 1949) was a British film actor. Married to Elsie Cole (née Press) in 1926. Graham had a career on the stage spanning over"
"his services to drama. Steven Moffat Steven William Moffat (; born 18 November 1961) is a Scottish television writer and producer, best known for his work as showrunner, writer and executive producer of British television series ""Doctor Who"" and ""Sherlock"". Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series ""Press Gang"". His first sitcom, ""Joking Apart"", was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom ""Coupling"" was based upon the development of his relationship with television producer Sue Vertue. In between the two relationship-centred shows, he wrote ""Chalk"", a sitcom set in a comprehensive school inspired"
"""My Gal Sal"" and ""Ringside Maisie"" under the name ""Margaret Moffat"". Moffatt and her husband emigrated to South Africa in 1933, but she continued to appear in US films including a minor part in Alfred Hitchcock's film ""Saboteur"". She died in Cape Town in February 1943. Maggie Moffat Margaret ""Maggie"" Moffat born Margaret Liddell Linck (1873 – 1943) was a British actor and suffragette. She was amongst the first Scottish suffragettes to be arrested. She appeared in several films including a minor part in Alfred Hitchcock's film ""Saboteur"". Unlike many of her Scottish-born siblings, Moffatt was born in Spittal in"
"found on the website; tangentgroup.org) His ashes were scattered in the rose garden at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood, California. Morgan Farley Francis Morgan Farley (October 3, 1898 – October 11, 1988) was an American actor on the stage and in films and television. His theatrical career began in 1918 in the stage adaptation of Booth Tarkington's ""Seventeen"". He recreated the role of Joe Bullitt in Orson Welles's ""Mercury Theatre on the Air"" adaptation of the story that aired October 16, 1938. He gained a whole new generation of followers as a result of his guest spots on the"
"Alex Moffat (comedian) Alex Moffat (born March 25, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, and cast member on ""Saturday Night Live"". Moffat was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from North Shore Country Day School in 2000. Afterwards he attended Denison University, graduating in 2004. Moffat started his comedy career as a Chicago-based improviser and featured performer at The Second City, ImprovOlympic, Annoyance Theatre and Zanies Comedy Club. In 2015, Moffat co-starred alongside John Ashton in the indie-drama ""Uncle John"", and in 2016, he joined the cast of ""Saturday Night Live"". Moffat made his debut on ""Saturday Night"
"seasons. Since September 10, 2017, he has played cocky helmsman Gordon Malloy, the best friend of Captain Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) on Fox's sci-fi comedy-drama ""The Orville"", created by executive producer MacFarlane. Grimes' film credits include the dark comedy ""Who's Your Monkey"" and Ridley Scott's ""Robin Hood"" with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. On October 11, 2010, Grimes announced on his Twitter website that he would voice a recurring character on the animated series ""Family Guy"". That recurring character is Joe Swanson's previously thought-to-be-dead son, Kevin Swanson. On March 19, 2013, the actor was cast as Dave Flynn on the"
"Angels"", ""Death Adder Dreaming"" and ""Gilt Edge"". He also wrote a collection of short stories, ""The Electric Jungle"". Moffitt married Elizabeth Saunders and had five children: Matthew, Annabel, Dominic, Frances and Sophie. Their eldest son, Matt, was the lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter with Australian band Matt Finish, one of Australia's most popular live bands from the late seventies until the mid-nineties. Matt died in 2003. Sophie is a dancer, choreographer and contemporary dance teacher, whose production company ‘Bounce Productions’, is involved with corporate events in Australia, Asia, America and New Zealand. Ian's first marriage ended in divorce and he"
"Joseph McGrath (film director) Joseph McGrath (born 1930, Glasgow) is a Scottish film and television director and screenwriter. He studied at Glasgow School of Art in the late 1940s/early 1950s where his energy and talent was much admired by his contemporaries. McGrath is best known for his collaborations with ""The Goon Show"" stars Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan. He directed the scenes with Sellers and Orson Welles in the multi-director James bond spoof ""Casino Royale"" (1967). He also directed Sellers and Spike Milligan in ""The Magic Christian"" (1969) and ""The Great McGonagall"" (1974). McGrath also worked with director Richard Lester"
"Moore and Sacha Baron Cohen, Canadian comics Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, and Mike Myers, and the Australian comedian Paul Hogan, famous for ""Crocodile Dundee"". Other centres of creative comic activity have been the cinema of Hong Kong, Bollywood, and French farce. American television has also been an influential force in world comedy: with American series like ""M*A*S*H"", ""Seinfeld"" and ""The Simpsons"" achieving large followings around the world. British television comedy also remains influential, with quintessential works including ""Fawlty Towers"", Monty Python, ""Dad's Army"", ""Blackadder"", and ""The Office"". Australian satirist Barry Humphries, whose comic creations include the housewife and ""gigastar"" Dame"
"featuring Melinda Pink, a middle aged magistrate and climber. Following a commission by Gollancz to follow the California Trail and produce a book, she subsequently wrote 11 mysteries set in the American West. Her last novel ""Gone Feral"" was written when she was in her 80s and Moffat currently reviews for the crime magazine Shots. Moffat married Gordon Moffat with whom she had a daughter, Sheena born in 1949. In 1955 Moffat married Flight Sergeant John Lees and they divorced in 1970. Gwen Moffat Gwen Mary Moffat (née Goddard; born 3 July 1924) is a British mountaineer and writer. Moffat"
"Who"" and ""Sherlock"", including two Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and four Hugo Awards. Moffat was born in Paisley, Scotland, where he attended Camphill High School. He studied at the University of Glasgow, where he was involved with the student television station, GUST (Glasgow University Student Television). After gaining an MA degree in English from Glasgow, he worked as a teacher for three and a half years at Cowdenknowes High School, Greenock. In the 1980s he wrote a play entitled ""War Zones"" (performed at the 1985 Glasgow Mayfest and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and a musical called ""Knifer"". His father,"
"as an English teacher. A lifelong fan of ""Doctor Who"", Moffat's first work on the series was the script of the parody episode """", which aired in 1999. When ""Doctor Who"" was revived in 2005, he wrote six episodes under executive producer Russell T Davies. Moffat was subsequently ""Doctor Who"" showrunner, lead writer and executive producer from 2009 until 2017. Moffat's run as executive producer aired from April 2010 to December 2017. ""Sherlock"", which Moffat co-created with Mark Gatiss, began airing in July 2010. He also co-wrote the 2011 feature film """". Moffat has won several awards, mainly for ""Doctor"
"Maggie Moffat Margaret ""Maggie"" Moffat born Margaret Liddell Linck (1873 – 1943) was a British actor and suffragette. She was amongst the first Scottish suffragettes to be arrested. She appeared in several films including a minor part in Alfred Hitchcock's film ""Saboteur"". Unlike many of her Scottish-born siblings, Moffatt was born in Spittal in northern England. She was the last but one of seven children born to Gottlob and Margaret Liddell (Dowie) Linck. Moffat had a talent for singing. After leaving school, she was a drapery salesperson before deciding to become an actress. Moffat was sent as a Scottish delegate"
"David Parfitt David Parfitt (born 8 July 1958) is an English film producer, actor, and co-founder of Trademark Films. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1998 for ""Shakespeare in Love"". Parfitt was born in Sunderland and educated at the Barbara Speake Stage School, an independent school in London. He began his stage career with the Sunderland Empire Theatre Society in 1969 and later gained work on television, including playing Peter Harrison in the sitcoms ""...And Mother Makes Three"" and its sequel ""...And Mother Makes Five"" and appearing in ""Love in a Cold Climate"" (1980). On radio, he"
"CBS science-fiction series ""Logan's Run"". He also appeared in ""The West Wing"", ""Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"" and ""Tales of the City"", in which his performance as dying executive Edgar Halcyon earned him many new fans. One of his last roles was as Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in the HBO movie, ""61*"". Moffat's last role was as a judge in an episode of """" in 2005. Moffat was married to actress Anne Murray; they had a daughter, Wendy, and a son, Gabriel. He later married actress Gwen Arner. Donald Moffat Donald Moffat (born 26 December 1930) is an English retired actor,"
"Gregory Hoblit Gregory King Hoblit (born November 27, 1944) is an American film director, television director and television producer. He is known for directing the critically acclaimed films ""Primal Fear"", ‘’Fallen’’ , ""Frequency"", ‘‘Hart's War’’ , ""Fracture"". He has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards for directing and producing ""Hill Street Blues"", ""NYPD Blue"", ""L.A. Law"", ""Hooperman"" and the television film ""Roe vs. Wade"". Hoblit was born in Abilene, Texas, the son of Elizabeth Hubbard King and Harold Foster Hoblit, an FBI agent. Much of Hoblit's work is oriented towards police, attorneys and legal cases. Hoblit has directed and produced the"
"McGee, ""Hold Everything!"" (1928) as Nosey Bartlett, Gershwin's ""Of Thee I Sing"" (1931) as Vice-President Alexander Throttlebottom, ""Let 'Em Eat Cake"" (1933), Cole Porter's ""Anything Goes"" (1934) as Moonface Martin, and Irving Berlin's ""Louisiana Purchase"" (1940) as Oliver P. Loganberry. Moore's talent was first recognised by screenwriter Beatrice deMille. He made his film debut in 1915. He starred in three films that year, two of which were directed by Cecil B. DeMille – ""Chimmie Fadden"" and ""Chimmie Fadden Out West"". He also appeared in ""Swing Time"" (1936) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, ""Make Way for Tomorrow"" (1937), ""The Heat's"
"Moore was cast as Beau Maverick, an English-accented cousin of frontier gamblers Bret Maverick (James Garner), Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly), and Brent Maverick (Robert Colbert) in the much more successful ABC/WB Western series ""Maverick"". Sean Connery was flown over from Britain to test for the part, but turned it down. Moore appeared as the character in 14 episodes after Garner had left the series at the end of the previous season, wearing some of Garner's costumes; while filming ""The Alaskans"", he had already recited much of Garner's dialogue since the Klondike series frequently recycled ""Maverick"" scripts, changing only the names"
"whom Holmes considers as the best person at Scotland Yard. Several candidates took a comedic tack in their auditions, but the creative team preferred the gravitas that Graves brought to the role. His first name is revealed to be Greg in ""The Hounds of Baskerville"". Andrew Scott made his first appearance as Jim Moriarty in ""The Great Game"". Moffat said, ""We knew what we wanted to do with Moriarty from the very beginning. Moriarty is usually a rather dull, rather posh villain so we thought someone who was genuinely properly frightening. Someone who's an absolute psycho."" Moffat and Gatiss were"
"exposed at an early age to the theatres and sixpenny galleries of the city and to numerous famous comedians and entertainers of the day. He was married in 1897 to the stage actress and costume designer, Margaret Liddell Linck (1882–1942). His wife was also a suffragist, and in 1907 Graham Moffat founded the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow. He also penned a suffrage propaganda play, ""The Maid and the Magistrate"". A few years later his comic play ""Bunty Pulls the Strings"" was a huge hit in London’s West End, his biggest success, running for 617 shows at the"
"barman. His only other film in the 1950s was ""The Silent Enemy"" (1958). In 1963 he appeared in ""Tom Jones"" (1963). The 1970s were his most fruitful years as a film performer. He appeared in ""Julius Caesar"" (1970), ""Lady Caroline Lamb"" (1973), ""Romance with a Double Bass"" (1974), ""Galileo"" (1974), ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (1974), and ""S.O.S. Titanic"" (1979). In the 1980s he played in ""Minder"" (1982), and ""Britannia Hospital"" (1982), his last film. After retiring from stage acting in 1988, Moffatt regularly appeared with Judi Dench and her husband, Michael Williams in a verse compilation ""Fond and Familiar""."
"Awards Genie Awards Golden Globe Awards National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Saturn Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Western Heritage Awards Tom Skerritt Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ""M*A*S*H"", ""Alien"", ""Top Gun"", ""A River Runs Through It"", ""Up in Smoke"", and the television series ""Picket Fences"". Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993"
"Michael Moriarty Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian stage and screen actor and jazz musician. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series ""Holocaust"", and he played Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone for the first four seasons (1990–1994) on the television show ""Law & Order."" Moriarty is also known for his roles in films such as ""Bang the Drum Slowly"", ""Who'll Stop the Rain"", ""Q: The Winged Serpent"", ""The Stuff"", ""Pale Rider"", ""Troll"", ""Courage Under Fire"", and ""Shiloh""."
"Ivan Moffat Ivan Romilly Moffat (18 February 1918 – 4 July 2002) was a British screenwriter, film producer and socialite who, with Fred Guiol, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's eponymous novel into the film ""Giant"" (1956). Moffat was the grandson of actor-manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. After studying at the London School of Economics, Moffat became a socialite and began to make films to promote the war effort. During World War II he filmed activities of the US Army, meeting director George Stevens, whom he soon followed to Hollywood and assisted"
"to star as Moore. Later that month, the rest of the principal cast was announced. In July 2018, Chris Rock and Ron Cephas Jones joined the cast. Principal photography began on June 12, 2018. Rudy Ray Moore Rudolph Frank Moore (March 17, 1927October 19, 2008), known as Rudy Ray Moore, was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer. He was perhaps best known as Dolemite (the name derived from the mineral dolomite), the uniquely articulate pimp from the 1975 film ""Dolemite"", and its sequels, ""The Human Tornado"" and ""The Return of Dolemite"". The persona was developed during"
"had to insist on Garner. When Ritt gave the Max Schott story to Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch, the same married screenplay team that also worked on ""Hud"" (1963) with Ritt and Paul Newman, they wanted Newman to be in ""Murphy's Romance"". Field had worked very successfully with Newman in 1981's ""Absence of Malice"", but Newman declined the project and Garner was the only other actor that Ritt and Field had asked. Part of the deal from the studio, which at that time was owned by The Coca-Cola Company, included an eight line sequence of Field and Garner saying"