Moffat Johnston
Moffat Johnston | |
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Born | August 18, 1886 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Died | November 3, 1935 (aged 49) |
Other names | Moffat Johnson Moffat Johnstone J. Moffat Johnston |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1905 - 1935 |
Spouse | Winifred Durie Hodgson |
Children | Peter Johnston[1] Mary Rose Johnston |
Moffat Johnston (1886 – 1935)[2] was a Scottish-born actor with a substantial United States stage career.
Career
Johnston was born to John Moffat Johnston and Margaret Parke (Boyd). He was educated at Watson's School and the
R. U. R., Six Characters in Search of an Author and the 1923 production of John Barrymore's Hamlet. Johnston created the role of Oscar Jaffe in the 1932 play Twentieth Century, which was later turned into a film and a musical. He also appeared with Lillian Gish in 1934's Within the Gates and his last role before his death in The Flowers of the Forest with Burgess Meredith and Katharine Cornell.[4]
Moffat's wife Winifred, also an actor, occasionally appeared on Broadway in plays with him. She performed under the name Winifred Johnston in the 1923 production of King Lear and the 1931 productions of The Streets of New York, or Poverty is No Crime.[5] Their son Peter Johnston also appeared on Broadway during the 1930s.[6]
Moffat taught at
Devoted to the stage, Johnston only appeared in two films: a 1911
.He died after appendicitis surgery in 1935.[8]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1911 | Richard III | Duke of Buckingham | Short |
1934 | Midnight | Dist. Atty. Plunkett | (final film role) |
References
- ^ Who Was Who on Screen 2nd edition p.240 by Evelyn Mack Truitt c.1977
- ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
- ISBN 0-8103-0406-6
- ^ Moffat Johnston at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "Winifred Johnston". at the Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "Peter Johnston". at the Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ^ "Moffat Johnston, Actor, Dies in Norwalk Hospital". The Hartford Daily Courant. September 4, 1935. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
- ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
External links
- Moffat Johnston at IMDb
- portrait(NY Public Library)
- playbill for the play Twentieth Century with Johnston and Eugenie Leontovich
- ForgottenActors, 2013