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John Moffatt (b. 24 September 1922, Badby, Daventry, Northamptonshire) is an English actor and playwright, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio.
Moffatt made his first appearance on stage in 1944, and was a member of repertory companies which included Perth, Oxford, Windsor and the Bristol Old Vic. He made his first London appearance in 1950, appeared with John Gielgud in The Winter's Tale in 1951 and in Much Ado About Nothing in 1952, and with Noël Coward in The Apple Cart in 1953. He played with the Old Vic Company, at the Mermaid Theatre, and in New York,... MORE
John Moffatt (b. 24 September 1922, Badby, Daventry, Northamptonshire) is an English actor and playwright, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio.
Moffatt made his first appearance on stage in 1944, and was a member of repertory companies which included Perth, Oxford, Windsor and the Bristol Old Vic. He made his first London appearance in 1950, appeared with John Gielgud in The Winter's Tale in 1951 and in Much Ado About Nothing in 1952, and with Noël Coward in The Apple Cart in 1953. He played with the Old Vic Company, at the Mermaid Theatre, and in New York, as well as in the London West End. For the National Theatre, his parts included Judge Brack (in Hedda Gabler) and Menenius (in Coriolanus).
Moffatt has written and performed in his own pantomimes. In 1972, he acted and sang in Cowardy Custard, the tribute to Noël Coward that was running at the time of Coward's death.
John Moffatt made his television debut in 1953, and has made appeared many times on screen over the decades. He played Joseph Surface in The School For Scandal (with Joan Plowright), Casca in Julius Caesar, Malvolio and Sir Andrew in two different productions of Twelfth Night - and LESS
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