Moffat Johnston

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Birth 18 august 1886
Death 3 november 1935 (at 49 years)

Moffat Johnston (1886 - 1935) was a Scottish born actor with a substantial U.S. stage career. He devoted more of his life to the stage and only appeared in two films, a 1911 Shakespearean silent, Richard III starring Frank Benson and a 1934 sound drama Midnight. He died after appendicitis surgery.

Appeared in several important Broadway productions in the 1920s ie Back to Methuselah, R. U. R., Six Characters in Search of an Author and John Barrymore's Hamlet, 2nd revival.

Johnston created the role of Oscar Jaffe in the 1932 play Twentieth Century. It was turned into a film, Twentieth Century in 1934 directed by Howard Hawks with John Barrymore as Jaffe.

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Chester Erskine
(1 films)

Granville Bates
(1 films)

O. P. Heggie
(1 films)

Cora Witherspoon
(1 films)

Henry O'Neill
(1 films)