William C. Watson

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William Watson
Born
William C. Watson

(1938-10-05)October 5, 1938
Kauai, Hawaii, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1965–1987

William C. Watson (October 5, 1938 – November 5, 1997) was an American actor.[1]

Career

Born in

Chicago, Illinois, Watson appeared in many television series and films, In the Heat of the Night (1967),[1] Lawman (1971), The Hunting Party (1971), Chato's Land (1972), Executive Action (1973) and Wholly Moses!
(1980).

In the 1960s and 1970s, he guest-starred on several TV series such as

Starsky and Hutch (in the episode "Captain Dobey, You're Dead"), The Rockford Files, M*A*S*H, The Dukes of Hazzard, Emergency!, CHiPs, Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (in the episode "The Force of Evil"),[2] and many more. His last appearance was in the film It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987) with Michael Moriarty. He was best remembered as the slave trader who captured young Kunta Kinte in the TV miniseries Roots
. He appeared in two episodes of Cannon entitled "Perfect Alibi" and "Madman", which aired on 31/10/73 and 3/3/76 respectively.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "William Watson Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  2. ^ Classic Television Archive: Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)

External links

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