Duncan Watson

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Duncan Watson
Born
Duncan P. Watson

1963 (age 6061)
Alma mater University of New Hampshire
Occupations
  • Assistant director
  • voice actor
Years active1975–1977, 1992–present
Children2 [1]

Duncan P. Watson [1] (born 1963) [1] is an American assistant director and former child voice actor, who is known for voicing Charlie Brown from 1975 to 1977. [2]

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Early life

Duncan P. Watson was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1963, he spend most of his life living in Mexico, California and Utah before eventually moving to New Hampshire. [1] He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1985. [1]

Career

Watson begin his acting career in 1975 at the age of twelve years old when he was cast as the fifth official voice actor of the Peanuts character Charlie Brown. [2] He voiced Charlie in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown , You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown and in Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown . He then returned to voice the same character in the feature-length movie Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown , which was also his final acting role. [2]

As of 1992, he currently works as an assistant director for the Department of Public Works in Keene, New Hampshire. [1] [3]

Personal life

Watson lives in Southwest, NH with his wife and two daughters, Samantha Ann, and Selma Marie. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown Charlie Brown (voice)Television special [4]
1975 You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown Television special
1976 Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown Television documentary
1977 Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown Film

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Harrington, Blair Alexis (October 26, 2005). "Keene's Duncan Watson sees recycling as business". The Keene Sentinel .
  2. 1 2 3 "Tuesday, March 19th: The Voice of Charlie Brown". WMUR-TV . March 19, 2019.
  3. "Board of Trustees". Nrra.net.
  4. "Duncan Watson (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 July 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)