Muse Watson

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Muse Watson
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Watson in March 2009
Born
Robert Gravel

(1948-07-20) July 20, 1948 (age 76) [1]
Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. [1]
Education Louisiana Tech University
Berea College
OccupationActor
Known for
Children1

Muse Watson Gravel (born Robert Gravel; July 20, 1948), commonly known as Muse Watson, is an American actor. He is notable for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland / D.B. Cooper in Prison Break , and film roles as Hank Corrigan in Something to Talk About , and Ben Willis, the killer in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer . [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Watson was born and raised in Alexandria, Louisiana. His father died when he was five years old, and Watson and his three siblings were raised by their mother and maternal grandfather. [1] [6] Watson said his grandfather had a big influence on him, and after finding out that Robert Gravel was already registered with the Screen Actors Guild, he legally changed his name to Muse Watson Gravel, in honor of his grandfather. [7] [6] Watson graduated from Bolton High School in 1966, and then attended Louisiana Tech for two years on a music scholarship. After leaving Louisiana Tech, he transferred to Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. [7] [6]

It was at Berea College where he became interested in acting, scoring a role as Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew . [8] He then left Berea and went on the road starring in productions of Man of La Mancha and Promises, Promises . [8] After a year of touring, he returned to Berea, but at graduation time, he was told his degree would be withheld because he hadn't "gone to church enough". [8] He decided to leave school and moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee to live with his sister. He worked for Pathway Bellows for seven years before moving to Chattanooga, Tennessee to work as a manufacturing representative, while still making time for auditions and plays. [8]

Career

Watson is credited with appearing in more than 60 movies and 50 television episodes. [6] He is best known for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland in Prison Break , and as Ben Willis, the killer in the horror films, I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer , and as the vampire C. W. Niles in From Dusk Till Dawn 2 . [9]

Other notable appearances include: American Outlaws, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me , A Day Without a Mexican , Dead Birds, Down in the Valley, IOWA , Morgan's Ferry and Songcatcher . [10] [11]

When Watson was living in Chattanooga, he was hired to do extras casting for King Kong Lives . He also made connections with people in the North Carolina film industry and became a Teamster, building his own fleet of trucks that he hired out for productions on the East Coast. [8] After a guest appearance on Matlock and his role in Something to Talk About, he moved to Los, Angeles where Marion Dougherty helped him in obtaining an agent. [8] Watson said he considers his appearance in the film Something to Talk About as his "breakout role". [12]

He has also directed theater for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Bessie Smith Foundation, taught acting at the Georgia State Prison, and taught reading and writing at Berea College's literacy outreach program. [1] Before changing his name to Muse Watson, he had credits as Robert Gavel, working as a stunt driver in Steel Magnolias and Mississippi Burning . [7] [6] In the film I Know What You Did Last Summer, Watson performed the majority of his own stunts, which included a very long underwater sequence. [1]

In 2002, he was nominated for best supporting actor for his role in If I Die Before I Wake at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, [13] and in 2011, won best actor for his performance in A Christmas Snow , at the Trail Dance Film Festival. [14]

Watson starred in a stage adaptation of the TV movie A Christmas Snow at the Starlite Theater in Branson, Missouri. [15]

Personal life

Watson is married and has a daughter with autism, for which he has become an advocate. [15]

Filmography

Films
YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
1988 Mississippi Burning Stunt driver [16]
1989 Steel Magnolias Stunt driver [16]
1989 Black Rainbow Patrol officer [17]
1990 The Handmaid's Tale Guardian [17]
1990 Blind Vengeance Varsac [16]
1993 Sommersby Drifter [16]
1995 Something to Talk About Hank Corrigan [18]
1995 The Journey of August King Zimmer [17]
1995 Assassins Ketcham [18]
1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer Ben Willis [18]
1997 Rosewood Henry Andrews [18]
1997 Lolita Store clerk [16]
1997Acts of BetrayalTrenton Fraser [16]
1997A Texas Birthday [16]
1998 Break Up Baker cop [17]
1998 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Ben Willis [17]
1998 Shadrach Captain [17]
1998If I Die before I WakeDaryl [16]
1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money C. W. Niles [16]
1999The Art of the BulletCaptain Walters [18]
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Klansman [18]
1999 It's the Rage Cleaner [17]
2000 Songcatcher Parley Gentry [18]
2000Ten GrandBig Tony [16]
2001 Morgan's Ferry Sheriff Billy Ray Barnwell [18]
2001 American Outlaws Burly detective [16]
2002Hollywood VampyrProfessor Fulton [16]
2003Season of the HuntedFrank [16]
2003Wild TurkeyShort film [16]
2004 Christmas Child Sheriff Jimmy James [17]
2004 Frankenfish Elmer [16]
2004 Dead Birds Father [16]
2004The Last SummerJerimiah Shuman [16]
2004 A Day Without a Mexican Louis McClaire [16]
2004The Dark Agent and the Passing of the Torch ChapterLester King [16]
2005House of Grimm [16]
2005 Down in the Valley Bill Sr. [16]
2005 IOWA Sheriff Walker [16]
2005 End of the Spear Adolfo [16]
2009 White Lightnin' D. Ray White [18]
2009Stellina Blue [18]
2009 Timer Rick O'Leary [17]
2010 Small Town Saturday Night [18]
2010 The Presence Mr. Browman [18]
2010The SteamroomPat [18]
2011 The Lamp Sam [17]
2012 Meeting Evil Frank [17]
2013 The Last Exorcism Part II Frank Merle [17]
2014Between the Sand and the SkyBoss [19]
2014 Suburban Gothic Ambrose [17]
2016Dark ResonanceProfessor Walter Jackson [17]
2016Saved From Sorrow: Mysterious GraceJeremiah [17]
2017 Valley of Bones Terry [17]
2019The Dead OnesGus [17]
Television
YearTitleRoleNotesRefs
1990 Blind Vengeance VrsacTV movie [16]
1993 Matlock Patrol officerTV series; (2 episodes) [18]
1994 The Birds II: Land's End Bartender JesseTV movie [17]
1994Justice in a Small TownRobert StubbsTV movie [16]
1994Leave of AbsenceGuyTV movie [16]
1995 American Gothic Wash SutpenTV series [18]
1995GrampsFatherTV movie [18]
1995TadTom PendelTV movie [17]
1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior WhitleyTV movie [17]
1996 The Lazarus Man DawkinsTV series; (2 episodes) [16]
1999 JAG Admiral Arthur FessendenTV series [17]
1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Freddie ForbesTV series; (2 episodes) [17]
2003The Last CowboyOtis BertramTV movie [17]
2005-2008 Prison Break Charles Westmoreland TV series; (19 episodes) [17]
2006 Close to Home Bob PetersTV series [18]
2006 Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall Captain BarnesTV movie [17]
2006-2017 NCIS Mike Franks TV series; (20 episodes) [18]
2007 Criminal Minds Mickey BatesTV series [17]
2007 Ghost Whisperer Milt CharlesTV series [18]
2009 The Mentalist Jake CoobyTV series [18]
2009 Cold Case John NorwoodTV series [17]
2009 iCarly BuckyTV series [17]
2010 Castle Ivan PodofskiTV series [17]
2011 Franklin & Bash Officer Tom WerthTV series [18]
2013 Eagleheart QuintTV series [20]
2014 Justified Elmont SwainTV series [18]
2021Diary of a Lunatic: Sylke's TalesThe CreatorTV mini-series; (8 episodes) [21]

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