William Watson | |
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Born | William C. Watson October 5, 1938 |
Died | November 5, 1997 59) | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1965–1987 |
William C. Watson (October 5, 1938 – November 5, 1997) was an American actor. [1]
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 The Rat Patrol , The High Chaparral , Bonanza , Gunsmoke , The Streets of San Francisco , Kojak , Hawaii Five-0 , The Rookies , 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.
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