Gary Watson (born Garrowby Watson, 13 June 1930) is a British retired actor. Early in his career he appeared in Friedrich Hebbel's 1962 play ''
Judith'' at
Her Majesty's Theatre in London, with
Sean Connery
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. He made more than 40 appearances in television programmes between 1956 and 1988, and many more on radio and in commercials.
He became known for his appearances in British
ITC productions of the 1960s, including ''
The Avengers
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'', ''
The Saint'' and ''
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' in 1969 in the last episode "
The Smile Behind the Veil
"The Smile Behind the Veil" is the final episode of the 1969 ITC British television series ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope, and Annette Andre. The episode was first broadcast on 13 March 1970 on the ITV and ...
". In 1966 he appeared as Aramis in all ten episodes of ''
The Three Musketeers'', starring alongside
Brian Blessed and
Jeremy Young. He also appeared in the 1967 ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'' serial "
The Evil of the Daleks". He played Denisov in the 1972 television series ''
War and Peace''. and the semi-regular character of Detective Inspector Fred Connor in the long-running BBC police drama ''
Z-Cars'' between 1972 and 1974. In 1974 he played George Vavasor in five episodes of ''
The Pallisers''. In 1977 he played the role of Ross in the BBC series ''Murder Most English''. He also appeared in the 1970
Thames Television adaptation o
playing
MacDuff. He was also much employed as a reader and narrator, featuring in dozens of commercials throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He was particularly noted for his work for
British Transport Films
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and commercials for
Lloyds Bank and
Nescafé.
Watson was born in
Shropshire on 13 June 1930. He attended
Kingswood School, where he was a classmate of
Anthony Thwaite
Anthony Simon Thwaite (23 June 1930 – 22 April 2021) was an English poet and critic, widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin's collected poems and letters.
Early years and education
Born in Chester, England, to Yorkshire par ...
.
graduated from the
University of Cambridge. In the late 1950s he taught English at Westminster City School, off Victoria Street in London. He was very popular with the pupils and directed some school plays such as ''Treasure Island'', starring a young Ken Phillips as Doctor Trelawny.
References
External links
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1930 births
Living people
English male television actors
English male voice actors
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