Douglass Watson
Actor, Award Winner
1921 – 1989
Who was Douglass Watson?
Larkin Douglass Watson III was an American actor.
Before an acting career, he received two Purple Heart awards for his service in World War II. A character actor since 1950, his most notable roles were in the movies Julius Caesar, Sayonara, and The Money Pit. He was also an acclaimed actor on the New York stage, acting in several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including the 1952 Broadway revival of Desire Under the Elms by Eugene O'Neill. In addition, he played on such daytime dramatic dramas as Moment of Truth, Search for Tomorrow, and Love of Life.
On Another World, Watson portrayed Mackenzie "Mac" Cory; the second actor to play the role, he had replaced Robert Emhardt. Watson earned the Another World role after a critically acclaimed turn playing Kent in King Lear at the 1974 New York Shakespeare Festival.
He won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Best Actor, in 1980 and 1981. He was under contract at the time of his 1989 death from a heart attack at the age of 68 while on vacation in Arizona. His character on the show also died shortly afterward. Douglass Watson is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1921
Jackson - Also known as
- Larkin Douglas Watson III
- Douglas Watson
- Spouses
- Eugenia Laring-Clark
(1941 - 1989/05/01)
- Eugenia Laring-Clark
- Ethnicity
- White people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 1, 1989
Arizona
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on July 23, 2013
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