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Douglass Watson Born Larkin Douglass Watson III
February 24, 1921
Jackson, Georgia, U.S.Died May 1, 1989 (aged 68)
ArizonaOccupation Actor Years active 1950-1989 Larkin Douglass Watson III (February 24, 1921, Jackson, Georgia — May 1, 1989) 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 (1953), Sayonara (1957), and The Money Pit (1986). 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 (1965) (a Canadian serial), Search for Tomorrow (1966–1968), and Love of Life (1972–1973).
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.[1]
References
- ^ "Douglass Watson". FindAGrave.com. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7235432. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
External links
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Macdonald Carey, Days of our Lives (1974) · Macdonald Carey, Days of our Lives (1975) · Larry Haines, Search for Tomorrow (1976) · Val Dufour, Search for Tomorrow (1977) · James Pritchett, The Doctors (1978) · Al Freeman, Jr., One Life to Live (1979) · Douglass Watson, Another World (1980) · Douglass Watson, Another World (1981) · Anthony Geary, General Hospital (1982) · Robert S. Woods, One Life to Live (1983)
Complete list: (1974–1983) · (1984–1993) · (1994–2003) · (2004–2013)
Categories:- 1921 births
- 1989 deaths
- American soap opera actors
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- Deaths from myocardial infarction
- Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
- Cardiovascular disease deaths in Arizona
- People from Butts County, Georgia
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