Moray Watson

Moray Watson
Moray Watson 2009
Born	25 June 1928 (1928-06-25) (age 83) Sunningdale, Berkshire, England

Moray Watson (born 25 June 1928 in Sunningdale, Berkshire) is an English actor.

Watson's father was killed in Belgium in World War II. He was educated at Eton College and made his first appearance on stage whilst still a student at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art at a matinee performance in memory of Ellen Terry at Hythe, Kent. After appearances in repertory, he appeared on the West End stage, including The Doctor's Dilemma and in The Rivals by Sheridan both at the Haymarket Theatre.

In 1963, he went to New York City to appear in The Private Ear and The Public Eye.

He played the part of the Art Editor in the BBC series Compact for some years.

He appeared in several films, including Operation Crossbow and The Grass Is Greener, in which he played opposite Robert Mitchum and Cary Grant.

He has a series of television credits to his name, most notably as Brigadier Arthur Maiford, M.C. (ret.) (but always known to the Larkins as "The General") in The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993); and George Frobisher in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992).

He also appeared as Sir Robert Muir in the Doctor Who story Black Orchid; and has a small role in Yes Minister. He also appeared in the 1974 version of The Pallisers as Barrington Erle and in the Albert Campion mystery The Death of a Late Pig as the Chief Constable. He also played a Chief constable in the 1977 BBC series Murder Most English and Mr Bennet in the 1980 BBC series Pride and Prejudice.

Partial filmography

• The Quatermass Experiment (1953) (TV) as Peter Marsh
• The Grass Is Greener (1960) as Trevor Sellers, the Butler
• No Wreath for the General (1960) (TV) as Major Johnny Brookman
• The Saint (1964) "The Imprudent Politician" (TV) as Ken Shield
• Silas Marner (1964) (TV) as Godfrey Cass
• Operation Crossbow (1965) as Colonel Kenneth Post
• The Avengers (1966) "The Danger Makers" (TV) as Peters
• Z-Cars (1969) "A Right Cock-'N-Bull Story" (TV) as Harold Thorburn
• Catweazle (1970) (TV) as Lord Collingford (1970)
• Rookery Nook (1970, TV film)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (1972) "A Pair of Exiles" (TV) as Colonel Winter
• The Pallisers (1974) (TV) as Barrington Erle
• Murder Most English: "A Flaxborough Chronicle" as Chief Constable Chubb
• Quiller (1975) (TV) as Angus Kinloch
• Return of the Saint, The Judas Game (1978) (TV) as Buckingham
• Life of Shakespeare (1978) (TV) as Nicholas
• Rumpole of the Bailey as George Frobisher (1978–1992)
• The Professionals "It's Only a Beautiful Picture" (1980) (TV) as Jeremy Sangster
• Pride and Prejudice (1980) (TV) as Mr. Bennet
• The Sea Wolves (1980) as Breene
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981) (TV) as Major Desmond Morton
• The Walls of Jericho (1981) (TV) as Dr.George Balfour
• Tales of the Unexpected - "Death in the Morning" (1982) (TV) as Sir Ian Masterson
• Doctor Who - Black Orchid (1982) (TV) as Sir Robert Muir
• Miss Marple The Body in the Library (1984) (TV) as Colonel Arthur Bantry
• Minder - "Goodbye Sailor" (1984) (TV) as Commander Hawksly
• Who Dares Wins - Episode #3.4 (1986) (TV)
• Rude Health (1987) (TV) as Sir Nigel Toft (1987)
• Star Cops - "An Instinct for Murder" (1987) (TV) as the Commander
• Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987) (TV) as Hubbard
• Worlds Beyond - "The Haunted Garden" (1987) (TV)
• Campion - "The Case of the Late Pig" (1989) (TV) as Sir Leo Pursuivant
• Norbert Smith – a Life (1989) (TV) as Sir Donald Stuffy
• The House of Eliott - Episode #1.6 (1991) (TV) as The Judge
• The New Statesman - "The Party's Over" (1991) (TV) as Professor Eugene Quail
• A Murder of Quality (1991) (TV) as Maj. Harriman
• Haggard - "Orlando's Revenge" (1992) (TV) as Henry Nugent
• The Darling Buds of May as Brig. Arthur Maiford, M.C. (ret.)
• The Vicar of Dibley - "Animals" (1994) (TV) as The Stranger
• Kavanagh QC - "Previous Convictions" (1999) (TV) as Sir Henry Dorrister
• Midsomer Murders - "Judgement Day" (2000) (TV) as Edward Allardice
• Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) (TV) as Lord Dawson

External links

• Moray Watson at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Watson, Moray
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Date of birth	25 June 1928
Place of birth	Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
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