Douglass Watson

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Douglass Watson
Watson circa 1950s.
Born	Larkin Douglass Watson III (1921-02-24)February 24, 1921 Jackson, Georgia, U.S.
Died	May 1, 1989(1989-05-01) (aged 68) Arizona
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1950-1989
Spouse(s)	Eugenia Laring-Clark (1941-1989; his death)

Larkin Douglass Watson III (February 24, 1921, Jackson, Georgia — May 1, 1989) was an American actor.

Watson, as Mackenzie Cory, marries Rachel Frame (Victoria Wyndham) on Another World, 1975.

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).

The grave of Douglass Watson

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. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

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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)

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Name	Watson, Douglass
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	February 24, 1921
Place of birth	Jackson, Georgia, U.S.
Date of death	May 1, 1989
Place of death	Arizona, U.S.

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