Watson, Muse 1948–

PERSONAL

Born July 20, 1948, in Alexandria, LA; married; children: one daughter. Education: Attended Louisiana Tech University and Berea College.

Addresses: Agent—McCabe/Justice, 8285 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career: Actor. Ragtime on the River (comedy troupe), Chattanooga, TN, founder, then producer and director of productions on river boats. Driver for film production companies, later purchased trucks to lease to filmmakers. Berea College, Berea, KY, teacher of reading and writing in literacy outreach program; Georgia State Penitentiary, acting teacher. Made personal appearances. Worked in purchasing at plants in Oak Ridge, TN.

Awards, Honors: Best Play Award, for prison production of Lonestar, 1982; Grand Jury Award (with others), ensemble acting, Sundance Film Festival, 2000, for Songcatcher.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Guardian, The Handmaid's Tale (also known as Die Geschichte der Dienerin), Cinecom International Films, 1990.

First drifter, Sommersby, Warner Bros., 1993.

Hank Corrigan, Something To Talk About (also known as Grace under Pressure and The Power of Love), Warner Bros., 1995.

Herman Zimmer, The Journey of August King, Miramax, 1995.

Ketcham, Assassins (also known as Day of Reckoning), Warner Bros., 1995.

Benjamin "Ben" Willis, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Columbia, 1997.

Henry Andrews, Rosewood, Warner Bros., 1997.

(Uncredited) Store clerk, Lolita, Samuel Goldwyn, 1997.

Trenton Fraser, Acts of Betrayal (also known as True Blue), New City Releasing, 1997.

A Texas Birthday, 1997.

Benjamin "Ben" Willis, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (also known as I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Sequel, I Know What You Did Last Summer … The Story Continues, I Know What You Did Last Summer 2, I Know What You Did Two Summers Ago, I Still Know, and The Man with the Hook), Columbia, 1998.

Captain, Shadrach, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1998.

Daryl, If I Die before I Wake, Kushner-Locke International, 1998.

C. W. Niles, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Miramax, 1999.

Captain Walters, The Art of the Bullet (also known as Among the Damned), Creative Light Worldwide, 1999.

The Klansman, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (also known as Austin Powers II, Austin Powers 2: It's Shagging Time, Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers II: The Wrath of Khan, It's Shagging Time, and The Return of Dr. Evil), New Line Cinema, 1999.

Parley Gentry, Songcatcher, Trimark Pictures/Lions Gate Films, 1999.

Sheriff Billy Ray Barnwell, Morgan's Ferry, Artist View Entertainment, 1999.

Big Tony, Ten Grand, Quest Pictures, 2000.

Burly detective, American Outlaws (also known as Jesse James), Warner Bros., 2001.

Professor Fulton, Hollywood Vampyr, Brain Damage Films, 2002.

Frank, Season of the Hunted, Snp, Inc., 2003.

Wild Turkey (short film), Age/Becker Films, 2003.

Elmer, Frankenfish (also known as Bayou), Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2004.

Father, Dead Birds, Snp, Inc., 2004.

Jerimiah Shuman, The Last Summer, D Productions/Film Artists Network, 2004.

Louis McClaire, A Day without a Mexican (also known as Un dia sin mexicanos), Altavista Films, 2004.

Lester "the Cripple" King, The Dark Agent and the Passing of the Torch Chapter 7 (short film), Taughannock Entertainment, 2004.

House of Grimm, Warner Bros., 2005.

Bill, Sr., Down in the Valley, 2005, ThinkFilm, 2006.

Sheriff Walker, Iowa, Full Fathom 5, 2005, Sky Island Films, 2006.

Adolfo, End of the Spear (also known as Walk His Trail), Every Tribe Entertainment/M Power Releasing, 2006.

Film Driver:

Mississippi Burning, Orion, 1988.

Steel Magnolias, TriStar, 1989.

Driver for other films.

Television Appearances; Series:

Charles "Old Head" Westmoreland, Prison Break (also known as The Break), Fox, 2005–.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Police officer, Black Rainbow, Showtime, 1989.

Vrsac, Blind Vengeance, USA Network, 1990.

District attorney Robert Stubbs, Justice in a Small Town (also known as Hard Evidence and Ordinary Heroes: The Sandra Prine Story), NBC, 1994.

Guy, Leave of Absence, NBC, 1994.

Father, Gramps (also known as Lethal Intent), NBC, 1995.

Tom Pendel, Tad, Family Channel, 1995.

Whitley, Tecumseh: The Last Warrior, TNT, 1995.

Deputy Jim Keller, Heartwood, Family Channel, 1998.

First Baker police officer, The Break Up, Cinemax, 1998.

Todd (cleaner), All the Rage (also known as It's the Rage), Cinemax, 2000.

Jimmy-James, Christmas Child, Trinity Broadcasting Network, 2003.

Otis Bertram, The Last Cowboy, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

Captain Barnes, Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall, The Hallmark Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Patrol officer, "The Debt," Matlock, ABC, 1993.

Security person, "The Dare," Matlock, ABC, 1994.

Wash Sutpen, "Damned If You Don't," American Gothic, CBS, 1995.

Dawkins, The Lazarus Man, TNT, 1996.

Admiral Arthur Fessenden, "Innocence," JAG, CBS, 1998.

Freddie Forbes, "Team Cherokee: Parts 1 & 2," Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1998.

(Uncredited) Benjamin "Ben" Willis, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's "Saturday Night," Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live '80, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1998.

Agent Mike Franks, "Faking It," Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (also known as Naval CIS, Navy CIS, Navy NCIS, NCIS, and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service), CBS, 2006.

Agent Mike Franks, "Hiatus: Parts 1 & 2," Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (also known as Naval CIS, Navy CIS, Navy NCIS, NCIS, and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service), CBS, 2006.

Agent Mike Franks, "Shalom," Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (also known as Naval CIS, Navy CIS, Navy NCIS, NCIS, and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service), CBS, 2006.

Appeared as a doctor, I-40 Paradise, The Nashville Network; and as Rudy, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC and Family Channel.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Charles "Old Head" Westmoreland, Prison Break (also known as The Break), Fox, 2005.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Stunt performer, Separate but Equal, ABC, 1991.

Stage Appearances:

Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, Oak Ridge Playhouse, Oak Ridge, TN, c. 1975.

Jack, Charlie's Aunt, Oak Ridge Playhouse, c. 1976.

Benedict, Much Ado about Nothing, Oak Ridge Playhouse, c. 1978.

Cervantes, Man of La Mancha (musical), Oak Ridge Playhouse, c. 1978.

Sky Masterson, Guys and Dolls (musical), Oak Ridge Playhouse, c. 1979.

Appeared as Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof (musical), as the title role, Hamlet, as Cervantes, Man of La Mancha (musical), and as Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, all Chattanooga Little Theatre, Chattanooga, TN; as Brick, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and as Jack, Charlie's Aunt, both Summer Arena Theatre; as Pale, Burn This, Centre Stage-South Carolina!, Greenville, SC; as young Willie, Humbug and Holly, Tidewater Dinner Theatre; as Joe, Shadow Box, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville, TN; as Jack, Song of the Whippoorwill, Oak Ridge Playhouse; as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire; as Otho Turner and later Jed Willis, Wilderness Road, in an outdoor production; and as captain of the Uglies, The Wizard of Oz, Henrietta Child Children's Theatre.

Stage Work:

Director, Lonestar, prison production, c. 1982.

Director of Lonestar, a production for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center; director of Ain't Misbehavin' (musical), Bessie Smith Foundation; and producer of Passionella, Summer Arena Theatre.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

(In archive footage) Benjamin "Ben" Willis, Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (also known as Boogeymen), Flixmix, 2001.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Muse Watson, http://www.musewatson.com, June 2, 2006.