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Occupation
  
Actor

Children
  
Mason Thomas Watson

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Mills Watson

Years active
  
1968–1992


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Full Name
  
William Oscar Watson

Born
  
July 10, 1940 (age 84) (
1940-07-10
)

Spouse
  
Caroline Mary Mason (m. 1968–1970)

Movies and TV shows
  
The Misadventures of Sheriff, Cujo, B J and the Bear, Up in Smoke, Harper Valley PTA

Similar People
  
Claude Akins, Lewis Teague, Glen A Larson, Dan Curtis, Steve Carver

Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke (1978): 1:13:21 - 1:15:29 (1080p)


Mills Watson (born William Oscar Watson on July 10, 1940) is an American actor who is probably best known for his comedic portrayal of the law enforcement character Deputy Perkins, first on B.J. and the Bear and later as a series star on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. He also played Uncle Buster in the sitcom Harper Valley P.T.A..

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Personal life

Watson was born in Oakland, California and grew up on a ranch near Stockton. His father was a sheep rancher and his mother a school teacher. His grandparents were from Texas. He attended Franklin Elementary School and graduated from Elk Grove High School in 1958. His family didn't have a television during his childhood and like most families of that era listened to the radio for news and entertainment. After high school he went to San Francisco State University for two semesters where he studied acting for a short time under Victor French.

Mills Watson Mills Watson TV Movie Favorite of THE MISADVENTURES OF SHERIFF

After appearing in a small independent film, he wanted to pursue more formal acting training and he applied to and was accepted as a student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he acquired a lot of stage experience. Says Watson, "I figured if I got in, I wouldn't have any excuse to fail on a training level. I could never say I didn't get the right kind of training, because this was the best in the world." Returning from England, he moved to Lost Angeles and began appearing in television shows and movies, eventually retiring from acting in the early 1990s.

During the 1970s, he raised a son, Mason, as a single parent, with the help of neighbors and professionals when he was at work acting.

He now resides in Marcola, Oregon, where he lives on a 15-acre farm with his second wife Sue. When asked in an interview if he missed acting, he replied: "No. I was very fortunate to have been able to do as much as I wanted. I did enough of that. Today I have a fifteen-acre farm, growing hay. I just relax here with Sue. There's no pressure up here in Oregon. It's safe and it's not stressful at all, which I feel is keeping me alive."

Career

Watson has appeared in guest roles in numerous TV series such as Hawaii Five-O, Emergency!, McCloud, M*A*S*M*A*S*H, The Rockford Files, The A-Team, CHiPs, and Murder She Wrote, as well as movies including ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), The Wild Country (1970), Dirty Little Billy (1972), Charley and the Angel (1973), Papillon (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), Treasure of Matecumbe (1976), Up In Smoke (1978), Cujo (1983) and Bulletproof (1988). He also had a part in the TV miniseries War and Remembrance (1988), which he filmed in Hawaii.

The acting role he considers his personal favorite and most fun was as Deputy Perkins on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo. He appeared on the March 22-28, 1980 cover of TV Guide as the character along with co-stars Claude Akins and Brian Kerwin.

His last role was in the 1992 television film Gunsmoke: To the Last Man.

Filmography

Actor
1992
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (TV Movie) as
The Horse Trader
1991
Blood River (TV Movie) as
Jake, Logan's Man
1989
Prime Target (TV Movie) as
Fahey
1989
Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (TV Movie) as
Charles Boler
1989
She Knows Too Much (TV Movie) as
Gordon Hecht
1988
War and Remembrance (TV Mini Series) as
Chief Derringer (Devilfish)
- Part I (1988) - Chief Derringer (Devilfish)
1988
In the Heat of the Night (TV Series) as
Dr. Bridgers
- Pilot: Part 2 (1988) - Dr. Bridgers
- Pilot: Part 1 (1988) - Dr. Bridgers
1987
Jack and Mike (TV Series) as
Max Firestone
- Spirits in the Night (1987) - Max Firestone
1985
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) as
Glen Roy Sitwell / Ralph Leary
- Trouble in Eden (1987) - Glen Roy Sitwell
- Murder Takes the Bus (1985) - Ralph Leary
1987
Bulletproof as
Colby
1983
The A-Team (TV Series) as
Stryker / Lou Canter / Hoyt Plummer
- Without Reservations (1987) - Lou Canter
- Trouble on Wheels (1984) - Hoyt Plummer
- When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?: Part 2 (1983) - Stryker
- When You Comin' Back, Range Rider?: Part 1 (1983) - Stryker
1987
J. Edgar Hoover (TV Movie) as
Senator Kenneth Douglas McKellar
1983
Simon & Simon (TV Series) as
P.I. Arthur 'Artie' Dunnington / Donald Stern / Owen Marsh
- Competition: Who Needs It? (1986) - P.I. Arthur 'Artie' Dunnington
- The Last Harangue (1986) - Donald Stern
- D.J., D.O.A. (1983) - Owen Marsh
1984
The Fall Guy (TV Series) as
Les / Myles Poplin / Sammy
- Reunion (1986) - Les
- Spring Break (1985) - Myles Poplin
- Old Heroes Never Die (1984) - Sammy
1985
Hunter (TV Series) as
Det. Ray Longmire
- The Big Fall (1985) - Det. Ray Longmire
1985
T.J. Hooker (TV Series) as
Ed Jokish
- Return of a Cop (1985) - Ed Jokish
1985
Going Undercover as
Billy O'Shea
1985
Heated Vengeance as
Tucker
1985
Airwolf (TV Series) as
John Cove
- Eruption (1985) - John Cove
1985
Half Nelson (TV Movie)
1985
Benson (TV Series) as
Tiny
- On the Road (1985) - Tiny
1984
Cover Up (TV Series) as
Royce
- Murder in Malibu (1984) - Royce
1984
Fame (TV Series) as
Mr. Mendenhall
- Secrets (1984) - Mr. Mendenhall
1983
Cujo as
Gary Pervier
1982
Voyagers! (TV Series) as
Friar Tuck
- An Arrow Pointing East (1982) - Friar Tuck
1981
Harper Valley P.T.A. (TV Series) as
Uncle Buster
- Harper Valley Sentinel (1982) - Uncle Buster
- The Return of Charlie's Chow Palace (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Grizzly Gap (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Harper Valley Hoedown (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Stella Rae (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Stella Della (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Svengali of the Valley (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Firechief Follies (1982) - Uncle Buster
- The Show Must Go On (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Flora's Dinner Party (1982) - Uncle Buster
- Low Noon (1981) - Uncle Buster
- Harper Valley Christmas (1981) - Uncle Buster
- Stella's Scam (1981) - Uncle Buster
- The $500 Dollar Misunderstanding (1981) - Uncle Buster
- Reunion Fever (1981) - Uncle Buster
- Good for the Goose-. Sauce for the Gander (1981) - Uncle Buster
- Make Room for Uncle Buster (1981) - Uncle Buster
1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) as
Deputy Perkins
- Keep on Buckin' (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- The Roller Disco Karate Kaper (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Lobo and the Pirates (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- What're Girls Like You Doing in a Bank Like This? (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- The Cowboy Connection (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Bang, Bang- You're Dead! (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- The French Follies Caper (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Another Day, Another Bomb (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Sex and the Single Cop (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Co-eds with Sticky Fingers (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Airsick - 1981 (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- Macho Man (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- The Fastest Women Around (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- The Girls with the Stolen Bodies (1981) - Deputy Perkins
- The Dirtiest Girls in Town (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Orly's Hot Skates (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Mystery on the Orly Express (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- The Haunting of Orly Manor (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Birdie's Hot Wheels (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Perkins Bombs Out (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Treasure of Nature Beach (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Who's the Sexiest Girl in the World (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Police Escort (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Double Take, Double Take (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- The Luck of the Irish (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- First to Finish, Last to Show (1980) - Deputy Perkins
- The Boom Boom Lady (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- The Senator Votes Absentee (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Buttercup, Birdie, and Buried Bucks (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Run for the Money: Part 3 (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Run for the Money: Part 2 (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- The Mob Comes to Orly (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Disco Fever Comes to Orly (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Panhandle Pussycats Come to Orly (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Dean Martin and the Moonshiners (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- The Day That Shark Ate Lobo (1979) - Deputy Perkins
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (TV Movie) as
Bill Dalton
1978
B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) as
Deputy Perkins / Perkins
- Run for the Money (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Lobo (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Lobo's Revenge (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- Odyssey of the Shady Truth (1979) - Deputy Perkins
- The Foundlings (1978) - Perkins
1979
Sword of Justice (TV Series) as
Vince Conti
- Blackjack (1979) - Vince Conti
1978
How the West Was Won (TV Series) as
Felix / Hutch
- Luke (1979) - Hutch
- Brothers (1978) - Felix
- The Judge (1978) - Felix
1979
Supertrain (TV Series) as
Clyde
- Superstar (1979) - Clyde
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series) as
George Bassett / Stan Collier / Edward Moss / ...
- The Deuce (1979) - George Bassett
- The Gang at Don's Drive-In (1978) - Stan Collier
- Roundabout (1975) - Edward Moss
- Exit Prentiss Carr (1974) - Police Sergeant Larsen
1978
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Doyle Ware / Ambrose
- Repo Man (1979) - Doyle Ware
- Rustling (1978) - Ambrose
1978
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) as
Dobson
- The Last Kiss of Summer: Part 2 (1978) - Dobson
- The Last Kiss of Summer: Part 1 (1978) - Dobson
1978
Up in Smoke as
The Narcs: Harry
1978
A.E.S. Hudson Street (TV Series) as
Skinner
- In the Black (1978) - Skinner
1978
Project U.F.O. (TV Series) as
Barney Tomlinson
- Sighting 4002: The Joshua Flats Incident (1978) - Barney Tomlinson
1977
The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) as
Sheriff
- Death in the Family (1977) - Sheriff
1976
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Ritchie / Frank Carter
- The Captives (1977) - Ritchie
- The Eyes of Terror (1976) - Frank Carter
1977
The Oregon Trail (TV Series) as
Dixie Long
- Hannah's Girls (1977) - Dixie Long
1977
The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) as
Edgar Webster / Lazarus
- Deadly Countdown: Part 2 (1977) - Edgar Webster
- Deadly Countdown: Part 1 (1977) - Edgar Webster
- Danny's Inferno (1977) - Lazarus
1977
Ransom for Alice! (TV Movie) as
Toby
1977
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
Arthur Devoe
- 'A Good Cop- But' (1977) - Arthur Devoe
1977
Black Sheep Squadron (TV Series) as
Colonel Ellis
- The Last Mission Over Sengai (1977) - Colonel Ellis
1977
Code R (TV Series) as
Collins
- Mutiny (1977) - Collins
1976
Gemini Man (TV Series) as
Hauser
- Return of the Lion (1976) - Hauser
1976
Captains and the Kings (TV Mini Series) as
Preston
- Chapter VII (1976) - Preston
1976
The Quest (TV Series) as
Buck
- Day of Outrage (1976) - Buck
1976
Spencer's Pilots (TV Series) as
Sheriff Scruggs
- The Matchbook (1976) - Sheriff Scruggs
1976
The Invasion of Johnson County (TV Movie) as
Sheriff Angus
1976
Treasure of Matecumbe as
Catrell
1976
The Bionic Woman (TV Series) as
Sheriff
- Claws (1976) - Sheriff
1976
McCoy (TV Series) as
Sheriff Strong
- In Again, Out Again (1976) - Sheriff Strong
1974
Police Story (TV Series) as
D.D. Rodriguez / Dobbs / Mickey
- Breaking Point (1975) - D.D. Rodriguez
- War Games (1975) - Dobbs
- The Hunters (1974) - Mickey
1975
Harry O (TV Series) as
Rusty
- Group Terror (1975) - Rusty
1975
The Kansas City Massacre (TV Movie) as
Frank 'Jelly' Nash
1975
Dead Man on the Run (TV Movie) as
Father Sebastian
1969
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Noah Baxter / Feathers / Bridge Bandit #1
- Wild Country: Part 2 (1975) - Feathers
- The Mystery in Dracula's Castle: Part 2 (1973) - Noah Baxter
- The Mystery in Dracula's Castle: Part 1 (1973) - Noah Baxter
- Ride a Northbound Horse: Part 1 (1969) - Bridge Bandit #1
1975
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (TV Movie) as
Dee Malcom
1975
Adventures of the Queen (TV Movie) as
Jim Greer
1975
McCloud (TV Series) as
Hank Cook
- The Man with the Golden Hat (1975) - Hank Cook
1974
Amy Prentiss (TV Series) as
Jim Feeny
- Baptism of Fire (1974) - Jim Feeny
1974
The Waltons (TV Series) as
Mr. Blake
- The Conflict (1974) - Mr. Blake
1974
The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (TV Movie) as
Shine Rush
1974
The Midnight Man as
Cash
1974
Shaft (TV Series) as
Henry Kassner
- The Murder Machine (1974) - Henry Kassner
1974
The Migrants (TV Movie) as
Hec Campbell
1974
Dirty Sally (TV Series) as
Potts
- Convict (1974) - Potts
1968
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Pony / Crazy Harley / Fred / ...
- A Family of Killers (1974) - Crazy Harley
- Arizona Midnight (1973) - Fred
- The Predators (1972) - Currie
- Gold Train: The Bullet: Part 3 (1971) - Pony
- Gold Train: The Bullet: Part 2 (1971) - Pony
- Gold Train: The Bullet: Part 1 (1971) - Pony
- McCabe (1970) - Kipp
- Morgan (1970) - Greer
- Stryker (1969) - Reager
- Waco (1968) - Hood
- Slocum (1968) - Peter Riker
- Lyle's Kid (1968) - Drover
- Blood Money (1968) - Brent
1973
Papillon as
Guard
1973
Emergency! (TV Series) as
Bank Robber
- Understanding (1973) - Bank Robber
1973
M*A*S*H (TV Series) as
Sgt. Condon
- Dear Dad- Three (1973) - Sgt. Condon
1973
Doc Elliot (TV Series) as
Emmett
- And All Ye Need to Know (1973) - Emmett
1973
Charley and the Angel as
Frankie Zuto
1973
Crime Club (TV Movie) as
Parrish
1968
Mod Squad (TV Series) as
Willy / Ken Lacey
- Cry Uncle (1973) - Willy
- Find Tara Chapman! (1968) - Ken Lacey
1973
Mystery in Dracula's Castle (TV Movie) as
Noah Baxter
1973
Ironside (TV Series) as
Deputy Larry Davis
- Ollinger's Last Case (1973) - Deputy Larry Davis
1972
Cool Million (TV Series) as
Diego
- Assault on Gavaloni (1972) - Diego
1972
Dirty Little Billy as
Ed
1972
Kung Fu (TV Series) as
Turpin
- King of the Mountain (1972) - Turpin
1971
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) as
Chester / Deputy Sheriff Sam Perkins / Squint Simpson / ...
- The Clementine Ingredient (1972) - Chester
- Bad Night in Big Butte (1972) - Deputy Sheriff Sam Perkins
- The Root of It All (1971) - Squint Simpson
- The McCreedy Bust (1971) - Blake
1972
Jigsaw (TV Series)
- The Men (1972)
1972
Heat of Anger (TV Movie) as
Obie
1971
Longstreet (TV Series) as
Charles Murphy
- There Was a Crooked Man (1971) - Charles Murphy
1969
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Fontaine / Pete
- The Iron Butterfly (1971) - Fontaine
- Anatomy of a Lynching (1969) - Pete
1971
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV Series) as
Yermo Hill
- The Strange Secret of Yermo Hill (1971) - Yermo Hill
1971
Lock, Stock and Barrel (TV Movie) as
Plye
1971
The Young Lawyers (TV Series) as
Billy the Lid
- Legal Maneuver (1971) - Billy the Lid
1970
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Barney Banyan
- The Double Wall (1970) - Barney Banyan
1970
The Wild Country as
Feathers
1970
The Interns (TV Series) as
Carter
- The Oath (1970) - Carter
1970
San Francisco International Airport (TV Series)
- We Once Came Home to Parades (1970)
1969
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Albie / Sam Blount
- Crooked Corner (1970) - Albie
- Last Grave at Socorro Creek (1969) - Sam Blount
1968
Here Come the Brides (TV Series) as
Phineas Beef / George / Steve
- Absalom (1970) - Phineas Beef
- The Wealthiest Man in Seattle (1969) - George
- Lovers and Wanderers (1968) - Steve
1968
The High Chaparral (TV Series) as
Greer / Cable
- New Hostess in Town (1970) - Greer
- A Way of Justice (1968) - Cable
1970
Cutter's Trail (TV Movie) as
Colton
1970
Lancer (TV Series) as
Buck
- Chad (1970) - Buck
1970
Tick, Tick, Tick as
Deputy Joe Warren
1968
The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV Series) as
Billy
- The Fearless Man (1968) - Billy
1968
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) as
Guard
- The Phoenix (1968) - Guard
1963
Temple Houston (TV Series)
- Jubilee (1963)
Archive Footage
1981
TV's Censored Bloopers (TV Special) as
Self
1979
B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) as
Deputy Perkins
- BJ's Sweethearts (1979) - Deputy Perkins
1975
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Frankie Zuto / Catrell / Feathers
- Charley and the Angel (1977) - Frankie Zuto
- Treasure of Matecumbe (1977) - Catrell
- Wild Country: Part 1 (1975) - Feathers

References

Mills Watson Wikipedia


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