Gary Watson

Gary Watson (born Garrowby Watson on 13 June 1930 in Shropshire, England) is a retired British television actor who started out as a stage actor, most notably acting in Friedrich Hebbel's 1962 play Judith at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, England, with Sean Connery. He made more than 40 appearances in television programmes between 1956 and 1988, and many more on radio and in commercials.

He became best known for his appearances in British ITC productions of the 1960s, including The Avengers, The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969 in the last episode The Smile Behind the Veil. In 1966 he appeared as Aramis in all ten episodes of The Three Musketeers, starring alongside Brian Blessed and Jeremy Young. He also appeared in the 1967 Doctor Who serial "The Evil of the Daleks". He appeared alongside Anthony Hopkins in the 1972 television series War and Peace. He played the semi-regular character of Detective Inspector Fred Connor in the longrunning BBC police drama Z-Cars between 1972 and 1974. In 1974 he played George Vavsor in five episodes of The Pallisers. In 1977 he played the role of Ross in the BBC series Murder Most English. He also appeared in the 1970 Thames Television adaptation of Macbeth, playing MacDuff. He was also much employed as a reader and narrator, featuring in dozens of commercials throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He was particularly noted for his work for British Transport Films and commercials for Lloyds Bank and Nescafé.

He graduated from the University of Cambridge. In the late 1950s he taught English at Westminster City School, off Victoria Street in London. He was very popular with the pupils and directed some school plays such as Treasure Island, starring a young Ken Phillips as Doctor Trelawny.