kids encyclopedia robot

Muse Watson facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Muse Watson
Muse Watson.png
Watson in March 2009
Born
Robert Gravel

(1948-07-20) July 20, 1948 (age 76)
Education Louisiana Tech University
Berea College
Occupation Actor
Known for
  • Mike Franks (NCIS)
  • Charles Westmoreland (Prison Break)
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
Children 1

Muse Watson Gravel (born Robert Gravel; July 20, 1948), commonly known as Muse Watson, is an American actor. He is notable for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland / D.B. Cooper in Prison Break and film roles as Hank Corrigan in Something To Talk About and as Ben Willis, the killer in I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer.

Early life

Watson was born on July 20, 1948, in Alexandria, Louisiana. He attended Louisiana Tech on a music stipend for two years before transferring to Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where he performed for the first time on stage as Petruchio in a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. During and after his years at Berea, he worked in outdoor dramas, dinner theaters, and small repertory groups.

Career

Watson is credited with appearing in more than 60 movies and 50 television episodes. He is best known for his recurring roles of Mike Franks on NCIS and Charles Westmoreland in Prison Break, and as Ben Willis, the killer in the horror films, I Know What You Did Last Summer and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and as the vampire C. W. Niles in From Dusk Till Dawn 2.

Other notable appearances include: American Outlaws, Austin Powers: The Spy Who ... Me, A Day Without a Mexican, Dead Birds, Down in the Valley, IOWA, Morgan's Ferry and Songcatcher.

When Watson was living in Chattanooga, he was hired to do extras casting for King Kong Lives. He also made connections with people in the North Carolina film industry and became a Teamster, building his own fleet of trucks that he hired out for productions on the East Coast. After a guest appearance on Matlock and his role in Something To Talk About, he moved to Los, Angeles where Marion Dougherty helped him in obtaining an agent. Watson said he considers his appearance in the film Something To Talk About as his "breakout role".

He has also directed theater for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Bessie Smith Foundation, taught acting at the Georgia State Prison, and taught reading and writing at Berea College's literacy outreach program. Before changing his name to Muse Watson, he had credits as Robert Gavel, working as a stunt driver in Steel Magnolias and Mississippi Burning. In the film I Know What You Did Last Summer, Watson performed the majority of his own stunts, which included a very long underwater sequence.

In 2002, he was nominated for best supporting actor for his role in If I Die Before I Wake at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, and in 2011, won best actor for his performance in A Christmas Snow, at the Trail Dance Film Festival.

Watson starred in a stage adaptation of the TV movie A Christmas Snow at the Starlite Theater in Branson, Missouri.

Personal life

Watson is married and has a daughter with autism, for which he has become an advocate.

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes Refs
1988 Mississippi Burning Stunt driver
1989 Steel Magnolias Stunt driver
1989 Black Rainbow Patrol officer
1990 The Handmaid's Tale Guardian
1990 Blind Vengeance Varsac
1993 Sommersby Drifter
1995 Something to Talk About Hank Corrigan
1995 The Journey of August King Zimmer
1995 Assassins Ketcham
1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer Ben Willis
1997 Rosewood Henry Andrews
1997 Lolita Store clerk
1997 Acts of Betrayal Trenton Fraser
1997 A Texas Birthday
1998 Break Up Baker cop
1998 I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Ben Willis
1998 Shadrach Captain
1998 If I Die before I Wake Daryl
1999 From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money C. W. Niles
1999 The Art of the Bullet Captain Walters
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who ... Me Klansman
1999 It's the Rage Cleaner
2000 Songcatcher Parley Gentry
2000 Ten Grand Big Tony
2001 Morgan's Ferry Sheriff Billy Ray Barnwell
2001 American Outlaws Burly detective
2002 Hollywood Vampyr Professor Fulton
2003 Season of the Hunted Frank
2003 Wild Turkey Short film
2004 Christmas Child Sheriff Jimmy James
2004 Frankenfish Elmer
2004 Dead Birds Father
2004 The Last Summer Jerimiah Shuman
2004 A Day Without a Mexican Louis McClaire
2004 The Dark Agent and the Passing of the Torch Chapter Lester King
2005 House of Grimm
2005 Down in the Valley Bill Sr.
2005 IOWA Sheriff Walker
2005 End of the Spear Adolfo
2009 White Lightnin' D. Ray White
2009 Stellina Blue
2009 Timer Rick O'Leary
2010 Small Town Saturday Night
2010 The Presence Mr. Browman
2010 The Steamroom Pat
2011 The Lamp Sam
2012 Meeting Evil Frank
2013 The Last Exorcism Part II Frank Merle
2014 Between the Sand and the Sky Boss
2014 Suburban Gothic Ambrose
2016 Dark Resonance Professor Walter Jackson
2016 Saved From Sorrow: Mysterious Grace Jeremiah
2017 Valley of Bones Terry
2019 The Dead Ones Gus
Television
Year Title Role Notes Refs
1990 Blind Vengeance Vrsac TV movie
1993 Matlock Patrol officer TV series; (2 episodes)
1994 The Birds II: Land's End Bartender Jesse TV movie
1994 Justice in a Small Town Robert Stubbs TV movie
1994 Leave of Absence Guy TV movie
1995 American Gothic Wash Sutpen TV series
1995 Gramps Father TV movie
1995 Tad Tom Pendel TV movie
1995 Tecumseh: The Last Warrior Whitley TV movie
1996 The Lazarus Man Dawkins TV series; (2 episodes)
1999 JAG Admiral Arthur Fessenden TV series
1999 Walker, Texas Ranger Freddie Forbes TV series; (2 episodes)
2003 The Last Cowboy Otis Bertram TV movie
2005-2008 Prison Break Charles Westmoreland TV series; (19 episodes)
2006 Close to Home Bob Peters TV series
2006 Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall Captain Barnes TV movie
2006-2017 NCIS Mike Franks TV series; (20 episodes)
2007 Criminal Minds Mickey Bates TV series
2007 Ghost Whisperer Milt Charles TV series
2009 The Mentalist Jake Cooby TV series
2009 Cold Case John Norwood TV series
2009 iCarly Bucky TV series
2010 Castle Ivan Podofski TV series
2011 Franklin & Bash Officer Tom Werth TV series
2013 Eagleheart Quint TV series
2014 Justified Elmont Swain TV series
2021 Diary of a Lunatic: Sylke's Tales The Creator TV mini-series; (8 episodes)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Muse Watson para niños

kids search engine
Muse Watson Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.