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name: "David Watson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-watson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 March 1940"
died: "5 October 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T16:45:28.459159+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# David Watson

Actor. Born 10 March 1940 in London, England, UK. Died 5 October 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 March 1940, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 5 October 2014
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240872, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914569/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213154

## Biography

David Watson was a British-American actor of film, television and theatre. He appeared as Cornelius in the 1970 science fiction film *Beneath the Planet of the Apes*, replacing Roddy McDowall in the role.

Watson performed in stage productions including Shakespearean roles and the title part in the 1968 NBC musical *The Legend of Robin Hood*. His television credits include episodes of *Rawhide* (1965), *The Time Tunnel* (1966), *Charlie's Angels* (1977) and *The Bionic Woman* (1977).

He was born on 10 March 1940 and died on 5 October 2014 in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Fi1m 50, as Cornelius — [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wannabes* (2003), as Granville Van Dyke
- *Lucky Break* (1994), as Professor Type at Party
- *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), series, as The Male Dancer
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake* (1988), as Judge Howard McGraw
- *Beyond the Next Mountain* (1981), as Lt. Broughton
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Tom Lavin
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), as Cornelius — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/beneath-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Greg Tover
- *The Time Tunnel* (1966), series, as Rudyard Kipling, Lt. Rynerson
- *Never Too Young* (1965), series, Actor
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as David Scott, Prince Louis
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Peter
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Ian Cabot
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1954), series, as William Killigrew

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