MORAY WATSON

(25 June 1928 - 2 May 2017)

Sometimes cast as a military man in films and television, actor Moray Watson was a captain in the army before studying drama at the Webber Douglas Academy. He appeared in rep at Nottingham, eventually reaching London in Small Hotel and The Grass Is Greener by Hugh and Margaret Williams. He also appeared in Stanley Donen’s 1960 film version with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Mainly wedded to the theatre and television, Watson did make the occasional film from Find the Lady in 1956, through The Valiant with John Mills, Operation Crossbow with Sophia Loren and John Mills, Every Home Should Have One with Marty Feldman and The Sea Wolves with Gregory Peck. Never out of work, Watson appeared in dozens of TV films and series including Compact, The Avengers, Z Cars, Paul Temple, Doctor Who, Minder, Rumpole of the Bailey, and perhaps his most memorable role, that of the Brigadier in The Darling Buds of May. He retired in 2014.

MICHAEL DARVELL