Moray Watson Moray Robin Philip Adrian Watson was an English actor from Sunningdale , Berkshire .Life Watson was born in Sunningdale, Berkshire, to Gerard Arthur Watson, a ship broker , who was killed during World War II at Anzegem in Belgium as a Captain in the Royal Sussex Regiment , and Jean, née McFarlane. His two elder brothers - the younger being J. N. P. Watson - were Majors in the British Army. He was educated at Eton College . He met his future wife Pam, daughter of silent film star Percy Marmont , at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . They went on to marry in 1955 and had two children, Emma in 1957 and Robin in 1959, both of whom went into the theatre.Career Watson made his first appearance on stage while still a student at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art at a matinee performance in memory of Ellen Terry at Hythe, Kent . After appearances in repertory , he appeared on the West End stage , including The Doctor's Dilemma and in The Rivals by Sheridan both at the Haymarket Theatre . In 1963, he went to New York City to appear in The Private Ear and The Public Eye . He played the part of the Art Editor in the BBC series Compact for some years. He appeared in several films, including Operation Crossbow and The Grass Is Greener , in which he played opposite Cary Grant , Deborah Kerr , Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons . Watson had a series of television credits to his name, most notably as Brigadier Arthur Maiford, MC in The Darling Buds of May ; and George Frobisher in Rumpole of the Bailey . He also appeared as Sir Robert Muir in the Doctor Who story Black Orchid ; and had a small role in Yes Minister . He also appeared in the 1974 version of The Pallisers as Barrington Erle and in the Albert Campion mystery The Case of the Late Pig as the Chief Constable. He also played a Chief constable in the 1977 BBC series Murder Most English and Mr Bennet in the 1980 BBC series Pride and Prejudice . In addition to his long career on stage, television and film Moray Watson undertook three one-man shows. The first in the 1970s was The Incomparable Max based on the life and work of Max Beerbohm , written for him by Sheila Ward and Peter Ling . Years later in the early 2000s he took on Ancestral Voices, based on the diaries of James Lees Milne written by Hugh Massingberd . His final one-man show was written and devised by himself based on his own life as an actor, entitled Looking Back and Dropping Names , which was published in book form in September 2016. Watson died at the age of 88 on 2 May 2017.Partial TV and filmography The Quatermass Experiment as Peter Marsh Find the Lady as Jimmy No Wreath for the General as Major Johnny Brookman The Grass Is Greener as Trevor Sellers, the Butler The Valiant as Captain Turnbull Compact as Richard Lowe Silas Marner as Godfrey Cass The Saint as Ken Shield Operation Crossbow as Colonel Kenneth Post The Avengers as Peters Z-Cars as Harold Thorburn Every Home Should Have One as Chandler Rookery Nook as Clive Popkiss Catweazle as Lord Collingford Upstairs, Downstairs as Colonel Winter The Pallisers as Barrington Erle Quiller as Angus Kinloch Murder Most English as Chief Constable Chubb Life of Shakespeare as Nicholas Return of the Saint as Buckingham Rumpole of the Bailey as George Frobisher Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Bennet The Sea Wolves as Breene The Professionals as Jeremy Sangster ' as Major Desmond Morton The Walls of Jericho as Dr. George Balfour Doctor Who as Sir Robert Muir Tales of the Unexpected as Sir Ian Masterson Yes Minister as BBC Director of Policy Minder as Commander Hawksly Miss Marple as Colonel Bantry Who Dares Wins Still Crazy like a Fox as Hubbard Worlds Beyond as Roger Cranley Rude Health as Sir Nigel Toft Star Cops as Commander Campion - "The Case of the Late Pig" as Sir Leo Pursuivant ' as Sir Donald Stuffy The New Statesman as Professor Eugene Quail The House of Eliott as The Judge A Murder of Quality as Major Harriman The Darling Buds of May as Brigadier To Be the Best as Hunter Haggard as Henry Nugent The Vicar of Dibley as The Stranger Kavanagh QC as Sir Henry Dorrister Midsomer Murders as Edward Allardice Bertie and Elizabeth as Lord Dawson My Family as George Run for Your Wife as Man on the BusPublications Looking Back and Dropping Names An autobiography, published in September 2016.
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