Peter Masterson

Born: 1934-06-01

Carlos Bee Masterson Jr. was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote. Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, including 1975's The Stepford Wives as Walter Eberhart, since then he concentrated mostly on directing and producing. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is his daughter; she appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives, playing one of his daughters. His other acting credits include roles in Ambush Bay (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Counterpoint (1968), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), Tomorrow (1972), The Exorcist (1973), Man on a Swing (1974), and Gardens of Stone (1987). Masterson co-wrote (with Larry L. King) the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978) and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994). In 1980, he produced the ABC television movie, "City in Fear" based on an idea by screenwriter William Goldman—an idea that became the well-reviewed 1979 novel "Panic on Page One" by Linda Stewart, and the television script by Albert Ruben. The cast was led by Robert Vaughn and David Janssen in the final role before his death that year. In 1985, he directed The Trip to Bountiful, for which Geraldine Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also featured his wife, Carlin Glynn who had previously won a Tony Award for her role in 'Whorehouse.' His directing credits additionally include Full Moon in Blue Water (1988), Night Game (1989), Blood Red (1989), Convicts (1991), Arctic Blue (1993), The Only Thrill (1997), Lost Junction (2003), and Whiskey School (2005). Masterson died at the age of 84 on December 18, 2018, after suffering a fall at his home. He had received a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease 14 years earlier.


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The Exorcist

as Dr. Barringer
Released: 1973-12-26

When a charming 12-year-old girl takes on the characteristics and voices of others, doctors say...

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Gardens of Stone

as Col. Feld
Released: 1987-05-05

A sergeant must deal with his desires to save the lives of young soldiers being sent to Vietnam....

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In the Heat of the Night

as Fryer
Released: 1967-08-02

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder...

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The Stepford Wives

as Walter Eberhart
Released: 1975-02-12

Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but...

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Ambush Bay

as Sgt. William Maccone
Released: 1966-05-10

A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino...

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Tomorrow

as Lawyer Douglas
Released: 1972-04-09

A lonely farmer takes in a pregnant woman and looks after her. After she gives birth, tragedy...

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Counterpoint

as Sgt. Calloway
Released: 1967-12-22

In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO...

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Von Richthofen and Brown

as Major Oswald Boelke
Released: 1971-06-30

Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von...

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Man on a Swing

as Willie Younger
Released: 1974-02-24

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic....

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The Quinns

as Michael Quinn
Released: 1977-07-01

A drama about three generations of Irish-American firefighters in the New York City Fire...

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Witchfire

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-01

When her psychiatrist is killed in an auto accident, his mentally deranged patient and two of...

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Hello Actors Studio

as Self
Released: 1988-11-09

After Lee Strasberg’s death in 1982, the most prestigious talents from the Actors Studio assumed...

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A Question of Guilt

as Lieutenant Tom Wharton
Released: 1978-02-21

A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.

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The Storyteller

as Lee Gardner
Released: 1977-12-05

A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions...

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Pueblo

as ENC M.O. Goldman
Released: 1973-03-28

Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the...

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The Stepford Life

as Himself
Released: 2001-01-01

A documentary about the making of The Stepford Wives (1975).

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