Peter Masterson
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2001 · The Stepford Life as Himself
- 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1987 · Gardens of Stone as Col. Feld
- 1986 · Witchfire as
- 1978 · A Question of Guilt as Lieutenant Tom Wharton
- 1977 · The Storyteller as Lee Gardner
- 1977 · The Quinns as Michael Quinn
- 1977 · Delta County, USA as Billy Wingate
- 1975 · The Stepford Wives as Walter Eberhart
- 1974 · Man on a Swing as Willie Younger
- 1973 · The Exorcist as Dr. Barringer
- 1973 · Pueblo as ENC M.O. Goldman
- 1972 · Tomorrow as Lawyer Douglas
- 1971 · Von Richthofen and Brown as Major Oswald Boelke
- 1967 · Counterpoint as Sgt. Calloway
- 1967 · In the Heat of the Night as Fryer
- 1966 · Ambush Bay as Sgt. William Maccone