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Gary Watson, originally named Garrowby Cawthorne Watson, was born in Shropshire, England. He graduated from Cambridge University and began his career in academia, teaching English at Westminster City School in London. His acting career started at the West End's Phoenix Theatre and in repertory at the Queen's Theatre in Hornchurch, East London (1957-58). In the early 1960s, under George Rylands and the Marlowe Society of Cambridge, Watson gained recognition as a prolific radio reader and narrator of poetic verse and Shakespearean plays.
Making his screen debut in 1959, Watson became a versatile actor frequently appearing in ITC cult series such as The Baron (1966), The Saint (1962), and The Avengers (1961). He portrayed a wide range of characters, including reliable police officers, doctors, military personnel, as well as suave double agents and suspicious murder suspects. Among his notable roles was co-starring as Aramis in the BBC TV adaptation of The Three Musketeers (1966), alongside Brian Blessed and Jeremy Young. He also played Arthur Terrall, a Dalek-controlled human, in the Doctor Who (1963) serial Evil of the Daleks. Other significant roles included Squadron Commander Captain Denisov in War & Peace (1972), Serpukhovskoy, Vronsky's childhood friend, in Anna Karenina (1977), and Detective Inspector Fred Connor in various episodes of the long-running police drama Z Cars (1962).
Under his own name, Watson hosted readings of selected poetry on BBC 1's Five to Eleven (1986). He also narrated documentaries like The World About Us (1967) and appeared in numerous commercials for Lloyds Bank and Nescafé. Retired since 1990, he is married to Elsje Maria Jacobsson, who was born in the Netherlands.
