John M. Watson Sr.

John M. Watson Sr.

Born: January 10, 1937
Died: September 7, 2006
in Ohio, USA
John M. Watson Sr. (January 10, 1937 - September 7, 2006) was an American Jazz musician and actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in films such as Groundhog Day, The Fugitive, Natural Born Killers, and Soul Food. He was also a noted trombonist with musicians Red Saunders and Count Basie.

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Movies for John M. Watson Sr....

Stranger Than Fiction
Title: Stranger Than Fiction
Character: TV Author
Released: September 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
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39: A Film by Carroll McKane
Title: 39: A Film by Carroll McKane
Character: Jake
Released: July 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Carroll McKane's DVcams have recorded the deaths of his 36 past victims. His killing room, a makeshift studio, is the set for the murders of two more victims and the torture of a forensic psychiatrist, destined to be his biographer and the killer of his final victim... number 39.
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The Trouble with Dee Dee
Title: The Trouble with Dee Dee
Character: Ali
Released: October 16, 2005
Type: Movie
An eccentric socialite with an knack for pulling off hopelessly wild adventures struggles when she finds herself disowned by her millionaire father and abandoned by her teenage son.
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Soul Food
Title: Soul Food
Character: Uncle Pete
Released: September 26, 1997
Type: Movie
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's (Irma P. Hall) turn sour when sisters Teri (Vanessa L. Williams), Bird (Nia Long) and Maxine (Vivica A. Fox) start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad (Brandon Hammond) to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
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Hoodlum
Title: Hoodlum
Character: Manager of Pool Hall
Released: August 27, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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Natural Born Killers
Title: Natural Born Killers
Character: Black Inmate
Released: August 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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The Fugitive
Title: The Fugitive
Character: Bones Roosevelt
Released: August 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
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Groundhog Day
Title: Groundhog Day
Character: Bartender
Released: February 11, 1993
Type: Movie
A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where he finds himself repeating the same day over and over.
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Hero
Title: Hero
Character: African American Wannabee
Released: October 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
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Only the Lonely
Title: Only the Lonely
Character: Leo
Released: May 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna , whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the relationship, and Danny and Theresa must either overcome her objections or give up the romance.
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Opportunity Knocks
Title: Opportunity Knocks
Character: Harold Monroe
Released: March 30, 1990
Type: Movie
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine that (A) the owner of the house is out of the country for a month or two and (B) the housesitter supposed to watch the house for the absent owner won't be able to watch the house due to a new job in another part of the country. This provides for a pretty nifty arrangement for Eddie and Lou...until the relatives of the house owner drop by to visit. Eddie quickly adopts the guise of the person supposedly housesitting for the owner, and the shenanigans start from there.