William Watson

Biography

William C. Watson was an American actor born in Chicago, Illinois on October 5, 1938. He appeared in notable roles such as Cabot in "It's Alive III: Island of the Alive" (1987) and Sheriff Sonny Lew Wymer in the TV miniseries Roots, where he played a slave trader who captured young Kunta Kinte. Watson also guest-starred on numerous television series throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including "In the Heat of the Night," "Lawman," and "Bonanza."