John M. Watson Sr.
Also Known As: John Watson Sr.
Biography: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John M. Watson Sr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ohio, USA
Birthday: January 10, 1937
Deathday: September 07, 2006
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Gender: Male
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Hoodlum
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-27
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The Fugitive
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-06
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Groundhog Day
Overview: 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.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-11
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Stranger Than Fiction
Overview: Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Only the Lonely
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-24
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Soul Food
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-26
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Natural Born Killers
Overview: Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-26
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The Public Eye
Overview: A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-16
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39: A Film by Carroll McKane
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-16
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Opportunity Knocks
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-30
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The Trouble with Dee Dee
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-16
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Hero
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-02
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