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Peter Masterson is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Camera Operator American born on 1 june 1934 at Houston (USA)

Peter Masterson

Peter Masterson
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Nationality USA
Birth 1 june 1934 at Houston (USA)
Death 18 december 2018 (at 84 years)

Peter Masterson (born June 1, 1934) is 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 has concentrated mostly on directing and producing. His daughter is actress Mary Stuart Masterson, who appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives as one of the Eberhart's daughters.

Masterson's most well known and critically recognized work is The Trip to Bountiful. He co-wrote (with Larry L. King) the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. His most recent work in film includes Night Game (1989) Lost Junction (2003) and Whiskey School (2005). Masterson has also been responsible for some theatrical disasters including Convicts. Convicts, starring James Earl Jones and Robert Duvall, went straight to video.

Masterson is also an accomplished sailor.
In 1989, he won the Silver Medal in World Championships 5.5 metre class in Houston.
He won the Silver Medal again for the 5.5 Metre Class in 1990 in Torquay.
He won the Silver Medal a third time in the 5.5 Metre Class in 1992 in Nassau.

Biography

Peter Masterson meurt le 18 décembre 2018 à Kinderhook dans l'État de New York selon sa fille l'actrice Mary Stuart Masterson ainsi que son fils Peter qui mentionne qu'il est mort des complications de la maladie de Parkinson. Il avait 84 ans.

Best films

The Forgotten (2004)
(Camera Operator)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
(Musical)
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
(Director)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Peter Masterson (23 films)

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Actor

Night Game
Night Game (1989)
, 1h35
Directed by Peter Masterson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Roy Scheider, Lane Smith, Karen Young, Richard Bradford, Paul Gleason, Carlin Glynn
Roles Davy
Rating50% 2.5021652.5021652.5021652.5021652.502165
A number of young women are found dead on or around the beaches of Galveston and the one thing they all have in common is that they were murdered when Houston Astros ace pitcher Silvio Baretto (an amalgamation of real-life pitchers Bob Knepper and Juan Agosto) pitches and wins a night game at the Astrodome. Additionally, each victim had her throat slashed by some sort of knife or hook.
Gardens of Stone, 1h51
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stuart Masterson
Roles Col. Feld
Rating63% 3.1987653.1987653.1987653.1987653.198765
A hardened Korean and Vietnam War veteran, Sergeant Clell Hazard (James Caan) would rather be an instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, to train soldiers for Vietnam but instead he is assigned by the Army to the 1st battalion 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) at Fort Myer, Virginia.
The Stepford Wives, 1h55
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror
Themes Feminist films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, Tina Louise, Josef Sommer
Roles Walter Eberhart
Rating68% 3.447943.447943.447943.447943.44794
Joanna Eberhart is a young wife who moves with her husband Walter (Peter Masterson) and two children from New York City to the idyllic Connecticut suburb of Stepford. Loneliness quickly sets in as Joanna, a mildly rebellious aspiring photographer, finds the women in town all look great and are obsessed with housework, but have few intellectual interests. The men all belong to the clubbish Stepford Men's Association, which Walter joins to Joanna's dismay. Neighbor Carol Van Sant's sexually submissive behavior to her husband Ted, and her odd, repetitive behavior after a car accident also strike Joanna as unusual.
Man on a Swing, 1h50
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Elizabeth Wilson, Jiří Voskovec, Peter Masterson, Lane Smith
Roles Willie Younger
Rating65% 3.2844553.2844553.2844553.2844553.284455
Un chef de police d'une petite ville enquêtant sur un meurtre se voit offrir l'aide d'un médium. Cependant, lorsque le chef découvre que le "voyant" est en possession d'informations connues uniquement de la police, il soupçonne que l'homme peut être plus impliqué dans l'affaire qu'il ne le laisse entendre.
Man on a Swing, 1h50
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Elizabeth Wilson, Jiří Voskovec, Peter Masterson, Lane Smith
Roles Willie Younger
Rating65% 3.2844553.2844553.2844553.2844553.284455
Police detective Lee Tucker is investigating the murder of a woman. He has little evidence until factory worker Franklin Wills approaches him, identifying himself as a clairvoyant. Wills goes into trances during which he says that he can see the murder taking place. The whole time, Tucker wonders if Wills is authentically clairvoyant, or if he has an ulterior motive.
The Exorcist, 2h2
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Films about television, Demons in film
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller
Roles Dr. Barringer
Rating80% 4.0468754.0468754.0468754.0468754.046875
Lankester Merrin is a veteran Catholic priest who is on an archeological dig in Iraq. There he finds an amulet which resembles the statue of Pazuzu, a demon who Merrin defeated years ago. Merrin then realizes the demon has returned to seek revenge.
Tomorrow
Tomorrow (1972)
, 1h43
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Duvall, Peter Masterson
Roles Lawyer Douglas
Rating74% 3.7419253.7419253.7419253.7419253.741925
An isolated and lonely farmer in rural Mississippi takes in a pregnant drifter who has been abandoned by the father of her child.
Von Richthofen and Brown, 1h37
Directed by Roger Corman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors John Phillip Law, Don Stroud, Barry Primus, Corin Redgrave, Hurd Hatfield, Stephen McHattie
Roles Major Oswald Boelke
Rating60% 3.001343.001343.001343.001343.00134
Manfred von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) is a German cavalry officer newly assigned to an air squadron under the command of Oswald Boelcke (Peter Masterson) who quickly becomes an ace. His career is presented on screen intercut with scenes of another pilot across the lines, a Canadian pilot named Roy Brown (Don Stroud) who arrives at a British squadron, where the commanding pilot is a Victoria Cross holder named Lanoe Hawker (Corin Redgrave).
In the Heat of the Night, 1h49
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, James Patterson, William Schallert
Roles Fryer
Rating78% 3.948193.948193.948193.948193.94819
Mr. Colbert, a wealthy man from Chicago who was planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is found murdered. White police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) comes under pressure to quickly find his killer. African-American northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through town, is picked up at the train station between trains with a substantial amount of cash in his wallet. Gillespie, prejudiced against blacks, jumps to the conclusion that he has his culprit but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is an experienced Philadelphia homicide detective who is simply passing through town after visiting his mother. After the racist treatment that he receives, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible, but his own chief, after questioning whether Tibbs himself is prejudiced, has him stay and help. Leslie Colbert (Lee Grant), the victim's widow, already frustrated by the ineptitude of the local police, is impressed by Tibbs's expertise when he clears another wrongly accused suspect whom Gillespie has arrested on circumstantial evidence. She threatens to stop construction on the much needed factory unless Tibbs leads the investigation. Unwilling to accept help, but under orders from the town's mayor, Gillespie talks a reluctant Tibbs into working on the case.
Counterpoint, 1h44
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Political films
Actors Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen, Kathryn Hays, Anton Diffring, Ralph Nelson
Roles Sgt. Calloway
Rating62% 3.147253.147253.147253.147253.14725
Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston) is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls around 1944 in WW2. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and when Evans and his musicians try to escape, they are captured by Nazi soldiers led by Col. Arndt (Anton Diffring). Evans and the orchestra are taken to a castle where they are to bide their time before being executed; but it turns out that Arndt's superior, Gen. Schiller (Maximilian Schell), is a big classical music fan. Schiller commands Evans and his symphony to prepare a special concert for the Nazis, but Evans realizes that the moment the concert is over, he and his musicians will be killed.
Ambush Bay
Ambush Bay (1966)
, 1h49
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney, James Mitchum, Peter Masterson, Harry Lauter
Roles Sgt. William Maccone
Rating54% 2.7051652.7051652.7051652.7051652.705165
Prior to the 1944 American invasion of the Philippines a hand-picked team of U.S. Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance scouts is landed by a PBY Catalina with the mission of contacting an intelligence agent who has crucial information. Each Marine is not only experienced but has a special skill with the exception of the radio operator, PFC Grenier (James Mitchum).

Director

Whiskey School, 1h27
Directed by Peter Masterson
Actors Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, David Margulies, Lainie Kazan, Carlin Glynn, Robert Walden
Rating59% 2.959442.959442.959442.959442.95944
Leopold De Angeli is a gifted playwright, but like many writers he drinks too much. In the hopes of saving Leopold's life, his theater friends come together to stage an intervention for him.
Lost Junction
Directed by Peter Masterson
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Neve Campbell, Jake Busey, Charles Edwin Powell, Billy Burke, David Gow, Michel Perron
Rating55% 2.7524552.7524552.7524552.7524552.752455
A hitchhiking drifter (Billy Burke) has his life irrevocably changed when he meets a seductive young woman (Neve Campbell) who lures him into disposing of the body of her husband.
The Only Thrill, 1h44
Directed by Peter Masterson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Diane Lane, Robert Patrick, Tate Donovan, Stacey Travis
Rating59% 2.99892.99892.99892.99892.9989
In Lockhart, Texas, circa 1966, Reece McHenry, whose wife is in a coma, owns a clothing store. He hires widow Carol Fitzsimmons as a seamstress in the shop and they soon begin an affair.
Arctic Blue, 1h35
Directed by Peter Masterson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Rutger Hauer, Dylan Walsh, Rya Kihlstedt, Richard Bradford, Kevin Cooney, Dan Shea
Rating50% 2.5058552.5058552.5058552.5058552.505855
Eric Desmond (Dylan Walsh) is an amateur marshal in the wilderness of Alaska who has to deal with a homicidal trapper Ben Corbett (Rutger Hauer), his fellow trappers and a greedy politician.