Duncan Watson

{{short description|American former child voice actor (born 1963)}}

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| birth_name = Duncan P. Watson

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}}

| birth_place = Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.

| alma_mater = University of New Hampshire

| occupation = {{hlist|Assistant director|voice actor}}

| years_active = 1975–1977, 1992–present

| children = 2{{cite web|title=Keene's Duncan Watson sees recycling as business|author=Harrington, Blair Alexis|date=October 26, 2005|work=The Keene Sentinel|url=https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/special_reports/keene-s-duncan-watson-sees-recycling-as-business/article_c922ce1d-23c3-5229-aa06-67354cc11eb5.html}}

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Duncan P. Watson (born 1963) is an American assistant director and former child voice actor, who is known for voicing Charlie Brown from 1975 to 1977.{{cite web|title=Tuesday, March 19th: The Voice of Charlie Brown|author=|date=March 19, 2019|work=WMUR-TV|url=https://www.wmur.com/amp/article/tuesday-march-19th-the-voice-of-charlie-brown/26827989}}

Early life

Duncan P. Watson was born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1963, he spend most of his life living in Mexico, California and Utah before eventually moving to New Hampshire. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1985.

Career

Watson begin his acting career in 1975 at the age of twelve years old when he was cast as the fifth official voice actor of the Peanuts character Charlie Brown. He voiced Charlie in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown and in Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown. He then returned to voice the same character in the feature-length movie Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown, which was also his final acting role.

In November, 2024 Watson published his first book "Everyone's Trash, One Man Vs. 1.6 Billion Pounds", Peter Randall Publishers.

As of 1992, he currently works as an assistant director for the Department of Public Works in Keene, New Hampshire.{{cite web|title=Board of Trustees|website=Nrra.net|url=https://nrra.net/about/board-of-trustees/}}

Personal life

Watson lives in Southwest, NH with his partner Elana

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Filmography

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! Title

! Role

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1975

| Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown

| rowspan="4" | Charlie Brown (voice)

| Television special{{cite web |title=Duncan Watson (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Duncan-Watson/ |website=Behind The Voice Actors |access-date=14 July 2021|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}

1975

| You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown

| Television special

1976

| Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

| Television documentary

1977

| Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

| Film