Peter Masterson

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1934-06-01

Deathday 2018-12-18 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Houston, Texas, USA

Also Known As Pete Masterson, Carlos Bee Masterson Jr.

Peter Masterson

Biography

Carlos Bee Masterson Jr. was 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 concentrated mostly on directing and producing. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is his daughter; she appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives, playing one of his daughters. His other acting credits include roles in Ambush Bay (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Counterpoint (1968), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), Tomorrow (1972), The Exorcist (1973), Man on a Swing (1974), and Gardens of Stone (1987). Masterson co-wrote (with Larry L. King) the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978) and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994). In 1980, he produced the ABC television movie, "City in Fear" based on an idea by screenwriter William Goldman—an idea that became the well-reviewed 1979 novel "Panic on Page One" by Linda Stewart, and the television script by Albert Ruben. The cast was led by Robert Vaughn and David Janssen in the final role before his death that year. In 1985, he directed The Trip to Bountiful, for which Geraldine Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film also featured his wife, Carlin Glynn who had previously won a Tony Award for her role in 'Whorehouse.' His directing credits additionally include Full Moon in Blue Water (1988), Night Game (1989), Blood Red (1989), Convicts (1991), Arctic Blue (1993), The Only Thrill (1997), Lost Junction (2003), and Whiskey School (2005). Masterson died at the age of 84 on December 18, 2018, after suffering a fall at his home. He had received a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease 14 years earlier.

Known For

Director

2005
Whiskey School

as Director

2003
Lost Junction

as Director

2000
Mermaid

as Director

1997
The Only Thrill

as Director

1996
Lily Dale

as Director

1993
Arctic Blue

as Director

1991
Convicts

as Director

1989
Blood Red

as Director

1989
Night Game

as Director

1988
1985

Actor

2001
1987
Gardens of Stone

as Col. Feld

1978
A Question of Guilt

as Lieutenant Tom Wharton

1977
The Storyteller

as Lee Gardner

1977
The Quinns

as Michael Quinn

1977
Delta County, USA

as Billy Wingate

1975
The Stepford Wives

as Walter Eberhart

1974
Man on a Swing

as Willie Younger

1973
The Exorcist

as Dr. Barringer

1973
Pueblo

as ENC M.O. Goldman

1972
Tomorrow

as Lawyer Douglas

1971
Von Richthofen and Brown

as Major Oswald Boelke

1967
Counterpoint

as Sgt. Calloway

1966
Ambush Bay

as Sgt. William Maccone

Producer

1997
The Only Thrill

as Executive Producer

1980
City in Fear

as Executive Producer