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…

Directed

1. The Trip to Bountiful (1985) — Director
2. Night Game (1989) — Director
3. Arctic Blue (1993) — Director
4. Full Moon in Blue Water (1988) — Director
5. Convicts (1991) — Director
6. Blood Red (1989) — Director
7. Lost Junction (2003) — Director
8. Mermaid (2000) — Director
9. The Only Thrill (1997) — Director
10. Lily Dale (1996) — Director
11. Whiskey School (2005) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Exorcist (1973) — Dr. Barringer
2. In the Heat of the Night (1967) — Fryer
3. The Stepford Wives (1975) — Walter Eberhart
4. Gardens of Stone (1987) — Col. Feld
5. Von Richthofen and Brown (1971) — Major Oswald Boelke
6. Man on a Swing (1974) — Willie Younger
7. Counterpoint (1967) — Sgt. Calloway
8. Tomorrow (1972) — Lawyer Douglas
9. Ambush Bay (1966) — Sgt. William Maccone
10. American Playhouse (1982) — Lawyer Douglas
11. A Question of Guilt (1978) — Lieutenant Tom Wharton
12. Witchfire (1986)
13. Pueblo (1973) — ENC M.O. Goldman
14. Hello Actors Studio (1988) — Self
15. The Stepford Life (2001) — Himself
16. The Quinns (1977) — Michael Quinn
17. The Storyteller (1977) — Lee Gardner
18. Delta County, USA (1977) — Billy Wingate