Peter Masterson
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Peter Masterson 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 wrote 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.
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 wrote 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.
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 wrote 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.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and writer.
Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote
Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
. Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s,including 1975's The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
as Walter Eberhart, since then he has concentrated mostly on directing and producing. His daughter is actress Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson is an American film, stage and television actress and director.-Early life:Masterson was born in New York City to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter Masterson Jr., and Alexandra Masterson, who are both involved in the...
, who appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
as one of the Eberhart's daughters.
Masterson's most well known and critically recognized work is The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 film starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. Geraldine Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Carrie Watts. The movie was adapted by Horton Foote from his television play. The Trip to...
. He wrote the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall...
and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public is a musical with a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall.Ostensibly a sequel to the creative team's 1978 hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, it is more a series of burlesque-style sketches and musical interludes...
. His most recent work in film includes Night Game (1989) Lost Junction
Lost Junction
Lost Junction is a 2003 thriller film directed by Peter Masterson and written by Jeff Cole.- Plot :A hitchhiking drifter has his life irrevocably changed when he meets a seductive young woman who lures him into disposing of the body of her husband.-Cast:*Neve Campbell...Missy Lofton*Billy...
(2003) and Whiskey School
Whiskey School
Whiskey School is a 2007 drama starring Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, Alexandra Eitel, Thomas Flanagan, Carlin Glynn, Lainie Kazan, Gary Swanson, Denise Lute, Mario Macaluso, David Margulies and directed by Peter Masterson and based on the play Intervention by Jo Ann Tedesco. The film is...
(2005). Masterson has also been responsible for some theatrical disasters including Convicts. Convicts, starring James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
and Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, 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.
Peter Masterson (born June 1, 1934) is an American actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and writer.
Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote
Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
. Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s,including 1975's The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
as Walter Eberhart, since then he has concentrated mostly on directing and producing. His daughter is actress Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson is an American film, stage and television actress and director.-Early life:Masterson was born in New York City to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter Masterson Jr., and Alexandra Masterson, who are both involved in the...
, who appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
as one of the Eberhart's daughters.
Masterson's most well known and critically recognized work is The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 film starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. Geraldine Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Carrie Watts. The movie was adapted by Horton Foote from his television play. The Trip to...
. He wrote the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall...
and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public is a musical with a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall.Ostensibly a sequel to the creative team's 1978 hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, it is more a series of burlesque-style sketches and musical interludes...
. His most recent work in film includes Night Game (1989) Lost Junction
Lost Junction
Lost Junction is a 2003 thriller film directed by Peter Masterson and written by Jeff Cole.- Plot :A hitchhiking drifter has his life irrevocably changed when he meets a seductive young woman who lures him into disposing of the body of her husband.-Cast:*Neve Campbell...Missy Lofton*Billy...
(2003) and Whiskey School
Whiskey School
Whiskey School is a 2007 drama starring Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, Alexandra Eitel, Thomas Flanagan, Carlin Glynn, Lainie Kazan, Gary Swanson, Denise Lute, Mario Macaluso, David Margulies and directed by Peter Masterson and based on the play Intervention by Jo Ann Tedesco. The film is...
(2005). Masterson has also been responsible for some theatrical disasters including Convicts. Convicts, starring James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
and Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, 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.
Peter Masterson (born June 1, 1934) is an American actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and writer.
Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote
Horton Foote
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film Tender Mercies, and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television...
. Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s,including 1975's The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
as Walter Eberhart, since then he has concentrated mostly on directing and producing. His daughter is actress Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson is an American film, stage and television actress and director.-Early life:Masterson was born in New York City to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter Masterson Jr., and Alexandra Masterson, who are both involved in the...
, who appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
as one of the Eberhart's daughters.
Masterson's most well known and critically recognized work is The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful
The Trip to Bountiful is a 1985 film starring Geraldine Page, John Heard, Carlin Glynn, Richard Bradford and Rebecca De Mornay. Geraldine Page won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Carrie Watts. The movie was adapted by Horton Foote from his television play. The Trip to...
. He wrote the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a musical with a book by Texas author Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall...
and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public is a musical with a book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall.Ostensibly a sequel to the creative team's 1978 hit The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, it is more a series of burlesque-style sketches and musical interludes...
. His most recent work in film includes Night Game (1989) Lost Junction
Lost Junction
Lost Junction is a 2003 thriller film directed by Peter Masterson and written by Jeff Cole.- Plot :A hitchhiking drifter has his life irrevocably changed when he meets a seductive young woman who lures him into disposing of the body of her husband.-Cast:*Neve Campbell...Missy Lofton*Billy...
(2003) and Whiskey School
Whiskey School
Whiskey School is a 2007 drama starring Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, Alexandra Eitel, Thomas Flanagan, Carlin Glynn, Lainie Kazan, Gary Swanson, Denise Lute, Mario Macaluso, David Margulies and directed by Peter Masterson and based on the play Intervention by Jo Ann Tedesco. The film is...
(2005). Masterson has also been responsible for some theatrical disasters including Convicts. Convicts, starring James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
and Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall
Robert Selden Duvall is an American actor and director. He has won an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and a BAFTA over the course of his career....
, 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.