Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1915-01-06
Day of Death
1973-11-16
Place of Birth
Chislehurst, Kent, England, UK
Alan Watts
Biography
Alan Wilson Watts was a British philosopher, writer and speaker known for interpreting and popularising Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism for a Western audience. Born in Chislehurst, England, he moved to the United States in 1938 and began Zen training in New York. He received a master's degree in theology from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and became an Episcopal priest in 1945. He left the ministry in 1950 and moved to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies.
Filmography (13)
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Role:
Storyteller
The Monkey Conflict
2024
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Role:
Narrator
Until There Was Nothing
2020
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Role:
Self (voice recording)
Play
2018
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Role:
Narrator (archive footage)
Everything
2017
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Role:
Alan Watts (voice)
Zen Dog
2016No Image
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Role:
Himself
Zen: The Best of Alan Watts
1994No Image
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Role:
Himself
Work as Play
1973No Image
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Role:
Self
Time and the More It Changes
1972No Image
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Role:
Himself
Conversation with Myself
1972No Image
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Role:
Himself
The Art of Meditation
1971
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Role:
Narrator
The Flow of Zen
1969No Image
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Role:
Narrator
Zen and Now
1969No Image
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Role:
Narrator