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Alan Watts

Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born January 6, 1915Died November 16, 1973 (58 years)
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.

Known For

  • Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life

Filmography

2025
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure · as Self - Author, The Joyous Cosmology
2018
2018
Play · as Self (voice Recording)
1972
The Essential Lectures of Alan Watts (TV Series) · as Alan Watts
1959
Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life (TV Series) · as Alan Watts

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