Joe Dawson is a character from the fictional universe of the Highlander movies, appearing in Highlander: The Series and Highlander: The Raven. A mortal Watcher, he is portrayed by actor Jim Byrnes. Joe Dawson can refer to: Joe Dawson (MLB pitcher), a Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Dawson, a fictional character portrayed by Jim Byrnes Joe Dawson, an american racecar driver Category: ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The following is a complete listing of every Watcher from Highlander: The Series, Highlander: The Raven, Highlander: Endgame, the Highlander Books, the Highlander Card Game and the Watcher Chronicles CD. External links Highlander: Endgame at the Internet Movie Database Highlander: The Series at the Internet Movie Database Highlander: The Raven... Jim Byrnes in the series Highlander James Thomas Byrnes was born on September 22, 1948 in St. ... This article contains episode summaries for the second season of the American drama/adventure television series Highlander ; the seasons episodes began airing 27 September 1993 and finished on 23 May 1994. ... This is a list of all the episodes of Highlander: The Series. ... This is a list of all the episodes of Highlander: The Series. ... This is a list of all the episodes of Highlander: The Series. ... This is a list of all the episodes of Highlander: The Series. ... This is a list of all the episodes of Highlander: The Series. ... Highlander is a 1986 film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. ... The Watchers symbol Watchers are a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the series Highlander: The Series and spin-off movie Highlander: Endgame. ... Jim Byrnes in the series Highlander James Thomas Byrnes was born on September 22, 1948 in St. ...

History

Joe Dawson served in Vietnam under Immortal Andrew Cord. In 1968, after seeing Cord shot, Joe accidentally stepped on a landmine, blowing him up. He was saved by the resurrected Cord, who carried him in back and took him to the army medical center. There he tried to tell the psychiatrist that it had been Cord who had saved him, but was told that Cord was dead. Later, he was told that he had his legs amputated. Andrew Cord is a fictional character from Highlander: The Series, portrayed by actor Wolfgang Bodison. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Not being able to cope with the loss of his legs, he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself. Before he was able to do that, he was visited by a Watcher named Ian Bancroft, who told him about immortality. Joe found a new meaning to his life and became a Watcher, owing it, in his perspective, to Andrew Cord. Bancroft would become Joe's mentor within the Watchers and a close friend. That year, he begun his Watcher career as an historian. He later became a field Watcher, observing Immortals like Roy Ferrer (1971-1974) and Liza Grant (1975-1978), later being assigned to Duncan MacLeod in 1979. The Watchers symbol Watchers are a secret organization that watches the Immortals in the series Highlander: The Series and spin-off movie Highlander: Endgame. ... The following is a complete listing of every Watcher from Highlander: The Series, Highlander: The Raven, Highlander: Endgame, the Highlander Books, the Highlander Card Game and the Watcher Chronicles CD. External links Highlander: Endgame at the Internet Movie Database Highlander: The Series at the Internet Movie Database Highlander: The Raven... The following is a list of minor Immortals from Highlander: The Series, Highlander: The Raven, Highlander: Endgame, the Highlander Novels, the Highlander Card Game and the Watcher Chronicles of the Highlander: The Series DVDs. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The following is a list of minor Immortals from Highlander: The Series, Highlander: The Raven, Highlander: Endgame, the Highlander Novels, the Highlander Card Game and the Watcher Chronicles of the Highlander: The Series DVDs. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Duncan MacLeod, also known as the Highlander, is a fictional character from the Highlander (series) universe. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...

The Watcher oath states that they can only observe and record, but never interfere. Because of the developing friendship between Duncan MacLeod and Joe, he has been forced to break that oath, almost leading to his execution by his fellow Watchers. Duncan MacLeod, also known as the Highlander, is a fictional character from the Highlander (series) universe. ...

Joe met his untimely demise in Highlander: The Source, trying to rescue immortal Reggie Weller from the Guardian, who responded by running him through with the shattered blade of Duncan MacLeod's sword.

Characteristics

The script of "The Watchers" describes Dawson as a middle-aged or older man called Ian Dawson, saying, "There is a sense of power and mystery behind the man's scholarly appearance."^[1] Executive Producer Bill Panzer says about "Turnabout", "this episode was the beginning of the relationship, well the expansion of the relationship between Joe Dawson and Duncan MacLeod. For Joe to help MacLeod by getting him a file, was for him a very big step in what became a major character arc as the two of them grew closer and closer."^[2]

Character development

According to Executive Producer Bill Panzer and Creative Consultat David Abramovitz, actors Michael York and David McCallum wanted to play the part.^[3] They were looked at because initally Joe was meant as a character "more studious, [with a] much tighter personality"^[3] than it eventually became. Jim Byrnes was finally chosen because, Abramovitz thinks, he had "a certain quality that was just more real, more earthly than the other two (...) he had his own trials to live through his life, being handicapped, and he was a wonderful actor, but more than an actor he's got presence on a screen."^[3] Bill Panzer says, "he was a real mensch."^[3] William N. Panzer, usually referred to as Bill Panzer (1942-2007), was an american television and movie producer best known as one half of Davis-Panzer Inc, the production company behind the Highlander (series) franchise. ... For the American hockey player, see Mike York. ... David Keith McCallum (born September 19, 1933) is a prolific Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum, Sr. ... Mensch (Yiddish מענטש; also mentsch, mentsh, mensh, or mench, plural: mentschen, German plural: Menschen) is a German noun meaning a human. In Yiddish (from which the word has migrated into American English), mensch roughly means a good person. ...

The audience reaction was favorable. Abramovitz recalls, "he was one of the fans favorites all over the years that we made the show."^[3] He explains, "the audience actually took part, they could identify with the Watchers. (...) It's hard to identify with someone who is Immortal. Sometimes they live for eight hundred or a thousand or five hundred years, but a Watcher's just a normal human being. And so the audience could find themselves thinking, "I could be that guy". And I think Joe became every man of the show. He became the audience in a big way."^[3]

Assignments

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Appearances

Movies

• Highlander: Endgame (September, 2000)
• Highlander: The Source (September, 2007)

Episodes (September, 1993 - May, 1998)

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• "A Matter of Time" (February, 1999)

Books

• Scimitar
• Scotland the Brave
• Measure of a Man
• Shadow of Obsession
• An Evening at Joe's

References

External links

• Highlander: Endgame at the Internet Movie Database
• Highlander: The Source at the Internet Movie Database
• Highlander: The Series at the Internet Movie Database
• Highlander: The Raven at the Internet Movie Database