Tex Watson during the Tate-La Bianca trial.

Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is an American murderer and former member of Charles Manson's "Family". He was convicted of the murders of Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Jay Sebring, which took place in the early hours of August 9, 1969, in the Tate residence at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, and also of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca at the LaBianca residence in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles the following night. Watson's accomplices in the murders were Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel. Watson himself personally inflicted many of the wounds to the victims.