Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 16, 1930
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Bobs Watson
Biography
Watson was a member of the Watson Family, famous in the early days of Hollywood as being a houseful of child actors. He was brother to Coy Watson Jr., Harry, Billy, Delmar, Garry, Vivian, Gloria, and Louise, all of whom acted in motion pictures.
The family, known as "the first family of Hollywood", lived by the Echo Park area of Los Angeles and Bobs attended nearby Belmont High School.
They were honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce by placing the Watson family star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6674 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California.
Watson was best known for his role as "Pee Wee" in the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Boys Town and its sequel Men of Boys Town (1941), both starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Tracy and Watson became good friends during the making of the first film, and Watson was reportedly Tracy's last visitor before his death in 1967. In 1939, Watson delivered a fine, tear-jerking performance as Pud, Lionel Barrymore's grandson, in the MGM film, On Borrowed Time. Watson later made guest appearances in many television programs, including The Twilight Zone, Lou Grant, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and The Fugitive.
In addition to working in the motion pictures business, Watson went to Claremont School of Theology to become a Methodist minister, inspired from the movie Boys Town. He retired after 30 years of serving in Burbank and La Cañada, California.
He died of prostate cancer in 1999 at Laguna Beach, California.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives | Judge Ezra Frank |
| 1977 | Grand Theft Auto | Minister |
| 1970 | Mrs. Stone's Thing | Bartender |
| 1967 | First to Fight | Sergeant Maypole |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine | Western Union Messenger (uncredited) |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | Clerk in Newspaper Department |
| 1956 | The Bold and the Brave | Bob |
| 1943 | Hi, Buddy | Tim Martin |
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town | Pee Wee |
| 1941 | Hit the Road | Pesky |
| 1941 | Scattergood Pulls the Strings | Jimmy Jordan |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Jimmy Kincaid |
| 1940 | Dreaming Out Loud | Jimmy |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Tommy, the Crippled Child |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Harry Cole |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | George Sanders |
| 1939 | Blackmail | Hank Ingram |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time | Pud Northrup |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare | Tommy Benson (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Pee Wee |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago | Bob O'Leary (as a boy) |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Peter Goodwin - 1861 |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | Boy at Airport |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood | Boy |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Boy (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Show Boat | |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady | Waif (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Pay As You Exit | Audience |
| 1935 | Two-Fisted | Jimmy's Boxing Partner |
| 1935 | Life Begins at Forty | Meriwhether Son |
| 1932 | Life Begins | Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Rod |
| 1967 | The Mothers-in-Law | Officer Bailey |
| 1965 | Green Acres | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Walsh |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Milt Plummer |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Calvin |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Fred Penrod |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Hotel Clerk |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Matt Lewis |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Clerk |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour |