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person_profile-Bobs Watson

Bobs Watson Died at age: 68

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Bobs Watson

Date of Birth:

Nov 16, 1930

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 27, 1999

Biography of

Bobs Watson

    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.

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Filmography of

Bobs Watson

Found 31 Movies in total

... 1993

Grand Theft Auto

Minister (as Rev. Bobs Watson) ( Actor )

... 1977

Mrs. Stone's Thing

Bartender ( Actor )

... 1970

First to Fight

Sergeant Maypole ( Actor )

... 1967

Take Her, She's Mine

Western Union Messenger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Clerk in Newspaper Classified Ad Department ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1956

Hi, Buddy

Tim Martin ( Actor )

... 1943

Hit the Road

Pesky ( Actor )

... 1941

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Jimmy Jordan ( Actor )

... 1941

Men of Boys Town

Pee Wee ( Actor )

... 1941

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Tommy, the Crippled Child ( Actor )

... 1940

Dreaming Out Loud

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1940

Wyoming

Jimmy Kincaid ( Actor )

... 1940

Blackmail

Hank Ingram ( Actor )

... 1939

On Borrowed Time

Pud Northrup ( Actor )

... 1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

Tommy Benson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Dodge City

Harry Cole ( Actor )

... 1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

George Sanders ( Actor )

... 1939

Kentucky

Peter Goodwin - 1861 ( Actor )

... 1938

Young Dr. Kildare

Little Boy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Boys Town

Pee Wee ( Actor )

... 1938

... 1937

The Great O'Malley

Boy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

She's Dangerous

Boy at Airport ( Actor )

... 1937

Libeled Lady

Waif (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

In Old Chicago

Bob O'Leary (as a boy) ( Actor )

... 1936

Two-Fisted

Jimmy's Boxing Partner ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Begins at Forty

Meriwhether Son ( Actor )

... 1935

Life Begins

Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932