Bobs Watson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1930
- Died
- June 27, 1999 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Movie · as Judge Ezra Frank
Grand Theft Auto
Movie · as Minister
Mrs. Stone's Thing
Movie · as Bartender
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
TV · as Rod · 1 ep
First to Fight
Movie · as Sergeant Maypole
The Mothers-in-Law
TV · as Officer Bailey · 1 ep
Green Acres
TV · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Walsh · 1 ep
Take Her, She's Mine
Movie · as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
The Fugitive
TV · as Milt Plummer · 1 ep
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Movie · as Clerk in Newspaper Department
The Lucy Show
TV · as Calvin · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Fred Penrod · 4 eps
The Virginian
TV · as Hotel Clerk, Matt Lewis · 2 eps
Pete and Gladys
TV · 1 ep
The Jim Backus Show
TV · 39 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited) · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Junior · 1 ep
The Bold and the Brave
Movie · as Bob
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · 1 ep
Hi, Buddy
Movie · as Tim Martin
Men of Boys Town
Movie · as Pee Wee
Hit the Road
Movie · as Pesky
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Movie · as Jimmy Jordan
Wyoming
Movie · as Jimmy Kincaid
Dreaming Out Loud
Movie · as Jimmy
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Movie · as Tommy, the Crippled Child
Dodge City
Movie · as Harry Cole
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie · as George Sanders
Blackmail
Movie · as Hank Ingram
On Borrowed Time
Movie · as Pud Northrup
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Tommy Benson (uncredited)
Boys Town
Movie · as Pee Wee
In Old Chicago
Movie · as Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
Kentucky
Movie · as Peter Goodwin - 1861
Young Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Little Boy (uncredited)
Go Chase Yourself
Movie · as Junior (uncredited)
She's Dangerous
Movie · as Boy at Airport
It Happened in Hollywood
Movie · as Boy
The Great O'Malley
Movie · as Boy (uncredited)
Show Boat
Movie
Libeled Lady
Movie · as Waif (uncredited)
Pay As You Exit
Movie · as Audience
Two-Fisted
Movie · as Jimmy's Boxing Partner
Life Begins at Forty
Movie · as Meriwhether Son
Life Begins
Movie · as Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)