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Bobs Watson
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Bobs Watson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-11-16,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.7

Boys Town
1938-09-08

Take Her, She's Mine

5

Take Her, She's Mine
1963-11-13

6.9

Dodge City
1939-04-08

6.7

Show Boat
1936-05-17

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

5.9

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04

6.4

In Old Chicago
1938-04-15

Mrs. Stone's Thing

3.5

Mrs. Stone's Thing
1970-07-11

Men of Boys Town

6.125

Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11

6.4

Blackmail
1939-09-08

The Bold and the Brave

5.6

The Bold and the Brave
1956-01-04

7

Two-Fisted
1935-10-03

She's Dangerous

5

She's Dangerous
1937-01-24

Grand Theft Auto

5.3

Grand Theft Auto
1977-06-16

On Borrowed Time

7.5

On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07

5.6

Kentucky
1938-12-30

5.9

Wyoming
1940-09-13

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

7.919

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962-10-31

It Happened in Hollywood

6.2

It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07

Young Dr. Kildare

6.5

Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14

7.8

First to Fight
1967-01-25

Calling Dr. Kildare

6.1

Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28

The Great O'Malley

6.7

The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13

7.3

Libeled Lady
1936-10-09

Dreaming Out Loud

5.7

Dreaming Out Loud
1940-09-30

0

Hit the Road
1941-06-27

7

Hi, Buddy
1943-02-26

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

6

Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29

Life Begins at Forty

0

Life Begins at Forty
1935-03-22

6

Life Begins
1932-09-10

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

0

Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941-05-23

Pay As You Exit

7.3

Pay As You Exit
1936-10-23

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

6.8

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993-12-17

7.3

Green Acres
1965-09-15

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.088

The Lucy Show
1962-10-01

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.9

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26

The Twilight Zone

8.447

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Pete and Gladys

6.5

Pete and Gladys
1960-09-19

The 20th Century Fox Hour

4.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

The Jim Backus Show

0

The Jim Backus Show
1960-10-06

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

The Mothers-in-Law

6

The Mothers-in-Law
1967-09-10

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

5.5

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968-02-05