- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- June 27, 1999
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, Wa…
Filmography
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993 · Judge Ezra Frank
movieGrand Theft Auto
1977 · Minister
movieMrs. Stone's Thing
1970 · Bartender
tvSkippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968 · Rod
tvThe Mothers-in-Law
1967 · Officer Bailey
movieFirst to Fight
1967 · Sergeant Maypole
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Walsh
tvGreen Acres
1965
movieTake Her, She's Mine
1963 · Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Milt Plummer
movieWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Clerk in Newspaper Department
tvThe Lucy Show
1962 · Calvin
tvThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Fred Penrod
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Hotel Clerk, Matt Lewis
tvThe Jim Backus Show
1960
tvPete and Gladys
1960
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited)
movieThe Bold and the Brave
1956 · Bob
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
movieHi, Buddy
1943 · Tim Martin
movieHit the Road
1941 · Pesky
movieScattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 · Jimmy Jordan
movieMen of Boys Town
1941 · Pee Wee
movieDr. Kildare's Crisis
1940 · Tommy, the Crippled Child
movieDreaming Out Loud
1940 · Jimmy
movieWyoming
1940 · Jimmy Kincaid
movieBlackmail
1939 · Hank Ingram
movieOn Borrowed Time
1939 · Pud Northrup
movieCalling Dr. Kildare
1939 · Tommy Benson (uncredited)
movieDodge City
1939 · Harry Cole
movieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · George Sanders
movieKentucky
1938 · Peter Goodwin - 1861
movieYoung Dr. Kildare
1938 · Little Boy (uncredited)
movieBoys Town
1938 · Pee Wee
movieGo Chase Yourself
1938 · Junior (uncredited)
movieIn Old Chicago
1938 · Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
movieIt Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Boy
movieThe Great O'Malley
1937 · Boy (uncredited)
movieShe's Dangerous
1937 · Boy at Airport
moviePay As You Exit
1936 · Audience
movieLibeled Lady
1936 · Waif (uncredited)
movieShow Boat
1936
movieTwo-Fisted
1935 · Jimmy's Boxing Partner
movieLife Begins at Forty
1935 · Meriwhether Son
movieLife Begins
1932 · Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)