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.
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 (Movies)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Character:Judge Ezra Frank
Release Date:17/12/1993
Grand Theft Auto
Character:Minister
Release Date:16/06/1977
Mrs. Stone's Thing
Character:Bartender
Release Date:11/07/1970
First to Fight
Character:Sergeant Maypole
Release Date:25/01/1967
Take Her, She's Mine
Character:Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Release Date:13/11/1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Character:Clerk in Newspaper Department
Release Date:31/10/1962
The Bold and the Brave
Character:Bob
Release Date:04/01/1956
Hi, Buddy
Character:Tim Martin
Release Date:26/02/1943
Hit the Road
Character:Pesky
Release Date:27/06/1941
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Character:Jimmy Jordan
Release Date:23/05/1941
Men of Boys Town
Character:Pee Wee
Release Date:11/04/1941
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Character:Tommy, the Crippled Child
Release Date:29/11/1940
Dreaming Out Loud
Character:Jimmy
Release Date:30/09/1940
Wyoming
Character:Jimmy Kincaid
Release Date:13/09/1940
Blackmail
Character:Hank Ingram
Release Date:08/09/1939
On Borrowed Time
Character:Pud Northrup
Release Date:07/07/1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Character:Tommy Benson (uncredited)
Release Date:28/04/1939
Dodge City
Character:Harry Cole
Release Date:08/04/1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Character:George Sanders
Release Date:04/04/1939
Kentucky
Character:Peter Goodwin - 1861
Release Date:30/12/1938
Young Dr. Kildare
Character:Little Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/1938
Boys Town
Character:Pee Wee
Release Date:08/09/1938
Go Chase Yourself
Character:Junior (uncredited)
Release Date:22/04/1938
In Old Chicago
Character:Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
Release Date:15/04/1938
It Happened in Hollywood
Character:Boy
Release Date:07/09/1937
The Great O'Malley
Character:Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:13/02/1937
She's Dangerous
Character:Boy at Airport
Release Date:24/01/1937
Pay As You Exit
Character:Audience
Release Date:23/10/1936
Libeled Lady
Character:Waif (uncredited)
Release Date:09/10/1936
Show Boat
Character:
Release Date:17/05/1936
Two-Fisted
Character:Jimmy's Boxing Partner
Release Date:03/10/1935
Life Begins at Forty
Character:Meriwhether Son
Release Date:22/03/1935
Life Begins
Character:Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)
Release Date:10/09/1932
Television Appearances
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Character:Rod
The Mothers-in-Law
Character:Officer Bailey
The F.B.I.
Character:Walsh
Green Acres
Character:
The Fugitive
Character:Milt Plummer
The Lucy Show
Character:Calvin
The Beverly Hillbillies
Character:Fred Penrod
The Virginian
Character:Hotel Clerk
The Virginian
Character:Matt Lewis
The Virginian
Character:Clerk
The Jim Backus Show
Character:
Pete and Gladys
Character:
The Twilight Zone
Character:Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited)
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character:
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