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Bobs Watson

Acting
Known For

68 Years Old

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.

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA on 16th November 1930

Died

27th June 1999

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