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Bobs Watson
Actor
Born November 16, 1930Died June 27, 1999 (68 years)
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.
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
| 1993 | A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives · as Judge Ezra Frank |
| 1977 | Lou Grant (TV Series) · as Foreign Editor |
| 1977 | Grand Theft Auto · as Minister |
| 1970 | Mrs. Stone's Thing · as Bartender |
| 1968 | Skippy (TV Series) · as Rod |
| 1967 | The Mothers-In-Law (TV Series) · as Officer Bailey |
| 1967 | First to Fight · as Sergeant Maypole |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Walsh |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV Series) · as Howard |
| 1963 | Take Her, She's Mine · as Western Union Messenger (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The New Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) · as Ollie |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Milt Plummer |
| 1963 | Grindl (TV Series) · as Harry Dawson |
| 1962 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? · as Clerk In Newspaper Department |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Calvin |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Fred Penrod |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Hotel Clerk |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners · as Attendant |
| 1961 | The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) · as Bernie Stern |
| 1960 | The Jim Backus Show (TV Series) |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Man At Dining Room Table (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Hennesey (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Little Rascals Varieties · as Kid |
| 1959 | The Lawless Years (TV Series) · as Butcher Boy |
| 1958 | Flight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon (TV Series) · as 1c Gotch |
| 1956 | The Bold and the Brave · as Bob |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Usher |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Rodger Bissel |
| 1941 | Hit the Road · as Pesky |
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town · as Pee Wee |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis · as Tommy, The Crippled Child |
| 1940 | Dreaming Out Loud · as Jimmy |
| 1940 | Wyoming · as Jimmy Kincaid |
| 1939 | Blackmail · as Hank Ingram |
| 1939 | On Borrowed Time · as Pud Northrup |
| 1939 | Calling Dr. Kildare · as Tommy Benson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell · as George Sanders |
| 1939 | Dodge City · as Harry Cole |
| 1938 | Kentucky · as Peter Goodwin - 1861 |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare · as Little Boy (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Boys Town · as Pee Wee |
| 1938 | Go Chase Yourself · as Junior |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago · as Bob O'leary (as A Boy) |
| 1937 | Our Gang Follies of 1938 · as Boy |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood · as Boy |
| 1937 | Maytime · as Maypole Singer |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley · as Boy (uncredited) |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous · as Boy At Airport |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady · as Waif (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland · as Fisherman's Son |
| 1936 | |
| 1935 | Life Begins at 40 · as Meriwhether Son |
| 1932 | Life Begins · as Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited) |