Bobs Watson
Born
November 16, 1930
Died
June 27, 1999 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known For
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Judge Ezra Frank
1993
Grand Theft Auto
Minister
1977
Mrs. Stone's Thing
Bartender
1970
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Rod · (1 episode)
1968
The Mothers-in-Law
Officer Bailey · (1 episode)
1967
First to Fight
Sergeant Maypole
1967
The F.B.I.
Walsh · (1 episode)
1965
Green Acres
(1 episode)
1965
Take Her, She's Mine
Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
1963
The Fugitive
Milt Plummer · (1 episode)
1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Clerk in Newspaper Department
1962
The Lucy Show
Calvin · (1 episode)
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Fred Penrod · (4 episodes)
1962
The Virginian
Hotel Clerk · (2 episodes)
1962
The Virginian
Matt Lewis · (1 episode)
1962
The Virginian
Clerk · (1 episode)
1962
The Jim Backus Show
(39 episodes)
1960
Pete and Gladys
(1 episode)
1960
The Twilight Zone
Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1959
The Bold and the Brave
Bob
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
(1 episode)
1955
Hi, Buddy
Tim Martin
1943
Hit the Road
Pesky
1941
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
Jimmy Jordan
1941
Men of Boys Town
Pee Wee
1941
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Tommy, the Crippled Child
1940
Dreaming Out Loud
Jimmy
1940
Wyoming
Jimmy Kincaid
1940
Blackmail
Hank Ingram
1939
On Borrowed Time
Pud Northrup
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Tommy Benson (uncredited)
1939
Dodge City
Harry Cole
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
George Sanders
1939
Kentucky
Peter Goodwin - 1861
1938
Young Dr. Kildare
Little Boy (uncredited)
1938
Boys Town
Pee Wee
1938
In Old Chicago
Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
1938
It Happened in Hollywood
Boy
1937
The Great O'Malley
Boy (uncredited)
1937
She's Dangerous
Boy at Airport
1937
Pay As You Exit
Audience
1936
Libeled Lady
Waif (uncredited)
1936
Show Boat
1936
Two-Fisted
Jimmy's Boxing Partner
1935
Life Begins at Forty
Meriwhether Son
1935
Life Begins
Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)
1932