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