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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

6.6

Judge Ezra Frank

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

1993

5.2

Minister

Grand Theft Auto

1977

2.3

Bartender

Mrs. Stone's Thing

1970

5.6

Rod

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

1968

5.8

Officer Bailey

The Mothers-in-Law

1967

7.9

Sergeant Maypole

First to Fight

1967

5.4

Walsh

The F.B.I.

1965

7.3

Green Acres

1965

5.3

Western Union Messenger (uncredited)

Take Her, She's Mine

1963

7.2

Milt Plummer

The Fugitive

1963

Credits

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

as Judge Ezra Frank

1993

6.6

Grand Theft Auto

as Minister

1977

5.2

Mrs. Stone's Thing

as Bartender

1970

2.3

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

as Rod

1968

5.6

The Mothers-in-Law

as Officer Bailey

1967

5.8

First to Fight

as Sergeant Maypole

1967

7.9

The F.B.I.

as Walsh

1965

5.4

Green Acres

1965

7.3

Take Her, She's Mine

as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)

1963

5.3

The Fugitive

as Milt Plummer

1963

7.2

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

as Clerk in Newspaper Department

1962

7.9

The Lucy Show

as Calvin

1962

7.0

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Fred Penrod

1962

6.9

The Virginian

as Hotel Clerk

1962

6.4

The Virginian

as Matt Lewis

1962

6.4

The Virginian

as Clerk

1962

6.4

The Jim Backus Show

1960

0.0

Pete and Gladys

1960

6.0

The Twilight Zone

as Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited)

1959

8.5

The Bold and the Brave

as Bob

1956

5.6

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

5.4

Hi, Buddy

as Tim Martin

1943

7.0

Hit the Road

as Pesky

1941

0.0

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

as Jimmy Jordan

1941

0.0

Men of Boys Town

as Pee Wee

1941

6.1

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Tommy, the Crippled Child

1940

6.0

Dreaming Out Loud

as Jimmy

1940

5.7

Wyoming

as Jimmy Kincaid

1940

5.9

Blackmail

as Hank Ingram

1939

6.4

On Borrowed Time

as Pud Northrup

1939

7.5

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Tommy Benson (uncredited)

1939

6.1

Dodge City

as Harry Cole

1939

6.9

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as George Sanders

1939

6.0

Kentucky

as Peter Goodwin - 1861

1938

5.8

Young Dr. Kildare

as Little Boy (uncredited)

1938

6.5

Boys Town

as Pee Wee

1938

6.8

Go Chase Yourself

as Junior (uncredited)

1938

5.0

In Old Chicago

as Bob O'Leary (as a boy)

1938

6.6

It Happened in Hollywood

as Boy

1937

6.1

The Great O'Malley

as Boy (uncredited)

1937

6.7

She's Dangerous

as Boy at Airport

1937

5.0

Pay As You Exit

as Audience

1936

7.3

Libeled Lady

as Waif (uncredited)

1936

7.3

Show Boat

1936

6.8

Two-Fisted

as Jimmy's Boxing Partner

1935

7.0

Life Begins at Forty

as Meriwhether Son

1935

0.0

Life Begins

as Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)

1932

6.0