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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 22, 1889
Died
July 28, 1965
Place of Birth
Marianna, Arkansas, USA
Also Known As
- Minor S. Watson
Minor Watson
0.9 Popularity
Biography
Minor Watson (December 22, 1889 – July 28, 1965) was a prominent character actor. He appeared in 111 movies made between 1913 and 1956. His credits included Boys Town (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Kings Row (1942), Guadalcanal Diary (1943), Bewitched (1945), The Virginian (1946), and The Jackie Robinson Story (1950).
Known For
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0.0
Hollywood Classic Special
2010
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
4.3
Gen. Andrew Harvey
The Ambassador's Daughter
1956
5.5
Matt Comfort
The Rawhide Years
1956
6.2
John Ringling North
Trapeze
1956
4.2
Judge Thatcher
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1955
5.8
Jason Carr
Ten Wanted Men
1955
0.0
Cyrus Mackey
Roar of the Crowd
1953
7.2
Joe Morrison
The Star
1952
5.7
Scratchy Wilson
Face to Face
1952
Credits
🎬
Hollywood Classic Special
2010
0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
The Ambassador's Daughter
as Gen. Andrew Harvey
1956
4.3
The Rawhide Years
as Matt Comfort
1956
5.5
Trapeze
as John Ringling North
1956
6.2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Judge Thatcher
1955
4.2
Ten Wanted Men
as Jason Carr
1955
5.8
Roar of the Crowd
as Cyrus Mackey
1953
0.0
The Star
as Joe Morrison
1952
7.2
Face to Face
as Scratchy Wilson
1952
5.7
Untamed Frontier
as Matt Denbow
1952
7.2
My Son John
as Dr. Carver
1952
5.3
Little Egypt
as Cyrus Graydon
1951
0.0
Bright Victory
as Mr. Paterson
1951
6.9
As Young as You Feel
as Harold P. Cleveland
1951
6.3
Mister 880
as Judge O'Neil
1950
7.0
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Branch Rickey
1950
6.3
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell
1949
6.5
Beyond the Forest
as Moose
1949
6.7
A Southern Yankee
as Gen. Watkins
1948
5.2
Courage of Lassie
as Sheriff Ed Grayson
1946
5.7
Boys' Ranch
as Mr. Harper
1946
6.5
Saratoga Trunk
as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)
1945
5.7
You Came Along
as Uncle Jack
1945
7.0
Bewitched
as Governor
1945
5.3
A Bell for Adano
as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)
1945
5.7
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Col. Caleb V. Haynes
1945
6.9
The Thin Man Goes Home
as Sam Ronson
1944
7.1
Here Come the Waves
as Superior Officer (uncredited)
1944
5.0
That's My Baby!
as R. P. (Phineas) Moody
1944
5.0
Shadows in the Night
as Frederick Gordon
1944
5.5
Christmas Holiday
as Townsend (uncredited)
1944
6.4
The Falcon Out West
as Dave Colby
1944
5.2
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Ramsey Kent
1944
0.0
Happy Land
as Judge Colvin
1943
6.2
Guadalcanal Diary
as Col Wallace E. Grayson
1943
5.6
Princess O'Rourke
as Mr. Washburn
1943
6.3
Yanks Ahoy
as Capt. Scott
1943
6.3
Action in the North Atlantic
as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)
1943
7.1
Mission to Moscow
as Loy Henderson
1943
5.3
Crash Dive
as Adm. Bob Stewart
1943
6.3
Power of the Press
as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Gentleman Jim
as Buck Ware
1942
7.1
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Christopher Winters
1942
5.4
The Big Shot
as Warden George Booth
1942
6.3
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Albee
1942
7.0
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Frisco Lil
1942
8.0
The Remarkable Andrew
as District Attorney Orville Beamish
1942
6.8
Woman of the Year
as William J. Harding
1942
6.9
Kings Row
as Sam Winters
1942
7.2
They Died with Their Boots On
as Senator Smith
1941
6.6
Birth of the Blues
as Henri Lambert
1941
6.0
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
1941
5.0
The Parson of Panamint
as Sheriff Nickerson
1941
5.0
Moon Over Miami
as Mr. Jim Reynolds
1941
6.1
Mr. District Attorney
as Arthur Barret
1941
5.4
The Monster and the Girl
as Judge Pulver
1941
5.7
Western Union
as Pat Grogan
1941
6.0
Gallant Sons
as Barton Newbold
1940
7.2
Rangers of Fortune
as Clem Bowdry
1940
5.0
Young People
as Dakin
1940
4.6
Hidden Gold
as Ed Colby
1940
5.3
20 Mule Team
as Marshal
1940
6.0
Viva Cisco Kid
as Jesse Allen
1940
5.5
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Joshua Speed
1940
6.8
The Llano Kid
as Sheriff Robert McLane
1939
0.0
Television Spy
as Burton Lawson
1939
5.0
Here I Am a Stranger
as Evans
1939
7.0
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Maloney
1939
6.4
News Is Made at Night
as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey
1939
4.0
Maisie
as Prosecuting Attorney
1939
4.4
Boy Friend
as Capt. Duffy
1939
0.0
The Hardys Ride High
as Terry Archer
1939
5.8
The Flying Irishman
as Airport Personnel Manager
1939
4.6
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Capt. Brandy
1939
6.6
Stand Up and Fight
as U.S. Marshal Cole
1939
5.8
While New York Sleeps
as Charles MacFarland
1938
0.0
Stablemates
as Barney Donovan
1938
4.5
Boys Town
as Bishop
1938
6.8
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Touchdown, Army
as Col. Denby
1938
0.0
Fast Company
as Steve Langner
1938
5.0
Love, Honor and Behave
as Dr. MacConaghey
1938
3.0
Of Human Hearts
as Captain Griggs
1938
5.8
Checkers
as Dr. Smith
1937
0.0
Navy Blue and Gold
as Lt. Milburn
1937
5.3
Saturday's Heroes
as Doc Thomas
1937
7.0
That Certain Woman
as Clark Tilden
1937
5.4
Dead End
as Mr. Griswald
1937
7.0
The Woman I Love
as Deschamps
1937
0.0
When's Your Birthday?
as Regan
1937
4.0
The Longest Night
as Hardy
1936
5.7
Rose of the Rancho
as Jonathan Hill
1936
0.0
Annapolis Farewell
as Cmmdre. Briggs
1935
0.0
Pursuit
as Hale
1935
6.0
Lady Tubbs
as Fishbaker
1935
5.0
Age of Indiscretion
as Mr. Adams
1935
4.5
Mary Jane's Pa
as Kenneth Marvin
1935
6.0
Mister Dynamite
as Clark Lewis
1935
6.0
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Insp. Renard
1935
6.5
Babbitt
as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling
1934
6.0
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Colonel Sherwood
1934
5.8
24 Hours
as David Melbourn
1931
5.5
Dollars-Pounds-Sense
as Charles Watson
1913
0.0
Cupid and Three
as Ben
1913
0.0
Day by Day
as Frank
1913
0.0
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Love Incognito
as Jack Fuller
1913
0.0