Bobs Watson

Personal Info

Birthday

November 16, 1930

Day of Death

1999-06-27

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Robert Ball Watson

The Crybaby of Hollywood

Bobs Watson

Biography

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.

Known For

The Fugitive

The Twilight Zone

The Virginian

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Lucy Show

The F.B.I.

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

The Mothers-in-Law

Filmography

1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as Judge Ezra Frank
1977
Grand Theft Auto
as Minister
1970
Mrs. Stone's Thing
as Bartender
1967
First to Fight
as Sergeant Maypole
1963
Take Her, She's Mine
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Clerk in Newspaper Department
1956
The Bold and the Brave
as Bob
1943
Hi, Buddy
as Tim Martin
1941
Hit the Road
as Pesky
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Jimmy Jordan
Men of Boys Town
as Pee Wee
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Tommy, the Crippled Child
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jimmy
Wyoming
as Jimmy Kincaid
1939
Blackmail
as Hank Ingram
On Borrowed Time
as Pud Northrup
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Tommy Benson (uncredited)
Dodge City
as Harry Cole
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as George Sanders
1938
Kentucky
as Peter Goodwin - 1861
Young Dr. Kildare
as Little Boy (uncredited)
Boys Town
as Pee Wee
In Old Chicago
as Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
1937
It Happened in Hollywood
as Boy
The Great O'Malley
as Boy (uncredited)
She's Dangerous
as Boy at Airport
1936
Pay As You Exit
as Audience
Libeled Lady
as Waif (uncredited)
1935
Two-Fisted
as Jimmy's Boxing Partner
Life Begins at Forty
as Meriwhether Son
1932
Life Begins
as Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)