Bobs Watson

Actor

About

Also Known As

Bobby Watson, Robert Watson

Birth Place

Hollywood, California, USA

Born

November 16, 1930

Died

June 27, 1999

Cause of Death

Prostate Cancer

Filmography

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993)

Grand Theft Auto (1977)

First To Fight (1967)

Sergeant Maypole

Saintly Sinners (1962)

Attendant

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

The Bold and the Brave (1956)

Bob

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Blackmail (1939) -- (Movie Clip) White Or Whole Wheat?

Blackmail (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Use A Nasty Word Like That

Family & Companions

Jaye Watson

Wife

Biography

Filmography

Life Events

Photo Collections

Men of Boys Town - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are several photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Men of Boys Town (1941), starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney.

Videos

Blackmail (1939) -- (Movie Clip) White Or Whole Wheat? Oklahoma oil-rig fire fighter (Edward G. Robinson as John Ingram) returns home with his wife and son (Ruth Hussey, Bobs Watson) celebrating the opening of his own first well when he’s confronted by a drifter (Gene Lockhart as Ramey), who makes clear why he’s been sensitive about his past, in MGM’s Blackmail, 1939.

Blackmail (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Use A Nasty Word Like That Oklahoma oil-rig fire fighter (Edward G. Robinson as John Ingram) returns home with his wife and son (Ruth Hussey, Bobs Watson) celebrating the opening of his own first well when he’s confronted by a drifter (Gene Lockhart as Ramey), who makes clear why he’s been sensitive about his past, in MGM’s Blackmail, 1939.

Boys Town (1938) -- (Movie Clip) You Can Go On Being Nothing Pee Wee (Bobs Watson) greets financial backer Dave (Henry Hull) and Burton (Robert Emmett Keane) who find Father Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) trying to prevent newcomer Whitey (Mickey Rooney) from escaping, in MGM's Boys Town, 1938.

Dodge City (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Hatton Becomes Sheriff The headline follows young Harry (Bobs Watson) who only wanted to go with friend Abbie (Olivia de Havilland) to the picnic, getting killed, and mercenary Hatton (Errol Flynn) finding resolve, in Michael Curtiz's Technicolor Western Dodge City, 1939.

On Borrowed Time (1939) -- (Movie Clip) We're Not Going Far An efficient MGM opening, after a prologue linking the story to Chaucer, we infer that the hitchhiker (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) is not mortal, whereupon we meet Demetria (Eily Malyon) the reverend and Charlie (Charles Waldron, Ian Wolfe), then the stars Grandpa Julian (Lionel Barrymore) and Pub (Bobs Watson), in On Borrowed Time, 1939.

On Borrowed Time (1939) -- (Movie Clip) You Made A Wish Her evilness no longer in doubt, Aunt Demetria (Eily Malyon) grills Granny Nellie (Beulah Bondia) about the assets of orphaned Pud (Bobs Watson), who then arrives with cranky Grandpa Julian (Lionel Barrymore), in On Borrowed Time, 1939, from the popular part-fantasy novel by A.E. Watkin.

On Borrowed Time (1939) -- (Movie Clip) They're Out Of My Reach After the passing of beloved Granny Nellie, ailing Grandpa Julian (Lionel Barrymore), with orphan Pud (Bobs Watson), meets "Brinks" (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) again, then remembers he's earned a wish involving the apple tree, in MGM's On Borrowed Time, 1939.

Family

Coy Watson

Father

Actor, stuntman, special effects technician. Was a Keystone Kop; born in 1890; died in 1968.

Coy Watson Jr

Brother

Photographer, child actor. Born c. 1912.

Billy Watson

Brother

Actor, photographer.

Delmar Watson

Brother

Photographer, child actor. Appeared in "Heidi" opposite Shirley Temple.

Harry Watson

Brother

Actor, photographer. Died June 8, 2001 at age 79.

Garry Watson

Brother

Actor, photographer.

Gloria Watson

Sister

Louise Watson

Sister

Vivian Watson

Sister

Companions

Jaye Watson

Wife

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