Acting
Community Rating
6.2
TMDB estimate
Born
November 16, 1930
Died
June 27, 1999 (age 68)
Born in
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.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as Judge Ezra Frank
1993

Grand Theft Auto
as Minister
1977

Mrs. Stone's Thing
as Bartender
1970

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
as Rod
1968

The Mothers-in-Law
as Officer Bailey
1967

First to Fight
as Sergeant Maypole
1967

The F.B.I.
as Walsh
1965

Green Acres
1965

Take Her, She's Mine
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
1963

The Fugitive
as Milt Plummer
1963

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Clerk in Newspaper Department
1962

The Lucy Show
as Calvin
1962

The Beverly Hillbillies
as Fred Penrod
1962

The Virginian
as Hotel Clerk
1962

The Jim Backus Show
1960

Pete and Gladys
1960

The Twilight Zone
as Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited)
1959

The Bold and the Brave
as Bob
1956

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Hi, Buddy
as Tim Martin
1943