1930-11-16 ( 94 years old ) 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.
Movies
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993-12-17
Grand Theft Auto
1977-06-16
Mrs. Stone's Thing
1970-07-11
First to Fight
1967-01-25
Take Her, She's Mine
1963-11-13
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962-10-31
The Bold and the Brave
1956-01-04
Hi, Buddy
1943-02-26
Hit the Road
1941-06-27
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941-05-23
Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
Dreaming Out Loud
1940-09-30
Wyoming
1940-09-13
Blackmail
1939-09-08
On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28
Dodge City
1939-04-08
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
Kentucky
1938-12-30
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
Boys Town
1938-09-08
In Old Chicago
1938-04-15
It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07
The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13
She's Dangerous
1937-01-24
Pay As You Exit
1936-10-23
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
Show Boat
1936-05-17
Two-Fisted
1935-10-03
Life Begins at Forty
1935-03-22
Life Begins
1932-09-10
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