Minor Watson
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-12-22 (135 years old)
Place of Birth
Marianna, Arkansas, USA
Acting
2010
Hollywood Classic Special as Not available1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)1956
Trapeze as John Ringling North1956
The Ambassador's Daughter as Gen. Andrew Harvey1956
The Rawhide Years as Matt Comfort1955
Ten Wanted Men as Jason Carr1955
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Judge Thatcher1953
Roar of the Crowd as Cyrus Mackey1952
The Star as Joe Morrison1952
Untamed Frontier as Matt Denbow1952
Face to Face as Scratchy Wilson1952
My Son John as Dr. Carver1951
As Young as You Feel as Harold P. Cleveland1951
Little Egypt as Cyrus Graydon1951
Bright Victory as Mr. Paterson1950
The Jackie Robinson Story as Branch Rickey1950
Mister 880 as Judge O'Neil1949
The File on Thelma Jordon as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell1949
Beyond the Forest as Moose1948
A Southern Yankee as Gen. Watkins1946
Courage of Lassie as Sheriff Ed Grayson1946
Boys' Ranch as Mr. Harper1945
Bewitched as Governor1945
You Came Along as Uncle Jack1945
A Bell for Adano as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)1945
Saratoga Trunk as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)1945
God Is My Co-Pilot as Col. Caleb V. Haynes1944
Christmas Holiday as Townsend1944
Here Come the Waves as Superior Officer (uncredited)1944
Shadows in the Night as Frederick Gordon1944
That's My Baby! as R. P. (Phineas) Moody1944
The Falcon Out West as Dave Colby1944
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout as Ramsey Kent1944
The Thin Man Goes Home as Sam Ronson1943
Action in the North Atlantic as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)1943
Mission to Moscow as Loy Henderson1943
Crash Dive as Adm. Bob Stewart1943
Guadalcanal Diary as Col Wallace E. Grayson1943
Happy Land as Judge Colvin1943
Princess O'Rourke as Mr. Washburn1943
Power of the Press as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)1943
Yanks Ahoy as Capt. Scott1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as Albee1942
Gentleman Jim as Buck Ware1942
Kings Row as Sam Winters1942
The Big Shot as Warden George Booth1942
The Remarkable Andrew as District Attorney Orville Beamish1942
To the Shores of Tripoli as Christopher Winters1942
Frisco Lil as Not available1942
Woman of the Year as William J. Harding1941
Mr. District Attorney as Arthur Barret1941
They Died with Their Boots On as Senator Smith1941
Western Union as Pat Grogan1941
Moon Over Miami as Mr. Jim Reynolds1941
The Monster and the Girl as Judge Pulver1941
Birth of the Blues as Henri Lambert1941
The Parson of Panamint as Sheriff Nickerson1941
Kiss the Boys Goodbye as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Joshua Speed1940
Young People as Dakin1940
Rangers of Fortune as Clem Bowdry1940
Viva Cisco Kid as Jesse Allen1940
20 Mule Team as Marshal1940
Gallant Sons as Barton Newbold1940
Hidden Gold as Ed Colby1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Capt. Brandy1939
Angels Wash Their Faces as Maloney1939
The Flying Irishman as Airport Personnel Manager1939
The Hardys Ride High as Terry Archer1939
News Is Made at Night as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey1939
Maisie as Prosecuting Attorney1939
Boy Friend as Capt. Duffy1939
Television Spy as Burton Lawson1939
The Llano Kid as Sheriff Robert McLane1939
Here I Am a Stranger as Evans1939
Stand Up and Fight as U.S. Marshal Cole1938
Of Human Hearts as Captain Griggs1938
Boys Town as Bishop1938
Touchdown, Army as Col. Denby1938
Fast Company as Steve Langner1938
While New York Sleeps as Charles MacFarland1938
Love, Honor and Behave as Dr. MacConaghey1938
Stablemates as Barney Donovan1937
Dead End as Mr. Griswald1937
Navy Blue and Gold as Lt. Milburn1937
When's Your Birthday? as Regan1937
That Certain Woman as Clark Tilden1937
The Woman I Love as Deschamps1937
Saturday's Heroes as Doc Thomas1937
Checkers as Dr. Smith1936
Rose of the Rancho as Jonathan Hill1936
The Longest Night as Hardy1935
Charlie Chan in Paris as Insp. Renard1935
Lady Tubbs as Fishbaker1935
Annapolis Farewell as Cmmdre. Briggs1935
Mary Jane's Pa as Kenneth Marvin1935
Pursuit as Hale1935
Age of Indiscretion as Mr. Adams1935
Mister Dynamite as Clark Lewis1934
The Pursuit of Happiness as Colonel Sherwood1934
Babbitt as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling1931
24 Hours as David Melbourn1913
Love Incognito as Jack Fuller1913
Dollars-Pounds-Sense as Charles Watson1913
Day by Day as Frank1913
Cupid and Three as Ben