Bobby Watson
Acting
Biography
Bobby Watson (born Robert Watson Knucher; November 28, 1888 – May 22, 1965) was an American theater and film actor, playing a variety of character roles, including, after 1942, Adolf Hitler.
Born: November 26, 1888
Place of Birth: Springfield, Illinois, USA
Known For
The Band Plays On
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
Singin' in the Rain
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Captains Courageous
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Libeled Lady
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
The Big Clock
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.
A Foreign Affair
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.
This Side of Heaven
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
The Murder Man
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
Don't Be a Sucker!
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces.
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
Filmography
as Marvin Phyffe (uncredited)
as Adolf Hitler
as Ted Tewell, father
as Claude Duffy (as Robert Watson)
as Diction Coach (uncredited)
as Colonel
as Bixby (as Robert Watson)
as Barney Stratum
as Toby Preston
as Hitler (uncredited)
as Morton Spalding
as Edwards
as Masseur
as Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
as Adolf Hitler
as Adolph Hitler
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Adolf Hitler
as Adolf Hitler
as Stuart Bannerman
as Waldo (uncredited)
as Oscar - the Service Station Man (uncredited)
as French
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
as Orchestra Leader at George's (uncredited)
as Polo Match Announcer
as Defense Attorney
as Mugsy, a reporter
as Steve Brown
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Friend
as Tenant
as Orchestra Leader
as Waif (uncredited)
as Gerald Wilson
as Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited)
as Carey Booth
as Albright
as Radio Announcer
as Car Salesman (uncredited)
as Ducky
as Hotel Valet
as Mr. Worthington - Interior Decorator (uncredited)
as Thompson
as Martin Tinwell
as Bertie
as Lawrence
as Paisley
as Little Neighbor (uncredited)
as George White
as Bobby Watson
as Benny Darrell
as The Detective
as Fred Carroll
as Hoofer