Minor Watson
Acting
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).
Born: December 22, 1889
Place of Birth: Marianna, Arkansas, USA
Known For
Kings Row
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
Gallant Sons
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Untamed Frontier
The Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge, Glenn Denbow marries Jane, the only witness who's in love with him. But the woman favors the settlers...
The Star
Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.
Gentleman Jim
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
The Thin Man Goes Home
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Mister 880
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
Action in the North Atlantic
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Dead End
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Gen. Andrew Harvey
as Matt Comfort
as John Ringling North
as Judge Thatcher
as Jason Carr
as Cyrus Mackey
as Joe Morrison
as Scratchy Wilson
as Matt Denbow
as Dr. Carver
as Cyrus Graydon
as Mr. Paterson
as Harold P. Cleveland
as Judge O'Neil
as Branch Rickey
as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell
as Moose
as Gen. Watkins
as Sheriff Ed Grayson
as Mr. Harper
as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)
as Uncle Jack
as Governor
as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)
as Col. Caleb V. Haynes
as Sam Ronson
as Superior Officer (uncredited)
as R. P. (Phineas) Moody
as Frederick Gordon
as Townsend (uncredited)
as Dave Colby
as Ramsey Kent
as Judge Colvin
as Col Wallace E. Grayson
as Mr. Washburn
as Capt. Scott
as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)
as Loy Henderson
as Adm. Bob Stewart
as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
as Buck Ware
as Christopher Winters
as Warden George Booth
as Albee
as District Attorney Orville Beamish
as William J. Harding
as Sam Winters
as Senator Smith
as Henri Lambert
as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
as Sheriff Nickerson
as Mr. Jim Reynolds
as Arthur Barret
as Judge Pulver
as Pat Grogan
as Barton Newbold
as Clem Bowdry
as Dakin
as Ed Colby
as Marshal
as Jesse Allen
as Joshua Speed
as Sheriff Robert McLane
as Burton Lawson
as Evans
as Maloney
as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey
as Prosecuting Attorney
as Capt. Duffy
as Terry Archer
as Airport Personnel Manager
as Capt. Brandy
as U.S. Marshal Cole
as Charles MacFarland
as Barney Donovan
as Bishop
as Steve Langner
as Dr. MacConaghey
as Captain Griggs
as Dr. Smith
as Lt. Milburn
as Doc Thomas
as Clark Tilden
as Mr. Griswald
as Deschamps
as Regan
as Hardy
as Jonathan Hill
as Cmmdre. Briggs
as Hale
as Fishbaker
as Mr. Adams
as Kenneth Marvin
as Clark Lewis
as Insp. Renard
as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling
as Colonel Sherwood
as David Melbourn
as Charles Watson
as Ben
as Frank