Minor Watson
Born: 1889-12-22 in Marianna, Arkansas, USA
Died: 1965-07-28
Known For: 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).
Filmography
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1956
- Trapeze as John Ringling North
- The Ambassador's Daughter as Gen. Andrew Harvey
- The Rawhide Years as Matt Comfort
1955
- Ten Wanted Men as Jason Carr
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Judge Thatcher
1953
- Roar of the Crowd as Cyrus Mackey
1952
- Untamed Frontier as Matt Denbow
- The Star as Joe Morrison
- My Son John as Dr. Carver
- Face to Face as Scratchy Wilson
1951
- As Young as You Feel as Harold P. Cleveland
- Bright Victory as Mr. Paterson
- Little Egypt as Cyrus Graydon
1950
- The Jackie Robinson Story as Branch Rickey
- Mister 880 as Judge O'Neil
1949
- The File on Thelma Jordon as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell
- Beyond the Forest as Moose
1948
- A Southern Yankee as Gen. Watkins
1946
- Courage of Lassie as Sheriff Ed Grayson
- Boys' Ranch as Mr. Harper
1945
- A Bell for Adano as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)
- Saratoga Trunk as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)
- Bewitched as Governor
- God Is My Co-Pilot as Col. Caleb V. Haynes
- You Came Along as Uncle Jack
1944
- Here Come the Waves as Superior Officer (uncredited)
- Christmas Holiday as Townsend (uncredited)
- The Thin Man Goes Home as Sam Ronson
- Shadows in the Night as Frederick Gordon
- That's My Baby! as R. P. (Phineas) Moody
- The Falcon Out West as Dave Colby
- Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout as Ramsey Kent
1943
- Mission to Moscow as Loy Henderson
- Action in the North Atlantic as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)
- Guadalcanal Diary as Col Wallace E. Grayson
- Crash Dive as Adm. Bob Stewart
- Happy Land as Judge Colvin
- Yanks Ahoy as Capt. Scott
- Power of the Press as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
- Princess O'Rourke as Mr. Washburn
1942
- Gentleman Jim as Buck Ware
- Woman of the Year as William J. Harding
- Kings Row as Sam Winters
- Yankee Doodle Dandy as Albee
- The Big Shot as Warden George Booth
- To the Shores of Tripoli as Christopher Winters
- Frisco Lil
- The Remarkable Andrew as District Attorney Orville Beamish
1941
- Western Union as Pat Grogan
- They Died with Their Boots On as Senator Smith
- Moon Over Miami as Mr. Jim Reynolds
- The Monster and the Girl as Judge Pulver
- Birth of the Blues as Henri Lambert
- The Parson of Panamint as Sheriff Nickerson
- Mr. District Attorney as Arthur Barret
- Kiss the Boys Goodbye as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
1940
- Young People as Dakin
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Joshua Speed
- 20 Mule Team as Marshal
- Gallant Sons as Barton Newbold
- Rangers of Fortune as Clem Bowdry
- Hidden Gold as Ed Colby
- Viva Cisco Kid as Jesse Allen
1939
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Capt. Brandy
- Maisie as Prosecuting Attorney
- Boy Friend as Capt. Duffy
- Television Spy as Burton Lawson
- Stand Up and Fight as U.S. Marshal Cole
- Angels Wash Their Faces as Maloney
- The Hardys Ride High as Terry Archer
- News Is Made at Night as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey
- The Flying Irishman as Airport Personnel Manager
- Here I Am a Stranger as Evans
- The Llano Kid as Sheriff Robert McLane
1938
- Boys Town as Bishop
- Of Human Hearts as Captain Griggs
- Stablemates as Barney Donovan
- Touchdown, Army as Col. Denby
- While New York Sleeps as Charles MacFarland
- Fast Company as Steve Langner
- Love, Honor and Behave as Dr. MacConaghey
1937
- Dead End as Mr. Griswald
- The Woman I Love as Deschamps
- That Certain Woman as Clark Tilden
- Saturday's Heroes as Doc Thomas
- Navy Blue and Gold as Lt. Milburn
- When's Your Birthday? as Regan
- Checkers as Dr. Smith
1936
- Rose of the Rancho as Jonathan Hill
- The Longest Night as Hardy
1935
- Mary Jane's Pa as Kenneth Marvin
- Pursuit as Hale
- Annapolis Farewell as Cmmdre. Briggs
- Age of Indiscretion as Mr. Adams
- Mister Dynamite as Clark Lewis
- Charlie Chan in Paris as Insp. Renard
- Lady Tubbs as Fishbaker
1934
- Babbitt as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling
- The Pursuit of Happiness as Colonel Sherwood
1931
- 24 Hours as David Melbourn
1913
- Love Incognito as Jack Fuller
- Dollars-Pounds-Sense as Charles Watson
- Day by Day as Frank
- Cupid and Three as Ben