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