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