Actor
Minor Watson
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). ...

Known For
Acting
2010 -- Hollywood Classic Special |
1988 -- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage)
1956 -- The Ambassador's Daughter | Gen. Andrew Harvey
1956 -- The Rawhide Years | Matt Comfort
1956 -- Trapeze | John Ringling North
1955 -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Judge Thatcher
1955 -- Ten Wanted Men | Jason Carr
1953 -- Roar of the Crowd | Cyrus Mackey
1952 -- The Star | Joe Morrison
1952 -- Face to Face | Scratchy Wilson
1952 -- Untamed Frontier | Matt Denbow
1952 -- My Son John | Dr. Carver
1951 -- Little Egypt | Cyrus Graydon
1951 -- Bright Victory | Mr. Paterson
1951 -- As Young as You Feel | Harold P. Cleveland
1950 -- Mister 880 | Judge O'Neil
1950 -- The Jackie Robinson Story | Branch Rickey
1949 -- The File on Thelma Jordon | Judge Calvin H. Blackwell
1949 -- Beyond the Forest | Moose
1948 -- A Southern Yankee | Gen. Watkins
1946 -- Courage of Lassie | Sheriff Ed Grayson
1946 -- Boys' Ranch | Mr. Harper
1945 -- Saratoga Trunk | J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)
1945 -- You Came Along | Uncle Jack
1945 -- Bewitched | Governor
1945 -- A Bell for Adano | Maj. Gen. McKay
1945 -- God Is My Co-Pilot | Col. Caleb V. Haynes
1944 -- The Thin Man Goes Home | Sam Ronson
1944 -- Here Come the Waves | Superior Officer (uncredited)
1944 -- That's My Baby! | R. P. (Phineas) Moody
1944 -- Christmas Holiday | Townsend
1944 -- Shadows in the Night | Frederick Gordon
1944 -- The Falcon Out West | Dave Colby
1944 -- Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Ramsey Kent
1943 -- Happy Land | Judge Colvin
1943 -- Guadalcanal Diary | Col Wallace E. Grayson
1943 -- Princess O'Rourke | Mr. Washburn
1943 -- Yanks Ahoy | Capt. Scott
1943 -- Action in the North Atlantic | Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)
1943 -- Mission to Moscow | Loy Henderson
1943 -- Crash Dive | Adm. Bob Stewart
1943 -- Power of the Press | John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
1942 -- Gentleman Jim | Buck Ware
1942 -- To the Shores of Tripoli | Christopher Winters
1942 -- The Big Shot | Warden George Booth
1942 -- Yankee Doodle Dandy | Albee
1942 -- Frisco Lil |
1942 -- The Remarkable Andrew | District Attorney Orville Beamish
1942 -- Woman of the Year | William J. Harding
1942 -- Kings Row | Sam Winters
1941 -- They Died with Their Boots On | Senator Smith
1941 -- Birth of the Blues | Henri Lambert
1941 -- Kiss the Boys Goodbye | Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
1941 -- The Parson of Panamint | Sheriff Nickerson
1941 -- Moon Over Miami | Mr. Jim Reynolds
1941 -- Mr. District Attorney | Arthur Barret
1941 -- The Monster and the Girl | Judge Pulver
1941 -- Western Union | Pat Grogan
1940 -- Gallant Sons | Barton Newbold
1940 -- Rangers of Fortune | Clem Bowdry
1940 -- Young People | Dakin
1940 -- Hidden Gold | Ed Colby
1940 -- 20 Mule Team | Marshal
1940 -- Viva Cisco Kid | Jesse Allen
1940 -- Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Joshua Speed
1939 -- The Llano Kid | Sheriff Robert McLane
1939 -- Television Spy | Burton Lawson
1939 -- Here I Am a Stranger | Evans
1939 -- Angels Wash Their Faces | Maloney
1939 -- News Is Made at Night | Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey
1939 -- Maisie | Prosecuting Attorney
1939 -- Boy Friend | Capt. Duffy
1939 -- The Hardys Ride High | Terry Archer
1939 -- The Flying Irishman | Airport Personnel Manager
1939 -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Capt. Brandy
1939 -- Stand Up and Fight | U.S. Marshal Cole
1938 -- While New York Sleeps | Charles MacFarland
1938 -- Stablemates | Barney Donovan
1938 -- Boys Town | Bishop
1938 -- Touchdown, Army | Col. Denby
1938 -- Fast Company | Steve Langner
1938 -- Love, Honor and Behave | Dr. MacConaghey
1938 -- Of Human Hearts | Captain Griggs
1937 -- Checkers | Dr. Smith
1937 -- Navy Blue and Gold | Lt. Milburn
1937 -- Saturday's Heroes | Doc Thomas
1937 -- That Certain Woman | Clark Tilden
1937 -- Dead End | Mr. Griswald
1937 -- The Woman I Love | Deschamps
1937 -- When's Your Birthday? | Regan
1936 -- The Longest Night | Hardy
1936 -- Rose of the Rancho | Jonathan Hill
1935 -- Annapolis Farewell | Cmmdre. Briggs
1935 -- Pursuit | Hale
1935 -- Lady Tubbs | Fishbaker
1935 -- Age of Indiscretion | Mr. Adams
1935 -- Mary Jane's Pa | Kenneth Marvin
1935 -- Mister Dynamite | Clark Lewis
1935 -- Charlie Chan in Paris | Insp. Renard
1934 -- Babbitt | Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling
1934 -- The Pursuit of Happiness | Colonel Sherwood
1931 -- 24 Hours | David Melbourn
1913 -- Dollars-Pounds-Sense | Charles Watson
1913 -- Cupid and Three | Ben
1913 -- Day by Day | Frank
1913 -- Love Incognito | Jack Fuller
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