Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-11-16 (69 years old)
Deathday
1999-06-27
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
Robert Ball Watson
The Crybaby of Hollywood
Watson was a member of the Watson Family, famous in the early days of Hollywood as being a houseful of child actors. He was brother to Coy Watson Jr., Harry, Billy, Delmar, Garry, Vivian, Gloria, and Louise, all of whom acted in motion pictures. The family, known as "the first family of Hollywood", lived by the Echo Park area of Los Angeles and Bobs attended nearby Belmont High School. They were honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce by placing the Watson family star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6674 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California. Watson was best known for his role as "Pee Wee" in the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Boys ...
1938
as Pee Wee
1963
as Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
1939
as Harry Cole
1936
1939
as George Sanders
1938
as Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
1970
as Bartender
1941
as Pee Wee
1939
as Hank Ingram
1956
as Bob
1935
as Jimmy's Boxing Partner
1937
as Boy at Airport
1977
as Minister
1939
as Pud Northrup
1938
as Peter Goodwin - 1861
1940
as Jimmy Kincaid
1962
as Clerk in Newspaper Department
1937
as Boy
1938
as Little Boy (uncredited)
1967
as Sergeant Maypole
1939
as Tommy Benson (uncredited)
1937
as Boy (uncredited)
1936
as Waif (uncredited)
1940
as Jimmy
1941
as Pesky
1943
as Tim Martin
1940
as Tommy, the Crippled Child
1935
as Meriwhether Son
1932
as Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)
1941
as Jimmy Jordan
1936
as Audience
1993
as Judge Ezra Frank
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