Minor Watson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-12-22 (76 years old)

Deathday

1965-07-28

Place of Birth

Marianna, Arkansas, USA

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).

Acting

1942

Woman of the Year

as William J. Harding

1935

Charlie Chan in Paris

as Insp. Renard

1937

Dead End

as Mr. Griswald

1949

The File on Thelma Jordon

as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell

1956

Trapeze

as John Ringling North

1949

1945

Bewitched

as Governor

1938

Boys Town

as Bishop

1944

1946

Courage of Lassie

as Sheriff Ed Grayson

1950

1943

Guadalcanal Diary

as Col Wallace E. Grayson

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Buck Ware

1941

Moon Over Miami

as Mr. Jim Reynolds

1941

Western Union

as Pat Grogan

1940

1944

The Falcon Out West

as Dave Colby

1913

1913

Love Incognito

as Jack Fuller

1913

Day by Day

as Frank

1942

The Big Shot

as Warden George Booth

1939

Maisie

as Prosecuting Attorney

1940

Hidden Gold

as Ed Colby

1952

My Son John

as Dr. Carver

1913

Dollars-Pounds-Sense

as Charles Watson

1942

Kings Row

as Sam Winters

1952

The Star

as Joe Morrison

1940

Young People

as Dakin

1941

Birth of the Blues

as Henri Lambert

1937

That Certain Woman

as Clark Tilden

1950

Mister 880

as Judge O'Neil

1945

Saratoga Trunk

as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)

1938

While New York Sleeps

as Charles MacFarland

1938

Of Human Hearts

as Captain Griggs

1941

Mr. District Attorney

as Arthur Barret

1935

Pursuit

as Hale

1935

Mary Jane's Pa

as Kenneth Marvin

1938

Stablemates

as Barney Donovan

1940

Viva Cisco Kid

as Jesse Allen

1946

Boys' Ranch

as Mr. Harper

1940

Gallant Sons

as Barton Newbold

1944

That's My Baby!

as R. P. (Phineas) Moody

1935

1937

Saturday's Heroes

as Doc Thomas

1939

The Llano Kid

as Sheriff Robert McLane

1948

A Southern Yankee

as Gen. Watkins

1952

Face to Face

as Scratchy Wilson

1938

Love, Honor and Behave

as Dr. MacConaghey

1941

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany

1938

Fast Company

as Steve Langner

1931

24 Hours

as David Melbourn

1939

The Flying Irishman

as Airport Personnel Manager

1937

The Woman I Love

as Deschamps

1943

Happy Land

as Judge Colvin

1945

You Came Along

as Uncle Jack

1951

Bright Victory

as Mr. Paterson

1951

As Young as You Feel

as Harold P. Cleveland

1939

Television Spy

as Burton Lawson

1943

Yanks Ahoy

as Capt. Scott

1951

Little Egypt

as Cyrus Graydon

1935

Mister Dynamite

as Clark Lewis

1940

20 Mule Team

as Marshal

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as U.S. Marshal Cole

1944

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

as Lt. Milburn

1939

The Hardys Ride High

as Terry Archer

1939

News Is Made at Night

as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

1944

1940

Rangers of Fortune

as Clem Bowdry

1943

Princess O'Rourke

as Mr. Washburn

1941

The Parson of Panamint

as Sheriff Nickerson

1943

Power of the Press

as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)

1935

Lady Tubbs

as Fishbaker

1956

The Ambassador's Daughter

as Gen. Andrew Harvey

1934

The Pursuit of Happiness

as Colonel Sherwood

1934

Babbitt

as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling

1952

Untamed Frontier

as Matt Denbow

1941

1956

The Rawhide Years

as Matt Comfort

1955

Ten Wanted Men

as Jason Carr

1936

1936

Rose of the Rancho

as Jonathan Hill

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

as District Attorney Orville Beamish

1938

Touchdown, Army

as Col. Denby

1935

Annapolis Farewell

as Cmmdre. Briggs

1942

To the Shores of Tripoli

as Christopher Winters

1941

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)

1944

Shadows in the Night

as Frederick Gordon

1943

Crash Dive

as Adm. Bob Stewart

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Loy Henderson

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1945

A Bell for Adano

as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)

1945

God Is My Co-Pilot

as Col. Caleb V. Haynes

1953

Roar of the Crowd

as Cyrus Mackey

1944

Here Come the Waves

as Superior Officer (uncredited)

1939

Boy Friend

as Capt. Duffy

1937

Checkers

as Dr. Smith

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