Bobs Watson

Watson adalah anggota Keluarga Watson, yang terkenal di masa-masa awal Hollywood sebagai rumah bagi aktor cilik. Dia adalah saudara laki-laki Coy Watson Jr., Harry, Billy, Delmar, Garry, Vivian, Gloria, dan Louise, semuanya berakting dalam film. Keluarga tersebut, yang dikenal sebagai "keluarga pertama Hollywood", tinggal di kawasan Echo Park di Los Angeles dan Bobs bersekolah di dekat Belmont High School. Mereka diberi penghargaan oleh Kamar Dagang Hollywood dengan menempatkan bintang keluarga Watson di Hollywood Walk of Fame, di 6674 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California. Watson terkenal karena perannya sebagai "Pee Wee" dalam film Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer tahun 1938 Boys Town dan sekuelnya Men of Boys Town (1941), keduanya dibintangi oleh Spencer Tracy dan Mickey Rooney. Tracy dan Watson menjadi teman baik selama pembuatan film pertama, dan Watson dilaporkan menjadi pengunjung terakhir Tracy sebelum kematiannya pada tahun 1967. Pada tahun 1939, Watson menampilkan penampilan yang bagus dan mengharukan sebagai Pud, cucu Lionel Barrymore, dalam film MGM, On Borrowed Time. Watson kemudian menjadi bintang tamu di banyak program televisi, termasuk The Twilight Zone, Lou Grant, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, dan The Fugitive. Selain bekerja di bisnis film, Watson bersekolah di Claremont School of Theology untuk menjadi pendeta Metodis, yang terinspirasi dari film Boys Town. Dia pensiun setelah 30 tahun bertugas di Burbank dan La Cañada, California. Dia meninggal karena kanker prostat pada tahun 1999 di Laguna Beach, California.

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 Town and its sequel Men of Boys Town (1941), both starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Tracy and Watson became good friends during the making of the first film, and Watson was reportedly Tracy's last visitor before his death in 1967. In 1939, Watson delivered a fine, tear-jerking performance as Pud, Lionel Barrymore's grandson, in the MGM film, On Borrowed Time. Watson later made guest appearances in many television programs, including The Twilight Zone, Lou Grant, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and The Fugitive. In addition to working in the motion pictures business, Watson went to Claremont School of Theology to become a Methodist minister, inspired from the movie Boys Town. He retired after 30 years of serving in Burbank and La Cañada, California. He died of prostate cancer in 1999 at Laguna Beach, California.