Minor Watson
Acting • Born 1889-12-22 – Died 1965-07-28
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
105 credits
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie • 1942
Albee
Woman of the Year
Movie • 1942
William J. Harding
Charlie Chan in Paris
Movie • 1935
Insp. Renard
Dead End
Movie • 1937
Mr. Griswald
The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie • 1949
Judge Calvin H. Blackwell
Trapeze
Movie • 1956
John Ringling North
Beyond the Forest
Movie • 1949
Moose
Bewitched
Movie • 1945
Governor
Boys Town
Movie • 1938
Bishop
The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie • 1944
Sam Ronson
Courage of Lassie
Movie • 1946
Sheriff Ed Grayson
The Jackie Robinson Story
Movie • 1950
Branch Rickey
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie • 1943
Col Wallace E. Grayson
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Buck Ware
Moon Over Miami
Movie • 1941
Mr. Jim Reynolds
Western Union
Movie • 1941
Pat Grogan
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Joshua Speed
The Falcon Out West
Movie • 1944
Dave Colby
Cupid and Three
Movie • 1913
Ben
Love Incognito
Movie • 1913
Jack Fuller
Day by Day
Movie • 1913
Frank
The Big Shot
Movie • 1942
Warden George Booth
Maisie
Movie • 1939
Prosecuting Attorney
Hidden Gold
Movie • 1940
Ed Colby
My Son John
Movie • 1952
Dr. Carver
Dollars-Pounds-Sense
Movie • 1913
Charles Watson
Kings Row
Movie • 1942
Sam Winters
The Star
Movie • 1952
Joe Morrison
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1939
Capt. Brandy
Young People
Movie • 1940
Dakin
Birth of the Blues
Movie • 1941
Henri Lambert
That Certain Woman
Movie • 1937
Clark Tilden
Mister 880
Movie • 1950
Judge O'Neil
Saratoga Trunk
Movie • 1945
J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)
Angels Wash Their Faces
Movie • 1939
Maloney
While New York Sleeps
Movie • 1938
Charles MacFarland
Of Human Hearts
Movie • 1938
Captain Griggs
Mr. District Attorney
Movie • 1941
Arthur Barret
Pursuit
Movie • 1935
Hale
Mary Jane's Pa
Movie • 1935
Kenneth Marvin
Stablemates
Movie • 1938
Barney Donovan
Viva Cisco Kid
Movie • 1940
Jesse Allen
Boys' Ranch
Movie • 1946
Mr. Harper
Gallant Sons
Movie • 1940
Barton Newbold
That's My Baby!
Movie • 1944
R. P. (Phineas) Moody
Age of Indiscretion
Movie • 1935
Mr. Adams
Saturday's Heroes
Movie • 1937
Doc Thomas
The Llano Kid
Movie • 1939
Sheriff Robert McLane
A Southern Yankee
Movie • 1948
Gen. Watkins
Face to Face
Movie • 1952
Scratchy Wilson
When's Your Birthday?
Movie • 1937
Regan
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1938
Dr. MacConaghey
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Movie • 1941
Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany
Fast Company
Movie • 1938
Steve Langner
24 Hours
Movie • 1931
David Melbourn
Here I Am a Stranger
Movie • 1939
Evans
The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
Airport Personnel Manager
The Woman I Love
Movie • 1937
Deschamps
Happy Land
Movie • 1943
Judge Colvin
You Came Along
Movie • 1945
Uncle Jack
Bright Victory
Movie • 1951
Mr. Paterson
As Young as You Feel
Movie • 1951
Harold P. Cleveland
Frisco Lil
Movie • 1942
Television Spy
Movie • 1939
Burton Lawson
Yanks Ahoy
Movie • 1943
Capt. Scott
Little Egypt
Movie • 1951
Cyrus Graydon
Mister Dynamite
Movie • 1935
Clark Lewis
20 Mule Team
Movie • 1940
Marshal
Stand Up and Fight
Movie • 1939
U.S. Marshal Cole
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Movie • 1944
Ramsey Kent
Navy Blue and Gold
Movie • 1937
Lt. Milburn
The Hardys Ride High
Movie • 1939
Terry Archer
News Is Made at Night
Movie • 1939
Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey
Christmas Holiday
Movie • 1944
Townsend (uncredited)
Rangers of Fortune
Movie • 1940
Clem Bowdry
Princess O'Rourke
Movie • 1943
Mr. Washburn
The Parson of Panamint
Movie • 1941
Sheriff Nickerson
Power of the Press
Movie • 1943
John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
Lady Tubbs
Movie • 1935
Fishbaker
The Ambassador's Daughter
Movie • 1956
Gen. Andrew Harvey
The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie • 1934
Colonel Sherwood
Babbitt
Movie • 1934
Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling
Untamed Frontier
Movie • 1952
Matt Denbow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1955
Judge Thatcher
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Senator Smith
The Rawhide Years
Movie • 1956
Matt Comfort
Ten Wanted Men
Movie • 1955
Jason Carr
The Longest Night
Movie • 1936
Hardy
Rose of the Rancho
Movie • 1936
Jonathan Hill
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
District Attorney Orville Beamish
Touchdown, Army
Movie • 1938
Col. Denby
Annapolis Farewell
Movie • 1935
Cmmdre. Briggs
To the Shores of Tripoli
Movie • 1942
Christopher Winters
The Monster and the Girl
Movie • 1941
Judge Pulver
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie • 1943
Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)
Shadows in the Night
Movie • 1944
Frederick Gordon
Crash Dive
Movie • 1943
Adm. Bob Stewart
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Loy Henderson
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
A Bell for Adano
Movie • 1945
Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)
God Is My Co-Pilot
Movie • 1945
Col. Caleb V. Haynes
Roar of the Crowd
Movie • 1953
Cyrus Mackey
Here Come the Waves
Movie • 1944
Superior Officer (uncredited)
Boy Friend
Movie • 1939
Capt. Duffy
Checkers
Movie • 1937
Dr. Smith