Minor Watson

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).

Born

Dec 22, 1889

Marianna, Arkansas, USA

Died

Jul 28, 1965

Known For

Acting

Movies

105 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.4

movie

Known For

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Senator Smith

Dead End

1937

as Mr. Griswald

Boys Town

1938

as Bishop

Woman of the Year

1942

as William J. Harding

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

as Albee

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944

as Sam Ronson

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 • as Senator Smith

★ 6.7

Kings Row

1942 • as Sam Winters

★ 7.3

Trapeze

1956 • as John Ringling North

★ 6.2

Dead End

1937 • as Mr. Griswald

★ 7.0

Boys Town

1938 • as Bishop

★ 6.8

God Is My Co-Pilot

1945 • as Col. Caleb V. Haynes

★ 7.2

Western Union

1941 • as Pat Grogan

★ 6.0

As Young as You Feel

1951 • as Harold P. Cleveland

★ 6.4

Mister 880

1950 • as Judge O'Neil

★ 7.1

The Star

1952 • as Joe Morrison

★ 7.2

Gentleman Jim

1942 • as Buck Ware

★ 7.2

Of Human Hearts

1938 • as Captain Griggs

★ 5.9

Saratoga Trunk

1945 • as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Courage of Lassie

1946 • as Sheriff Ed Grayson

★ 5.9

Ten Wanted Men

1955 • as Jason Carr

★ 5.9

Crash Dive

1943 • as Adm. Bob Stewart

★ 6.4

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5

Beyond the Forest

1949 • as Moose

★ 6.7

Woman of the Year

1942 • as William J. Harding

★ 6.9

Bright Victory

1951 • as Mr. Paterson

★ 7.1

Guadalcanal Diary

1943 • as Col Wallace E. Grayson

★ 5.6

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 • as Albee

★ 7.1

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939 • as Capt. Brandy

★ 6.7

The Rawhide Years

1956 • as Matt Comfort

★ 5.6

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 • as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)

★ 7.1

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949 • as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell

★ 6.6

Mission to Moscow

1943 • as Loy Henderson

★ 5.7

Christmas Holiday

1944 • as Townsend (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940 • as Joshua Speed

★ 6.9

The Thin Man Goes Home

1944 • as Sam Ronson

★ 7.1

Princess O'Rourke

1943 • as Mr. Washburn

★ 6.5

Happy Land

1943 • as Judge Colvin

★ 7.1

A Bell for Adano

1945 • as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)

★ 6.0

You Came Along

1945 • as Uncle Jack

★ 7.3

20 Mule Team

1940 • as Marshal

★ 6.6

A Southern Yankee

1948 • as Gen. Watkins

★ 5.5

Moon Over Miami

1941 • as Mr. Jim Reynolds

★ 6.5

Untamed Frontier

1952 • as Matt Denbow

★ 7.3

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942 • as Christopher Winters

★ 5.5

The Hardys Ride High

1939 • as Terry Archer

★ 6.5

Here Come the Waves

1944 • as Superior Officer (uncredited)

★ 5.3

Young People

1940 • as Dakin

★ 5.3

The Big Shot

1942 • as Warden George Booth

★ 6.4

Maisie

1939 • as Prosecuting Attorney

★ 4.8

My Son John

1952 • as Dr. Carver

★ 5.8

Charlie Chan in Paris

1935 • as Insp. Renard

★ 6.6

Fast Company

1938 • as Steve Langner

★ 5.4

The Monster and the Girl

1941 • as Judge Pulver

★ 5.8

Hidden Gold

1940 • as Ed Colby

★ 5.8

Stablemates

1938 • as Barney Donovan

★ 6.3

That's My Baby!

1944 • as R. P. (Phineas) Moody

★ 5.6

The Parson of Panamint

1941 • as Sheriff Nickerson

★ 5.8

Navy Blue and Gold

1937 • as Lt. Milburn

★ 5.8

Shadows in the Night

1944 • as Frederick Gordon

★ 6.0

Face to Face

1952 • as Scratchy Wilson

★ 6.5

Television Spy

1939 • as Burton Lawson

★ 7.5

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950 • as Branch Rickey

★ 6.3

Stand Up and Fight

1939 • as U.S. Marshal Cole

★ 6.0

That Certain Woman

1937 • as Clark Tilden

★ 5.6

The Flying Irishman

1939 • as Airport Personnel Manager

★ 5.0

Viva Cisco Kid

1940 • as Jesse Allen

★ 6.4

Boys' Ranch

1946 • as Mr. Harper

★ 7.0

The Falcon Out West

1944 • as Dave Colby

★ 5.3

Babbitt

1934 • as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling

★ 6.3

Lady Tubbs

1935 • as Fishbaker

★ 7.5

The Pursuit of Happiness

1934 • as Colonel Sherwood

★ 6.3

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939 • as Maloney

★ 6.7

Birth of the Blues

1941 • as Henri Lambert

★ 6.2

Boy Friend

1939 • as Capt. Duffy

★ 9.0

The Llano Kid

1939 • as Sheriff Robert McLane

★ 7.0

Gallant Sons

1940 • as Barton Newbold

★ 7.4

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Frisco Lil

1942

★ 8.3

Rangers of Fortune

1940 • as Clem Bowdry

★ 6.5

The Woman I Love

1937 • as Deschamps

★ 7.0

Bewitched

1945 • as Governor

★ 5.4

The Ambassador's Daughter

1956 • as Gen. Andrew Harvey

★ 4.9

Pursuit

1935 • as Hale

★ 6.5

Age of Indiscretion

1935 • as Mr. Adams

★ 4.9

News Is Made at Night

1939 • as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

★ 4.8

Roar of the Crowd

1953 • as Cyrus Mackey

★ 8.0

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1955 • as Judge Thatcher

★ 5.0

Saturday's Heroes

1937 • as Doc Thomas

★ 8.0

The Longest Night

1936 • as Hardy

★ 6.3

Rose of the Rancho

1936 • as Jonathan Hill

★ 7.0

Checkers

1937 • as Dr. Smith

★ 10.0

The Remarkable Andrew

1942 • as District Attorney Orville Beamish

★ 7.4

Mr. District Attorney

1941 • as Arthur Barret

★ 5.8

Touchdown, Army

1938 • as Col. Denby

★ 7.5

Love, Honor and Behave

1938 • as Dr. MacConaghey

★ 3.8

Little Egypt

1951 • as Cyrus Graydon

★ 8.0

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Love Incognito

1913 • as Jack Fuller

★ 7.0

When's Your Birthday?

1937 • as Regan

★ 5.5

Mary Jane's Pa

1935 • as Kenneth Marvin

★ 6.8

Mister Dynamite

1935 • as Clark Lewis

★ 6.5

24 Hours

1931 • as David Melbourn

★ 6.3

Here I Am a Stranger

1939 • as Evans

★ 7.3

While New York Sleeps

1938 • as Charles MacFarland

★ 7.0

Power of the Press

1943 • as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Yanks Ahoy

1943 • as Capt. Scott

★ 6.5

Annapolis Farewell

1935 • as Cmmdre. Briggs

★ 8.0

Day by Day

1913 • as Frank

★ 10.0

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout

1944 • as Ramsey Kent

★ 7.0

Kiss the Boys Goodbye

1941 • as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany

★ 6.5

Dollars-Pounds-Sense

1913 • as Charles Watson

Cupid and Three

1913 • as Ben