Birthday
1889/12/22
Day of death
1965/07/28 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marianna, Arkansas, USA
Also know as
Minor S. 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).
(1942) Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Albee
(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) Beyond the Forest
as Moose
(1945) Bewitched
as Governor
(1938) Boys Town
as Bishop
(1944) The Thin Man Goes Home
as Sam Ronson
(1946) Courage of Lassie
as Sheriff Ed Grayson
(1950) The Jackie Robinson Story
as Branch Rickey
(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) Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Joshua Speed
(1944) The Falcon Out West
as Dave Colby
(1913) Cupid and Three
as Ben
(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
(1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Capt. Brandy
(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)
(1939) Angels Wash Their Faces
as Maloney
(1938) While New York Sleeps
as Charles MacFarland
(1938) Of Human Hearts
as Captain Griggs
(2010) Hollywood Classic Special
as ---
(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) Age of Indiscretion
as Mr. Adams
(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
(1937) When's Your Birthday?
as Regan
(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) Here I Am a Stranger
as Evans
(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
(1942) Frisco Lil
as ---
(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) Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Ramsey Kent
(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) Christmas Holiday
as Townsend
(1940) Rangers of Fortune
as Clem Bowdry
(1943) Princess O'Rourke
as Mr. Washburn
(1943) Power of the Press
as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)
(1941) The Parson of Panamint
as Sheriff Nickerson
(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
(1955) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Judge Thatcher
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Senator Smith
(1956) The Rawhide Years
as Matt Comfort
(1955) Ten Wanted Men
as Jason Carr
(1936) The Longest Night
as Hardy
(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) The Monster and the Girl
as Judge Pulver
(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
(1988) James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1945) A Bell for Adano
as Maj. Gen. McKay
(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)
(1937) Checkers
as Dr. Smith
(1939) Boy Friend
as Capt. Duffy