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