Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/16/1930
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Robert Ball WatsonThe Crybaby of Hollywood
Bobs Watson
Biography
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 "P...
Known For
Life Begins
as Edgar, Harry’s Son (uncredited)
Dodge City
as Harry Cole
Boys Town
as Pee Wee
Wyoming
as Jimmy Kincaid
Kentucky
as Peter Goodwin - 1861
Show Boat
Unknown Role
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as George Sanders
Two-Fisted
as Jimmy's Boxing Partner
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
as Clerk in Newspaper Department
Hi, Buddy
as Tim Martin
Libeled Lady
as Waif (uncredited)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as Judge Ezra Frank
In Old Chicago
as Bob O'Leary (as a boy)
First to Fight
as Sergeant Maypole
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Tommy Benson (uncredited)
Men of Boys Town
as Pee Wee
Mrs. Stone's Thing
as Bartender
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
as Jimmy Jordan
The Bold and the Brave
as Bob
On Borrowed Time
as Pud Northrup