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 "Pee Wee" in the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Boys Town and its sequel Men of Boys Town (1941), both starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Tracy and Watson became good friends during the making of the first film, and Watson was reportedly Tracy's last visitor before his death in 1967. In 1939, Watson delivered a fine, tear-jerking performance as Pud, Lionel Barrymore's grandson, in the MGM film, On Borrowed Time. Watson later made guest appearances in many television programs, including The Twilight Zone, Lou Grant, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and The Fugitive. In addition to working in the motion pictures business, Watson went to Claremont School of Theology to become a Methodist minister, inspired from the movie Boys Town. He retired after 30 years of serving in Burbank and La Cañada, California. He died of prostate cancer in 1999 at Laguna Beach, California.
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The Beverly Hillbillies
as Fred Penrod
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 26, 1962
The Virginian
as Hotel Clerk
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The F.B.I.
as Walsh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The Lucy Show
as Calvin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Twilight Zone
as Man at Dining Room Table (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
The Fugitive
as Milt Plummer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
The Virginian
as Matt Lewis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
as Clerk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
The Mothers-in-Law
as Officer Bailey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1967
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
as Rod
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 05, 1968
The Jim Backus Show
Episodes: 39
First Aired: Oct 06, 1960
Green Acres
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
Pete and Gladys
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1960
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
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