
Minor Watson
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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).
Known for
Credits

Boys Town (1938)
as Bishop

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Senator Smith

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Albee

Dead End (1937)
as Mr. Griswald

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
as Col Wallace E. Grayson

Trapeze (1956)
as John Ringling North

Courage of Lassie (1946)
as Sheriff Ed Grayson

Touchdown, Army (1938)
as Col. Denby

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)

Ten Wanted Men (1955)
as Jason Carr

Checkers (1937)
as Dr. Smith

Young People (1940)
as Dakin

Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Buck Ware

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
as Capt. Brandy

The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Sam Ronson

Woman of the Year (1942)
as William J. Harding

Western Union (1941)
as Pat Grogan

Crash Dive (1943)
as Adm. Bob Stewart

That Certain Woman (1937)
as Clark Tilden

Boy Friend (1939)
as Capt. Duffy

As Young as You Feel (1951)
as Harold P. Cleveland

The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell

To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
as Christopher Winters

Boys' Ranch (1946)
as Mr. Harper

A Southern Yankee (1948)
as Gen. Watkins

Of Human Hearts (1938)
as Captain Griggs

The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Matt Comfort

Kings Row (1942)
as Sam Winters

Mister 880 (1950)
as Judge O'Neil

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
as Col. Caleb V. Haynes

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
as Branch Rickey

Bright Victory (1951)
as Mr. Paterson

The Monster and the Girl (1941)
as Judge Pulver

Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as U.S. Marshal Cole

Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
as Insp. Renard

Untamed Frontier (1952)
as Matt Denbow

The Hardys Ride High (1939)
as Terry Archer

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
as Maloney

Princess O'Rourke (1943)
as Mr. Washburn

The Big Shot (1942)
as Warden George Booth

Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Loy Henderson

Beyond the Forest (1949)
as Moose

Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Townsend (uncredited)

A Bell for Adano (1945)
as Maj. Gen. McKay (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)

The Falcon Out West (1944)
as Dave Colby

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Lt. Milburn

Here Come the Waves (1944)
as Superior Officer (uncredited)

Fast Company (1938)
as Steve Langner

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)

Mr. District Attorney (1941)
as Arthur Barret

The Star (1952)
as Joe Morrison

Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
as Uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany

News Is Made at Night (1939)
as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)
as Judge Thatcher

Power of the Press (1943)
as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)

Rose of the Rancho (1936)
as Jonathan Hill

Pursuit (1935)
as Hale

The Longest Night (1936)
as Hardy

Moon Over Miami (1941)
as Mr. Jim Reynolds

You Came Along (1945)
as Uncle Jack

The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
as Gen. Andrew Harvey

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Joshua Speed

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as District Attorney Orville Beamish

Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
as Jesse Allen
Frisco Lil (1942)
Actor

Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
as Kenneth Marvin

Bewitched (1945)
as Governor

Babbitt (1934)
as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling

The Woman I Love (1937)
as Deschamps

24 Hours (1931)
as David Melbourn

Face to Face (1952)
as Scratchy Wilson

My Son John (1952)
as Dr. Carver

20 Mule Team (1940)
as Marshal

Stablemates (1938)
as Barney Donovan

Happy Land (1943)
as Judge Colvin

The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Airport Personnel Manager

Television Spy (1939)
as Burton Lawson

Lady Tubbs (1935)
as Fishbaker

Maisie (1939)
as Prosecuting Attorney

Birth of the Blues (1941)
as Henri Lambert

Little Egypt (1951)
as Cyrus Graydon

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
as Evans

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
as Colonel Sherwood

Shadows in the Night (1944)
as Frederick Gordon

The Parson of Panamint (1941)
as Sheriff Nickerson

Roar of the Crowd (1953)
as Cyrus Mackey

The Llano Kid (1939)
as Sheriff Robert McLane

Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
as Dr. MacConaghey

Cupid and Three (1913)
as Ben

Gallant Sons (1940)
as Barton Newbold

Yanks Ahoy (1943)
as Capt. Scott

Hidden Gold (1940)
as Ed Colby

When's Your Birthday? (1937)
as Regan

Rangers of Fortune (1940)
as Clem Bowdry

Saturday's Heroes (1937)
as Doc Thomas

That's My Baby! (1944)
as R. P. (Phineas) Moody

While New York Sleeps (1938)
as Charles MacFarland

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
as Ramsey Kent

Age of Indiscretion (1935)
as Mr. Adams

Mister Dynamite (1935)
as Clark Lewis

Annapolis Farewell (1935)
as Cmmdre. Briggs
Love Incognito (1913)
as Jack Fuller

Day by Day (1913)
as Frank

Dollars-Pounds-Sense (1913)
as Charles Watson





