
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

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
as Col Wallace E. Grayson

A Bell for Adano (1945)
as McKay (uncredited)

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

Boys' Ranch (1946)
as Mr. Harper

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

Ten Wanted Men (1955)
as Jason Carr

Boys Town (1938)
as Bishop

Western Union (1941)
as Pat Grogan

The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Sam Ronson

Courage of Lassie (1946)
as Sheriff Ed Grayson

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Albee

Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
as Insp. Renard

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

Touchdown, Army (1938)
as Col. Denby

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

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
as Branch Rickey

Young People (1940)
as Dakin

Dead End (1937)
as Mr. Griswald

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

Checkers (1937)
as Dr. Smith

Trapeze (1956)
as John Ringling North

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

Rose of the Rancho (1936)
as Jonathan Hill

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

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

The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Matt Comfort

Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Buck Ware

Princess O'Rourke (1943)
as Mr. Washburn

Mr. District Attorney (1941)
as Arthur Barret

Crash Dive (1943)
as Adm. Bob Stewart

Pursuit (1935)
as Hale

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

Boy Friend (1939)
as Capt. Duffy

Roar of the Crowd (1953)
as Cyrus Mackey

Mister 880 (1950)
as Judge O'Neil

The Monster and the Girl (1941)
as Judge Pulver

A Southern Yankee (1948)
as Gen. Watkins

You Came Along (1945)
as Uncle Jack

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

Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Loy Henderson

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Joshua Speed

To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
as Christopher Winters

The Big Shot (1942)
as Warden George Booth

While New York Sleeps (1938)
as Charles MacFarland

Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
as Kenneth Marvin

Of Human Hearts (1938)
as Captain Griggs

Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Townsend (uncredited)

The Hardys Ride High (1939)
as Terry Archer

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)
as Judge Thatcher

Untamed Frontier (1952)
as Matt Denbow

The Star (1952)
as Joe Morrison

Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
as Lt. Milburn

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

Kings Row (1942)
as Sam Winters

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

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
as Maloney

Bright Victory (1951)
as Mr. Paterson

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

Stablemates (1938)
as Barney Donovan

The Falcon Out West (1944)
as Dave Colby

Shadows in the Night (1944)
as Frederick Gordon

The Parson of Panamint (1941)
as Sheriff Nickerson

The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
as Colonel Sherwood

That Certain Woman (1937)
as Clark Tilden

When's Your Birthday? (1937)
as Regan

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

Beyond the Forest (1949)
as Moose

Annapolis Farewell (1935)
as Cmmdre. Briggs

Rangers of Fortune (1940)
as Clem Bowdry

The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Airport Personnel Manager

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

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

My Son John (1952)
as Dr. Carver

Birth of the Blues (1941)
as Henri Lambert

Gallant Sons (1940)
as Barton Newbold

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
as Evans

Hidden Gold (1940)
as Ed Colby

Lady Tubbs (1935)
as Fishbaker

The Woman I Love (1937)
as Deschamps

Happy Land (1943)
as Judge Colvin

Maisie (1939)
as Prosecuting Attorney

Face to Face (1952)
as Scratchy Wilson

Moon Over Miami (1941)
as Mr. Jim Reynolds

Bewitched (1945)
as Governor

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
as Ramsey Kent

Age of Indiscretion (1935)
as Mr. Adams

Cupid and Three (1913)
as Ben

The Longest Night (1936)
as Hardy

20 Mule Team (1940)
as Marshal

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

The Llano Kid (1939)
as Sheriff Robert McLane

The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as District Attorney Orville Beamish
Frisco Lil (1942)
Actor

Fast Company (1938)
as Steve Langner

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

Yanks Ahoy (1943)
as Capt. Scott

Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
as Jesse Allen

Little Egypt (1951)
as Cyrus Graydon

24 Hours (1931)
as David Melbourn

Television Spy (1939)
as Burton Lawson

Mister Dynamite (1935)
as Clark Lewis

Dollars-Pounds-Sense (1913)
as Charles Watson

Saturday's Heroes (1937)
as Doc Thomas

Day by Day (1913)
as Frank
Love Incognito (1913)
as Jack Fuller





