Minor Watson

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Minor S. Watson (born December 22, 1889 in Marianna , Arkansas , † July 28, 1965 in Alton , Illinois ) was an American actor.

life and career

Born in Arkansas, Watson began working as an actor in Brooklyn when he was 21 . He made his first films as early as 1913 and also had leading roles, but it was not until the beginning of the sound film era that he regularly appeared in films. In September 1922 he made his Broadway debut in the play Why Men Leave Home . In total, he was to play in America's largest theater district by 1947 in 15 plays. Although Watson was primarily a film actor from the 1930s, he always said:

"I am a theater actor by heart and profession - I was a movie star by need and a desire to eat!"

After Watson had played mostly in B-movies in the early years of his career, he experienced his most successful period as an actor in the 1940s. Mostly in supporting roles, he embodied kind-hearted and honorable average fellows such as warm-hearted doctors or concerned officers. Watson starred in The Devil's Guys (1938) alongside Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney as bishop and played Katharine Hepburn's father in the comedy The Woman We Talked About (1942) . He often played men from show business, for example in a minor supporting role in Yankee Doodle Dandy and in Trapez , one of his last films. Between 1913 and 1956 he appeared in over 115 films, and towards the end of his career he made a few television appearances. In the 1950s, Watson gradually withdrew from acting.

Minor Watson died in 1965 at the age of 75, he was married to Elinor Hewitt.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Watson | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ Minor Watson | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Watson, Minor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watson, Minor S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Marianna , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1965
Place of death Alton , Illinois