Minor Watson
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).
They Died with Their Boots On
as Senator SmithThe story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...
Movie pageDead End
as Mr. GriswaldMobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up,...
Movie pageWoman of the Year
as William J. HardingRival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their...
Movie pageYankee Doodle Dandy
as AlbeeA film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George...
Movie pageWestern Union
as Pat GroganWhen Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he...
Movie pageTrapeze
as John Ringling NorthA pair of men try to perform the dangerous "triple" in their trapeze act. Problems arise when...
Movie pageGentleman Jim
as Buck WareAs bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...
Movie pageAction in the North Atlantic
as Rear Adm. Williams (uncredited)Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are...
Movie pageThe File on Thelma Jordon
as Judge Calvin H. BlackwellCleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with...
Movie pageChristmas Holiday
as TownsendDon't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life....
Movie pageThe Thin Man Goes Home
as Sam RonsonOn a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Movie pageBoys Town
as BishopDevout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of...
Movie pageCrash Dive
as Adm. Bob StewartA US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German...
Movie pageJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Movie pageThe Monster and the Girl
as Judge PulverAfter a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an...
Movie pageBeyond the Forest
as MooseRosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city...
Movie pageGuadalcanal Diary
as Col Wallace E. GraysonConcentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the...
Movie pageGallant Sons
as Barton NewboldWhen a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to...
Movie pageCourage of Lassie
as Sheriff Ed GraysonBill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and...
Movie pageUntamed Frontier
as Matt DenbowThe Denbow family denies access across their land to homesteaders. To evade a murder charge,...
Movie pageMister 880
as Judge O'NeilThe Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Capt. BrandyHuckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...
Movie pageTen Wanted Men
as Jason CarrWhen his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher...
Movie pageKings Row
as Sam WintersFive young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin...
Movie pageAbe Lincoln in Illinois
as Joshua SpeedAbe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
Movie pageThe Star
as Joe MorrisonActress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business....
Movie pageTo the Shores of Tripoli
as Christopher WintersChronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally...
Movie pageCharlie Chan in Paris
as Insp. RenardCharlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a...
Movie pageMaisie
as Prosecuting AttorneyWisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new...
Movie pageOf Human Hearts
as Captain GriggsThis is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil...
Movie pageThe Jackie Robinson Story
as Branch RickeyBiography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century....
Movie pageThe Big Shot
as Warden George BoothDuke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a...
Movie pageHidden Gold
as Ed ColbyHoppy and Lucky have been called in to investigate a series of stage holdups. The robbers are...
Movie pageFast Company
as Steve LangnerMarried book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.
Movie pageYoung People
as DakinWendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They...
Movie pageAs Young as You Feel
as Harold P. ClevelandSixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the...
Movie pageBabbitt
as Paul 'Paulivus' F. ReislingMiddle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing...
Movie pageA Bell for Adano
as Maj. Gen. McKayMajor Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano....
Movie pageMission to Moscow
as Loy HendersonAmbassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...
Movie pageSaratoga Trunk
as J.P. Reynolds (uncredited)An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join...
Movie pageThe Flying Irishman
as Airport Personnel ManagerThis is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan...
Movie pageThe Rawhide Years
as Matt ComfortBen Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena...
Movie pageGod Is My Co-Pilot
as Col. Caleb V. HaynesRobert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds...
Movie pageThat Certain Woman
as Clark TildenA gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
Movie page20 Mule Team
as MarshalIt is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining...
Movie pageA Southern Yankee
as Gen. WatkinsRed Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming...
Movie pageBewitched
as GovernorA girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Movie pageThe Hardys Ride High
as Terry ArcherSixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney...
Movie pageWhile New York Sleeps
as Charles MacFarlandNewspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Movie pageBright Victory
as Mr. PatersonA soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.
Movie pageMoon Over Miami
as Mr. Jim ReynoldsAfter losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses...
Movie pageFace to Face
as Scratchy WilsonTwo short films released together under a collective title. The first, "Secret Sharer", directed...
Movie pageAngels Wash Their Faces
as MaloneyA young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...
Movie pageNews Is Made at Night
as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford MusseyNewspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free...
Movie pageViva Cisco Kid
as Jesse AllenCisco saves a stagecoach from being robbed and takes a shine to one of the passengers whose...
Movie pageThe Falcon Out West
as Dave ColbyWhen a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he...
Movie pageHere I Am a Stranger
as EvansThe story of a young man's discovery of his father.
Movie pageThe Remarkable Andrew
as District Attorney Orville BeamishWhen Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city...
Movie pageMy Son John
as Dr. CarverIn this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.
Movie pageMr. District Attorney
as Arthur BarretAn assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Movie pageThe Woman I Love
as DeschampsIn World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Movie pageBirth of the Blues
as Henri LambertJeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He...
Movie page24 Hours
as David MelbournA nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her...
Movie pageMary Jane's Pa
as Kenneth MarvinSam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family,...
Movie pageStablemates
as Barney DonovanA boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a...
Movie pageAge of Indiscretion
as Mr. AdamsA book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to...
Movie pageKiss the Boys Goodbye
as Uncle Jefferson Davis BethanyNew York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for...
Movie pageNavy Blue and Gold
as Lt. MilburnThree Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
Movie pageYou Came Along
as Uncle JackWar hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute...
Movie pageStand Up and Fight
as U.S. Marshal ColeA southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Movie pageThe Longest Night
as HardyLove with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
Movie pageThat's My Baby!
as R. P. (Phineas) MoodyA love triangle occurs between the publisher's daughter Betty Moody. comic book artist Tim...
Movie pagePrincess O'Rourke
as Mr. WashburnA down-to-earth pilot charms a European princess on vacation in the United States.
Movie pageYanks Ahoy
as Capt. ScottSergeants flirt with a nurse aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese Sub.
Movie pageBoy Friend
as Capt. DuffyA cop pretends to be a crook in order to catch a gang of outlaws. The bad guys run a night club...
Movie pageWhen's Your Birthday?
as ReganSome shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict...
Movie pageThe Ambassador's Daughter
as Gen. Andrew HarveyWhile on leave in Paris, a G.I. pursues an ambassador's daughter. Meanwhile she's out to prove...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Judge ThatcherThis made-for-TV production originally aired on the "Climax!" show and opened up its second...
Movie pageLittle Egypt
as Cyrus GraydonA belly dancer causes a scandal with her suggestive dancing at a Worlds Fair exhibition at the...
Movie pageRoar of the Crowd
as Cyrus MackeyJohnny Tracy, son of veteran race driver Pop Tracy, is working his way up on the racing circuit,...
Movie pageSaturday's Heroes
as Doc ThomasCollege football player is expelled for ticket scalping, and teams up with reporter to expose...
Movie pageTelevision Spy
as Burton LawsonA scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and...
Movie pageRangers of Fortune
as Clem BowdryFred MacMurray stars as a US Army misfit who, with pals Albert Dekker and Gilbert Roland, roam...
Movie pageBoys' Ranch
as Mr. HarperA juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a...
Movie pageHere Come the Waves
as Superior Officer (uncredited)Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join...
Movie pageThe Pursuit of Happiness
as Colonel SherwoodLederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls...
Movie pageRose of the Rancho
as Jonathan HillIt is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and...
Movie pagePursuit
as Hale"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of...
Movie pageHappy Land
as Judge ColvinAn Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist...
Movie pageThe Llano Kid
as Sheriff Robert McLaneLora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades...
Movie pageShadows in the Night
as Frederick GordonA criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
Movie pageThe Parson of Panamint
as Sheriff NickersonAs he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...
Movie pageLove, Honor and Behave
as Dr. MacConagheyComedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert...
Movie pageAnnapolis Farewell
as Cmmdre. BriggsCommodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and,...
Movie pageHenry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Ramsey KentHenry and his pal Dizzy become Boy Scout leaders, but a spoiled brat in their troop quickly...
Movie pagePower of the Press
as John Cleveland Carter (uncredited)During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about...
Movie pageDollars-Pounds-Sense
as Charles Watson"You're worth your weight in gold!" This is what Charles Watson, a young spendthrift, told every...
Movie pageCheckers
as Dr. SmithA clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's...
Movie pageLady Tubbs
as FishbakerA cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and...
Movie pageMister Dynamite
as Clark LewisA gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
Movie pageCupid and Three
as BenArthur and Ben are friendly rivals for the hand of Celia. Celia, however, prefers Ben and tries...
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