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Acting

Minor Watson

Career: Active from 1913 to 1956, with a break from 1914 to 1930, busiest in 1940 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 6
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Gentleman Jim
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Minor Watson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Scare
1.1, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.1, average 2.5
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 4
Romance 3
Social Commentary 3
Character Study 2
American History 2
Coming-of-Age Story 2
Family-Friendly 2
Family Drama 2
Historical Setting 2
Fatal Attraction 2
Character-Driven 2
Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1950s

15 titles · average score 58

Trapeze

69

as John Ringling North

The Rawhide Years

59

as Matt Comfort

Ten Wanted Men

56

as Jason Carr

Roar of the Crowd

as Cyrus Mackey

The Star

44

as Joe Morrison

Untamed Frontier

42

as Matt Denbow

My Son John

42

as Dr. Carver

Face to Face

as Scratchy Wilson

Little Egypt

as Cyrus Graydon

As Young as You Feel

59

as Harold P. Cleveland

The Jackie Robinson Story

61

as Branch Rickey

Mister 880

70

as Judge O'Neil

1940s

47 titles · average score 63

The File on Thelma Jordon

67

as Judge Calvin H. Blackwell

Beyond the Forest

63

as Moose

A Southern Yankee

50

as Gen. Watkins

The Falcon Out West

43

as Dave Colby

That's My Baby!

as R. P. (Phineas) Moody

Woman of the Year

68

as William J. Harding

Gentleman Jim

88

as Buck Ware

The Big Shot

66

as Warden George Booth

Mr. District Attorney

60

as Arthur Barret

Young People

59

as Dakin

Hidden Gold

60

as Ed Colby

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

78

as Joshua Speed

1930s

37 titles · average score 60

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

65

as Capt. Brandy

The Flying Irishman

as Airport Personnel Manager

News Is Made at Night

as Charles Coulton AKA Clifford Mussey

Touchdown, Army

as Col. Denby

Stablemates

65

as Barney Donovan

Checkers

as Dr. Smith

The Woman I Love

as Deschamps

Charlie Chan in Paris

64

as Insp. Renard

Mary Jane's Pa

as Kenneth Marvin

The Pursuit of Happiness

as Colonel Sherwood

Babbitt

52

as Paul 'Paulivus' F. Reisling

24 Hours

62

as David Melbourn

1910s

4 titles

Day by Day

as Frank

as Jack Fuller

Dollars-Pounds-Sense

as Charles Watson

Cupid and Three

as Ben