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Minor Watson is a Actor American born on 22 december 1889 at Marianna (USA)
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).
He is buried in Alton Cemetery in Alton, Illinois.
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Nationality USA
Birth 22 december 1889 at Marianna (USA)
Death 28 july 1965 (at 75 years) at Alton (USA)
Birth 22 december 1889 at Marianna (USA)
Death 28 july 1965 (at 75 years) at Alton (USA)
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).
He is buried in Alton Cemetery in Alton, Illinois.
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Trapeze (1956)
, 1h41Directed by Carol Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Circus films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Gina Lollobrigida, Katy Jurado, Thomas Gomez, Minor Watson
Roles John Ringling North
Rating67%
Crippled trapeze aerialist and former star Mike Ribble (Burt Lancaster) sees great promise in young, brash Tino Orsini (Tony Curtis). Ribble—only the sixth man to have completed the dangerous triple somersault—thinks his protégé is capable of matching the same feat but only if he gives him rigorous training. However, Orsini is distracted by the new third member of their circus act, the manipulative Lola (Gina Lollobrigida). Tensions rise as a love triangle forms.
The Rawhide Years (1956)
, 1h25Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, John Arthur Kennedy, William Demarest, William Gargan, Peter van Eyck
Roles Matt Comfort
Rating60%
Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But, Galena's leading citizen is murdered on the riverboat while on their way. Ben is implicated on arrival and flees, all the while working both sides of the law to clear his name. Three years of wandering later, Zoe's letters stop coming and Ben returns to find her. Encountering Rick Harper, whom he initially takes as a would be bandit, they develop a friendship that winds up with both men saving the others neck.
The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)
, 1h43Directed by Norman Krasna
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Francis Lederer
Roles Gen. Andrew Harvey
Rating58%
When a visiting American senator decides to make Paris off-limits to enlisted military personnel, the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador to France decides to show him that American servicemen can be gentlemen by dating one of them without revealing her lofty social status. Sergeant Sullivan takes Joan to colorful nightclub cabarets, and on a comical trip up the Eiffel Tower, all the time believing her to be a Dior fashion model. Thinking she has an emergency back in America, Sullivan offers to buy her an airline ticket, for which she is grateful, until she hears that counterfeit plane tickets are a common scam used by American servicemen to impress girls. Sullivan's friend, the homespun Corporal O'Connor, all the while is a guest of the Ambassador's family and other top brass, and tries to alert Sullivan as to Joan's true identity, but is unable to contact Sulllivan (and is sworn to secrecy). When Sullivan drops into the Dior fashion show one day to look for Joan, the staff have never heard of her, however he sees her observing the show with her father's friend the Senator, whom he mistakenly assumes must be her sugar daddy. On their last dinner date, Joan walks out on Sullivan, when he accidentally spills wine on her and offers to take her to his hotel room, thinking he is dishonorable. Finally, one evening Sullivan and the Ambassador's family, by coincidence, separately attend the same ballet performance of Swan Lake, where during the intermission Sullivan learns her true identity and their misunderstanding is resolved.
Ten Wanted Men (1955)
, 1h20Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone, Alfonso Bedoya, Denver Pyle, Skip Homeier
Roles Jason Carr
Rating59%
Adam Stewart, a lawyer heading west with grown son Howie, is persuaded by brother John Stewart to settle down near him in Ocatilla, Arizona, where he has a ranch and romantic interest in a widow, Corinne Michaels.
Roar of the Crowd (1953)
, 1h11Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films
Actors Howard Duff, Dave Willock, Helene Stanley, Minor Watson, Helene Stanley, Harry Shannon
Roles Cyrus Mackey
Rating53%
An aspiring young racing driver is injured in his first Indianapolis 500, and is persuaded by his fiancée to give up the sport. But she eventually has a change of heart, permitting him to make a comeback.
Face to Face (1952)
, 1h29Directed by Bretaigne Windust, John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Actors James Mason, Michael Pate, Gene Lockhart, Robert Preston, Albert Sharpe, Marjorie Steele
Roles Scratchy Wilson
Rating60%
Untamed Frontier (1952)
, 1h18Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joseph Cotten, Shelley Winters, Scott Brady, Lee Van Cleef, Minor Watson, Fess Parker
Roles Matt Denbow
Rating61%
Glenn Denbow tries to have the best of both worlds, ruthlessly shooting any homesteader who gets in his way, then marrying the only eyewitness, Jane Stevens.
The Star (1952)
, 1h29Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis
Roles Joe Morrison
Rating69%
Oscar Award winning star Margaret "Maggie" Elliot (Bette Davis) is a bankrupt actress unwilling to accept her new non-wealthy reality. She is in denial, and confident she can build herself up again and somehow fix her career. After she gets another big deception striving to get that last one good role, she gets drunk, is arrested for DUI, and spends a night in jail. She is bailed out by Jim Johannsen (Sterling Hayden), a young former actor whom she helped in the past. Jim loves her and, helped by Margaret’s daughter Gretchen (Natalie Wood), tries to make Margaret see that her big screen days as a famous actress are already over. She manages to get a screen test for a role in a film she’d always wanted to play. She is offered a screen test for a supporting role which she accepts, trusting that if she plays that character as a sexy young woman she might be able to get the best part, but it does not work out.
My Son John (1952)
, 2h2Directed by Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker, Minor Watson, Frank McHugh
Roles Dr. Carver
Rating55%
In uniform, John and Ben Jefferson, strapping blonds who played high school football, attend Sunday Mass with their parents before leaving for army service in Korea. Their older brother, John sends regrets that he can not join their farewell dinner because of his work for the federal government in Washington.
As Young as You Feel (1951)
, 1h17Directed by Harmon Jones
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Marilyn Monroe, Constance Bennett
Roles Harold P. Cleveland
Rating64%
When printer John R. Hodges (Monty Woolley) is forced to retire at age 65 because of a company policy, he decides to do something about it. Dyeing his hair black, he poses as Harold P. Cleveland, the president of his former employer's parent company and goes on an inspection tour of his old workplace, with the firm's nervous, mystified executives in tow. While walking around the plant, Hodges runs into Joe Elliott (David Wayne), the boyfriend of his granddaughter Alice (Jean Peters), and winks at him to let him in on the joke. Afterward, Hodges complains about the lack of experienced older employees, causing company president Louis McKinley (Albert Dekker) to promise to rescind the retirement policy and rehire all those affected by it within the past year.
Bright Victory (1951)
, 1h36Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Political films, La cécité
Actors John Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams, Richard Egan, Will Geer, Rock Hudson
Roles Mr. Paterson
Rating72%
During World War II, Larry Nevins, an American sergeant, is blinded by a German sniper while fighting in North Africa. He is taken to a hospital for other blinded soldiers, where he struggles to come to terms with his disability.
Little Egypt (1951)
, 1h21Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Rhonda Fleming, Mark Stevens, Nancy Guild, Charles Drake, Minor Watson, Steven Geray
Roles Cyrus Graydon
Rating69%
Looking to bring back authentic Egyptians for his exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair, Cyrus Graydon goes to Cairo, where he is joined by a pasha and by an American con artist named Wayne Cravat.
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
, 1h17Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about racism, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Ruby Dee, Minor Watson, Louise Beavers, Richard Lane, Harry Shannon, Ben Lessy
Roles Branch Rickey
Rating62%
The film begins with Robinson as a boy. He is given a worn-out baseball glove by a stranger impressed by his fielding skills. As a young man, he becomes a multi-sport star at the University of California, Los Angeles, but as he nears graduation, he worries about his future. His older brother Mack was also an outstanding college athlete and graduate, but the only job he could get was that of a lowly street cleaner.
Mister 880 (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dorothy McGuire, Edmund Gwenn, Millard Mitchell, Minor Watson, Howard St. John
Roles Judge O'Neil
Rating69%
Un faux-monnayeur parvient depuis vingt ans à échapper aux agents du Trésor Américain, non pas qu'il soit expert, mais au contraire, son amateurisme fait qu'il n'imprime que cinquante dollars par mois. L'agent Buchanan tente de l'épingler. On ne peut pas se tromper sur l'origine de ses billets, ils sont mal imités et comportent une faute à Washington !
Beyond the Forest (1949)
, 1h37Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Melodrama
Actors Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson, Dona Drake
Roles Moose
Rating67%
Rosa Moline is the neglected wife of a small-town Wisconsin doctor. She grows bored and becomes infatuated with a visiting Chicago businessman. She extorts money from her husband's patients and uses the cash to flee to Chicago, but the businessman does not welcome her. She returns home and becomes pregnant by her husband. The businessman has a change of heart and follows her to Wisconsin. He wants her back, but not her baby, so she attempts to abort by throwing herself down a hill, gets peritonitis and dies.