The Watson Family

The First Family of Hollywood

There were nine Watson kids who were all child actors in the silent film era!

• Billy
• Bobs
• Coy
• Delmar
• Garry
• Gloria
• Harry
• Louise
• Vivian

Delmar
1930s and 1940s

• He was in over 80 films!
• He was Otis Hopper in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington!
• During World War II he and a few of his brothers became cameramen for the U.S. Coast Guard!
• Full name David Delmar Watson

Bobs
1930s through the 1960s

• In the 1930s he could cry on cue! He was known as the Cry Baby of Hollywood
• He acted through the 1960s and then quit and became a Methodist minister!
• Full name Robert Ball Watson