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Billy Watson

Child actor

Born - 25 December 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died - 17 February 2022

Tow-haired boy player from a child-acting family. He progressed to teenage roles, but did not return to the Hollywood scene after war service. Films included Taxi (1928), Love, Live and Laugh (1929), Who's the Boss (1930), Too Many Crooks (1931), Bad Girl (1931), Cannonball Express (1932), Doctor Bull (1933), Death on the Sports Field (1934), The Little Minister (1934), Life Begins at 40 (1935), Show Boat (1936), Mary of Scotland (1936), Hot Water (1937), Kidnapped (1938),In Old Chicago (1938), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Stanley and Livingstone (1939) and I Take This Woman (1940), his last. He later became a professional photographer. Brother of the rather better-known child actor Bobs Watson, who progressed to an adult career in minor roles.