Harry Watson

Harry Watson

Born: June 12, 1876
Died: September 23, 1930
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Harry Watson Jr. aka Harry B. Watson was an American actor and comedian. Before his Vaudeville, Broadway and film careers, he was a clown for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Movies for Harry Watson...

Fifty Miles from Broadway
Title: Fifty Miles from Broadway
Released: August 5, 1929
Type: Movie
A vaudeville style comedy/musical short about a couple that gets engaged and their fighting families.
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Zander the Great
Title: Zander the Great
Character: Good News
Released: May 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad, and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to see to it that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.
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The Great White Way
Title: The Great White Way
Character: City Editor
Released: January 3, 1924
Type: Movie
The Great White Way
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Little Old New York
Title: Little Old New York
Character: Bully Boy Brewster
Released: August 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
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Musty's Vacation
Title: Musty's Vacation
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: June 3, 1917
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer, finding a meal ticket, resolves to take a vacation while eating is free. The café owner, however, discovers Musty’s face does not compare with the photograph on the ticket. Musty goes out to have it altered, thinking less of the face than he does of the meal ticket. He is completely recast in a steel foundry and returns to enjoy the free meals only to find that the restaurant has closed.
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Musty B. Young
Title: Musty B. Young
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: May 27, 1917
Type: Movie
Musty applies for a job as office boy, but is turned down because he is too old. He visits a doctor to get some elixir of youth, but drinks too much and is reduced to a sprightly two-year-old.
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Starlight Sleep
Title: Starlight Sleep
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: May 20, 1917
Type: Movie
Musty suffers from sleeplessness and consults a quack doctor, who administers "Starlight Sleep."
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Spliced and Iced
Title: Spliced and Iced
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: May 12, 1917
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer gets married.
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Pure and Simple
Title: Pure and Simple
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: May 6, 1917
Type: Movie
Musty becomes a carpenter's assistant. He decides that a twin brother would be a great help to him in his work, so he makes one out of wood. Thrown out of the shop, Musty and the dummy break into a girls' tea party with startling results. Of course, in the end, our hero gets very much the worst of it.
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The Ladder of Fame
Title: The Ladder of Fame
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 29, 1917
Type: Movie
The Ladder of Fame is a 1917 comedy short
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Truly Rural
Title: Truly Rural
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 22, 1917
Type: Movie
Truly Rural is a silent 1917 comedy short.
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Wet and Dry
Title: Wet and Dry
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 15, 1917
Type: Movie
Wet and Dry is a silent film comedy.
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The Soda Jerker
Title: The Soda Jerker
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 8, 1917
Type: Movie
The Soda Jerker is a silent comedy short.
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The Fried Egg Hero
Title: The Fried Egg Hero
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer has a job as a waiter, though he lacks considerable in efficiency. Finding that he gets into trouble with every order he serves, he joins the entertainers and sings a solo. This serves to empty the place as he hoped and gives his a rest. However, another patron comes in and Musty serves him. The customer is irritated with his order and calls for the manager. Musty goes to the kitchen, changes his make-up and poses as the official.
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Fore and Aft
Title: Fore and Aft
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: August 23, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer at sea.
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Partly Cloudy
Title: Partly Cloudy
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: August 16, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty holds down a job in Mole and Kittleton's dime museum. Musty seems to be the sole employee about the place, and whatever is called for by any of the patrons, he has to supply it. He is placed in charge of the cane rack, and of course, cheats so that the customers get no canes. One irascible old fellow complains to the manager, who upbraids Musty for his dishonesty. As soon as the customer leaves the manager congratulates himself on having so business-like an employee.
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Active Service
Title: Active Service
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: August 9, 1916
Type: Movie
Series 2, episode 8 of 'The Mishaps of Musty Suffer' series of one-reel comedies, where Harry Watson gets a make-over.
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Capturing Chicago
Title: Capturing Chicago
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: August 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Shot during the motion picture exposition in Chicago in July 1916, this short shows off Musty Suffer as he is given the key to the city.
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Outs and Ins
Title: Outs and Ins
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: August 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer gets a job as a chef and waiter at an automat restaurant. Various customers attempt to filch food or money from the coin slots, and Musty deals with the situation.
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Strictly Private
Title: Strictly Private
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: July 25, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer hunts wild horses in the bad lands of New Jersey. He captures a fine specimen and sells it, but it breaks away to join the fascinating Musty. The fairy tramp grants Musty's wish for a suit and cab, and goes into business.
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A Pirate Bold
Title: A Pirate Bold
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: July 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty goes for a day's fishing, but bites are scarce and he whiles away the time reading an exciting story entitled "The Bold, Bad Pirate." He goes to sleep sitting on the edge of a bridge and dreams of hidden treasure and dark deeds on the Spanish Main.
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Local Showers
Title: Local Showers
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: July 11, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer visits a "painless dentist"
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While You Wait
Title: While You Wait
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: July 4, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer gets a job as a maid. Then he gets a job as a butler, in the same household. Then he gets a job as a gardener. This becomes complicated.
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Showing Some Speed
Title: Showing Some Speed
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: June 28, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty, messenger boy, is assigned to deliver a cook stove to a certain address. In spite of the fact that there is no one home and the house locked up, Musty takes the stove in through the window.
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Blow Your Horn
Title: Blow Your Horn
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: June 20, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer finds a bicycle and gets a job as a messenger; hilarity ensues, of course.
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Coming Down
Title: Coming Down
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: May 3, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty holds down a job as general factotum at the Busy Bee Amusement Arcade, one of his chief duties being that of taking tickets at the entrance to the moving stairway which leads to the cinema theater on the second floor.
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Out Of Order
Title: Out Of Order
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 20, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty is standing around in a state of confusion, so his fairy godfather appears to find him a job as a general factotum at an amusement gallery. Musty serves as a bootblack, a ticket-taker, a target at the shooting gallery and a rope to block off a non-working escalator.
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Just Imagination
Title: Just Imagination
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 18, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer dreams of being subjected to psychological experiments by unethical doctors.
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Bells and Belles
Title: Bells and Belles
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer as a bell-boy.
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The Lightning Bell-Hop
Title: The Lightning Bell-Hop
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: April 4, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer gets a job as a bell hop at a cheap little hotel, the Outside Inn.
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Look Out Below
Title: Look Out Below
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: March 29, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty and his friend, Willie Work, after a comfortable night's rest in a convenient henhouse, set out in search of adventure. They select a mansion with the intention of burglary, but are frightened away by a militant sawbuck. They are summoned by Mme. Cayenne, a jealously guarded wife, who promises them a fine lunch if they will mail a letter to her lover. They agree and the lunch is served. Just as they begin to eat, Senor Cayenne returns. Musty dives out of the second-floor window and hangs from the sill. Willie, who fails to escape, is introduced to Senor as Madame's brother from Kokomo, and royally entertained.
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Going Up
Title: Going Up
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: March 22, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer is invited to stay in a mansion; hilarity ensues.
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Hold Fast!
Title: Hold Fast!
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: March 15, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer gets accidentally kidnapped and has to box for his life.
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Cruel and Unusual
Title: Cruel and Unusual
Character: Musty Suffer
Released: March 1, 1916
Type: Movie
Musty Suffer as a golf caddy.
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The Fixer
Title: The Fixer
Character: Bill Fowler
Released: September 15, 1915
Type: Movie
When Bill Fowler decided to wed the wealthy widow, Isabel Dare, of Rye, N.Y., he gave a bachelor dinner. And the dinner degenerated into a quiet game with sugar for dice until constable Zack arrived with sleuths galore and landed them everyone safe and sound in the local calaboose. This was an early five-reeler that featured the famous George Bickel and Harry Watson duo.
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Actors' Fund Field Day
Title: Actors' Fund Field Day
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 1910
Type: Movie
It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.
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The Comet
Title: The Comet
Character: The Earth
Released: January 1, 1910
Type: Movie
An Edison film created for a stage show, showcasing impressive special effects!