Bobby Watson

Bobby Watson

Born: November 26, 1888
Died: May 22, 1965
in Springfield, Illinois, USA
Bobby Watson (born Robert Watson Knucher; November 28, 1888 – May 22, 1965) was an American theater and film actor, playing a variety of character roles, including, after 1942, Adolf Hitler.

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The High Cost of Loving
Title: The High Cost of Loving
Character: Marvin Phyffe (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1958
Type: Movie
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.
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The Story of Mankind
Title: The Story of Mankind
Character: Adolf Hitler
Released: November 8, 1957
Type: Movie
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
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Title: Highway Patrol
Character: Ted Tewell, father
Released: October 3, 1955
Type: TV
Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.
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No Escape
Title: No Escape
Character: Claude Duffy (as Robert Watson)
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar to be blamed for the crime. The girl, knowing that neither she nor the piano player committed the murder, helps him to escape from the police dragnet and try to find the real killer.
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Singin' in the Rain
Title: Singin' in the Rain
Character: Diction Coach (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
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G.I. Jane
Title: G.I. Jane
Character: Colonel
Released: July 6, 1951
Type: Movie
A civilian, ordered to report to his draft board, slips off into a dream about the army life ahead of him. He is assigned to a remote desert post where the soldiers crave female companionship. He forges orders that brings a platoon of WACs who are forbidden to fraternize with the soldiers.
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Copper Canyon
Title: Copper Canyon
Character: Bixby (as Robert Watson)
Released: November 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
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The Paleface
Title: The Paleface
Character: Toby Preston
Released: December 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
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A Foreign Affair
Title: A Foreign Affair
Character: Hitler (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1948
Type: Movie
In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
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The Big Clock
Title: The Big Clock
Character: Morton Spalding
Released: March 18, 1948
Type: Movie
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
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Hold That Blonde!
Title: Hold That Blonde!
Character: Edwards
Released: November 23, 1945
Type: Movie
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace. Complications include two scantily attired individuals, one of them drunk, clinging to the cornice of a skyscraper and a large band of crooks in quest of the precious jewels.
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Duffy's Tavern
Title: Duffy's Tavern
Character: Masseur
Released: September 28, 1945
Type: Movie
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
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The Hitler Gang
Title: The Hitler Gang
Character: Adolf Hitler
Released: April 26, 1944
Type: Movie
The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Title: The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Character: Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1943
Type: Movie
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
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Nazty Nuisance
Title: Nazty Nuisance
Character: Adolph Hitler
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via submarine, to a tropical country to negotiate a treaty with the High Chief Paj Mab. However, an American P.T-boat crew is already there and have some plans for schickenbit-grubber and his buddies.
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Don't Be a Sucker!
Title: Don't Be a Sucker!
Released: June 4, 1943
Type: Movie
Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States. The film was made to make the case for the desegregation of the United States armed forces.
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It Ain't Hay
Title: It Ain't Hay
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
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Hitler- Dead or Alive
Title: Hitler- Dead or Alive
Character: Adolf Hitler
Released: November 12, 1942
Type: Movie
A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.
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The Devil with Hitler
Title: The Devil with Hitler
Character: Adolf Hitler
Released: October 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.
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Secrets of a Model
Title: Secrets of a Model
Character: Stuart Bannerman
Released: April 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Pretty girl in need of money for her dying mom's operation poses for a sculpture.
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The Ghost Comes Home
Title: The Ghost Comes Home
Character: Waldo (uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
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Kid Nightingale
Title: Kid Nightingale
Character: Oscar - the Service Station Man (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1939
Type: Movie
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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Everything's on Ice
Title: Everything's on Ice
Character: French
Released: October 5, 1939
Type: Movie
Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.
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Coast Guard
Title: Coast Guard
Character: Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper, in a daring rescue at sea. Speed flies the injured man back to the base hospital, where the two officers later visit him. There Ray meets Nancy Bliss, Bliss' grand-daughter, and falls in love with her. Speed meets her at a dance and urges Ray to propose before some other guy does. Ray is assigned to flood rescue duty, and Speed and Nancy start going out together and discover they are in love.
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Lucky Night
Title: Lucky Night
Character: Orchestra Leader at George's (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1939
Type: Movie
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The two of them embark on a wild night of gambling and winning, where everything they touch turns to gold. Pretty soon they're in love and, to the horror of Cora's father, married.
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The Kid From Texas
Title: The Kid From Texas
Character: Polo Match Announcer
Released: April 14, 1939
Type: Movie
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and trying to save a floundering Wild West show.
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You're a Sweetheart
Title: You're a Sweetheart
Character: Defense Attorney
Released: December 26, 1937
Type: Movie
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production coincides with that of a major charity event. He despairs that the show will close after opening night until an ingenious writer suggests that he simply give the production snob-appeal by making the tickets nearly impossible to get by fabricating a story that they were all purchased by a flamboyant Texas oil baron who is totally besotted by the show's star.
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The Adventurous Blonde
Title: The Adventurous Blonde
Character: Mugsy, a reporter
Released: November 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Calling All Doctors
Title: Calling All Doctors
Character: Steve Brown
Released: July 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Charley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy.
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Captains Courageous
Title: Captains Courageous
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
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From Bad to Worse
Title: From Bad to Worse
Character: Friend
Released: June 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Charley's honeymoon is upset by a woman and her jealous husband.
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Ready, Willing and Able
Title: Ready, Willing and Able
Character: Tenant
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
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Dangerous Number
Title: Dangerous Number
Character: Orchestra Leader
Released: January 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave the groom-to-be and marry him. Shortly after the marriage, they discover that they have nothing in common. They separate. Hank decides to pick any name from the phone book and date them. That date results in a wild and frightful night for Hank, thanks to Eleanor's clever plan.
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Libeled Lady
Title: Libeled Lady
Character: Waif (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
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Streamline Express
Title: Streamline Express
Character: Gerald Wilson
Released: September 15, 1935
Type: Movie
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.
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China Seas
Title: China Seas
Character: Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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The Murder Man
Title: The Murder Man
Character: Carey Booth
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his shady business partner, Grey is one step ahead of the police to the extent that he often dictates his story in advance of its actual occurrence. He leads the police through an 'open and shut' case resulting in Mander being tried, convicted and sentenced to death. Columnist Mary Shannon is in love with Steve but she sees him struggle greatly with his last story before Mander's execution. When she starts typing out the story from his recorded dictation, she realizes why.
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Society Doctor
Title: Society Doctor
Character: Albright
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
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The Bands Plays On
Title: The Bands Plays On
Character: Radio Announcer
Released: December 21, 1934
Type: Movie
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
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The Gay Bride
Title: The Gay Bride
Character: Car Salesman (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
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I Hate Women
Title: I Hate Women
Character: Ducky
Released: May 10, 1934
Type: Movie
A reporter is frustrated with women after a string of failed relationships. But then he finds himself taking up the cause of a young women he believes is falsely accused of killing her husband.
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
Title: The Countess of Monte Cristo
Character: Hotel Valet
Released: March 18, 1934
Type: Movie
A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.
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This Side of Heaven
Title: This Side of Heaven
Character: Mr. Worthington - Interior Decorator (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
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Going Hollywood
Title: Going Hollywood
Character: Thompson
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult problems lay ahead when Lili gets in the way.
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Paul Revere, Jr.
Title: Paul Revere, Jr.
Character: Martin Tinwell
Released: October 7, 1933
Type: Movie
A drunken fool by the name of Paul Revere Wilson (or Williams or something) drinks too much and imagines himself living in 1776.
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Moonlight and Pretzels
Title: Moonlight and Pretzels
Character: Bertie
Released: August 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on Broadway.
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Wine, Women and Song
Title: Wine, Women and Song
Character: Lawrence
Released: March 27, 1933
Type: Movie
The story of aging chorus girl Frankie Arnette, who'll do anything for publicity. Fiercely ambitious, Frankie even promises that if she is given a leading role in an upcoming Broadway musical, prominent producer Morgan Andrews will be allowed to enjoy the "attentions" of her own daughter Marilyn. But Marilyn is in love with likeable Ray Joyce, and wants no part of her mother's intrigues.
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Manhattan Parade
Title: Manhattan Parade
Character: Paisley
Released: December 24, 1931
Type: Movie
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
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Arrowsmith
Title: Arrowsmith
Character: Little Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
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Follow the Leader
Title: Follow the Leader
Character: George White
Released: December 6, 1930
Type: Movie
Ed Wynn, a waiter, tries to get hit employers daughter a start on the stage; Ginger Rogers replaces Ethel Merman when Merman is kidnapped.
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The Baby Bandit
Title: The Baby Bandit
Released: June 11, 1930
Type: Movie
A husband goes to a convention, where he gets entangled with a lady bandit, who passes herself off as his wife.
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Glorious Vamps
Title: Glorious Vamps
Character: Bobby Watson
Released: January 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A burlesque survey of femmes fatales through the ages.
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Syncopation
Title: Syncopation
Character: Benny Darrell
Released: March 23, 1929
Type: Movie
Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, Sloane and Darrel, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken to New York City, to be on Broadway. However, it quickly folds, and the two are forced to look for other employment. They eventually find work in a nightclub, becoming famous.But while performing at the nightclub, Flo becomes entranced by a young, sophisticated millionaire playboy, Winston.
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The Song and Dance Man
Title: The Song and Dance Man
Character: Fred Carroll
Released: February 8, 1926
Type: Movie
Song and Dance Man was based on the play of the same name by George M. Cohan. Tom Moore plays vaudevillian Happy Farrell, who gives up show biz to take a "civilian" job. Finding success in the business world, Happy tries to go back on stage, only to find that it isn't quite so easy the second time around. Meanwhile, our hero's former vaude partner Leola Lane (Bessie Love), now a headliner at the Palace, gives it all up to become the bride of artist Joseph Murdock
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That Royle Girl
Title: That Royle Girl
Character: Hoofer
Released: December 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of a dance band. When Fred's estranged wife Adele is murdered, Fred is arrested and convicted of the crime. Joan believes that the real murderer is Baretta, a gangster who was keeping Adele as his mistress