The Watsons, known as "the first family of Hollywood", were a family of child actors. Family members included Coy Watson Jr., Bobs, Delmar, Harry, Garry, Billy, Vivian, Gloria, and Louise Watson, all of whom acted in motion pictures.
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Legacy
The family was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6674 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, California on 22 April 1999.
When Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios, which was just about 600 feet from the Watson home, needed child actors for film making, their father Coy Watson Sr. would provide the kids. The Watson children worked with some of the big stars in those days, including James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple, Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. The Watson brothers also worked as press, newsreel and television photographers during their adult careers.
Family members
J.C. (James Caughey) Watson (1890-1968) married Golda Gladdis Wimer (1893-1979) in 1910; their nine children played in over 1000 films: