Bobby Watson (actor)

For others with the same name, see Robert Watson.

Bobby Watson (November 28, 1888 – May 22, 1965), born Robert Watson Knucher, was an American theater actor, character actor, and bit player in movies.[1]

Born in Springfield, Illinois, Watson appeared in seven Broadway shows in the 1920's.[2] He began appearing in films at the end of the silent film era, in 1925, and continued working up to 1962.

His career changed in 1942, when he appeared in a Hal Roach Studio short subject called The Devil With Hitler. Watson would appear as Hitler in nine films altogether, including The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), The Story of Mankind (1957), On the Double (1961), and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962).

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