Roy Watson (actor)
{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Roy Watson
| image = Roy Watson as Jules Deveroux in Wolf Blood.png
| caption = Roy Watson in a still from Wolf Blood
| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|8|6}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|6|7|1876|8|6}}
| death_place = Hollywood, California
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1911-1935
| spouse = Jane Keckley
}}
Roy Watson (August 6, 1876{{Citation needed |date=October 2022}} – June 7, 1937) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1911 and 1935.
Biography
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Watson began to act on stage in 1895. He went to Hollywood in 1909.{{cite news |title=Roy Watson, Film Actor, Succumbs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90327893/obituary-for-roy-watson/ |access-date=December 10, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=June 7, 1937 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210033144/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90327893/obituary-for-roy-watson/ |url-status=live }} Watson's first work with films was with the Selig Company when he appeared in The Hazards of Helen.{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-4693-3 |pages=389–390 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkOeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%3D%22Roy+Watson%22+actor&pg=PA389 |access-date=December 10, 2021 |language=en}}
Watson was married to, and divorced from actress Jane Keckley. He lived at the McCadden Hotel before moving to a rest home. He died at the Hollywood Hospital in Hollywood, California, on June 7, 1937.
Selected filmography
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1912)
- The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)
- The Livid Flame (1914)
- Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
- The Hazards of Helen (1914)
- The Soul's Cycle (1916)
- Jerry and the Vampire (1917)
- Cupid's Round Up (1918)
- The Trail of the Holdup Man (1919)
- Wolf Blood (1925)
- Chasing Trouble (1926)
- Speeding Hoofs (1927)
- Restless Youth (1928)
- The House of Terror (1928) a 10-chapter serial, today considered lostWorkman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p.324. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0914867|Roy Watson}}
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Category:Actors from Richmond, Virginia
Category:Male actors from Virginia
Category:American male film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male silent film actors
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