The Watsons are an American family of nine sibling actors, who are
known as "the first family of Hollywood". They were all first active
as child actors in silent motion picture films. As of 2020, Billy
Watson (born 1923) and Garry Watson (born 1928), are still alive, but
unlike other siblings, both actors roles were mainly uncreditedWhen
Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios, located just 600 feet from the Watson
family home, needed child actors for films, the father Canadian
American J. C "Coy" Watson Sr. provided the kids. The Watson children
worked with many big stars in the early Hollywood era, notably James
Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple, Katharine
Hepburn and Henry Fonda. Several members of the Watson family also
worked as press, newsreel and television photographers during their
adult careers.The family were collectively honored with a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6674 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood ,
California on April 22, 1999. Billy, Garry, and Louise were
interviewed in July 2017 about their experiences in Hollywood.The
Watson family's grandfather, James Watson, was a photographer who took
photos of Buffalo Bill on Broadway. His son, J.C. (James Caughey)
"Coy" Watson Sr. (born Ontario, Canada, April 14, 1890 â€" May 23,
1968), a horse breaker, married Golda Gladdis Wimer (1893â€"1979) on
September 23, 1910. Their nine children went on to act in over 1,000
films, starting out as toddlers and child stars. The eldest of the
siblings Coy Watson Jr. authored a book, The Keystone Kid
known as "the first family of Hollywood". They were all first active
as child actors in silent motion picture films. As of 2020, Billy
Watson (born 1923) and Garry Watson (born 1928), are still alive, but
unlike other siblings, both actors roles were mainly uncreditedWhen
Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios, located just 600 feet from the Watson
family home, needed child actors for films, the father Canadian
American J. C "Coy" Watson Sr. provided the kids. The Watson children
worked with many big stars in the early Hollywood era, notably James
Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Fred Astaire, Shirley Temple, Katharine
Hepburn and Henry Fonda. Several members of the Watson family also
worked as press, newsreel and television photographers during their
adult careers.The family were collectively honored with a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6674 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood ,
California on April 22, 1999. Billy, Garry, and Louise were
interviewed in July 2017 about their experiences in Hollywood.The
Watson family's grandfather, James Watson, was a photographer who took
photos of Buffalo Bill on Broadway. His son, J.C. (James Caughey)
"Coy" Watson Sr. (born Ontario, Canada, April 14, 1890 â€" May 23,
1968), a horse breaker, married Golda Gladdis Wimer (1893â€"1979) on
September 23, 1910. Their nine children went on to act in over 1,000
films, starting out as toddlers and child stars. The eldest of the
siblings Coy Watson Jr. authored a book, The Keystone Kid
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