Bobs Watson

Birthday: 16 November 1930, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name: Robert Ball Watson

A Hollywood child who first appeared on the screen as a babe in arms, Watson is best known as "Pee Wee" from BOYS TOWN. Later, Watson entered the Claremont School of Theology and later pastored in Burbank and La Canada.

For a while, I used to worry that if I gave a really moving sermon, people would just figure that I ...Show more »

For a while, I used to worry that if I gave a really moving sermon, people would just figure that I was still acting, but I got over that. Acting did help me in that it is probably easier for me to relate to many different people than it would be for most men. Actually, I think the ability I was known for around the studios was what has helped me the most as a clergyman. To get me to cry, which is so hard for most kid actors, all a director or my dad would have to do was to tell me about some terrible trouble someone was having. I could always empathize and would burst into tears. Now I just see what can be done to help the person who comes to me with a serious problem. And there is always something. You know, Jesus never ever fails us. Show less «

On what prompted him to enter the ministry: "No matter how pleased I was with my career or my family...Show more »

On what prompted him to enter the ministry: "No matter how pleased I was with my career or my family, I kept hearing, 'Isn't there something more you could be doing with your life?' I was thirty-two years old when I made the decision, hardly the ideal age to enter the ministry, but that's what I did." Show less «