Coy Watson Sr. was born on April 14, 1890 in California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Thief of Bagdad (1924) and This Is Your Life (1950). He was married to Golda Gladdis Wimer. He died on May 23, 1968 in Edendale, California, USA.
He went from wrangle to special effects and designed the flying carpet for the 1924 Douglas Fairbanks film "The Thief of Baghdad" That effect was considered amazed people at the time.
All nine of his children appeared in films and appeared in more than 1,000 movies. Their family home was in an ideal spot - in Edendale, California, an early movie-studio enclave north of the Echo Park lake.
His wife Golda washed and ironed actors' costumes for additional income.