Trivia

Coy was a journeyman plasterer; he eventually wound up in show business as a wrangler, breaking horses.

Patriarch of a team of child actors: Coy Watson, Bobs Watson, Delmar Watson, Billy Watson, Garry Watson, Harry Watson, Louise Watson, Vivian Watson and Gloria Watson.

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.

All six of his sons worked as press, newsreel or TV photographers after World War II. Four of his sons served as Coast Guard cameramen during the war.

His brother, George Watson, was hired as The Los Angeles Times' first full-time news photographer in 1917 and later founded Acme News Pictures, a forerunner of United Press Photos, which later became the training ground for his sons.