- 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.
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