Bobby Watson: From Hoofer to Hitler
The career of Bobby Watson (Robert Watson Kuchner, 1888-1965), assumed an interesting trajectory: from vaudeville, to medicine shows, to Broadway, to films, to…impersonating Adolf Hitler. Originally from Springfield, Illinois, he started out working the peanut concession at his local vaudeville house, eventually making his way to the stage as a teenager performing blackface** and stock […]