Carlyle Blackwell Jr.,Bryant Washburn Jr., Elsie Ferguson II and Erich von Stroheim Jr. shown in Motion Picture Herald, 1933.
When it comes to careers, many children follow in the footsteps of their parents, either through family tradition or because it is comfortable and what they know. The same holds true for celebrity offspring. Many yearn to work in the entertainment field after being surrounded by it daily, and either become actors themselves or find something in one of the many crafts that contribute to the making of films and television.
In the 1920s and 1930s, several famous celebrity children like Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Constance and Joan Bennett, Tyrone Power Jr., and Lon Chaney Jr. followed their parents into motion pictures and became successful actors themselves. Others like Delmar and Bobs Watson, Fred Kohler Jr., Erich von Stroheim Jr., Wallace Reid Jr., Bryant Washburn Jr., House Peters Jr., Allan Hersholt, Edward Arnold Jr., Carlyle Blackwell Jr., and Peter Gowland mostly began as actors before moving on to other entertainment related professions, particularly photography. Decades later, Harry Langdon Jr. would also become a respected portrait photographer. Most of the Watson Boys later worked as newspaper photographers in Los Angeles, while Blackwell Jr. and Gowland became recognized portrait photographers.
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