George Manker Watters was the youngest of three children born to Michael Watters, a widowed father who had moved to America from Germany in 1890 to work as a teamster. Michael Watters' wife had passed away sometime before the 1900 US Census, leaving him to raise their three children on his own.
George Manker Watters was born on April 27, 1892, in Rochester, New York. He lost his mother at a young age, and his childhood was marked by the absence of a maternal figure.
Watters' journey to Hollywood began shortly after the success of "Burlesque", a play he co-wrote with Arthur Hopkins in 1926. In Hollywood, he worked as a screenwriter on several important films, produced plays, and eventually became a theater chain executive.
At the time of his untimely death at the age of 50, Watters was an executive assistant to the president of Fox West Coast Theatres. His life was tragically cut short on March 14, 1943, when he passed away at his Los Angeles home after battling heart disease.
Watters left behind a legacy of his family, including his wife, Tamazon, his son George Jr., and his daughter, Tamie. His passing was reported in the New York Times on March 17, 1943, and his life was chronicled through US Census Records from 1900.
