Pierre Watkin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1889 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor in many films, serials, and television series from the 1930s through the 1950s, especially westerns. He is perhaps best remembered for being the father of Eleanor Twitchell, the lady who captures Lou Gehrig's heart in Pride of the Yankees (1942) Watkin was born in Sioux City, Iowa. In the 1920s, he had his own theatrical troupe, the Pierre Watkin Players. In 1927, the group moved its headquarters from Sioux Falls to Lincoln, Nebraska. Watkin portrayed Perry White in both of the Superman serials of the late 1940s, which starred Kirk Alyn as the title character and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. Watkin played a few different characters in the television series Adventures of Superman, in which John Hamilton played Perry White. He was set to reprise his role as the editor of The Daily Planet in a revival of the series in 1959, as Hamilton had died in the interim since the cancellation of the original series. However, series star George Reeves also died in the summer of 1959, and those plans ended. Watkin himself died six months later. He also cast in 1955 in the episode "Joey and the Gypsies" of the NBC children's western series Fury. Watkin guest starred in the CBS western series Brave Eagle. He was cast twice each on the ABC/Warner Brothers series, Cheyenne (as Harvey Sinclair in "The Law Man") and Annie Oakley (as the Reverend Mills in the 1956 episode "The Reckless Press"). In 1958, Watkin portrayed Dr. Breen of Samaritan Hospital in the episode "San Francisco Story" of Rex Allen's syndicated western series, Frontier Doctor. During the first season of CBS's Perry Mason from 1957 to 1958, Watkin appeared in three episodes as Judge Keetley. He was also cast during the 1950s on The Range Rider, Tales of the Texas Rangers, in three episodes of the western aviation adventure series Sky King, and five times on The Jack Benny Program. Watkin played the part of Colonel Duncan in the 1958 episode "Decoy" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45.
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- Born:
- Dec 29, 1889 In Sioux City, Iowa, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 266
- First Appeared:
- In the movie He Who Gets Slapped 1924-12-22
- Latest Project:
- Series Bat Masterson 1958-10-08
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Movie | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | 1958-08-01 | |
| Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Civil Official (uncredited) | 1958-04-24 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
| Movie | Spook Chasers | Dr. Moss | 1957-06-02 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | The Count of Monte Cristo | Unknown | 1956-02-20 |
| Movie | The Maverick Queen | McMillan | 1956-05-03 |
| Movie | Don't Knock The Rock | Mayor George Bagley | 1956-12-14 |
| Movie | Thunder Over Arizona | Dr. Peterson | 1956-08-04 |
| Movie | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Armtrong | 1956-11-01 |
| Movie | Lay That Rifle Down | Mr. Coswell | 1955-07-07 |
| Series | Jungle Jim | Unknown | 1955-09-26 |
| Movie | Creature with the Atom Brain | Mayor Bremer | 1955-07-01 |
| Movie | The Big Bluff | Mr. Winthrop | 1955-06-05 |
| Series | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Unknown | 1955-09-29 |
| Movie | Sudden Danger | George Caldwell | 1955-12-14 |
| Series | Highway Patrol | Unknown | 1955-10-03 |
| Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
| Movie | Johnny Dark | Ed J. Winston | 1954-06-25 |
| Series | The Whistler | Unknown | 1954-07-13 |
| Series | December Bride | Unknown | 1954-10-04 |
| Movie | About Mrs. Leslie | Lewis | 1954-08-03 |
| Movie | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jason Conroy | 1953-07-30 |
| Movie | The Lost Planet | Ned Hilton | 1953-06-04 |
| Movie | Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Commissioner Morrison | 1953-07-08 |
| Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-09-07 |
| Movie | The Flaming Urge | Albert Cruickshank | 1953-09-27 |
| Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Movie | Hold That Line | Morgan T. Stanhope | 1952-03-23 |
| Movie | Thundering Caravans | Head Marshal | 1952-06-20 |
| Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | In Old Amarillo | George B. Hills | 1951-05-15 |
| Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
| Movie | Two Lost Worlds | Magistrate Jeffries | 1951-01-05 |
| Series | The Adventures of Kit Carson | Unknown | 1951-08-11 |
| Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | Unknown | 1951-09-08 |
| Movie | Mysterious Island | Confederate Officer | 1951-09-13 |
| Movie | The Big Hangover | Samuel C. Long | 1950-05-26 |
| Movie | Rock Island Trail | Major | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | Radar Secret Service | Mr. Hamilton | 1950-01-28 |
| Movie | Atom Man vs. Superman | Perry White | 1950-07-20 |
| Movie | Over the Border | Rand Malloy | 1950-03-12 |
| Movie | Blue Grass of Kentucky | Head Steward | 1950-01-22 |
| Movie | Last of the Buccaneers | Gov. Claiborne | 1950-10-25 |
| Series | Dick Tracy | 1950-09-11 | |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | The Second Face | Mr. Hamilton | 1950-12-01 |
| Movie | Sunset in the West | Gordon MacKnight | 1950-09-25 |
| Movie | Redwood Forest Trail | Arthur Cameron | 1950-09-18 |
| Movie | Miss Mink of 1949 | Cranston | 1949-02-11 |
| Movie | Knock on Any Door | Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited) | 1949-02-22 |
| Movie | Slightly French | Publicity Man (uncredited) | 1949-02-02 |
| Movie | El Paso | 1949-03-22 | |
| Movie | Siren of Atlantis | Colonel | 1949-01-04 |
| Movie | Flamingo Road | 1949-04-30 | |
| Movie | Hold That Baby! | John Winston | 1949-06-06 |
| Movie | Zamba | Benton | 1949-09-01 |
| Movie | The Story of Seabiscuit | Charles S. Howard | 1949-11-12 |
| Movie | The Fountainhead | Cortlandt Official (uncredited) | 1949-06-25 |
| Movie | The Counterfeiters | Carter | 1948-05-28 |
| Movie | Shanghai Chest | Judge Wesley Armstrong | 1948-07-11 |
| Movie | Money Madness | Judge (uncredited) | 1948-04-15 |
| Movie | Superman | Perry White | 1948-07-15 |
| Movie | Mary Lou | Airline President | 1948-01-23 |
| Movie | The Hunted | Simon Rand, Attorney | 1948-04-07 |
| Movie | An Innocent Affair | T.D. Hendricks | 1948-10-15 |
| Movie | The Gallant Blade | Governor | 1948-10-12 |
| Movie | Daredevils of the Clouds | Douglas Harrison | 1948-07-26 |
| Movie | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Clinton Crane | 1948-10-07 |
| Movie | Incident | C. W. Sloan | 1948-10-30 |
| Movie | The Gentleman from Nowhere | Hoffman | 1948-09-09 |
| Movie | Fighting Back | Colonel | 1948-07-30 |
| Movie | The Web | 1947-06-04 | |
| Movie | Hard Boiled Mahoney | Dr. Rolfe Carter | 1947-05-10 |
| Movie | Jack Armstrong | Uncle Jim Fairfield | 1947-02-06 |
| Movie | The Red Stallion | Richard Moresby | 1947-08-16 |
| Movie | Violence | Ralph Borden | 1947-05-09 |
| Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Prison Official (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Her Husband's Affairs | Vice President Beitler | 1947-11-12 |
| Movie | Song of Love | Duke of X (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
| Movie | Brick Bradford | Professor Salisbury | 1947-12-18 |
| Movie | The Wild Frontier | Frank Lane | 1947-09-30 |
| Movie | Little Giant | P.S. Van Loon | 1946-02-22 |
| Movie | Claudia and David | Hartley Naughton | 1946-02-25 |
| Movie | The Madonna's Secret | District Attorney | 1946-02-16 |
| Movie | The Shadow Returns | Police Commissioner J.R. Weston | 1946-02-16 |
| Movie | I Ring Doorbells | G.B. Barton | 1946-02-28 |
| Movie | Shock | Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager | 1946-02-01 |
| Movie | Swamp Fire | P.T. Hilton | 1946-09-06 |
| Movie | Sioux City Sue | G.W. Rhodes | 1946-11-21 |
| Movie | Murder Is My Business | Arnold Ramsey | 1946-03-07 |
| Movie | High School Hero | Governor Huffington | 1946-09-06 |
| Movie | Magnificent Doll | Harper | 1946-12-08 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Police Commissioner Weston | 1946-05-25 |
| Movie | The Missing Lady | Police Commissioner Weston | 1946-08-17 |
| Movie | Thrill of a Romance | Tycoon (uncredited) | 1945-05-23 |
| Movie | The Phantom Speaks | Charlie Davis | 1945-04-13 |
| Movie | Three's a Crowd | Marcus Pett | 1945-05-23 |
| Movie | I'll Remember April | Dr. Armitage | 1945-04-01 |
| Movie | Strange Illusion | District Attorney Wallace Armstrong | 1945-03-31 |
| Movie | Here Come the Co-eds | Police Chief (uncredited) | 1945-02-02 |
| Movie | Docks of New York | Captain Jacobs | 1945-02-24 |
| Movie | I'll Tell the World | Dr. Mullins | 1945-06-08 |
| Movie | Keep Your Powder Dry | Mr. Lorrison | 1945-04-01 |
| Movie | Dakota | Wexton Geary | 1945-12-15 |
| Movie | Apology for Murder | Craig Jordan | 1945-09-27 |
| Movie | Adventure | Mr. Buckley | 1945-12-28 |
| Movie | Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Dr. Fletcher | 1945-07-15 |
| Movie | I Love a Bandleader | Dr. Gardiner | 1945-09-13 |
| Movie | Follow That Woman | J.B. Henderson | 1945-12-14 |
| Movie | Over 21 | Joel I. Nixon (uncredited) | 1945-08-08 |
| Movie | Divorce | John Carter | 1945-08-18 |
| Movie | Secrets of a Sorority Girl | Dr. Harlan Johnson | 1945-08-15 |
| Movie | South of Dixie | Dean Williamson | 1944-06-23 |
| Movie | Jungle Woman | Dr. Meredith | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | Bermuda Mystery | Herbert Bond | 1944-05-01 |
| Movie | Oh, What a Night! | Tom Gordon | 1944-09-02 |
| Movie | Ladies of Washington | Dr. John Crane (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
| Movie | Shadow of Suspicion | Frank Randall | 1944-09-23 |
| Movie | Atlantic City | Sen. Hodges | 1944-09-15 |
| Movie | The Great Mike | Colonel Whitley | 1944-11-15 |
| Movie | End of the Road | District Attorney | 1944-11-10 |
| Movie | Dead Man's Eyes | Hayden's Lawyer | 1944-11-10 |
| Movie | Mission to Moscow | Naval Attache (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | It Ain't Hay | Maj. Harper (uncredited) | 1943-03-10 |
| Movie | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | British Agent Z | 1943-01-01 |
| Movie | Cinderella Swings It | Brock Harris | 1943-01-22 |
| Movie | Du Barry was a Lady | Ambrose | 1943-08-13 |
| Movie | Swing Shift Maisie | Judge | 1943-10-01 |
| Movie | Destroyer | Admiral | 1943-08-19 |
| Movie | Crazy House | Prosecutor | 1943-10-08 |
| Movie | The Chance of a Lifetime | State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited) | 1943-10-26 |
| Movie | Fired Wife | Doctor | 1943-09-04 |
| Movie | Heart of the Rio Grande | Randolph Lane | 1942-03-11 |
| Movie | Nazi Agent | Grover Blaine McHenry | 1942-03-01 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Amos Morley | 1942-02-26 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Club Guest (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | Obliging Young Lady | John Markham | 1942-04-01 |
| Movie | Ice Capades Revue | Wiley Stone | 1942-12-24 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Dope | Carson | 1942-07-01 |
| Movie | Stand By All Networks | Grant Neeley | 1942-10-29 |
| Movie | Whistling in Dixie | Doctor | 1942-12-31 |
| Movie | The Pride of the Yankees | Mr. Twitchell | 1942-07-14 |
| Movie | Adventure in Washington | Frank Conroy | 1941-05-29 |
| Movie | Naval Academy | Capt. Davis | 1941-06-05 |
| Movie | She Knew All the Answers | George Wharton | 1941-05-13 |
| Movie | A Man Betrayed | Governor | 1941-03-07 |
| Movie | For Beauty's Sake | Middlesex | 1941-06-06 |
| Movie | Life with Henry | Mr. Joseph Anderson | 1941-01-23 |
| Movie | Meet John Doe | Hammett | 1941-03-14 |
| Movie | Lydia | Speaker | 1941-09-18 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Crothers | 1941-11-18 |
| Movie | Nevada City | Amos Norton | 1941-06-19 |
| Movie | Great Guns | Col. Wayburn | 1941-10-10 |
| Movie | Jesse James at Bay | Phineas Krager - Land Dealer | 1941-10-17 |
| Movie | Buy Me That Town | Carlton Williams | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | Cracked Nuts | Mr. Benson | 1941-07-02 |
| Movie | Out West with the Peppers | J.H. King | 1940-06-30 |
| Movie | Sailor's Lady | Captain | 1940-07-05 |
| Movie | Golden Gloves | A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited) | 1940-08-02 |
| Movie | The Saint Takes Over | Ben Egan | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | Captain Caution | American Consul | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | Teddy the Rough Rider | Sen. Platt | 1940-02-21 |
| Movie | I Love You Again | Mr. W.H. Sims | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | Road to Singapore | Morgan Wycott (uncredited) | 1940-03-22 |
| Movie | Gangs of Chicago | 1940-05-18 | |
| Movie | Earthbound | President of the Court | 1940-06-06 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Boss Crogan | 1940-12-24 |
| Movie | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Mr. Robert Chandler | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | The Bank Dick | Mr. Skinner | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Rhythm on the River | Uncle John | 1940-08-28 |
| Movie | Mystery Sea Raider | Straker | 1940-10-26 |
| Movie | Father Is A Prince | Mr. Lee | 1940-11-18 |
| Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |
| Movie | Hired Wife | Charlie - Phyllis's Escort | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | J.H. King | 1940-09-01 |
| Movie | No Time for Comedy | First-Nighter (uncredited) | 1940-09-14 |
| Movie | Secret Service of the Air | Chief of the Secret Service | 1939-03-04 |
| Movie | The Spirit of Culver | Capt. Wharton | 1939-03-10 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Jane Arden | Albert Thayer | 1939-03-18 |
| Movie | Risky Business | Abernathy | 1939-03-03 |
| Movie | King of Chinatown | Dist. Atty. Philips | 1939-03-17 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Miss X | Winslow | 1939-01-10 |
| Movie | King of the Underworld | District Attorney | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | Off the Record | Barton | 1939-01-21 |
| Movie | Wings of the Navy | Capt. March | 1939-02-11 |
| Movie | Society Lawyer | Henry V. Adams | 1939-03-21 |
| Movie | Fast and Loose | Victor Stockton | 1939-02-17 |
| Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | The Covered Trailer | Horace Cartwright | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Geronimo | Col. White | 1939-11-26 |
| Movie | They Made Her a Spy | Colonel Wilson | 1939-04-14 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Barnes | 1939-10-19 |
| Movie | The Great Victor Herbert | Albert Martin | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | Outside These Walls | Hewitt Bronson | 1939-05-04 |
| Movie | Everything's on Ice | Hotel Manager | 1939-10-05 |
| Movie | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Movie Studio Producer (uncredited) | 1939-06-02 |
| Movie | Wall Street Cowboy | Roger Hammond | 1939-08-06 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto's Gamble | District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins) | 1938-04-07 |
| Movie | The Chaser | Mr. Beaumont | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Tip-Off Girls | George Murkil | 1938-04-01 |
| Movie | There's Always a Woman | Mr. Ketterling | 1938-04-20 |
| Movie | Arsène Lupin Returns | Mr. Carter (uncredited) | 1938-02-25 |
| Movie | Boy Meets Girl | B.K. Whitacre | 1938-08-27 |
| Movie | Midnight Intruder | Attorney Peter Winslow | 1938-02-06 |
| Movie | Dangerous to Know | Senator Carson | 1938-03-11 |
| Movie | State Police | Col. C.B. Clarke | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | Smashing the Rackets | John Nelson Davis | 1938-08-08 |
| Movie | There's That Woman Again | Mr. Nacelle | 1938-12-24 |
| Movie | Girls on Probation | Mr. Storm | 1938-10-22 |
| Movie | Illegal Traffic | Jigger | 1938-11-02 |
| Movie | Young Dr. Kildare | Mr. Robert Chanler | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. Fenton (uncredited) | 1938-10-21 |
| Movie | The Lady Objects | Mr. Harper | 1938-10-12 |
| Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Attorney to Kirby (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 |
| Movie | Girls' School | Mr. Alfred Simpson | 1938-09-30 |
| Movie | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Mr. Wondel | 1938-10-07 |
| Movie | Under Southern Stars | Robert E. Lee | 1937-02-20 |
| Movie | History Is Made at Night | 1937-03-05 | |
| Movie | Internes Can't Take Money | Dr. Fearson | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | Marked Woman | Judge #2 (uncredited) | 1937-04-10 |
| Movie | Bill Cracks Down | William 'Bill' Reardon Sr. | 1937-03-22 |
| Movie | Dangerous Number | Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom | 1937-01-22 |
| Movie | Mountain Justice | Governor | 1937-04-24 |
| Movie | Larceny on the Air | Kennedy | 1937-01-11 |
| Movie | She's Dangerous | H.J. Conrad | 1937-01-24 |
| Movie | Devil's Playground | Submarine Commander | 1937-01-24 |
| Movie | Sea Devils | USS Taroe Commander | 1937-02-19 |
| Movie | Green Light | Dr. Booth | 1937-02-20 |
| Movie | The Californian | Miller | 1937-07-18 |
| Movie | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Governor | 1937-08-29 |
| Movie | Breakfast for Two | Gordon Faraday | 1937-10-22 |
| Movie | Daughter of Shanghai | L.T. Yorkland | 1937-12-17 |
| Movie | The Hit Parade | J. B. Hawley | 1937-04-26 |
| Movie | Confession | Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited) | 1937-08-19 |
| Movie | Stage Door | Carmichael | 1937-10-08 |
| Movie | The Go-Getter | Browne | 1937-05-22 |
| Movie | Paradise Isle | Dr. Steinmeyer | 1937-07-21 |
| Movie | Michael O'Halloran | Mark Grave | 1937-05-15 |
| Movie | The Singing Marine | General | 1937-07-03 |
| Movie | Ever Since Eve | Barton | 1937-07-15 |
| Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Arthur Cedar (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
| Movie | Counterfeit | Matt McDonald | 1936-05-25 |
| Movie | Bunker Bean | Mr. Barnes (uncredited) | 1936-06-26 |
| Movie | Two in the Dark | City Editor | 1936-01-10 |
| Movie | China Clipper | Secretary of State (uncredited) | 1936-08-11 |
| Movie | You May Be Next! | Bernard Pine (uncredited) | 1936-02-05 |
| Movie | It Had to Happen | District Attorney | 1936-02-14 |
| Movie | Country Gentlemen | Mr. Grayson | 1936-11-08 |
| Movie | Wanted: Jane Turner | Andrew Norris (uncredited) | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | King of Hockey | Thomas A. White | 1936-12-19 |
| Movie | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Roger Leland | 1936-08-14 |
| Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Hobbs | 1936-11-08 |
| Movie | Under Your Spell | Allen's Lawyer (uncredited) | 1936-11-06 |
| Movie | Swing Time | 1936-08-28 | |
| Movie | The Big Game | The College Chancellor | 1936-10-09 |
| Movie | Dangerous | George Sheffield | 1935-12-25 |
| Movie | If You Could Only Cook | Mr. Balderson (uncredited) | 1935-12-30 |
| Movie | He Who Gets Slapped | Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited) | 1924-12-22 |