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.
280 acting credits
Acting · 280
Perry Mason
1957
Dragnet
1951
Four Star Playhouse
1952
I Love Lucy
1951
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Jack Benny Program
1950
Highway Patrol
1955
Adventures of Superman
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Fury
1955
December Bride
1954
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Boston Blackie
1951
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Racket Squad
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Whistler
1954
City Detective
1953
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Fountainhead
1949
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Jungle Jim
1955
Dakota
1945
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Stage Door
1937
Swing Time
1936
The Go-Getter
1937
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Nazi Agent
1942
Marked Woman
1937
Lydia
1941
Adventure
1945
Meet John Doe
1941
Knock on Any Door
1949
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
Confession
1937
History Is Made at Night
1937
Zamba
1949
A Volta do Besouro Verde
1940
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
Mission to Moscow
1943
Shock
1946
Jungle Woman
1944
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
The Maverick Queen
1956
Destroyer
1943
Earthbound
1940
G.I. War Brides
1946
Thrill of a Romance
1945
The Singing Marine
1937
Dangerous
1935
Rhythm on the River
1940
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Road to Singapore
1940
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
Superman
1948
King of the Underworld
1939
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
The Saint Takes Over
1940
Midnight Intruder
1938
The Bank Dick
1940
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
It Ain't Hay
1943
Magnificent Doll
1946
Bunker Bean
1936
Geronimo
1939
Great Guns
1941
Flamingo Road
1949
State Police
1938
Sailor's Lady
1940
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
Illegal Traffic
1938
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
King of Chinatown
1939
I Love You Again
1940
Divorce
1945
Ladies of Washington
1944
The Lady Objects
1938
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
Jesse James at Bay
1941
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
A Man Betrayed
1941
Song of Love
1947
Little Giant
1946
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
Hold That Line
1952
Society Lawyer
1939
El Paso
1949
Captain Caution
1940
The Shanghai Chest
1948
If You Could Only Cook
1935
China Clipper
1936
Sea Devils
1937
They Made Her a Spy
1939
The Lost Planet
1953
Siren of Atlantis
1949
No Time for Comedy
1940
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
Rock Island Trail
1950
Girls' School
1938
Devil's Playground
1937
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
Secret Service of the Air
1939
There's Always a Woman
1938
Buy Me That Town
1941
The Magnificent Dope
1942
Over 21
1945
Smashing the Rackets
1938
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
Incident
1948
Ever Since Eve
1937
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
She Knew All the Answers
1941
The Phantom Speaks
1945
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
Adventure in Washington
1941
Alaska Patrol
1949
Cinderella Swings It
1943
Off the Record
1939
Mysterious Island
1951
Last of the Buccaneers
1950
Meet the Stewarts
1942
An Innocent Affair
1948
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
Wings of the Navy
1939
The Gallant Blade
1948
Behind the Mask
1946
The Madonna's Secret
1946
The Big Bluff
1955
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
The Great Victor Herbert
1939
I Ring Doorbells
1946
Johnny Dark
1954
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
Fast and Loose
1939
Fired Wife
1943
Knute Rockne All American
1940
Crazy House
1943
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953
Under Your Spell
1936
Hold That Baby!
1949
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Out West with the Peppers
1940
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
Dangerous to Know
1938
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
1937
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
Golden Gloves
1940
Whistling in Dixie
1942
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
Miss Mink of 1949
1949
Two Lost Worlds
1951
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
Gangs of Chicago
1940
Docks of New York
1945
Cracked Nuts
1941
Sunset in the West
1950
Money Madness
1948
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
Mountain Justice
1937
Nevada City
1941
Rulers of the Sea
1939
You May Be Next!
1936
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
Mary Lou
1948
Two in the Dark
1936
Oh, What a Night!
1944
The Big Game
1936
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
The Hunted
1948
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
Obliging Young Lady
1942
Slightly French
1949
Counterfeit
1936
Girls on Probation
1938
Spook Chasers
1957
Strange Illusion
1945
Outside These Walls
1939
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
The Big Hangover
1950
Murder Is My Business
1946
Brick Bradford
1947
The Chaser
1938
Dangerous Number
1937
Father Is A Prince
1940
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
Naval Academy
1941
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
Boy Meets Girl
1938
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945
In Old Amarillo
1951
High School Hero
1946
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
The Covered Trailer
1939
Swamp Fire
1946
Fighting Back
1948
Atlantic City
1944
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
Life with Henry
1941
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
Ice Capades Revue
1942
Stand By All Networks
1942
Mystery Sea Raider
1940
Apology for Murder
1945
Under Southern Stars
1937
I'll Remember April
1945
Shadow of Suspicion
1944
Country Gentlemen
1936
Heart of the Rio Grande
1942
The Shadow Returns
1946
Hired Wife
1940
Michael O'Halloran
1937
Green Light
1937
Risky Business
1939
For Beauty's Sake
1941
There's That Woman Again
1938
Tip-Off Girls
1938
Violence
1947
Claudia and David
1946
The Wild Frontier
1947
Sudden Danger
1955
The Missing Lady
1946
Jack Armstrong
1947
The Flaming Urge
1953
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
Larceny on the Air
1937
Over the Border
1950
Thundering Caravans
1952
The Counterfeiters
1948
The Second Face
1950
The Californian
1937
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
Petticoat Politics
1941
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
I'll Tell the World
1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938
It Had to Happen
1936
The Red Stallion
1947
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
She's Dangerous
1937
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
End of the Road
1944
Breakfast for Two
1937
Bill Cracks Down
1937
Love Letters of a Star
1936
Yesterday's Heroes
1940
Everything's on Ice
1939
Sioux City Sue
1946
The Spirit of Culver
1939
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
The Hit Parade
1937
Follow That Woman
1945
Bermuda Mystery
1944
Beyond Our Own
1947
South of Dixie
1944
The Great Mike
1944
Three's a Crowd
1945
Paradise Isle
1937
Glamour Girl
1948
Radar Secret Service
1950
King of Hockey
1936
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
I Love a Bandleader
1945