
Pierre Watkin
Born December 27, 1889
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

You Can't Take It with You

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Monsieur Verdoux

The Fountainhead

Adventure

History Is Made at Night

Meet John Doe

I Love You Again

Knock on Any Door

Thrill of a Romance

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Here Come the Co-Eds

Marked Woman

The Pride of the Yankees

The Mad Miss Manton

Knute Rockne All American

Jungle Woman

Stage Door

Rulers of the Sea

Swing Time

Du Barry Was a Lady
TV Shows

I Love Lucy

Bat Masterson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Jack Benny Program

Highway Patrol

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Adventures of Superman

December Bride

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

City Detective

Cavalcade of America

Boston Blackie

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Racket Squad

Hopalong Cassidy

Fury

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

The Whistler

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Jungle Jim
More Movies

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Secret Service of the Air

The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Story of Seabiscuit

Creature with the Atom Brain

It Ain't Hay

Marjorie Morningstar

Wings of the Navy

If You Could Only Cook

Flamingo Road

King of the Underworld

He Who Gets Slapped

No Time for Comedy

The Chance of a Lifetime

They Made Her a Spy

There's Always a Woman

Father Is A Prince

Dead Man's Eyes

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Buy Me That Town

Arsène Lupin Returns

Miss Susie Slagle's

The Saint Takes Over

Daredevils of the Clouds

Miss Mink of 1949

G.I. War Brides

The Bank Dick

She Knew All the Answers

Road to Singapore

Girls' School

Stand By All Networks

Rhythm on the River

Keep Your Powder Dry

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

Breakfast for Two

The Go-Getter

Magnificent Doll

Two in the Dark

Teddy the Rough Rider

Jesse James at Bay

Last of the Buccaneers

About Mrs. Leslie

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

Shock

Atom Man vs. Superman

Her Husband's Affairs

Out West with the Peppers

El Paso

Destroyer

The Great Victor Herbert

Little Giant

Lay That Rifle Down

Internes Can't Take Money

Superman

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Everything's on Ice

Oh, What a Night!

Obliging Young Lady

Mission to Moscow

Confession

Dakota

Claudia and David

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Petticoat Politics

Fast and Loose

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

The Maverick Queen

Nazi Agent

Lydia

Blue Grass of Kentucky

The Mysterious Miss X

The Strange Mrs. Crane

I'll Remember April

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

Heart of the Rio Grande

The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Adventures of Jane Arden

The Jones Family in Hollywood

Bermuda Mystery

Meet the Stewarts

Mountain Justice

Great Guns

Docks of New York

A Man Betrayed

The Singing Marine

Larceny on the Air

The Gentleman from Louisiana

End of the Road

Dangerous to Know

The Madonna's Secret

There's That Woman Again

For Beauty's Sake

Over 21

The Gentleman from Nowhere

Don't Knock The Rock

Captain Caution

Dangerous

King of Chinatown

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Swing Shift Maisie

Sunset in the West

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

An Innocent Affair

Song of Love

The Shanghai Chest

I'll Tell the World

Smashing the Rackets

Murder Is My Business

Thundering Caravans

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

Rock Island Trail

Daughter of Shanghai

Fighting Back

Ever Since Eve

Sailor's Lady

The Lost Planet

Slightly French

It Had to Happen

Wall Street Cowboy

You May Be Next!

Mysterious Island

Johnny Dark

The Spirit of Culver

Love Letters of a Star

Siren of Atlantis

The Hunted

China Clipper

Illegal Traffic

Wanted: Jane Turner

Devil's Playground

Dangerous Number

Hired Wife

The Lady Objects

The Red Stallion

Boy Meets Girl

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

Off the Record

Mystery Sea Raider

Spook Chasers

Society Lawyer

I Love a Bandleader

The Man Who Cried Wolf

Two Lost Worlds

The Big Hangover

The Big Game

The Flaming Urge

The Phantom Speaks

The Big Bluff

Green Light

Sudden Danger

Captain Tugboat Annie

Earthbound

She's Dangerous

Atlantic City

Geronimo

Ice Capades Revue

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

King of Hockey

Gangs of Chicago

Redwood Forest Trail

Tip-Off Girls

Fired Wife

The Chaser

Money Madness

The Counterfeiters

In Old Amarillo

Sea Devils

Young Dr. Kildare

Life with Henry

Crazy House

Strange Illusion

The Missing Lady

Hard Boiled Mahoney

South of Dixie

Divorce

The Magnificent Dope

Midnight Intruder

Behind the Mask

The Second Face

Sioux City Sue

Under Your Spell

Thunder Over Arizona

Michael O'Halloran

Golden Gloves

The Hit Parade

The Gallant Blade

Country Gentlemen

Whistling in Dixie

Hold That Line

Apology for Murder

Zamba

High School Hero

Alaska Patrol

Girls on Probation

Ladies of Washington

Risky Business

State Police

Bunker Bean

Bill Cracks Down

Radar Secret Service

Glamour Girl

Adventure in Washington

Naval Academy

Paradise Isle

Violence

Incident

The Great Mike

Counterfeit

Jack Armstrong

Cracked Nuts

The Covered Trailer

Follow That Woman

Hold That Baby!

Outside These Walls

Cinderella Swings It

Nevada City

The Wild Frontier

The Shadow Returns

The Californian

Swamp Fire

Mary Lou

Yesterday's Heroes

I Ring Doorbells

Shadow of Suspicion

Over the Border

Brick Bradford




