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27 Dec 1889
3 Feb 1960 (70)
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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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1991 | Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West | Doc Hyer |
1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Dr. Bowers |
1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Civil Official (uncredited) |
1958 | Bat Masterson | Judge Smith |
1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | |
1958 | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | |
1957 | Perry Mason | Judge Keetley |
1957 | Perry Mason | Judge |
1957 | Spook Chasers | Dr. Moss |
1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Mr. Robinson (uncredited) |
1956 | The Maverick Queen | McMillan |
1956 | Don't Knock The Rock | Mayor George Bagley |
1956 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Armtrong |
1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | |
1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Dr. Peterson |
1956 | Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Investor |
1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Porter |
1955 | Creature with the Atom Brain | Mayor Bremer |
1955 | The Big Bluff | Mr. Winthrop |
1955 | Fury | Ellis |
1955 | Sudden Danger | George Caldwell |
1955 | Highway Patrol | |
1955 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | |
1955 | Lay That Rifle Down | Mr. Coswell |
1955 | Jungle Jim | |
1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Lewis |
1954 | Johnny Dark | Ed J. Winston |
1954 | December Bride | |
1954 | The Whistler | |
1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jason Conroy |
1953 | The Lost Planet | Ned Hilton |
1953 | The Flaming Urge | Albert Cruickshank |
1953 | Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Commissioner Morrison |
1953 | City Detective | |
1952 | Adventures of Superman | Airline Official |
1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Mr. Morgan |
1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | |
1952 | Cavalcade of America | |
1952 | Cavalcade of America | Allan Pinkerton |
1952 | Hold That Line | Morgan T. Stanhope |
1952 | Thundering Caravans | Head Marshal |
1951 | I Love Lucy | Mr. Dorrance |
1951 | Dragnet | |
1951 | Two Lost Worlds | Magistrate Jeffries |
1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
1951 | Mysterious Island | Confederate Officer |
1951 | Racket Squad | |
1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | |
1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | J. Harrison Hardesty |
1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | |
1951 | In Old Amarillo | George B. Hills |
1950 | Radar Secret Service | Mr. Hamilton |
1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Mr. Lewis |
1950 | Atom Man vs. Superman | Perry White |
1950 | The Big Hangover | Samuel C. Long |
1950 | Sunset in the West | Gordon MacKnight |
1950 | The Second Face | Mr. Hamilton |
1950 | Rock Island Trail | Major |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sleamish |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Hinchecliffe |
1950 | Last of the Buccaneers | Gov. Claiborne |
1950 | Dick Tracy | |
1950 | Redwood Forest Trail | Arthur Cameron |
1950 | Blue Grass of Kentucky | Head Steward |
1950 | Over the Border | Rand Malloy |
1949 | The Fountainhead | Cortlandt Official (uncredited) |
1949 | Knock on Any Door | Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited) |
1949 | Flamingo Road | |
1949 | Siren of Atlantis | Colonel |
1949 | The Story of Seabiscuit | Charles S. Howard |
1949 | El Paso | |
1949 | Slightly French | Publicity Man (uncredited) |
1949 | Hold That Baby! | John Winston |
1949 | Zamba | Benton |
1949 | Alaska Patrol | Mr. Sigmund |
1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Cranston |
1948 | Superman | Perry White |
1948 | The Hunted | Simon Rand, Attorney |
1948 | Incident | C. W. Sloan |
1948 | Shanghai Chest | Judge Wesley Armstrong |
1948 | The Counterfeiters | Carter |
1948 | An Innocent Affair | T.D. Hendricks |
1948 | Fighting Back | Colonel |
1948 | The Gallant Blade | Governor |
1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Clinton Crane |
1948 | Daredevils of the Clouds | Douglas Harrison |
1948 | Glamour Girl | T.J. Hopkins |
1948 | Mary Lou | Airline President |
1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Prison Official (uncredited) |
1947 | Violence | Ralph Borden |
1947 | Song of Love | Duke of X (uncredited) |
1947 | Hard Boiled Mahoney | Dr. Rolfe Carter |
1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | Vice President Beitler |
1947 | Brick Bradford | Professor Salisbury |
1947 | The Red Stallion | Richard Moresby |
1947 | The Wild Frontier | Frank Lane |
1947 | Jack Armstrong | Uncle Jim Fairfield |
1947 | Beyond Our Own | Dr. Blake |
1946 | Shock | Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager |
1946 | Little Giant | P.S. Van Loon |
1946 | Magnificent Doll | Harper |
1946 | The Missing Lady | Police Commissioner Weston |
1946 | The Shadow Returns | Police Commissioner J.R. Weston |
1946 | Swamp Fire | P.T. Hilton |
1946 | Behind the Mask | Police Commissioner Weston |
1946 | The Madonna's Secret | District Attorney |
1946 | Claudia and David | Hartley Naughton |
1946 | Murder Is My Business | Arnold Ramsey |
1946 | High School Hero | Governor Huffington |
1946 | Sioux City Sue | G.W. Rhodes |
1946 | I Ring Doorbells | G.B. Barton |
1946 | G.I. War Brides | Editor |
1945 | Dakota | Wexton Geary |
1945 | Here Come the Co-eds | Police Chief (uncredited) |
1945 | Strange Illusion | District Attorney Wallace Armstrong |
1945 | Apology for Murder | Craig Jordan |
1945 | Adventure | Mr. Buckley |
1945 | The Phantom Speaks | Charlie Davis |
1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry | Mr. Lorrison |
1945 | Over 21 | Joel I. Nixon (uncredited) |
1945 | Divorce | John Carter |
1945 | I'll Remember April | Dr. Armitage |
1945 | Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Dr. Fletcher |
1945 | Docks of New York | Captain Jacobs |
1945 | Follow That Woman | J.B. Henderson |
1945 | Three's a Crowd | Marcus Pett |
1945 | Captain Tugboat Annie | Dr. Turner |
1945 | I Love a Bandleader | Dr. Gardiner |
1945 | I'll Tell the World | Dr. Mullins |
1945 | Secrets of a Sorority Girl | Dr. Harlan Johnson |
1944 | Dead Man's Eyes | Hayden's Lawyer |
1944 | Jungle Woman | Dr. Meredith |
1944 | End of the Road | District Attorney |
1944 | Atlantic City | Sen. Hodges |
1944 | Ladies of Washington | Dr. John Crane (uncredited) |
1944 | Shadow of Suspicion | Frank Randall |
1944 | Bermuda Mystery | Herbert Bond |
1944 | The Great Mike | Colonel Whitley |
1944 | South of Dixie | Dean Williamson |
1944 | Oh, What a Night! | Tom Gordon |
1943 | Mission to Moscow | Naval Attache (uncredited) |
1943 | Destroyer | Admiral |
1943 | Du Barry was a Lady | Ambrose |
1943 | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | British Agent Z |
1943 | It Ain't Hay | Maj. Harper (uncredited) |
1943 | The Chance of a Lifetime | State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited) |
1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Judge |
1943 | Crazy House | Prosecutor |
1943 | Fired Wife | Doctor |
1943 | Cinderella Swings It | Brock Harris |
1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Mr. Twitchell |
1942 | Nazi Agent | Grover Blaine McHenry |
1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Carson |
1942 | Stand By All Networks | Grant Neeley |
1942 | Whistling in Dixie | Doctor |
1942 | Ice Capades Revue | Wiley Stone |
1942 | Obliging Young Lady | John Markham |
1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Club Guest (uncredited) |
1942 | Heart of the Rio Grande | Randolph Lane |
1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Amos Morley |
1941 | Meet John Doe | Hammett |
1941 | Great Guns | Col. Wayburn |
1941 | A Man Betrayed | Governor |
1941 | Lydia | Speaker |
1941 | Jesse James at Bay | Phineas Krager - Land Dealer |
1941 | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Crothers |
1941 | She Knew All the Answers | George Wharton |
1941 | Adventure in Washington | Frank Conroy |
1941 | Buy Me That Town | Carlton Williams |
1941 | Life with Henry | Mr. Joseph Anderson |
1941 | Nevada City | Amos Norton |
1941 | Petticoat Politics | Alfred Wilcox |
1941 | Cracked Nuts | Mr. Benson |
1941 | Naval Academy | Capt. Davis |
1941 | For Beauty's Sake | Middlesex |
1940 | The Bank Dick | Mr. Skinner |
1940 | I Love You Again | Mr. W.H. Sims |
1940 | Road to Singapore | Morgan Wycott (uncredited) |
1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited) |
1940 | The Saint Takes Over | Ben Egan |
1940 | No Time for Comedy | First-Nighter (uncredited) |
1940 | Teddy the Rough Rider | Sen. Platt |
1940 | Captain Caution | American Consul |
1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Mr. Robert Chandler |
1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Boss Crogan |
1940 | Hired Wife | Charlie - Phyllis's Escort |
1940 | Earthbound | President of the Court |
1940 | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | J.H. King |
1940 | Out West with the Peppers | J.H. King |
1940 | Gangs of Chicago | |
1940 | Golden Gloves | A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited) |
1940 | Rhythm on the River | Uncle John |
1940 | Father Is A Prince | Mr. Lee |
1940 | Mystery Sea Raider | Straker |
1940 | Sailor's Lady | Captain |
1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Barnes |
1939 | King of the Underworld | District Attorney |
1939 | Society Lawyer | Henry V. Adams |
1939 | Fast and Loose | Victor Stockton |
1939 | The Great Victor Herbert | Albert Martin |
1939 | The Mysterious Miss X | Winslow |
1939 | Wings of the Navy | Capt. March |
1939 | Everything's on Ice | Hotel Manager |
1939 | Geronimo | Col. White |
1939 | Off the Record | Barton |
1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Chief of the Secret Service |
1939 | The Adventures of Jane Arden | Albert Thayer |
1939 | Wall Street Cowboy | Roger Hammond |
1939 | They Made Her a Spy | Colonel Wilson |
1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited) |
1939 | Outside These Walls | Hewitt Bronson |
1939 | Risky Business | Abernathy |
1939 | The Covered Trailer | Horace Cartwright |
1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Movie Studio Producer (uncredited) |
1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Capt. Wharton |
1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Attorney to Kirby (uncredited) |
1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. Fenton (uncredited) |
1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins) |
1938 | There's Always a Woman | Mr. Ketterling |
1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Mr. Robert Chanler |
1938 | Girls on Probation | Mr. Storm |
1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Mr. Carter (uncredited) |
1938 | Midnight Intruder | Attorney Peter Winslow |
1938 | Boy Meets Girl | B.K. Whitacre |
1938 | The Lady Objects | Mr. Harper |
1938 | Dangerous to Know | Senator Carson |
1938 | Girls' School | Mr. Alfred Simpson |
1938 | Illegal Traffic | Jigger |
1938 | Smashing the Rackets | John Nelson Davis |
1938 | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Mr. Wondel |
1938 | Tip-Off Girls | George Murkil |
1938 | There's That Woman Again | Mr. Nacelle |
1938 | The Chaser | Mr. Beaumont |
1938 | State Police | Col. C.B. Clarke |
1937 | Stage Door | Carmichael |
1937 | Marked Woman | Judge #2 (uncredited) |
1937 | History Is Made at Night | |
1937 | Breakfast for Two | Gordon Faraday |
1937 | Internes Can't Take Money | Dr. Fearson |
1937 | Confession | Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited) |
1937 | Daughter of Shanghai | L.T. Yorkland |
1937 | Ever Since Eve | Barton |
1937 | Green Light | Dr. Booth |
1937 | Dangerous Number | Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom |
1937 | Sea Devils | USS Taroe Commander |
1937 | Bill Cracks Down | William 'Bill' Reardon Sr. |
1937 | Devil's Playground | Submarine Commander |
1937 | The Go-Getter | Browne |
1937 | The Singing Marine | General |
1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Governor |
1937 | Mountain Justice | Governor |
1937 | Paradise Isle | Dr. Steinmeyer |
1937 | The Hit Parade | J. B. Hawley |
1937 | She's Dangerous | H.J. Conrad |
1937 | Under Southern Stars | Robert E. Lee |
1937 | Larceny on the Air | Kennedy |
1937 | The Californian | Miller |
1937 | Michael O'Halloran | Mark Grave |
1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Arthur Cedar (uncredited) |
1936 | Swing Time | |
1936 | China Clipper | Secretary of State (uncredited) |
1936 | Bunker Bean | Mr. Barnes (uncredited) |
1936 | Two in the Dark | City Editor |
1936 | King of Hockey | Thomas A. White |
1936 | The Big Game | The College Chancellor |
1936 | Wanted: Jane Turner | Andrew Norris (uncredited) |
1936 | Counterfeit | Matt McDonald |
1936 | Under Your Spell | Allen's Lawyer (uncredited) |
1936 | Country Gentlemen | Mr. Grayson |
1936 | It Had to Happen | District Attorney |
1936 | You May Be Next! | Bernard Pine (uncredited) |
1936 | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Roger Leland |
1936 | Love Letters of a Star | Hobbs |
1935 | Dangerous | George Sheffield |
1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Mr. Balderson (uncredited) |
1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited) |