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.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1889-12-27

Died: 1960-02-03

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Sleamish	63
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Hinchecliffe	63
3	1950	The Jack Benny Program	Mr. Lewis	78
4	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
5	1951	Racket Squad		60
6	1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson		53
7	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie		40
8	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	J. Harrison Hardesty	73
9	1951	I Love Lucy	Mr. Dorrance	79
10	1951	Dragnet		64
11	1952	Adventures of Superman	Airline Official	67
12	1952	Hopalong Cassidy		52
13	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Morgan	63
14	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
15	1952	Cavalcade of America	Allan Pinkerton	35
16	1953	City Detective		70
17	1954	The Whistler		0
18	1954	December Bride		55
19	1955	Jungle Jim		50
20	1955	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon		57
21	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Porter	77
22	1955	Highway Patrol		58
23	1955	Fury	Ellis	59
24	1956	The Count of Monte Cristo		44
25	1957	Perry Mason	Judge Keetley	77
26	1957	Perry Mason	Judge	77
27	1957	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Mr. Robinson (uncredited)	86
28	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Dr. Bowers	69
29	1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse		58
30	1958	Bat Masterson	Judge Smith	61

Pierre Watkin

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1924	He Who Gets Slapped	Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)	76
2	1935	Dangerous	George Sheffield	67
3	1935	If You Could Only Cook	Mr. Balderson (uncredited)	74
4	1936	Two in the Dark	City Editor (uncredited)	59
5	1936	You May Be Next!	Bernard Pine (uncredited)	25
6	1936	It Had to Happen	District Attorney	55
7	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Arthur Cedar (uncredited)	75
8	1936	Counterfeit	Matt McDonald	60
9	1936	Bunker Bean	Mr. Barnes (uncredited)	46
10	1936	China Clipper	Secretary of State (uncredited)	56
11	1936	The Gentleman from Louisiana	Roger Leland	0
12	1936	Swing Time		68
13	1936	The Big Game	The College Chancellor	58
14	1936	Under Your Spell	Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)	70
15	1936	Country Gentlemen	Mr. Grayson	47
16	1936	Love Letters of a Star	Hobbs	0
17	1936	Wanted: Jane Turner	Andrew Norris (uncredited)	53
18	1936	King of Hockey	Thomas A. White	50
19	1937	Larceny on the Air	Kennedy	50
20	1937	Dangerous Number	Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom	50
21	1937	She's Dangerous	H.J. Conrad	50
22	1937	Devil's Playground	Submarine Commander	58
23	1937	Sea Devils	USS Taroe Commander	57
24	1937	Under Southern Stars	Robert E. Lee	0
25	1937	Green Light	Dr. Booth	64
26	1937	History Is Made at Night		67
27	1937	Bill Cracks Down	William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.	50
28	1937	Marked Woman	Judge #2 (uncredited)	65
29	1937	Internes Can't Take Money	Dr. Fearson	63
30	1937	Mountain Justice	Governor	55
31	1937	The Hit Parade	J. B. Hawley	50
32	1937	Michael O'Halloran	Mark Grave	0
33	1937	The Go-Getter	Browne	58
34	1937	The Singing Marine	General	40
35	1937	Ever Since Eve	Barton	58
36	1937	The Californian	Miller	0
37	1937	Paradise Isle	Dr. Steinmeyer	50
38	1937	Confession	Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited)	61
39	1937	The Man Who Cried Wolf	Governor	55
40	1937	Stage Door	Carmichael	70
41	1937	Breakfast for Two	Gordon Faraday	59
42	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	L.T. Yorkland	54
43	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)	54
44	1938	Midnight Intruder	Attorney Peter Winslow	52
45	1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	Mr. Carter (uncredited)	58
46	1938	Dangerous to Know	Senator Carson	61
47	1938	State Police	Col. C.B. Clarke	60
48	1938	Tip-Off Girls	George Murkil	60
49	1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble	District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)	62
50	1938	There's Always a Woman	Mr. Ketterling	58
51	1938	The Chaser	Mr. Beaumont	60
52	1938	Smashing the Rackets	John Nelson Davis	55
53	1938	Boy Meets Girl	B.K. Whitacre	65
54	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)	75
55	1938	Girls' School	Mr. Alfred Simpson	60
56	1938	Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	Mr. Wondel	90
57	1938	The Lady Objects	Mr. Harper	57
58	1938	Young Dr. Kildare	Mr. Robert Chanler	65
59	1938	The Mad Miss Manton	Mr. Fenton (uncredited)	64
60	1938	Girls on Probation	Mr. Storm	59
61	1938	Illegal Traffic	Jigger	65
62	1938	There's That Woman Again	Mr. Nacelle	65
63	1939	The Mysterious Miss X	Winslow	53
64	1939	King of the Underworld	District Attorney	64
65	1939	Off the Record	Barton	60
66	1939	Wings of the Navy	Capt. March	60
67	1939	Fast and Loose	Victor Stockton (uncredited)	56
68	1939	Risky Business	Abernathy	60
69	1939	Secret Service of the Air	Chief of the Secret Service	58
70	1939	The Spirit of Culver	Capt. Wharton	0
71	1939	King of Chinatown	Dist. Atty. Philips (uncredited)	58
72	1939	The Adventures of Jane Arden	Albert Thayer	57
73	1939	Society Lawyer	Henry V. Adams	51
74	1939	They Made Her a Spy	Colonel Wilson	60
75	1939	Outside These Walls	Hewitt Bronson	75
76	1939	The Jones Family in Hollywood	Movie Studio Producer (uncredited)	0
77	1939	Wall Street Cowboy	Roger Hammond	47
78	1939	Everything's on Ice	Hotel Manager	48
79	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Senator Barnes	79
80	1939	Rulers of the Sea	Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited)	65
81	1939	The Covered Trailer	Horace Cartwright	0
82	1939	Geronimo	Col. White	50
83	1939	The Great Victor Herbert	Albert Martin	50
84	1940	Teddy the Rough Rider	Sen. Platt	68
85	1940	Road to Singapore	Morgan Wycott (uncredited)	65
86	1940	Gangs of Chicago		53
87	1940	Earthbound	President of the Court	48
88	1940	The Saint Takes Over	Ben Egan	63
89	1940	Out West with the Peppers	J.H. King	57
90	1940	Sailor's Lady	Captain	40
91	1940	Golden Gloves	A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)	50
92	1940	I Love You Again	Mr. W.H. Sims	72
93	1940	Captain Caution	American Consul	56
94	1940	Rhythm on the River	Uncle John	60
95	1940	Five Little Peppers in Trouble	J.H. King	67
96	1940	Hired Wife	Charlie - Phyllis's Escort	68
97	1940	No Time for Comedy	First-Nighter (uncredited)	54
98	1940	Knute Rockne All American	Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)	61
99	1940	Mystery Sea Raider	Straker	30
100	1940	Father Is A Prince	Mr. Lee	50
101	1940	The Bank Dick	Mr. Skinner	65
102	1940	Dr. Kildare's Crisis	Mr. Robert Chandler	60
103	1940	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Boss Crogan	62
104	1941	Life with Henry	Mr. Joseph Anderson	50
105	1941	Petticoat Politics	Alfred Wilcox	0
106	1941	A Man Betrayed	Governor	54
107	1941	Meet John Doe	Hammett	73
108	1941	She Knew All the Answers	George Wharton	63
109	1941	Adventure in Washington	Frank Conroy	65
110	1941	Naval Academy	Capt. Davis	0
111	1941	For Beauty's Sake	Middlesex	0
112	1941	Nevada City	Amos Norton	50
113	1941	Cracked Nuts	Mr. Benson	0
114	1941	Lydia	Speaker	65
115	1941	Buy Me That Town	Carlton Williams	60
116	1941	Great Guns	Col. Wayburn	58
117	1941	Jesse James at Bay	Phineas Krager - Land Dealer	42
118	1941	Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring	Crothers	57
119	1942	The Adventures of Martin Eden	Amos Morley	60
120	1942	Nazi Agent	Grover Blaine McHenry	66
121	1942	Heart of the Rio Grande	Randolph Lane	80
122	1942	Obliging Young Lady	John Markham	50
123	1942	Meet the Stewarts	Club Guest (uncredited)	43
124	1942	The Magnificent Dope	Carson	72
125	1942	The Pride of the Yankees	Mr. Twitchell	74
126	1942	Stand By All Networks	Grant Neeley	48
127	1942	Ice Capades Revue	Wiley Stone	57
128	1942	Whistling in Dixie	Doctor	50
129	1943	Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines	British Agent Z	57
130	1943	Cinderella Swings It	Brock Harris	0
131	1943	It Ain't Hay	Maj. Harper (uncredited)	64
132	1943	Mission to Moscow	Naval Attache (uncredited)	53
133	1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Ambrose	61
134	1943	Destroyer	Admiral	66
135	1943	Fired Wife	Doctor	48
136	1943	Swing Shift Maisie	Judge	65
137	1943	Crazy House	Prosecutor	50
138	1943	The Chance of a Lifetime	State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)	62
139	1944	Bermuda Mystery	Herbert Bond	60
140	1944	Ladies of Washington	Dr. John Crane (uncredited)	55
141	1944	Jungle Woman	Dr. Meredith	49
142	1944	South of Dixie	Dean Williamson	0
143	1944	Oh, What a Night!	Tom Gordon	0
144	1944	Atlantic City	Sen. Hodges	50
145	1944	Shadow of Suspicion	Frank Randall	60
146	1944	End of the Road	District Attorney	52
147	1944	Dead Man's Eyes	Hayden's Lawyer	65
148	1944	The Great Mike	Colonel Whitley	0
149	1945	Here Come the Co-Eds	Police Chief (uncredited)	57
150	1945	Docks of New York	Captain Jacobs	60
151	1945	Strange Illusion	District Attorney Wallace Armstrong	54
152	1945	I'll Remember April	Dr. Armitage	40
153	1945	Keep Your Powder Dry	Mr. Lorrison	59
154	1945	The Phantom Speaks	Charlie Davis	54
155	1945	Three's a Crowd	Marcus Pett	0
156	1945	Thrill of a Romance	Tycoon (uncredited)	62
157	1945	I'll Tell the World	Dr. Mullins	0
158	1945	Mr. Muggs Rides Again	Dr. Fletcher	50
159	1945	Over 21	Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)	53
160	1945	Secrets of a Sorority Girl	Dr. Harlan Johnson	0
161	1945	Divorce	John Carter	50
162	1945	I Love a Bandleader	Dr. Gardiner	0
163	1945	Apology for Murder	Craig Jordan	48
164	1945	Captain Tugboat Annie	Dr. Turner	0
165	1945	Follow That Woman	J.B. Henderson	60
166	1945	Dakota	Wexton Geary	51
167	1945	Adventure	Mr. Buckley	62
168	1946	Shock	Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager	60
169	1946	The Madonna's Secret	District Attorney	59
170	1946	The Shadow Returns	Police Commissioner J.R. Weston	53
171	1946	Little Giant	P.S. Van Loon	53
172	1946	Claudia and David	Hartley Naughton	60
173	1946	I Ring Doorbells	G.B. Barton	0
174	1946	Murder Is My Business	Arnold Ramsey	60
175	1946	Behind the Mask	Police Commissioner Weston	46
176	1946	G.I. War Brides	Editor	0
177	1946	The Missing Lady	Police Commissioner Weston	48
178	1946	Swamp Fire	P.T. Hilton	54
179	1946	High School Hero	Governor Huffington	50
180	1946	Sioux City Sue	G.W. Rhodes	0
181	1946	Magnificent Doll	Harper	59
182	1947	Jack Armstrong	Uncle Jim Fairfield	0
183	1947	Violence	Ralph Borden	52
184	1947	Hard Boiled Mahoney	Dr. Rolfe Carter	64
185	1947	The Red Stallion	Richard Moresby	0
186	1947	Monsieur Verdoux	Prison Official (uncredited)	77
187	1947	The Wild Frontier	Frank Lane	0
188	1947	Song of Love	Duke of X (uncredited)	67
189	1947	Her Husband's Affairs	Vice President Beitler	54
190	1947	Beyond Our Own	Dr. Blake	0
191	1947	Brick Bradford	Professor Salisbury	60
192	1948	Glamour Girl	T.J. Hopkins	0
193	1948	Mary Lou	Airline President	0
194	1948	The Hunted	Simon Rand, Attorney	52
195	1948	Money Madness	Judge (uncredited)	42
196	1948	The Counterfeiters	Carter	56
197	1948	The Shanghai Chest	Judge Wesley Armstrong	61
198	1948	Superman	Perry White	60
199	1948	Daredevils of the Clouds	Douglas Harrison	60
200	1948	Fighting Back	Colonel	60
201	1948	The Gentleman from Nowhere	Hoffman	60
202	1948	The Strange Mrs. Crane	Clinton Crane	60
203	1948	The Gallant Blade	Governor	60
204	1948	An Innocent Affair	T.D. Hendricks	38
205	1948	Incident	C. W. Sloan	51
206	1949	Siren of Atlantis	Colonel	52
207	1949	Slightly French	Publicity Man (uncredited)	72
208	1949	Miss Mink of 1949	Cranston	0
209	1949	Knock on Any Door	Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)	61
210	1949	Alaska Patrol	Mr. Sigmund	0
211	1949	El Paso		57
212	1949	Flamingo Road		70
213	1949	Hold That Baby!	John Winston	50
214	1949	The Fountainhead	Cortlandt Official (uncredited)	69
215	1949	Zamba	Benton	35
216	1949	The Story of Seabiscuit	Charles S. Howard	58
217	1950	Blue Grass of Kentucky	Head Steward	0
218	1950	Radar Secret Service	Mr. Hamilton	31
219	1950	Over the Border	Rand Malloy	0
220	1950	Rock Island Trail	Major	60
221	1950	The Big Hangover	Samuel C. Long	61
222	1950	Atom Man vs. Superman	Perry White	56
223	1950	Redwood Forest Trail	Arthur Cameron	0
224	1950	Sunset in the West	Gordon MacKnight	78
225	1950	Last of the Buccaneers	Gov. Claiborne	55
226	1950	The Second Face	Mr. Hamilton	68
227	1951	Two Lost Worlds	Magistrate Jeffries	40
228	1951	In Old Amarillo	George B. Hills	60
229	1951	Mysterious Island	Confederate Officer	53
230	1952	Hold That Line	Morgan T. Stanhope	60
231	1952	Thundering Caravans	Head Marshal	0
232	1953	The Lost Planet	Ned Hilton	10
233	1953	Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders	Commissioner Morrison	60
234	1953	The Stranger Wore a Gun	Jason Conroy	54
235	1953	The Flaming Urge	Albert Cruickshank	0
236	1954	Johnny Dark	Ed J. Winston	50
237	1954	About Mrs. Leslie	Lewis	70
238	1955	The Big Bluff	Mr. Winthrop	52
239	1955	Creature with the Atom Brain	Mayor Bremer	51
240	1955	Lay That Rifle Down	Mr. Coswell	55
241	1955	Sudden Danger	George Caldwell	53
242	1956	The Maverick Queen	McMillan	53
243	1956	Thunder Over Arizona	Dr. Peterson	60
244	1956	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!	Investor	100
245	1956	Shake, Rattle and Rock!	Armtrong	46
246	1956	Don't Knock The Rock	Mayor George Bagley	57
247	1957	Spook Chasers	Dr. Moss	48
248	1958	Marjorie Morningstar	Civil Official (uncredited)	62
249	1958	The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin		100
250	1991	Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West	Doc Hyer	73