Pierre Watkin
Acting
🎂 1889-12-27
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.
Cast credits(280)
Mr. Lewis
1950
1951
Ellis
1955
1951
Dr. Bowers
1958
Judge Keetley
1957
Judge
1957
1958
1954
1951
1955
1951
Judge Smith
1958
Mr. Morgan
1952
1953
1951
1956
1954
1952
1955
1955
Airline Official
1952
Porter
1955
Mr. Dorrance
1951
Mr. Robinson (uncredited)
1957
Sleamish
1950
Hinchecliffe
1950
1952
Allan Pinkerton
1952
Hammett
1941
J. Harrison Hardesty
1951
District Attorney Wallace Armstrong
1945
1937
Jason Conroy
1953
Senator Barnes
1939
Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
1936
Judge (uncredited)
1948
P.T. Hilton
1946
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
1949
Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager
1946
Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
1938
Prison Official (uncredited)
1947
Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
1924
Harper
1946
Mr. Ketterling
1938
Judge #2 (uncredited)
1937
1949
Mr. Twitchell
1942
Carmichael
1937
Grover Blaine McHenry
1942
T.D. Hendricks
1948
1936
Perry White
1948
Gordon Faraday
1937
Admiral
1943
Naval Attache (uncredited)
1943
Wexton Geary
1945
Col. White
1939
Ambrose
1943
George Sheffield
1935
District Attorney
1939
Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
1940
Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
1941
Prosecutor
1943
Andrew Norris (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Robert Chandler
1940
Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
1938
Duke of X (uncredited)
1947
Charles S. Howard
1949
Submarine Commander
1937
Civil Official (uncredited)
1958
Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)
1949
Mayor Bremer
1955
Browne
1937
Major
1950
Judge
1943
Mr. W.H. Sims
1940
Charlie Davis
1945
1949
Henry V. Adams
1939
Speaker
1941
Hayden's Lawyer
1944
Maj. Harper (uncredited)
1943
Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)
1945
P.S. Van Loon
1946
Albert Cruickshank
1953
Mr. Buckley
1945
Col. Wayburn
1941
First-Nighter (uncredited)
1940
Governor
1941
Confederate Officer
1951
John Carter
1945
Publicity Man (uncredited)
1949
Mr. Hamilton
1950
Simon Rand, Attorney
1948
George Murkil
1938
Mr. Carter (uncredited)
1938
Doctor
1942
Mr. Alfred Simpson
1938
Judge Wesley Armstrong
1948
Mr. Beaumont
1938
Miller
1937
Dr. Meredith
1944
American Consul
1940
Mr. Winthrop
1955
Mr. Lee
1940
Ben Egan
1940
Carter
1948
Arnold Ramsey
1946
Colonel
1949
Mr. Robert Chanler
1938
George B. Hills
1951
District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)
1938
Senator Carson
1938
Lewis
1954
Capt. March
1939
Mr. Balderson (uncredited)
1935
Craig Jordan
1945
Mayor George Bagley
1956
Jigger
1938
Victor Stockton (uncredited)
1939
City Editor (uncredited)
1936
John Nelson Davis
1938
Mr. Skinner
1940
Sen. Hodges
1944
Club Guest (uncredited)
1942
Chief of the Secret Service
1939
Carson
1942
McMillan
1956
Mr. Barnes (uncredited)
1936
Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited)
1937
Richard Moresby
1947
Tycoon (uncredited)
1945
Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom
1937
Grant Neeley
1942
State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
1943
Movie Studio Producer (uncredited)
1939
John Markham
1942
Rand Malloy
1950
Dr. Booth
1937
Ed J. Winston
1954
Governor
1937
L.T. Yorkland
1937
Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)
1937
Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)
1940
Attorney Peter Winslow
1938
Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)
1936
Albert Martin
1939
J.H. King
1940
Randolph Lane
1942
G.W. Rhodes
1946
Doctor
1943
Bernard Pine (uncredited)
1936
Albert Thayer
1939
Police Commissioner Weston
1946
B.K. Whitacre
1938
Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited)
1939
Secretary of State (uncredited)
1936
Professor Salisbury
1947
Winslow
1939
Mr. Lorrison
1945
President of the Court
1940
General
1937
Ned Hilton
1953
Abernathy
1939
District Attorney
1946
Commissioner Morrison
1953
Kennedy
1937
Dr. Rolfe Carter
1947
Airline President
1948
Captain
1940
Colonel Whitley
1944
A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
1940
Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
1940
Dist. Atty. Philips (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Grayson
1936
Barton
1937
Police Commissioner Weston
1946
Mr. Coswell
1955
Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Benson
1941
Police Chief (uncredited)
1945
Armtrong
1956
Dr. Peterson
1956
Vice President Beitler
1947
Boss Crogan
1940
Mr. Sigmund
1949
Gordon MacKnight
1950
Colonel
1948
1940
Magistrate Jeffries
1951
J. B. Hawley
1937
Roger Hammond
1939
Dr. Fearson
1937
C. W. Sloan
1948
Perry White
1950
Crothers
1941
Morgan T. Stanhope
1952
Sen. Platt
1940
Wiley Stone
1942
Frank Randall
1944
Douglas Harrison
1948
Dr. Mullins
1945
Samuel C. Long
1950
Ralph Borden
1947
Gov. Claiborne
1950
Tom Gordon
1944
Col. C.B. Clarke
1938
Amos Norton
1941
Mr. Harper
1938
J.H. King
1940
Horace Cartwright
1939
The College Chancellor
1936
Head Marshal
1952
Frank Conroy
1941
George Caldwell
1955
Benton
1949
Dr. Moss
1957
Barton
1939
J.B. Henderson
1945
Editor
1946
Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
1946
British Agent Z
1943
Dean Williamson
1944
John Winston
1949
Mr. Joseph Anderson
1941
Doc Hyer
1991
Roger Leland
1936
Amos Morley
1942
H.J. Conrad
1937
USS Taroe Commander
1937
Hartley Naughton
1946
Hotel Manager
1939
Mr. Wondel
1938
Cranston
1949
George Wharton
1941
Captain Jacobs
1945
Dr. Armitage
1945
Arthur Cameron
1950
Governor
1948
Straker
1940
Hobbs
1936
Herbert Bond
1944
Uncle John
1940
Investor
1956
Capt. Wharton
1939
Dr. Fletcher
1945
Dr. Turner
1945
Mark Grave
1937
Brock Harris
1943
Hewitt Bronson
1939
Clinton Crane
1948
Colonel Wilson
1939
Mr. Hamilton
1950
Mr. Storm
1938
Governor Huffington
1946
Hoffman
1948
Middlesex
1941
Dr. Gardiner
1945
William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
1937
Mr. Nacelle
1938
Carlton Williams
1941
Dr. Steinmeyer
1937
Dr. Harlan Johnson
1945
District Attorney
1944
Uncle Jim Fairfield
1947
Governor
1937
Dr. Blake
1947
Robert E. Lee
1937
Frank Lane
1947
Matt McDonald
1936
Thomas A. White
1936
Marcus Pett
1945
Head Steward
1950
T.J. Hopkins
1948
1958
G.B. Barton
1946
Capt. Davis
1941
District Attorney
1936
Alfred Wilcox
1941