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