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