Pierre Watkin
254 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 27, 1889
- Died
- Feb 3, 1960 (age 70)
- Also known as
- Pierre Frank Watkin · Pierre F. Watkin · Pierre Watkins
Biography
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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)
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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.
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Pierre Watkin: movies and TV shows
Acting (281)
- 1991 Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Doc Hyer
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Marjorie Morningstar
as Civil Official (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Spook Chasers
as Dr. Moss
- 1956 Don't Knock The Rock
as Mayor George Bagley
- 1956 Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Armtrong
- 1956 Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Investor
- 1956 Thunder Over Arizona
as Dr. Peterson
- 1956 The Maverick Queen
as McMillan
- 1956
- 1955 Sudden Danger
as George Caldwell
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Lay That Rifle Down
as Mr. Coswell
- 1955 Creature with the Atom Brain
as Mayor Bremer
- 1955 The Big Bluff
as Mr. Winthrop
- 1954
- 1954 About Mrs. Leslie
as Lewis
- 1954
- 1954 Johnny Dark
as Ed J. Winston
- 1953 The Flaming Urge
as Albert Cruickshank
- 1953
- 1953 The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jason Conroy
- 1953 Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
as Commissioner Morrison
- 1953 The Lost Planet
as Ned Hilton
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Thundering Caravans
as Head Marshal
- 1952 Hold That Line
as Morgan T. Stanhope
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Mysterious Island
as Confederate Officer
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 In Old Amarillo
as George B. Hills
- 1951
- 1951 Two Lost Worlds
as Magistrate Jeffries
- 1950 The Second Face
as Mr. Hamilton
- 1950
- 1950 Last of the Buccaneers
as Gov. Claiborne
- 1950
- 1950 Sunset in the West
as Gordon MacKnight
- 1950 Redwood Forest Trail
as Arthur Cameron
- 1950 Atom Man vs. Superman
as Perry White
- 1950 The Big Hangover
as Samuel C. Long
- 1950 Rock Island Trail
as Major
- 1950 Over the Border
as Rand Malloy
- 1950 Radar Secret Service
as Mr. Hamilton
- 1950 Blue Grass of Kentucky
as Head Steward
- 1949 The Story of Seabiscuit
as Charles S. Howard
- 1949 Zamba
as Benton
- 1949 The Fountainhead
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
- 1949 Hold That Baby!
as John Winston
- 1949
- 1949
- 1949 Alaska Patrol
as Mr. Sigmund
- 1949 Knock on Any Door
as Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1949 Miss Mink of 1949
as Cranston
- 1949 Slightly French
as Publicity Man (uncredited)
- 1949 Siren of Atlantis
as Colonel
- 1948 Incident
as C. W. Sloan
- 1948 An Innocent Affair
as T.D. Hendricks
- 1948 The Gallant Blade
as Governor
- 1948 The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Clinton Crane
- 1948 The Gentleman from Nowhere
as Hoffman
- 1948 Fighting Back
as Colonel
- 1948 The Arkansas Swing
as Horse Vet
- 1948 Daredevils of the Clouds
as Douglas Harrison
- 1948 Superman
as Perry White
- 1948 The Shanghai Chest
as Judge Wesley Armstrong
- 1948 The Counterfeiters
as Carter
- 1948 Money Madness
as Judge (uncredited)
- 1948 The Hunted
as Simon Rand, Attorney
- 1948 Mary Lou
as Airline President
- 1948 Glamour Girl
as T.J. Hopkins
- 1947 Brick Bradford
as Professor Salisbury
- 1947 Beyond Our Own
as Dr. Blake
- 1947 Her Husband's Affairs
as Vice President Beitler
- 1947 Song of Love
as Duke of X (uncredited)
- 1947 The Wild Frontier
as Frank Lane
- 1947 Monsieur Verdoux
as Prison Official (uncredited)
- 1947 The Red Stallion
as Richard Moresby
- 1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Dr. Rolfe Carter
- 1947 Violence
as Ralph Borden
- 1947 Jack Armstrong
as Uncle Jim Fairfield
- 1946 Magnificent Doll
as Harper (uncredited)
- 1946 Sioux City Sue
as G.W. Rhodes
- 1946 Swamp Fire
as P.T. Hilton
- 1946 High School Hero
as Governor Huffington
- 1946 The Missing Lady
as Police Commissioner Weston
- 1946 G.I. War Brides
as Editor
- 1946 Behind the Mask
as Police Commissioner Weston
- 1946 Murder Is My Business
as Arnold Ramsey
- 1946 Miss Susie Slagle's
as Superintendent (uncredited)
- 1946 I Ring Doorbells
as G.B. Barton
- 1946 Claudia and David
as Hartley Naughton
- 1946 Little Giant
as P.S. Van Loon
- 1946 The Madonna's Secret
as District Attorney
- 1946 The Shadow Returns
as Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
- 1946 Shock
as Blake (uncredited)
- 1945 Adventure
as Mr. Buckley
- 1945 Dakota
as Wexton Geary
- 1945 Follow That Woman
as J.B. Henderson
- 1945 Captain Tugboat Annie
as Dr. Turner
- 1945 Apology for Murder
as Craig Jordan
- 1945 I Love a Bandleader
as Dr. Gardiner
- 1945 Divorce
as John Carter
- 1945 Secrets of a Sorority Girl
as Dr. Harlan Johnson
- 1945 Over 21
as Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)
- 1945 Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Dr. Fletcher
- 1945 I'll Tell the World
as Dr. Mullins
- 1945 Three's a Crowd
as Marcus Pett
- 1945 Thrill of a Romance
as Tycoon (uncredited)
- 1945 The Phantom Speaks
as Charlie Davis
- 1945 I'll Remember April
as Dr. Armitage
- 1945 Keep Your Powder Dry
as Mr. Lorrison
- 1945 Strange Illusion
as Armstrong
- 1945 Docks of New York
as Captain Jacobs
- 1945 Here Come the Co-Eds
as Police Chief (uncredited)
- 1944 The Great Mike
as Colonel Whitley
- 1944 End of the Road
as District Attorney
- 1944 Dead Man's Eyes
as Hayden's Lawyer
- 1944 Shadow of Suspicion
as Frank Randall
- 1944 Atlantic City
as Sen. Hodges
- 1944 Oh, What a Night!
as Tom Gordon
- 1944 South of Dixie
as Dean Williamson
- 1944 Jungle Woman
as Dr. Meredith
- 1944 Ladies of Washington
as Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
- 1944 Bermuda Mystery
as Herbert Bond
- 1943 The Chance of a Lifetime
as State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
- 1943 Crazy House
as Prosecutor
- 1943 Swing Shift Maisie
as Judge
- 1943 Fired Wife
as Doctor
- 1943 Destroyer
as Admiral
- 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
as Ambrose (uncredited)
- 1943 Mission to Moscow
as Naval Attache (uncredited)
- 1943 It Ain't Hay
as Maj. Harper (uncredited)
- 1943 Cinderella Swings It
as Brock Harris
- 1943 Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
as British Agent Z
- 1942 Whistling in Dixie
as Doctor
- 1942 Ice Capades Revue
as Wiley Stone
- 1942 Stand By All Networks
as Grant Neeley
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees
as Mr. Twitchell
- 1942 The Magnificent Dope
as Carson
- 1942 Meet the Stewarts
as Club Guest (uncredited)
- 1942 Obliging Young Lady
as John Markham
- 1942 Heart of the Rio Grande
as Randolph Lane
- 1942 Nazi Agent
as Grover Blaine McHenry
- 1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Amos Morley
- 1941 Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Crothers
- 1941 Jesse James at Bay
as Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
- 1941 Great Guns
as Col. Wayburn
- 1941 Buy Me That Town
as Carlton Williams
- 1941 Lydia
as Speaker
- 1941 Cracked Nuts
as Mr. Benson
- 1941 Nevada City
as Amos Norton
- 1941 For Beauty's Sake
as Middlesex
- 1941 Naval Academy
as Capt. Davis
- 1941 Adventure in Washington
as Frank Conroy
- 1941 She Knew All the Answers
as George Wharton
- 1941 Meet John Doe
as Hammett
- 1941 A Man Betrayed
as Governor
- 1941 Petticoat Politics
as Alfred Wilcox
- 1941 Life with Henry
as Mr. Joseph Anderson
- 1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Boss Crogan
- 1940 The Bank Dick
as Mr. Skinner
- 1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Mr. Robert Chandler
- 1940 Father Is A Prince
as Mr. Lee
- 1940 Mystery Sea Raider
as Straker
- 1940 Knute Rockne All American
as Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)
- 1940 Yesterday's Heroes
as Harvey Mason
- 1940 No Time for Comedy
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
- 1940 Hired Wife
as Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
- 1940 Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as J.H. King
- 1940 Rhythm on the River
as Uncle John
- 1940 I Love You Again
as Mr. W.H. Sims
- 1940 Captain Caution
as American Consul
- 1940 Golden Gloves
as A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
- 1940 Sailor's Lady
as Captain
- 1940 Out West with the Peppers
as J.H. King
- 1940 The Saint Takes Over
as Ben Egan
- 1940 Earthbound
as President of the Court
- 1940
- 1940 Road to Singapore
as Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
- 1940 Teddy the Rough Rider
as Sen. Platt
- 1939 The Great Victor Herbert
as Albert Martin
- 1939 Geronimo
as Col. White
+ 81 more credits