Pierre Watkin
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)
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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Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-12-27
Place of birth
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Cast
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.80
Siren of Atlantis
1949
5.20
I Love You Again
1940
7.20
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
6.20
Cinderella Swings It
1943
0.00
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
7.54
Petticoat Politics
1941
0.00
The Covered Trailer
1939
0.00
Apology for Murder
1945
4.80
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
5.10
Little Giant
1946
5.30
The Madonna's Secret
1946
5.90
End of the Road
1944
5.20
Violence
1947
5.20
Stage Door
1937
7.00
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
5.80
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
6.50
Nazi Agent
1942
6.60
The Hunted
1948
5.20
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
5.70
Sioux City Sue
1946
0.00
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
7.60
Whistling in Dixie
1942
5.00
The Saint Takes Over
1940
6.30
Outside These Walls
1939
7.50
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
6.00
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
7.30
Zamba
1949
3.50
Sudden Danger
1955
5.30
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
6.73
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
5.60
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
7.00
Under Your Spell
1936
7.00
Three's a Crowd
1945
0.00
Two Lost Worlds
1951
4.00
Under Southern Stars
1937
0.00
Knock on Any Door
1949
6.10
Heart of the Rio Grande
1942
8.00
Paradise Isle
1937
5.00
The Shadow Returns
1946
5.30
The Missing Lady
1946
4.80
Behind the Mask
1946
4.60
Shadow of Suspicion
1944
6.00
Divorce
1945
5.00
Larceny on the Air
1937
5.00
Sea Devils
1937
5.70
Jesse James at Bay
1941
4.22
Society Lawyer
1939
5.25
Country Gentlemen
1936
4.67
The Lost Planet
1953
1.00
The Great Victor Herbert
1939
5.00
The Big Hangover
1950
6.10
Bill Cracks Down
1937
5.00
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
6.70
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
5.50
Out West with the Peppers
1940
5.70
The Hit Parade
1937
5.00
King of Hockey
1936
5.00
She's Dangerous
1937
5.00
Claudia and David
1946
6.00
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938
9.00
Life with Henry
1941
5.00
Superman
1948
6.02
Adventure in Washington
1941
6.50
An Innocent Affair
1948
3.75
Mountain Justice
1937
5.50
Midnight Intruder
1938
5.20
Tip-Off Girls
1938
6.00
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
5.00
The Great Mike
1944
0.00
Ice Capades Revue
1942
5.70
There's Always a Woman
1938
6.06
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
0.00
Gangs of Chicago
1940
5.30
Breakfast for Two
1937
5.90
The Second Face
1950
6.80
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
6.00
Last of the Buccaneers
1950
5.50
Dangerous to Know
1938
6.14
The Red Stallion
1947
0.00
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
0.00
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
0.00
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
0.00
Risky Business
1939
6.00
The Wild Frontier
1947
0.00
The Phantom Speaks
1945
5.40
Illegal Traffic
1938
6.50
It Had to Happen
1936
5.50
The Spirit of Culver
1939
0.00
Ever Since Eve
1937
5.80
History Is Made at Night
1937
6.72
Jungle Woman
1944
4.90
Fighting Back
1948
6.00
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
4.70
Hold That Line
1952
6.00
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
6.50
Girls' School
1938
6.00
Smashing the Rackets
1938
5.50
Boy Meets Girl
1938
6.50
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
5.30
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
0.00
There's That Woman Again
1938
6.50
I Love a Bandleader
1945
0.00
Secret Service of the Air
1939
5.80
The Bank Dick
1940
6.50
Girls on Probation
1938
5.90
Devil's Playground
1937
5.75
King of the Underworld
1939
6.40
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
5.30
Docks of New York
1945
6.00
Wings of the Navy
1939
6.00
Fast and Loose
1939
5.60
They Made Her a Spy
1939
5.67
I Ring Doorbells
1946
0.00
Incident
1948
5.10
Everything's on Ice
1939
4.80
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
5.80
Strange Illusion
1945
5.41
Over the Border
1950
0.00
The Lady Objects
1938
5.75
She Knew All the Answers
1941
6.30
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
10.00
Golden Gloves
1940
5.00
G.I. War Brides
1946
0.00
Alaska Patrol
1949
0.00
The Magnificent Dope
1942
7.20
The Flaming Urge
1953
0.00
You Can't Take It with You
1938
7.50
I'll Tell the World
1945
0.00
The Gallant Blade
1948
6.00
Bermuda Mystery
1944
6.00
Brick Bradford
1947
6.00
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
6.40
Song of Love
1947
6.70
Great Guns
1941
5.87
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
6.20
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
7.70
Dakota
1945
5.08
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
5.40
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
6.20
Dangerous
1935
6.70
Counterfeit
1936
6.00
The Counterfeiters
1948
5.60
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
5.40
Murder Is My Business
1946
6.00
Buy Me That Town
1941
6.00
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
6.30
The Californian
1937
0.00
Radar Secret Service
1950
3.10
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
5.40
Two in the Dark
1936
5.88
No Time for Comedy
1940
5.40
Hired Wife
1940
6.80
Captain Caution
1940
5.60
Knute Rockne All American
1940
6.10
Father Is A Prince
1940
5.00
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
6.00
Glamour Girl
1948
0.00
Rhythm on the River
1940
6.00
Mystery Sea Raider
1940
3.00
Road to Singapore
1940
6.47
Swing Time
1936
6.80
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
6.00
Johnny Dark
1954
5.00
Geronimo
1939
5.00
Meet John Doe
1941
7.30
Swamp Fire
1946
5.40
Rock Island Trail
1950
6.00
Atlantic City
1944
5.00
El Paso
1949
5.83
Spook Chasers
1957
4.79
In Old Amarillo
1951
6.00
Earthbound
1940
4.80
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945
0.00
Sunset in the West
1950
7.50
Cracked Nuts
1941
0.00
Thundering Caravans
1952
0.00
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
6.50
Nevada City
1941
5.00
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
10.00
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
6.20
The Maverick Queen
1956
5.50
Adventure
1945
6.20
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
5.50
Confession
1937
6.40
Mary Lou
1948
0.00
Dangerous Number
1937
5.00
Green Light
1937
6.38
Obliging Young Lady
1942
5.00
Off the Record
1939
6.00
Slightly French
1949
7.20
The Go-Getter
1937
5.80
Follow That Woman
1945
6.00
High School Hero
1946
5.00
The Singing Marine
1937
4.00
Love Letters of a Star
1936
0.00
Stand By All Networks
1942
4.80
Miss Mink of 1949
1949
0.00
The Chaser
1938
6.00
The Big Game
1936
5.80
Bunker Bean
1936
4.60
Mysterious Island
1951
5.33
Naval Academy
1941
0.00
Fired Wife
1943
4.80
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
6.10
Crazy House
1943
5.00
Destroyer
1943
6.60
Mission to Moscow
1943
5.31
The Shanghai Chest
1948
6.10
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
7.40
For Beauty's Sake
1941
0.00
Ladies of Washington
1944
5.50
State Police
1938
6.00
South of Dixie
1944
0.00
Rulers of the Sea
1939
6.50
If You Could Only Cook
1935
7.40
You May Be Next!
1936
2.50
The Fountainhead
1949
6.87
Lydia
1941
6.46
Marked Woman
1937
6.52
It Ain't Hay
1943
6.36
Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
5.70
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
5.70
China Clipper
1936
5.60
I'll Remember April
1945
4.00
Over 21
1945
5.25
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
5.90
Oh, What a Night!
1944
0.00
The Big Bluff
1955
5.20
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
4.60
Sailor's Lady
1940
4.00
Magnificent Doll
1946
5.91
Hold That Baby!
1949
5.00
A Man Betrayed
1941
5.40
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
6.40
Shock
1946
6.00
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
6.00
Jack Armstrong
1947
0.00
Flamingo Road
1949
7.00
Beyond Our Own
1947
0.00
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
5.70
Meet the Stewarts
1942
4.30
Michael O'Halloran
1937
0.00
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
6.00
Money Madness
1948
4.20
Thrill of a Romance
1945
6.20
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
5.40
King of Chinatown
1939
5.80