Pierre Watkin

Known for ActingBorn 1889-12-27Died 1960-02-03

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.Read more

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Alaska Patrol

Glamour Girl

The Red Stallion

Sioux City Sue

South of Dixie

For Beauty's Sake

Yesterday's Heroes

The Jones Family in Hollywood

The Spirit of Culver

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

The Wild Frontier

Jack Armstrong

Beyond Our Own

G.I. War Brides

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

The Great Mike

Cinderella Swings It

Heart of the Rio Grande

Petticoat Politics

Naval Academy

Michael O'Halloran

Love Letters of a Star

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Outside These Walls

Miss Susie Slagle's

In Old Amarillo

Over the Border

Murder Is My Business

Three's a Crowd

Captain Tugboat Annie

I Love a Bandleader

Docks of New York

Bermuda Mystery

Oh, What a Night!

I Love Lucy

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

The Chaser

State Police

The Gentleman from Louisiana

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Jack Benny Program

Perry Mason

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Monsieur Verdoux

City Detective