Pierre Watkin
Age: 70 | From: Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1889-12-29 16:31:33
Death: 1960-02-03 16:31:33
Aliases: Pierre Frank Watkin , Pierre F. Watkin , Pierre Watkins
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Sioux City, Iowa, USA
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Movie Involvements: 153
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Hinchecliffe
Perry Mason
(1957) Judge
Cavalcade of America
(1952) Allan Pinkerton
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) Dr. Bowers
Bat Masterson
(1958) Judge Smith
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Porter
Fury
(1955) Ellis
The Fountainhead
(1949) Cortlandt Official (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Doc Hyer | |
| 1958 | Judge Smith | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Bowers | ||
| N/A | ||
| Civil Official (uncredited) | ||
| 1957 | Mr. Robinson (uncredited) | |
| Judge Keetley | ||
| Judge | ||
| Dr. Moss | ||
| 1956 | Mayor George Bagley | |
| Armtrong | ||
| Dr. Peterson | ||
| McMillan | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1955 | George Caldwell | |
| Ellis | ||
| N/A | ||
| Porter | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Coswell | ||
| Mayor Bremer | ||
| Mr. Winthrop | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| Lewis | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ed J. Winston | ||
| 1953 | Albert Cruickshank | |
| N/A | ||
| Jason Conroy | ||
| Commissioner Morrison | ||
| Ned Hilton | ||
| 1952 | N/A | |
| Allan Pinkerton | ||
| Mr. Morgan | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Head Marshal | ||
| Morgan T. Stanhope | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Mr. Dorrance | ||
| J. Harrison Hardesty | ||
| Confederate Officer | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| George B. Hills | ||
| N/A | ||
| Magistrate Jeffries | ||
| 1950 | Mr. Hamilton | |
| Mr. Lewis | ||
| Gov. Claiborne | ||
| Hinchecliffe | ||
| Sleamish | ||
| Gordon MacKnight | ||
| Arthur Cameron | ||
| N/A | ||
| Perry White | ||
| Samuel C. Long | ||
| Major | ||
| Rand Malloy | ||
| Mr. Hamilton | ||
| Head Steward | ||
| 1949 | Charles S. Howard | |
| Benton | ||
| Cortlandt Official (uncredited) | ||
| John Winston | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Sigmund | ||
| Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited) | ||
| Cranston | ||
| Publicity Man (uncredited) | ||
| Colonel | ||
| 1948 | C. W. Sloan | |
| T.D. Hendricks | ||
| Clinton Crane | ||
| Colonel | ||
| Douglas Harrison | ||
| Perry White | ||
| Judge Wesley Armstrong | ||
| Carter | ||
| Simon Rand, Attorney | ||
| Airline President | ||
| 1947 | Professor Salisbury | |
| Dr. Blake | ||
| Vice President Beitler | ||
| Duke of X (uncredited) | ||
| Frank Lane | ||
| Prison Official (uncredited) | ||
| Richard Moresby | ||
| Dr. Rolfe Carter | ||
| Ralph Borden | ||
| Uncle Jim Fairfield | ||
| 1946 | Harper | |
| G.W. Rhodes | ||
| P.T. Hilton | ||
| Governor Huffington | ||
| Police Commissioner Weston | ||
| Editor | ||
| Police Commissioner Weston | ||
| Arnold Ramsey | ||
| G.B. Barton | ||
| Hartley Naughton | ||
| P.S. Van Loon | ||
| Police Commissioner J.R. Weston | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager | ||
| 1945 | Mr. Buckley | |
| Wexton Geary | ||
| J.B. Henderson | ||
| Dr. Turner | ||
| Craig Jordan | ||
| Dr. Gardiner | ||
| John Carter | ||
| Dr. Harlan Johnson | ||
| Joel I. Nixon (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Fletcher | ||
| Dr. Mullins | ||
| Marcus Pett | ||
| Charlie Davis | ||
| Dr. Armitage | ||
| Mr. Lorrison | ||
| District Attorney Wallace Armstrong | ||
| Captain Jacobs | ||
| Police Chief (uncredited) | ||
| 1944 | Colonel Whitley | |
| District Attorney | ||
| Hayden's Lawyer | ||
| Frank Randall | ||
| Sen. Hodges | ||
| Tom Gordon | ||
| Dean Williamson | ||
| Dr. Meredith | ||
| Dr. John Crane (uncredited) | ||
| Herbert Bond | ||
| 1943 | State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited) | |
| Prosecutor | ||
| Judge | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Admiral | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Naval Attache (uncredited) | ||
| Maj. Harper (uncredited) | ||
| Brock Harris | ||
| British Agent Z | ||
| 1942 | Doctor | |
| Wiley Stone | ||
| Grant Neeley | ||
| Mr. Twitchell | ||
| Carson | ||
| Club Guest (uncredited) | ||
| John Markham | ||
| Randolph Lane | ||
| Grover Blaine McHenry | ||
| Amos Morley | ||
| 1941 | Crothers | |
| Phineas Krager - Land Dealer | ||
| Col. Wayburn | ||
| Carlton Williams | ||
| Speaker | ||
| Mr. Benson | ||
| Amos Norton | ||
| Middlesex | ||
| Capt. Davis | ||
| Frank Conroy | ||
| George Wharton | ||
| Hammett | ||
| Governor | ||
| Alfred Wilcox | ||
| Mr. Joseph Anderson | ||
| 1940 | Boss Crogan | |
| Mr. Robert Chandler | ||
| Mr. Skinner | ||
| Mr. Lee | ||
| Straker | ||
| Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited) | ||
| First-Nighter (uncredited) | ||
| Charlie - Phyllis's Escort | ||
| J.H. King | ||
| Uncle John | ||
| Mr. W.H. Sims | ||
| American Consul | ||
| A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited) | ||
| Captain | ||
| J.H. King | ||
| Ben Egan | ||
| President of the Court | ||
| N/A | ||
| Morgan Wycott (uncredited) | ||
| Sen. Platt | ||
| 1939 | Albert Martin | |
| Col. White | ||
| Horace Cartwright | ||
| Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited) | ||
| Senator Barnes | ||
| Hotel Manager | ||
| Roger Hammond | ||
| Movie Studio Producer (uncredited) | ||
| Hewitt Bronson | ||
| Colonel Wilson | ||
| Henry V. Adams | ||
| Albert Thayer | ||
| Capt. Wharton | ||
| Chief of the Secret Service | ||
| Abernathy | ||
| Victor Stockton | ||
| Capt. March | ||
| Barton | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| Winslow | ||
| 1938 | Mr. Nacelle | |
| Jigger | ||
| Mr. Storm | ||
| Mr. Fenton (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Robert Chanler | ||
| Mr. Harper | ||
| Mr. Wondel | ||
| Mr. Alfred Simpson | ||
| Attorney to Kirby (uncredited) | ||
| B.K. Whitacre | ||
| John Nelson Davis | ||
| Mr. Beaumont | ||
| Mr. Ketterling | ||
| George Murkil | ||
| Col. C.B. Clarke | ||
| Senator Carson | ||
| Mr. Carter (uncredited) | ||
| Attorney Peter Winslow | ||
| 1937 | Gordon Faraday | |
| Carmichael | ||
| Governor | ||
| Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Steinmeyer | ||
| Miller | ||
| Barton | ||
| General | ||
| Browne | ||
| Mark Grave | ||
| J. B. Hawley | ||
| Governor | ||
| Dr. Fearson | ||
| Judge #2 (uncredited) | ||
| William 'Bill' Reardon Sr. | ||
| N/A | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Dr. Booth | ||
| USS Taroe Commander | ||
| H.J. Conrad | ||
| Submarine Commander | ||
| Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom | ||
| Kennedy | ||
| 1936 | Thomas A. White | |
| Andrew Norris (uncredited) | ||
| Hobbs | ||
| Mr. Grayson | ||
| Allen's Lawyer (uncredited) | ||
| The College Chancellor | ||
| Roger Leland | ||
| Secretary of State (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Barnes (uncredited) | ||
| Matt McDonald | ||
| Arthur Cedar (uncredited) | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| Bernard Pine (uncredited) | ||
| City Editor | ||
| 1935 | Mr. Balderson (uncredited) | |
| George Sheffield | ||
| 1924 | Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
