Pierre Watkin

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

136

Movies

253

Born: December 27, 1889 – February 3, 1960

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.

Works

253 films

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19397.8

You Can't Take It with You

19387.5

Monsieur Verdoux

19477.7

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

19367.5

There's That Woman Again

19386.2

Knock on Any Door

19496.2

Knute Rockne All American

19406.2

Meet John Doe

19417.3

The Fountainhead

19496.8

Marked Woman

19376.6

The Pride of the Yankees

19427.4

The Bank Dick

19406.5

Swing Time

19366.8

Stage Door

19377.1

The Stranger Wore a Gun

19535.5

The Maverick Queen

19565.8

Father Is A Prince

19406.5

A Volta do Besouro Verde

19406.8

Flamingo Road

19497.0

Here Come the Co-Eds

19455.9

Dakota

19455.2

Fighting Back

19486.7

If You Could Only Cook

19357.5

Her Husband's Affairs

19475.6

Du Barry Was a Lady

19436.5

Creature with the Atom Brain

19555.1

Wall Street Cowboy

19395.8

Girls' School

19386.5

Redwood Forest Trail

19507.0

Obliging Young Lady

19426.0

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

I Love You Again

19407.2

Smashing the Rackets

19386.7

The Californian

19377.0

Sailor's Lady

19406.5

Great Guns

19415.9

History Is Made at Night

19376.6

Claudia and David

19467.5

The Go-Getter

19376.2

El Paso

19496.0

There's Always a Woman

19386.0

Road to Singapore

19406.4

The Mad Miss Manton

19386.4

Dangerous to Know

19386.6

Thrill of a Romance

19456.6

Devil's Playground

19376.6

Siren of Atlantis

19495.5

The Lady Objects

19385.7

Crazy House

19436.0

The Singing Marine

19375.3

Lydia

19416.5

The Story of Seabiscuit

19496.0

Geronimo

19395.3

Petticoat Politics

19419.0

Buy Me That Town

19416.3

Bermuda Mystery

19448.0

Adventure

19456.4

The Missing Lady

19464.8

Superman

19486.2

He Who Gets Slapped

19247.6

Dangerous

19356.6

Mysterious Island

19516.6

Marjorie Morningstar

19586.3

An Innocent Affair

19484.8

A Man Betrayed

19415.6

It Ain't Hay

19436.5

Meet the Stewarts

19425.5

Captain Tugboat Annie

19458.0

Little Giant

19465.3

Mr. Moto's Gamble

19386.4

The Chance of a Lifetime

19436.7

The Shanghai Chest

19486.6

Blue Grass of Kentucky

19507.0

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

19406.7

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

19415.6

Rock Island Trail

19506.3

Stand By All Networks

19425.2

Destroyer

19436.8

Jungle Woman

19445.2

They Made Her a Spy

19396.8

Rulers of the Sea

19396.7

Michael O'Halloran

19379.0

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

19407.2

King of the Underworld

19396.4

King of Hockey

19365.4

She's Dangerous

19377.0

I'll Tell the World

19457.0

Daredevils of the Clouds

19486.5

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

19375.9

Captain Caution

19405.7

Gangs of Chicago

19405.8

Mission to Moscow

19435.7

The Saint Takes Over

19406.7

The Flaming Urge

19537.0

Shock

19465.9

About Mrs. Leslie

19547.4

Nazi Agent

19426.6

Nevada City

19417.0

China Clipper

19365.9

Song of Love

19476.8

Two Lost Worlds

19514.2

Dead Man's Eyes

19446.6

The Jones Family in Hollywood

193910.0

Teddy the Rough Rider

19406.8

Hired Wife

19406.8

Swing Shift Maisie

19436.8

Rhythm on the River

19406.9

The Adventures of Martin Eden

19428.0

Under Your Spell

19367.3

The Adventures of Jane Arden

19396.3

She Knew All the Answers

19416.6

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

Wanted: Jane Turner

19366.0

South of Dixie

194410.0

Cracked Nuts

19417.0

Green Light

19376.7

The Big Hangover

19506.4

No Time for Comedy

19405.3

Atom Man vs. Superman

19505.5

The Red Stallion

194710.0

Young Dr. Kildare

19386.7

Ice Capades Revue

19426.0

G.I. War Brides

19469.0

Boy Meets Girl

19386.9

Love Letters of a Star

19369.0

Mountain Justice

19376.3

Adventure in Washington

19417.0

Keep Your Powder Dry

19456.1

Secret Service of the Air

19396.1

Daughter of Shanghai

19375.4

Breakfast for Two

19375.9

Follow That Woman

19456.5

Three's a Crowd

19458.0

Johnny Dark

19545.8

State Police

19388.0

Behind the Mask

19465.5

King of Chinatown

19395.6

The Spirit of Culver

193910.0

Larceny on the Air

19377.0

Dangerous Number

19374.9

Slightly French

19497.5

Tip-Off Girls

19387.5

Docks of New York

19458.0

Thunder Over Arizona

19566.3

Off the Record

19396.4

Society Lawyer

19395.4

The Chaser

19388.0

Jesse James at Bay

19414.8

Atlantic City

19446.3

Strange Illusion

19455.6

Magnificent Doll

19466.1

Apology for Murder

19454.9

In Old Amarillo

19518.0

Earthbound

19404.9

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

19589.5

Bill Cracks Down

19375.7

Internes Can't Take Money

19376.5

Violence

19475.5

Miss Susie Slagle's

19468.5

Wings of the Navy

19396.2

Fast and Loose

19395.9

Mystery Sea Raider

19406.0

Over 21

19456.7

Midnight Intruder

19385.9

Lay That Rifle Down

19556.0

End of the Road

19445.8

Out West with the Peppers

19406.0

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

19388.0

The Magnificent Dope

19427.3

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

19436.0

Golden Gloves

19406.0

Confession

19376.2

Cinderella Swings It

19439.0

I'll Remember April

19454.5

The Big Bluff

19555.1

The Great Victor Herbert

19395.4

The Big Game

19366.6

Whistling in Dixie

19426.2

Money Madness

19484.7

The Gentleman from Louisiana

19368.0

The Gallant Blade

19486.8

The Hit Parade

19376.3

Beyond Our Own

19479.0

The Shadow Returns

19465.8

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

19536.5

Fired Wife

19435.6

Alaska Patrol

194910.0

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

19565.6

Brick Bradford

19477.0

Hold That Line

19527.0

Outside These Walls

19398.8

Everything's on Ice

19395.3

Divorce

19456.0

Sunset in the West

19507.4

Two in the Dark

19366.1

Ever Since Eve

19375.8

Bunker Bean

19365.3

Thundering Caravans

19527.0

Heart of the Rio Grande

19429.0

Life with Henry

19416.5

Last of the Buccaneers

19506.7

Naval Academy

19419.0

For Beauty's Sake

194110.0

Country Gentlemen

19365.5

Radar Secret Service

19503.4

Sea Devils

19376.0

Mary Lou

1948

Miss Mink of 1949

19495.7

Girls on Probation

19386.2

Murder Is My Business

19468.0

Sioux City Sue

194610.0

The Covered Trailer

19397.0

The Counterfeiters

19486.3

Under Southern Stars

19377.0

You May Be Next!

19364.8

Sudden Danger

19555.5

The Lost Planet

19534.7

Hold That Baby!

19495.8

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

19459.0

Jack Armstrong

19479.0

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

19917.3

Ladies of Washington

19446.7

Swamp Fire

19465.6

The Mysterious Miss X

19395.4

The Hunted

19485.6

Shadow of Suspicion

19447.5

Incident

19485.4

The Great Mike

19449.0

The Second Face

19507.0

Over the Border

19508.0

Illegal Traffic

19386.6

The Strange Mrs. Crane

19486.3

Yesterday's Heroes

194010.0

Counterfeit

19366.3

The Man Who Cried Wolf

19377.0

Zamba

19495.0

Oh, What a Night!

19448.0

Hard Boiled Mahoney

19476.8

It Had to Happen

19366.3

The Wild Frontier

19479.0

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

19457.0

I Love a Bandleader

19458.0

High School Hero

19466.5

Don't Knock The Rock

19565.8

Risky Business

19396.5

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

19569.5

The Madonna's Secret

19466.4

The Gentleman from Nowhere

19487.5

Glamour Girl

194810.0

The Phantom Speaks

19455.7

Spook Chasers

19574.9

Paradise Isle

19376.0

I Ring Doorbells

19467.0