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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 27, 1889
Died
February 3, 1960
Place of Birth
N/A
Also Known As
- Pierre Frank Watkin
- Pierre F. Watkin
- Pierre Watkins
Pierre Watkin
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.3
Doc Hyer
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
6.1
Judge Smith
Bat Masterson
1958
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
6.8
Dr. Bowers
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
10.0
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
6.2
Civil Official (uncredited)
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
8.6
Mr. Robinson (uncredited)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
7.7
Judge Keetley
Perry Mason
1957
7.7
Judge
Perry Mason
1957
4.9
Dr. Moss
Spook Chasers
1957
Credits
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
as Doc Hyer
1991
7.3
Bat Masterson
as Judge Smith
1958
6.1
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Dr. Bowers
1958
6.8
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
10.0
Marjorie Morningstar
as Civil Official (uncredited)
1958
6.2
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Mr. Robinson (uncredited)
1957
8.6
Perry Mason
as Judge Keetley
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Judge
1957
7.7
Spook Chasers
as Dr. Moss
1957
4.9
Don't Knock The Rock
as Mayor George Bagley
1956
5.7
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Armtrong
1956
4.6
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
as Investor
1956
10.0
Thunder Over Arizona
as Dr. Peterson
1956
6.0
The Maverick Queen
as McMillan
1956
5.5
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.4
Sudden Danger
as George Caldwell
1955
5.4
Fury
as Ellis
1955
6.2
Highway Patrol
1955
5.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Porter
1955
7.8
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.3
Jungle Jim
1955
5.0
Lay That Rifle Down
as Mr. Coswell
1955
5.5
Creature with the Atom Brain
as Mayor Bremer
1955
5.0
The Big Bluff
as Mr. Winthrop
1955
4.9
December Bride
1954
5.5
About Mrs. Leslie
as Lewis
1954
7.0
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
Johnny Dark
as Ed J. Winston
1954
5.0
The Flaming Urge
as Albert Cruickshank
1953
0.0
City Detective
1953
7.0
The Stranger Wore a Gun
as Jason Conroy
1953
5.4
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
as Commissioner Morrison
1953
6.0
The Lost Planet
as Ned Hilton
1953
1.0
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Allan Pinkerton
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Morgan
1952
6.7
Adventures of Superman
as Sir Lancelot
1952
6.6
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
Thundering Caravans
as Head Marshal
1952
0.0
Hold That Line
as Morgan T. Stanhope
1952
6.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
I Love Lucy
as Mr. Dorrance
1951
7.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as J. Harrison Hardesty
1951
7.2
Mysterious Island
as Confederate Officer
1951
5.3
Boston Blackie
1951
4.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
In Old Amarillo
as George B. Hills
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Two Lost Worlds
as Magistrate Jeffries
1951
3.9
The Second Face
as Mr. Hamilton
1950
6.8
The Jack Benny Program
as Mr. Lewis
1950
7.8
Last of the Buccaneers
as Gov. Claiborne
1950
5.5
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sleamish
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Hinchecliffe
1950
6.3
Sunset in the West
as Gordon MacKnight
1950
7.5
Redwood Forest Trail
as Arthur Cameron
1950
0.0
Atom Man vs. Superman
as Perry White
1950
5.2
The Big Hangover
as Samuel C. Long
1950
6.1
Rock Island Trail
as Major
1950
6.0
Over the Border
as Rand Malloy
1950
0.0
Radar Secret Service
as Mr. Hamilton
1950
3.1
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as Head Steward
1950
0.0
The Story of Seabiscuit
as Charles S. Howard
1949
5.8
Zamba
as Benton
1949
3.5
The Fountainhead
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Hold That Baby!
as John Winston
1949
5.0
Flamingo Road
1949
7.0
El Paso
1949
5.7
Alaska Patrol
as Mr. Sigmund
1949
0.0
Knock on Any Door
as Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)
1949
6.1
Miss Mink of 1949
as Cranston
1949
0.0
Slightly French
as Publicity Man (uncredited)
1949
7.2
Siren of Atlantis
as Colonel
1949
5.2
Incident
as C. W. Sloan
1948
5.1
An Innocent Affair
as T.D. Hendricks
1948
3.8
The Gallant Blade
as Governor
1948
6.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Clinton Crane
1948
6.0
The Gentleman from Nowhere
as Hoffman
1948
6.0
Fighting Back
as Colonel
1948
6.0
Daredevils of the Clouds
as Douglas Harrison
1948
6.0
Superman
as Perry White
1948
6.0
The Shanghai Chest
as Judge Wesley Armstrong
1948
6.1
The Counterfeiters
as Carter
1948
5.6
Money Madness
as Judge (uncredited)
1948
4.2
The Hunted
as Simon Rand, Attorney
1948
5.2
Mary Lou
as Airline President
1948
0.0
Glamour Girl
as T.J. Hopkins
1948
0.0
Brick Bradford
as Professor Salisbury
1947
6.0
Beyond Our Own
as Dr. Blake
1947
0.0
Her Husband's Affairs
as Vice President Beitler
1947
4.7
Song of Love
as Duke of X (uncredited)
1947
6.7
The Wild Frontier
as Frank Lane
1947
0.0
Monsieur Verdoux
as Prison Official (uncredited)
1947
7.7
The Red Stallion
as Richard Moresby
1947
0.0
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Dr. Rolfe Carter
1947
6.4
Violence
as Ralph Borden
1947
5.2
Jack Armstrong
as Uncle Jim Fairfield
1947
0.0
Magnificent Doll
as Harper (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Sioux City Sue
as G.W. Rhodes
1946
0.0
Swamp Fire
as P.T. Hilton
1946
5.2
High School Hero
as Governor Huffington
1946
5.0
The Missing Lady
as Police Commissioner Weston
1946
4.6
G.I. War Brides
as Editor
1946
0.0
Behind the Mask
as Police Commissioner Weston
1946
5.0
Murder Is My Business
as Arnold Ramsey
1946
6.0
I Ring Doorbells
as G.B. Barton
1946
0.0
Claudia and David
as Hartley Naughton
1946
6.0
Little Giant
as P.S. Van Loon
1946
5.1
The Shadow Returns
as Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
1946
5.3
The Madonna's Secret
as District Attorney
1946
5.9
Shock
as Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager
1946
5.9
Adventure
as Mr. Buckley
1945
6.2
Dakota
as Wexton Geary
1945
5.1
Follow That Woman
as J.B. Henderson
1945
6.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Dr. Turner
1945
0.0
Apology for Murder
as Craig Jordan
1945
4.6
I Love a Bandleader
as Dr. Gardiner
1945
0.0
Divorce
as John Carter
1945
5.0
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
as Dr. Harlan Johnson
1945
0.0
Over 21
as Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)
1945
5.2
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
as Dr. Fletcher
1945
5.0
I'll Tell the World
as Dr. Mullins
1945
0.0
Thrill of a Romance
as Tycoon (uncredited)
1945
6.2
🎬
Three's a Crowd
as Marcus Pett
1945
0.0
The Phantom Speaks
as Charlie Davis
1945
5.4
I'll Remember April
as Dr. Armitage
1945
3.7
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Mr. Lorrison
1945
5.9
Strange Illusion
as District Attorney Wallace Armstrong
1945
5.4
Docks of New York
as Captain Jacobs
1945
6.0
Here Come the Co-Eds
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1945
5.7
The Great Mike
as Colonel Whitley
1944
0.0
End of the Road
as District Attorney
1944
5.2
Dead Man's Eyes
as Hayden's Lawyer
1944
6.6
Shadow of Suspicion
as Frank Randall
1944
6.0
Atlantic City
as Sen. Hodges
1944
5.0
Oh, What a Night!
as Tom Gordon
1944
0.0
South of Dixie
as Dean Williamson
1944
0.0
Jungle Woman
as Dr. Meredith
1944
4.9
Ladies of Washington
as Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Bermuda Mystery
as Herbert Bond
1944
6.0
The Chance of a Lifetime
as State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
1943
6.2
Crazy House
as Prosecutor
1943
5.0
Swing Shift Maisie
as Judge
1943
6.5
Fired Wife
as Doctor
1943
4.2
Destroyer
as Admiral
1943
6.6
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Ambrose (uncredited)
1943
6.2
Mission to Moscow
as Naval Attache (uncredited)
1943
5.3
It Ain't Hay
as Maj. Harper (uncredited)
1943
6.4
Cinderella Swings It
as Brock Harris
1943
0.0
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
as British Agent Z
1943
5.7
Whistling in Dixie
as Doctor
1942
5.0
Ice Capades Revue
as Wiley Stone
1942
5.7
Stand By All Networks
as Grant Neeley
1942
4.6
The Pride of the Yankees
as Mr. Twitchell
1942
7.4
The Magnificent Dope
as Carson
1942
7.2
Meet the Stewarts
as Club Guest (uncredited)
1942
4.3
Obliging Young Lady
as John Markham
1942
5.0
Heart of the Rio Grande
as Randolph Lane
1942
8.0
Nazi Agent
as Grover Blaine McHenry
1942
6.6
The Adventures of Martin Eden
as Amos Morley
1942
6.0
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Crothers
1941
5.7
Jesse James at Bay
as Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
1941
4.2
Great Guns
as Col. Wayburn
1941
5.9
Buy Me That Town
as Carlton Williams
1941
6.0
Lydia
as Speaker
1941
6.5
Cracked Nuts
as Mr. Benson
1941
0.0
Nevada City
as Amos Norton
1941
5.0
For Beauty's Sake
as Middlesex
1941
0.0
Naval Academy
as Capt. Davis
1941
0.0
Adventure in Washington
as Frank Conroy
1941
6.0
She Knew All the Answers
as George Wharton
1941
6.3
Meet John Doe
as Hammett
1941
7.3
A Man Betrayed
as Governor
1941
5.4
Petticoat Politics
as Alfred Wilcox
1941
0.0
Life with Henry
as Mr. Joseph Anderson
1941
5.0
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Boss Crogan
1940
6.2
The Bank Dick
as Mr. Skinner
1940
6.5
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as Mr. Robert Chandler
1940
6.0
Father Is A Prince
as Mr. Lee
1940
5.0
Mystery Sea Raider
as Straker
1940
3.0
Knute Rockne All American
as Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)
1940
6.1
No Time for Comedy
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Hired Wife
as Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
1940
6.8
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
as J.H. King
1940
6.7
Rhythm on the River
as Uncle John
1940
6.8
I Love You Again
as Mr. W.H. Sims
1940
7.2
Captain Caution
as American Consul
1940
5.6
Golden Gloves
as A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
1940
5.0
Sailor's Lady
as Captain
1940
4.0
Out West with the Peppers
as J.H. King
1940
5.7
The Saint Takes Over
as Ben Egan
1940
6.4
Earthbound
as President of the Court
1940
4.0
Gangs of Chicago
1940
5.3
Road to Singapore
as Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Teddy the Rough Rider
as Sen. Platt
1940
6.7
The Great Victor Herbert
as Albert Martin
1939
5.0
Geronimo
as Col. White
1939
4.6
The Covered Trailer
as Horace Cartwright
1939
0.0
Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited)
1939
6.5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Barnes
1939
7.8
Everything's on Ice
as Hotel Manager
1939
4.5
Wall Street Cowboy
as Roger Hammond
1939
4.7
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Movie Studio Producer (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Outside These Walls
as Hewitt Bronson
1939
7.5
They Made Her a Spy
as Colonel Wilson
1939
5.7
Society Lawyer
as Henry V. Adams
1939
5.0
The Adventures of Jane Arden
as Albert Thayer
1939
5.7
King of Chinatown
as Dist. Atty. Philips (uncredited)
1939
5.8
The Spirit of Culver
as Capt. Wharton
1939
0.0
Secret Service of the Air
as Chief of the Secret Service
1939
5.8
Risky Business
as Abernathy
1939
6.0
Fast and Loose
as Victor Stockton (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Wings of the Navy
as Capt. March
1939
6.0
Off the Record
as Barton
1939
6.0
King of the Underworld
as District Attorney
1939
6.4
The Mysterious Miss X
as Winslow
1939
4.6
There's That Woman Again
as Mr. Nacelle
1938
5.8
Illegal Traffic
as Jigger
1938
6.5
Girls on Probation
as Mr. Storm
1938
5.9
The Mad Miss Manton
as Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
1938
6.3
Young Dr. Kildare
as Mr. Robert Chanler
1938
6.5
The Lady Objects
as Mr. Harper
1938
5.4
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
as Mr. Wondel
1938
9.0
Girls' School
as Mr. Alfred Simpson
1938
6.0
You Can't Take It with You
as Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Boy Meets Girl
as B.K. Whitacre
1938
6.5
Smashing the Rackets
as John Nelson Davis
1938
5.5
The Chaser
as Mr. Beaumont
1938
6.0
There's Always a Woman
as Mr. Ketterling
1938
5.8
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)
1938
6.3
Tip-Off Girls
as George Murkil
1938
6.0
State Police
as Col. C.B. Clarke
1938
6.0
Dangerous to Know
as Senator Carson
1938
6.1
Arsène Lupin Returns
as Mr. Carter (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Midnight Intruder
as Attorney Peter Winslow
1938
5.2
Daughter of Shanghai
as L.T. Yorkland
1937
5.1
Daughter of Shanghai
as Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)
1937
5.1
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
as Judge Dobson - Racing Steward (uncredited)
1937
5.7
Breakfast for Two
as Gordon Faraday
1937
5.6
Stage Door
as Carmichael
1937
7.0
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Governor
1937
5.5
Confession
as Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited)
1937
6.1
Paradise Isle
as Dr. Steinmeyer
1937
5.0
The Californian
as Miller
1937
0.0
Ever Since Eve
as Barton
1937
5.5
The Singing Marine
as General
1937
4.0
The Go-Getter
as Browne
1937
5.8
Michael O'Halloran
as Mark Grave
1937
0.0
The Hit Parade
as J. B. Hawley
1937
5.0
Mountain Justice
as Governor
1937
5.5
Internes Can't Take Money
as Dr. Fearson
1937
6.3
Marked Woman
as Judge #2 (uncredited)
1937
6.5
Bill Cracks Down
as William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
1937
5.3
History Is Made at Night
1937
6.6
Green Light
as Dr. Booth
1937
6.4
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Under Southern Stars
as Robert E. Lee
1937
0.0
Sea Devils
as USS Taroe Commander
1937
5.7
She's Dangerous
as H.J. Conrad
1937
5.0
Devil's Playground
as Submarine Commander
1937
5.8
Dangerous Number
as Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom
1937
4.3
Larceny on the Air
as Kennedy
1937
5.0
King of Hockey
as Thomas A. White
1936
5.0
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Andrew Norris (uncredited)
1936
5.3
Country Gentlemen
as Mr. Grayson
1936
4.7
Love Letters of a Star
as Hobbs
1936
0.0
Under Your Spell
as Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)
1936
7.0
The Big Game
as The College Chancellor
1936
5.8
Swing Time
as (uncredited)
1936
6.8
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Roger Leland
1936
0.0
China Clipper
as Secretary of State (uncredited)
1936
5.6
Bunker Bean
as Mr. Barnes (uncredited)
1936
4.6
Counterfeit
as Matt McDonald
1936
6.0
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
1936
7.5
It Had to Happen
as District Attorney
1936
5.5
You May Be Next!
as Bernard Pine (uncredited)
1936
2.5
Two in the Dark
as City Editor (uncredited)
1936
5.9
If You Could Only Cook
as Mr. Balderson (uncredited)
1935
7.4
Dangerous
as George Sheffield
1935
6.6
He Who Gets Slapped
as Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
1924
7.6