Pierre Watkin
Acting
Born 1889-12-27
Died 1960-02-03
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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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Acting
45 credits
Perry Mason
I Love Lucy
Four Star Playhouse
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Adventures of Superman
Bat Masterson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Jack Benny Program
Fury
Cavalcade of America
Lux Video Theatre
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
You Can't Take It with You
Monsieur Verdoux
Meet John Doe
Stage Door
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Knock on Any Door
The Fountainhead
There's That Woman Again
The Bank Dick
Marked Woman
Dakota
Swing Time
Knute Rockne All American
The Pride of the Yankees
Road to Singapore
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
The Stranger Wore a Gun
Girls' School
Slightly French
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Maverick Queen
I Love You Again
Nazi Agent
Mission to Moscow
Obliging Young Lady
The Mad Miss Manton
Fighting Back
Wall Street Cowboy
A Volta do Besouro Verde
If You Could Only Cook
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Du Barry Was a Lady
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Dragnet
Highway Patrol
December Bride
The Count of Monte Cristo
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
City Detective
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Racket Squad
Boston Blackie
The Whistler
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Hopalong Cassidy
Jungle Jim
Flamingo Road
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