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.
Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
Movie | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | 1958-08-01 | |
Movie | Marjorie Morningstar | Civil Official (uncredited) | 1958-04-24 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Series | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Unknown | 1958-10-06 |
Movie | Spook Chasers | Dr. Moss | 1957-06-02 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Series | The Count of Monte Cristo | Unknown | 1956-02-20 |
Movie | The Maverick Queen | McMillan | 1956-05-03 |
Movie | Don't Knock The Rock | Mayor George Bagley | 1956-12-14 |
Movie | Thunder Over Arizona | Dr. Peterson | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Armtrong | 1956-11-01 |
Movie | Lay That Rifle Down | Mr. Coswell | 1955-07-07 |
Movie | Creature with the Atom Brain | Mayor Bremer | 1955-07-01 |
Series | Jungle Jim | Unknown | 1955-09-26 |
Movie | The Big Bluff | Mr. Winthrop | 1955-06-05 |
Series | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Unknown | 1955-09-29 |
Movie | Sudden Danger | George Caldwell | 1955-12-14 |
Series | Highway Patrol | Unknown | 1955-10-03 |
Series | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1955-10-02 |
Series | The Whistler | Unknown | 1954-07-13 |
Movie | Johnny Dark | Ed J. Winston | 1954-06-25 |
Movie | About Mrs. Leslie | Lewis | 1954-08-03 |
Series | December Bride | Unknown | 1954-10-04 |
Movie | Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Commissioner Morrison | 1953-07-08 |
Movie | The Lost Planet | Ned Hilton | 1953-06-04 |
Movie | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jason Conroy | 1953-07-30 |
Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-09-07 |
Movie | The Flaming Urge | Albert Cruickshank | 1953-09-27 |
Movie | Hold That Line | Morgan T. Stanhope | 1952-03-23 |
Movie | Thundering Caravans | Head Marshal | 1952-06-20 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | In Old Amarillo | George B. Hills | 1951-05-15 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | Two Lost Worlds | Magistrate Jeffries | 1951-01-05 |
Series | The Adventures of Kit Carson | Unknown | 1951-08-11 |
Series | Racket Squad | Unknown | 1951-06-07 |
Series | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | Unknown | 1951-09-08 |
Series | Dragnet | Unknown | 1951-12-16 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Mysterious Island | Confederate Officer | 1951-09-13 |
Movie | Rock Island Trail | Major | 1950-05-18 |
Movie | The Big Hangover | Samuel C. Long | 1950-05-26 |
Movie | Over the Border | Rand Malloy | 1950-03-12 |
Movie | Blue Grass of Kentucky | Head Steward | 1950-01-22 |
Movie | Atom Man vs. Superman | Perry White | 1950-07-20 |
Movie | Radar Secret Service | Mr. Hamilton | 1950-01-28 |
Movie | Last of the Buccaneers | Gov. Claiborne | 1950-10-25 |
Series | Dick Tracy | 1950-09-11 | |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | The Second Face | Mr. Hamilton | 1950-12-01 |
Movie | Sunset in the West | Gordon MacKnight | 1950-09-25 |
Movie | Redwood Forest Trail | Arthur Cameron | 1950-09-18 |
Movie | Knock on Any Door | Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited) | 1949-02-22 |
Movie | Miss Mink of 1949 | Cranston | 1949-02-11 |
Movie | Flamingo Road | 1949-04-30 | |
Movie | Slightly French | Publicity Man (uncredited) | 1949-02-02 |
Movie | Siren of Atlantis | Colonel | 1949-01-04 |
Movie | Hold That Baby! | John Winston | 1949-06-06 |
Movie | Zamba | Benton | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | The Story of Seabiscuit | Charles S. Howard | 1949-11-12 |
Movie | The Fountainhead | Cortlandt Official (uncredited) | 1949-06-25 |
Movie | The Counterfeiters | Carter | 1948-05-28 |
Movie | The Hunted | Simon Rand, Attorney | 1948-04-07 |
Movie | Mary Lou | Airline President | 1948-01-23 |
Movie | Shanghai Chest | Judge Wesley Armstrong | 1948-07-11 |
Movie | Superman | Perry White | 1948-07-15 |
Movie | Incident | C. W. Sloan | 1948-10-30 |
Movie | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Clinton Crane | 1948-10-07 |
Movie | An Innocent Affair | T.D. Hendricks | 1948-10-15 |
Movie | Fighting Back | Colonel | 1948-07-30 |
Movie | Daredevils of the Clouds | Douglas Harrison | 1948-07-26 |
Movie | The Web | 1947-06-04 | |
Movie | Hard Boiled Mahoney | Dr. Rolfe Carter | 1947-05-10 |
Movie | Jack Armstrong | Uncle Jim Fairfield | 1947-02-06 |
Movie | The Red Stallion | Richard Moresby | 1947-08-16 |
Movie | Violence | Ralph Borden | 1947-05-09 |
Movie | Brick Bradford | Professor Salisbury | 1947-12-18 |
Movie | Monsieur Verdoux | Prison Official (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
Movie | Song of Love | Duke of X (uncredited) | 1947-10-09 |
Movie | Her Husband's Affairs | Vice President Beitler | 1947-11-12 |
Movie | The Wild Frontier | Frank Lane | 1947-09-30 |
Movie | Claudia and David | Hartley Naughton | 1946-02-25 |
Movie | I Ring Doorbells | G.B. Barton | 1946-02-28 |
Movie | Little Giant | P.S. Van Loon | 1946-02-22 |
Movie | Shock | Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | The Madonna's Secret | District Attorney | 1946-02-16 |
Movie | Murder Is My Business | Arnold Ramsey | 1946-03-07 |
Movie | The Shadow Returns | Police Commissioner J.R. Weston | 1946-02-16 |
Movie | Behind the Mask | Police Commissioner Weston | 1946-05-25 |
Movie | Magnificent Doll | Harper | 1946-12-08 |
Movie | Swamp Fire | P.T. Hilton | 1946-09-06 |
Movie | Sioux City Sue | G.W. Rhodes | 1946-11-21 |
Movie | High School Hero | Governor Huffington | 1946-09-06 |
Movie | The Missing Lady | Police Commissioner Weston | 1946-08-17 |
Movie | The Phantom Speaks | Charlie Davis | 1945-04-13 |
Movie | I'll Tell the World | Dr. Mullins | 1945-06-08 |
Movie | Three's a Crowd | Marcus Pett | 1945-05-23 |
Movie | Here Come the Co-eds | Police Chief (uncredited) | 1945-02-02 |
Movie | Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Dr. Fletcher | 1945-07-15 |
Movie | Docks of New York | Captain Jacobs | 1945-02-24 |
Movie | Strange Illusion | District Attorney Wallace Armstrong | 1945-03-31 |
Movie | Keep Your Powder Dry | Mr. Lorrison | 1945-04-01 |
Movie | I'll Remember April | Dr. Armitage | 1945-04-01 |
Movie | Follow That Woman | J.B. Henderson | 1945-12-14 |
Movie | Adventure | Mr. Buckley | 1945-12-28 |
Movie | Over 21 | Joel I. Nixon (uncredited) | 1945-08-08 |
Movie | Apology for Murder | Craig Jordan | 1945-09-27 |
Movie | Dakota | Wexton Geary | 1945-12-15 |
Movie | Secrets of a Sorority Girl | Dr. Harlan Johnson | 1945-08-15 |
Movie | I Love a Bandleader | Dr. Gardiner | 1945-09-13 |
Movie | Divorce | John Carter | 1945-08-18 |
Movie | South of Dixie | Dean Williamson | 1944-06-23 |
Movie | Jungle Woman | Dr. Meredith | 1944-06-01 |
Movie | Bermuda Mystery | Herbert Bond | 1944-05-01 |
Movie | Oh, What a Night! | Tom Gordon | 1944-09-02 |
Movie | Ladies of Washington | Dr. John Crane (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
Movie | Shadow of Suspicion | Frank Randall | 1944-09-23 |
Movie | Atlantic City | Sen. Hodges | 1944-09-15 |
Movie | The Great Mike | Colonel Whitley | 1944-11-15 |
Movie | End of the Road | District Attorney | 1944-11-10 |
Movie | Dead Man's Eyes | Hayden's Lawyer | 1944-11-10 |
Movie | Mission to Moscow | Naval Attache (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
Movie | Du Barry was a Lady | Ambrose | 1943-08-13 |
Movie | Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | British Agent Z | 1943-01-01 |
Movie | Cinderella Swings It | Brock Harris | 1943-01-22 |
Movie | It Ain't Hay | Maj. Harper (uncredited) | 1943-03-10 |
Movie | Fired Wife | Doctor | 1943-09-04 |
Movie | Destroyer | Admiral | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | Crazy House | Prosecutor | 1943-10-08 |
Movie | The Chance of a Lifetime | State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited) | 1943-10-26 |
Movie | Swing Shift Maisie | Judge | 1943-10-01 |
Movie | Heart of the Rio Grande | Randolph Lane | 1942-03-11 |
Movie | Nazi Agent | Grover Blaine McHenry | 1942-03-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Amos Morley | 1942-02-26 |
Movie | Obliging Young Lady | John Markham | 1942-04-01 |
Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Club Guest (uncredited) | 1942-05-21 |
Movie | Ice Capades Revue | Wiley Stone | 1942-12-24 |
Movie | Stand By All Networks | Grant Neeley | 1942-10-29 |
Movie | Whistling in Dixie | Doctor | 1942-12-31 |
Movie | The Pride of the Yankees | Mr. Twitchell | 1942-07-14 |
Movie | The Magnificent Dope | Carson | 1942-07-01 |
Movie | She Knew All the Answers | George Wharton | 1941-05-13 |
Movie | Adventure in Washington | Frank Conroy | 1941-05-29 |
Movie | Meet John Doe | Hammett | 1941-03-14 |
Movie | Life with Henry | Mr. Joseph Anderson | 1941-01-23 |
Movie | Naval Academy | Capt. Davis | 1941-06-05 |
Movie | A Man Betrayed | Governor | 1941-03-07 |
Movie | Lydia | Speaker | 1941-09-18 |
Movie | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Crothers | 1941-11-18 |
Movie | Nevada City | Amos Norton | 1941-06-19 |
Movie | Great Guns | Col. Wayburn | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | Jesse James at Bay | Phineas Krager - Land Dealer | 1941-10-17 |
Movie | Buy Me That Town | Carlton Williams | 1941-10-03 |
Movie | Cracked Nuts | Mr. Benson | 1941-07-02 |
Movie | Out West with the Peppers | J.H. King | 1940-06-30 |
Movie | Sailor's Lady | Captain | 1940-07-05 |
Movie | Golden Gloves | A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited) | 1940-08-02 |
Movie | The Saint Takes Over | Ben Egan | 1940-06-07 |
Movie | I Love You Again | Mr. W.H. Sims | 1940-08-09 |
Movie | Teddy the Rough Rider | Sen. Platt | 1940-02-21 |
Movie | Captain Caution | American Consul | 1940-08-09 |
Movie | Road to Singapore | Morgan Wycott (uncredited) | 1940-03-22 |
Movie | Gangs of Chicago | 1940-05-18 | |
Movie | Earthbound | President of the Court | 1940-06-06 |
Movie | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Mr. Robert Chandler | 1940-11-29 |
Movie | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Boss Crogan | 1940-12-24 |
Movie | The Bank Dick | Mr. Skinner | 1940-11-29 |
Movie | Rhythm on the River | Uncle John | 1940-08-28 |
Movie | Mystery Sea Raider | Straker | 1940-10-26 |
Movie | Father Is A Prince | Mr. Lee | 1940-11-18 |
Movie | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | J.H. King | 1940-09-01 |
Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |
Movie | Hired Wife | Charlie - Phyllis's Escort | 1940-09-13 |
Movie | No Time for Comedy | First-Nighter (uncredited) | 1940-09-14 |
Movie | Secret Service of the Air | Chief of the Secret Service | 1939-03-04 |
Movie | The Spirit of Culver | Capt. Wharton | 1939-03-10 |
Movie | The Adventures of Jane Arden | Albert Thayer | 1939-03-18 |
Movie | King of Chinatown | Dist. Atty. Philips | 1939-03-17 |
Movie | The Mysterious Miss X | Winslow | 1939-01-10 |
Movie | Society Lawyer | Henry V. Adams | 1939-03-21 |
Movie | King of the Underworld | District Attorney | 1939-01-14 |
Movie | Off the Record | Barton | 1939-01-21 |
Movie | Wings of the Navy | Capt. March | 1939-02-11 |
Movie | Fast and Loose | Victor Stockton | 1939-02-17 |
Movie | Risky Business | Abernathy | 1939-03-03 |
Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
Movie | The Covered Trailer | Horace Cartwright | 1939-11-10 |
Movie | The Great Victor Herbert | Albert Martin | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | They Made Her a Spy | Colonel Wilson | 1939-04-14 |
Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Barnes | 1939-10-19 |
Movie | Geronimo | Col. White | 1939-11-26 |
Movie | Everything's on Ice | Hotel Manager | 1939-10-05 |
Movie | Outside These Walls | Hewitt Bronson | 1939-05-04 |
Movie | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Movie Studio Producer (uncredited) | 1939-06-02 |
Movie | Wall Street Cowboy | Roger Hammond | 1939-08-06 |
Movie | Tip-Off Girls | George Murkil | 1938-04-01 |
Movie | There's Always a Woman | Mr. Ketterling | 1938-04-20 |
Movie | State Police | Col. C.B. Clarke | 1938-03-18 |
Movie | The Chaser | Mr. Beaumont | 1938-07-29 |
Movie | Midnight Intruder | Attorney Peter Winslow | 1938-02-06 |
Movie | Smashing the Rackets | John Nelson Davis | 1938-08-08 |
Movie | Arsène Lupin Returns | Mr. Carter (uncredited) | 1938-02-25 |
Movie | Dangerous to Know | Senator Carson | 1938-03-11 |
Movie | Boy Meets Girl | B.K. Whitacre | 1938-08-27 |
Movie | There's That Woman Again | Mr. Nacelle | 1938-12-24 |
Movie | Girls on Probation | Mr. Storm | 1938-10-22 |
Movie | Illegal Traffic | Jigger | 1938-11-02 |
Movie | Young Dr. Kildare | Mr. Robert Chanler | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. Fenton (uncredited) | 1938-10-21 |
Movie | The Lady Objects | Mr. Harper | 1938-10-12 |
Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Attorney to Kirby (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 |
Movie | Girls' School | Mr. Alfred Simpson | 1938-09-30 |
Movie | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Mr. Wondel | 1938-10-07 |
Movie | Green Light | Dr. Booth | 1937-02-20 |
Movie | Under Southern Stars | Robert E. Lee | 1937-02-20 |
Movie | Marked Woman | Judge #2 (uncredited) | 1937-04-10 |
Movie | Bill Cracks Down | William 'Bill' Reardon Sr. | 1937-03-22 |
Movie | History is Made at Night | 1937-03-05 | |
Movie | Larceny on the Air | Kennedy | 1937-01-11 |
Movie | Internes Can't Take Money | Dr. Fearson | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | Dangerous Number | Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom | 1937-01-22 |
Movie | She's Dangerous | H.J. Conrad | 1937-01-24 |
Movie | Devil's Playground | Submarine Commander | 1937-01-24 |
Movie | Sea Devils | USS Taroe Commander | 1937-02-19 |
Movie | The Californian | Miller | 1937-07-18 |
Movie | Confession | Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited) | 1937-08-19 |
Movie | Stage Door | Carmichael | 1937-10-07 |
Movie | Breakfast for Two | Gordon Faraday | 1937-10-22 |
Movie | Mountain Justice | Governor | 1937-04-24 |
Movie | Paradise Isle | Dr. Steinmeyer | 1937-07-21 |
Movie | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Governor | 1937-08-29 |
Movie | Ever Since Eve | Barton | 1937-07-15 |
Movie | The Hit Parade | J. B. Hawley | 1937-04-26 |
Movie | Michael O'Halloran | Mark Grave | 1937-05-15 |
Movie | The Go-Getter | Browne | 1937-05-22 |
Movie | The Singing Marine | General | 1937-07-03 |
Movie | Counterfeit | Matt McDonald | 1936-05-25 |
Movie | Bunker Bean | Mr. Barnes (uncredited) | 1936-06-26 |
Movie | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Arthur Cedar (uncredited) | 1936-04-09 |
Movie | Two in the Dark | City Editor | 1936-01-10 |
Movie | China Clipper | Secretary of State (uncredited) | 1936-08-11 |
Movie | You May Be Next! | Bernard Pine (uncredited) | 1936-02-05 |
Movie | It Had to Happen | District Attorney | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | Country Gentlemen | Mr. Grayson | 1936-11-08 |
Movie | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Roger Leland | 1936-08-14 |
Movie | King of Hockey | Thomas A. White | 1936-12-19 |
Movie | Love Letters of a Star | Hobbs | 1936-11-08 |
Movie | Wanted: Jane Turner | Andrew Norris (uncredited) | 1936-12-04 |
Movie | Under Your Spell | Allen's Lawyer (uncredited) | 1936-11-06 |
Movie | The Big Game | The College Chancellor | 1936-10-09 |
Movie | Dangerous | George Sheffield | 1935-12-25 |
Movie | If You Could Only Cook | Mr. Balderson (uncredited) | 1935-12-30 |
Movie | He Who Gets Slapped | Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance | 1924-12-22 |