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Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1889-12-27

Movies and TV shows :

A Man Betrayed

A Man Betrayed

1941

5.5

Movie
About Mrs. Leslie

About Mrs. Leslie

1954

7.0

Movie
Adventure

Adventure

1945

6.2

Movie
Adventure in Washington

Adventure in Washington

1941

6.5

Movie
poster

Adventures of Superman

1952

6.7

TV
Alaska Patrol

Alaska Patrol

1949

0.0

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
An Innocent Affair

An Innocent Affair

1948

4.7

Movie
Apology for Murder

Apology for Murder

1945

4.8

Movie
Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938

5.8

Movie
Atlantic City

Atlantic City

1944

5.0

Movie
Atom Man vs. Superman

Atom Man vs. Superman

1950

5.6

Movie
poster

Bat Masterson

1958

6.3

TV
Behind the Mask

Behind the Mask

1946

4.6

Movie
Bermuda Mystery

Bermuda Mystery

1944

6.0

Movie
Beyond Our Own

Beyond Our Own

1947

0.0

Movie
Bill Cracks Down

Bill Cracks Down

1937

5.0

Movie
Blue Grass of Kentucky

Blue Grass of Kentucky

1950

0.0

Movie
Boy Meets Girl

Boy Meets Girl

1938

6.2

Movie
Breakfast for Two

Breakfast for Two

1937

5.9

Movie
Brick Bradford

Brick Bradford

1947

6.0

Movie
Bunker Bean

Bunker Bean

1936

4.6

Movie
Buy Me That Town

Buy Me That Town

1941

6.0

Movie
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

1953

6.0

Movie
Captain Caution

Captain Caution

1940

5.3

Movie
Captain Tugboat Annie

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945

0.0

Movie
poster

Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

1956

10.0

Movie
China Clipper

China Clipper

1936

5.6

Movie
Cinderella Swings It

Cinderella Swings It

1943

0.0

Movie
poster

City Detective

1953

0.0

TV
Claudia and David

Claudia and David

1946

6.0

Movie
Confession

Confession

1937

6.1

Movie
Counterfeit

Counterfeit

1936

6.0

Movie
Country Gentlemen

Country Gentlemen

1936

6.5

Movie
Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

1941

0.0

Movie
Crazy House

Crazy House

1943

5.0

Movie
Creature with the Atom Brain

Creature with the Atom Brain

1955

5.1

Movie
Dakota

Dakota

1945

5.1

Movie
Dangerous

Dangerous

1935

6.7

Movie
Dangerous Number

Dangerous Number

1937

5.0

Movie
Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know

1938

6.5

Movie
Daredevils of the Clouds

Daredevils of the Clouds

1948

6.0

Movie
Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

1937

5.4

Movie
Dead Man's Eyes

Dead Man's Eyes

1944

6.5

Movie
poster

December Bride

1954

5.5

TV
Destroyer

Destroyer

1943

6.6

Movie
Devil's Playground

Devil's Playground

1937

6.0

Movie
Divorce

Divorce

1945

5.0

Movie
Docks of New York

Docks of New York

1945

6.0

Movie
Don't Knock The Rock

Don't Knock The Rock

1956

5.7

Movie
Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

6.0

Movie
poster

Dragnet

1951

6.5

TV
Du Barry was a Lady

Du Barry was a Lady

1943

6.1

Movie
Earthbound

Earthbound

1940

4.8

Movie
El Paso

El Paso

1949

5.6

Movie
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941

5.7

Movie
End of the Road

End of the Road

1944

5.2

Movie
Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

1937

5.8

Movie
Everything's on Ice

Everything's on Ice

1939

4.8

Movie
Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose

1939

5.7

Movie
Father Is A Prince

Father Is A Prince

1940

5.0

Movie
Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1948

6.0

Movie
Fired Wife

Fired Wife

1943

4.8

Movie
Five Little Peppers in Trouble

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940

6.7

Movie
Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road

1949

7.0

Movie
Follow That Woman

Follow That Woman

1945

6.0

Movie
For Beauty's Sake

For Beauty's Sake

1941

0.0

Movie
poster

Four Star Playhouse

1952

6.1

TV
poster

Fury

1955

5.9

TV
G.I. War Brides

G.I. War Brides

1946

0.0

Movie
Gangs of Chicago

Gangs of Chicago

1940

5.3

Movie
Geronimo

Geronimo

1939

5.0

Movie
Girls on Probation

Girls on Probation

1938

5.9

Movie
Girls' School

Girls' School

1938

6.0

Movie
Glamour Girl

Glamour Girl

1948

0.0

Movie
Golden Gloves

Golden Gloves

1940

5.0

Movie
Great Guns

Great Guns

1941

5.8

Movie
Green Light

Green Light

1937

6.3

Movie
Hard Boiled Mahoney

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947

6.4

Movie
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

7.6

Movie
Heart of the Rio Grande

Heart of the Rio Grande

1942

8.0

Movie
Her Husband's Affairs

Her Husband's Affairs

1947

5.5

Movie
Here Come the Co-eds

Here Come the Co-eds

1945

5.6

Movie
High School Hero

High School Hero

1946

5.0

Movie
poster

Highway Patrol

1955

5.8

TV
Hired Wife

Hired Wife

1940

6.8

Movie
History Is Made at Night

History Is Made at Night

1937

6.6

Movie
Hold That Baby!

Hold That Baby!

1949

5.0

Movie
Hold That Line

Hold That Line

1952

6.0

Movie
poster

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

6.0

TV
I Love a Bandleader

I Love a Bandleader

1945

0.0

Movie
poster

I Love Lucy

1951

8.0

TV
I Love You Again

I Love You Again

1940

7.3

Movie
I Ring Doorbells

I Ring Doorbells

1946

0.0

Movie
I'll Remember April

I'll Remember April

1945

4.0

Movie
I'll Tell the World

I'll Tell the World

1945

0.0

Movie
Ice Capades Revue

Ice Capades Revue

1942

5.7

Movie
If You Could Only Cook

If You Could Only Cook

1935

7.4

Movie
Illegal Traffic

Illegal Traffic

1938

6.7

Movie
In Old Amarillo

In Old Amarillo

1951

6.0

Movie
Incident

Incident

1948

4.9

Movie
Internes Can't Take Money

Internes Can't Take Money

1937

6.4

Movie
It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay

1943

6.4

Movie
It Had to Happen

It Had to Happen

1936

5.5

Movie
Jack Armstrong

Jack Armstrong

1947

0.0

Movie
Jesse James at Bay

Jesse James at Bay

1941

5.0

Movie
Johnny Dark

Johnny Dark

1954

5.2

Movie
poster

Jungle Jim

1955

5.0

TV
Jungle Woman

Jungle Woman

1944

4.9

Movie
Keep Your Powder Dry

Keep Your Powder Dry

1945

5.9

Movie
King of Chinatown

King of Chinatown

1939

5.9

Movie
King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936

5.0

Movie
King of the Underworld

King of the Underworld

1939

6.4

Movie
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949

6.1

Movie
Knute Rockne All American

Knute Rockne All American

1940

6.0

Movie
Ladies of Washington

Ladies of Washington

1944

5.5

Movie
Larceny on the Air

Larceny on the Air

1937

5.0

Movie
Last of the Buccaneers

Last of the Buccaneers

1950

5.5

Movie
Lay That Rifle Down

Lay That Rifle Down

1955

5.5

Movie
Life with Henry

Life with Henry

1941

5.0

Movie
Little Giant

Little Giant

1946

5.3

Movie
Love Letters of a Star

Love Letters of a Star

1936

0.0

Movie
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
Lydia

Lydia

1941

6.4

Movie
Magnificent Doll

Magnificent Doll

1946

5.9

Movie
Marjorie Morningstar

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

6.2

Movie
Marked Woman

Marked Woman

1937

6.5

Movie
Mary Lou

Mary Lou

1948

0.0

Movie
Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941

7.3

Movie
Meet the Stewarts

Meet the Stewarts

1942

6.0

Movie
Michael O'Halloran

Michael O'Halloran

1937

0.0

Movie
Midnight Intruder

Midnight Intruder

1938

5.2

Movie
Miss Mink of 1949

Miss Mink of 1949

1949

0.0

Movie
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

5.2

Movie
Money Madness

Money Madness

1948

4.2

Movie
Monsieur Verdoux

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

7.7

Movie
Mountain Justice

Mountain Justice

1937

5.5

Movie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936

7.5

Movie
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

9.0

Movie
Mr. Moto's Gamble

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

6.3

Movie
Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945

5.0

Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

7.9

Movie
Murder Is My Business

Murder Is My Business

1946

6.0

Movie
Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island

1951

5.3

Movie
Mystery Sea Raider

Mystery Sea Raider

1940

3.0

Movie
Naval Academy

Naval Academy

1941

0.0

Movie
Nazi Agent

Nazi Agent

1942

6.6

Movie
Nevada City

Nevada City

1941

5.0

Movie
No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940

5.5

Movie
Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady

1942

5.0

Movie
Off the Record

Off the Record

1939

6.0

Movie
Oh, What a Night!

Oh, What a Night!

1944

0.0

Movie
Out West with the Peppers

Out West with the Peppers

1940

5.7

Movie
Outside These Walls

Outside These Walls

1939

7.5

Movie
Over 21

Over 21

1945

4.7

Movie
Over the Border

Over the Border

1950

0.0

Movie
Paradise Isle

Paradise Isle

1937

5.0

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Petticoat Politics

Petticoat Politics

1941

0.0

Movie
poster

Racket Squad

1951

6.0

TV
Radar Secret Service

Radar Secret Service

1950

3.0

Movie
Redwood Forest Trail

Redwood Forest Trail

1950

0.0

Movie
Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River

1940

7.0

Movie
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

1991

7.3

Movie
Risky Business

Risky Business

1939

6.0

Movie
Road to Singapore

Road to Singapore

1940

6.5

Movie
Rock Island Trail

Rock Island Trail

1950

6.0

Movie
Rulers of the Sea

Rulers of the Sea

1939

6.5

Movie
Sailor's Lady

Sailor's Lady

1940

4.0

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Sea Devils

Sea Devils

1937

5.7

Movie
Secret Service of the Air

Secret Service of the Air

1939

5.8

Movie
Secrets of a Sorority Girl

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

1945

0.0

Movie
poster

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955

6.0

TV
Shadow of Suspicion

Shadow of Suspicion

1944

6.0

Movie
Shake, Rattle and Rock!

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1956

4.6

Movie
Shanghai Chest

Shanghai Chest

1948

6.1

Movie
She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers

1941

6.3

Movie
She's Dangerous

She's Dangerous

1937

5.0

Movie
Shock

Shock

1946

5.9

Movie
Sioux City Sue

Sioux City Sue

1946

0.0

Movie
Siren of Atlantis

Siren of Atlantis

1949

5.2

Movie
Slightly French

Slightly French

1949

7.2

Movie
Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets

1938

5.5

Movie
Society Lawyer

Society Lawyer

1939

5.1

Movie
Song of Love

Song of Love

1947

6.7

Movie
South of Dixie

South of Dixie

1944

0.0

Movie
Spook Chasers

Spook Chasers

1957

5.5

Movie
Stage Door

Stage Door

1937

6.9

Movie
Stand By All Networks

Stand By All Networks

1942

4.8

Movie
State Police

State Police

1938

6.0

Movie
Strange Illusion

Strange Illusion

1945

5.5

Movie
Sudden Danger

Sudden Danger

1955

5.3

Movie
Sunset in the West

Sunset in the West

1950

7.8

Movie
Superman

Superman

1948

6.0

Movie
Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire

1946

5.4

Movie
Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

6.5

Movie
Swing Time

Swing Time

1936

6.8

Movie
Teddy the Rough Rider

Teddy the Rough Rider

1940

6.4

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

1951

4.0

TV
The Adventures of Jane Arden

The Adventures of Jane Arden

1939

5.7

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951

5.3

TV
The Adventures of Martin Eden

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942

6.0

Movie
poster

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

4.5

TV
The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

6.5

Movie
The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff

1955

5.2

Movie
The Big Game

The Big Game

1936

5.8

Movie
The Big Hangover

The Big Hangover

1950

6.7

Movie
The Californian

The Californian

1937

0.0

Movie
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

1958

10.0

Movie
The Chance of a Lifetime

The Chance of a Lifetime

1943

6.2

Movie
The Chaser

The Chaser

1938

6.0

Movie
poster

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

4.4

TV
The Counterfeiters

The Counterfeiters

1948

5.6

Movie
The Covered Trailer

The Covered Trailer

1939

0.0

Movie
The Flaming Urge

The Flaming Urge

1953

0.0

Movie
The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

1949

6.8

Movie
The Gallant Blade

The Gallant Blade

1948

6.0

Movie
The Gentleman from Louisiana

The Gentleman from Louisiana

1936

0.0

Movie
The Gentleman from Nowhere

The Gentleman from Nowhere

1948

6.0

Movie
The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter

1937

5.3

Movie
The Great Mike

The Great Mike

1944

0.0

Movie
The Great Victor Herbert

The Great Victor Herbert

1939

5.0

Movie
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

1940

6.2

Movie
The Hit Parade

The Hit Parade

1937

4.0

Movie
The Hunted

The Hunted

1948

5.2

Movie
poster

The Jack Benny Program

1950

7.7

TV
The Jones Family in Hollywood

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939

0.0

Movie
The Lady Objects

The Lady Objects

1938

5.5

Movie
The Lost Planet

The Lost Planet

1953

0.0

Movie
poster

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

8.5

TV
The Mad Miss Manton

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

6.5

Movie
The Madonna's Secret

The Madonna's Secret

1946

5.9

Movie
The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope

1942

7.2

Movie
The Man Who Cried Wolf

The Man Who Cried Wolf

1937

5.5

Movie
The Maverick Queen

The Maverick Queen

1956

5.2

Movie
The Missing Lady

The Missing Lady

1946

4.8

Movie
The Mysterious Miss X

The Mysterious Miss X

1939

5.3

Movie
The Phantom Speaks

The Phantom Speaks

1945

5.4

Movie
The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

7.4

Movie
The Red Stallion

The Red Stallion

1947

0.0

Movie
The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over

1940

6.3

Movie
The Second Face

The Second Face

1950

6.8

Movie
The Shadow Returns

The Shadow Returns

1946

5.3

Movie
The Singing Marine

The Singing Marine

1937

4.0

Movie
The Spirit of Culver

The Spirit of Culver

1939

0.0

Movie
The Story of Seabiscuit

The Story of Seabiscuit

1949

5.8

Movie
The Strange Mrs. Crane

The Strange Mrs. Crane

1948

6.0

Movie
The Stranger Wore a Gun

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953

5.4

Movie
poster

The Whistler

1954

0.0

TV
The Wild Frontier

The Wild Frontier

1947

0.0

Movie
There's Always a Woman

There's Always a Woman

1938

5.8

Movie
There's That Woman Again

There's That Woman Again

1938

5.0

Movie
They Made Her a Spy

They Made Her a Spy

1939

6.0

Movie
Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd

1945

0.0

Movie
Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance

1945

6.2

Movie
Thunder Over Arizona

Thunder Over Arizona

1956

6.0

Movie
Thundering Caravans

Thundering Caravans

1952

0.0

Movie
Tip-Off Girls

Tip-Off Girls

1938

6.0

Movie
Two in the Dark

Two in the Dark

1936

5.9

Movie
Two Lost Worlds

Two Lost Worlds

1951

4.0

Movie
Under Southern Stars

Under Southern Stars

1937

0.0

Movie
Under Your Spell

Under Your Spell

1936

7.0

Movie
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

1943

5.7

Movie
Violence

Violence

1947

5.2

Movie
Wall Street Cowboy

Wall Street Cowboy

1939

6.5

Movie
poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

6.9

TV
Wanted: Jane Turner

Wanted: Jane Turner

1936

5.3

Movie
poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.3

TV
Whistling in Dixie

Whistling in Dixie

1942

5.0

Movie
Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy

1939

6.0

Movie
You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

1938

7.5

Movie
You May Be Next!

You May Be Next!

1936

2.5

Movie
Young Dr. Kildare

Young Dr. Kildare

1938

6.5

Movie
Zamba

Zamba

1949

3.5

Movie