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Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

Actor · 1889 – 1960

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.

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  • Movie7.8
  • Movie5.2

    Jungle Woman

    1944 · 21 votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie7.7

    Monsieur Verdoux

    1947 · 492 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Fountainhead

    1949 · 161 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Knock on Any Door

    1949 · 75 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Swing Time

    1936 · 256 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936 · 416 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Pride of the Yankees

    1942 · 148 votes

  • Movie6.8

    A Volta do Besouro Verde

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    1940 · 6 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Flamingo Road

    1949 · 60 votes

  • Movie7.1

    Stage Door

    1937 · 143 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Stranger Wore a Gun

    1953 · 33 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Meet John Doe

    1941 · 289 votes

  • Movie7.4

    If You Could Only Cook

    1935 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Du Barry Was a Lady

    1943 · 18 votes

  • Movie6.7

    History Is Made at Night

    1937 · 55 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Great Guns

    1941 · 43 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie7.2

    I Love You Again

    1940 · 57 votes

  • Movie6.4

    The Mad Miss Manton

    1938 · 44 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Thrill of a Romance

    1945 · 7 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Dakota

    1945 · 38 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Bank Dick

    1940 · 132 votes

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.5

    Dragnet

    1951 · 36 votes

  • TV6.8

    Four Star Playhouse

    1952 · 11 votes

  • TV7.9

    I Love Lucy

    1951 · 264 votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV7.1

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    1958 · 38 votes

  • TV6.2

    Highway Patrol

    1955 · 11 votes

  • TV6.4

    Bat Masterson

    1958 · 16 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Jack Benny Program

    1950 · 17 votes

  • TV6.7

    Adventures of Superman

    1952 · 63 votes

  • TV6.3

    December Bride

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV6.3
  • TV5.3
  • TV6.0
  • TV7.5

    City Detective

    1953 · 2 votes

  • TV4.6

    Cavalcade of America

    1952 · 5 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV6.5

    Fury

    1955 · 16 votes

  • TV6.5

    Racket Squad

    1951 · 4 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV5.6
  • TV5.3

    Hopalong Cassidy

    1952 · 10 votes