From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaPierre 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 Gehrigs 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 childrens 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 Allens syndicated western series, Frontier Doctor.During the first season of CBSs 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.
Mr. W.H. Sims
Film 1940
Civil Official (uncredited)
Film 1958
Brock Harris
Film 1943
Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
Film 1936
Alfred Wilcox
Film 1941
Horace Cartwright
Film 1939
Craig Jordan
Film 1945
Mayor Bremer
Film 1955
District Attorney
Film 1946
District Attorney
Film 1944
Ralph Borden
Film 1947
Hayden's Lawyer
Film 1944
Grover Blaine McHenry
Film 1942
Simon Rand, Attorney
Film 1948
Crothers
Film 1941
G.W. Rhodes
Film 1946
Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
Film 1924
Doctor
Film 1942
Ben Egan
Film 1940
Hewitt Bronson
Film 1939
Dr. Peterson
Film 1956
Doc Hyer
Film 1991
Benton
Film 1949
George Caldwell
Film 1955
Sen. Platt
Film 1940
Perry White
Film 1950
Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)
Film 1936
Marcus Pett
Film 1945
Magistrate Jeffries
Film 1951
Robert E. Lee
Film 1937
Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)
Film 1949
Randolph Lane
Film 1942
Dr. Steinmeyer
Film 1937
Police Commissioner Weston
Film 1946
Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
Film 1946
Police Commissioner Weston
Film 1946
Frank Randall
Film 1944
John Carter
Film 1945
Kennedy
Film 1937
USS Taroe Commander
Film 1937
Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
Film 1941
Henry V. Adams
Film 1939
Mr. Grayson
Film 1936
Ned Hilton
Film 1953
Albert Martin
Film 1939
William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
Film 1937
J.H. King
Film 1940
Governor
Film 1937
J.H. King
Film 1940
J. B. Hawley
Film 1937
H.J. Conrad
Film 1937
Mr. Wondel
Film 1938
Hartley Naughton
Film 1946
Mr. Joseph Anderson
Film 1941
Perry White
Film 1948
Frank Conroy
Film 1941
Governor
Film 1937
Attorney Peter Winslow
Film 1938
George Murkil
Film 1938
Dr. Fletcher
Film 1945
Colonel Whitley
Film 1944
Wiley Stone
Film 1942
Mr. Ketterling
Film 1938
Movie Studio Producer (uncredited)
Film 1939
Gordon Faraday
Film 1937
Film 1940
Mr. Hamilton
Film 1950
Douglas Harrison
Film 1948
Gov. Claiborne
Film 1950
Senator Carson
Film 1938
Arthur Cameron
Film 1950
Head Steward
Film 1950
Dr. Turner
Film 1945
Abernathy
Film 1939
Frank Lane
Film 1947
Charlie Davis
Film 1945
Jigger
Film 1938
District Attorney
Film 1936
Capt. Wharton
Film 1939
Barton
Film 1937
Film 1937
Dr. Meredith
Film 1944
Colonel
Film 1948
Roger Hammond
Film 1939
Morgan T. Stanhope
Film 1952
Mr. Robert Chanler
Film 1938
Mr. Alfred Simpson
Film 1938
John Nelson Davis
Film 1938
Andrew Norris (uncredited)
Film 1936
Roger Leland
Film 1936
Mr. Nacelle
Film 1938
Dr. Gardiner
Film 1945
Chief of the Secret Service
Film 1939
Mr. Storm
Film 1938
District Attorney
Film 1939
Winslow
Film 1939
Captain Jacobs
Film 1945
Capt. March
Film 1939
Victor Stockton
Film 1939
Colonel Wilson
Film 1939
G.B. Barton
Film 1946
C. W. Sloan
Film 1948
Hotel Manager
Film 1939
Mr. Carter (uncredited)
Film 1938
District Attorney Wallace Armstrong
Film 1945
Rand Malloy
Film 1950
Investor
Film 1956
A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
Film 1940
Editor
Film 1946
Mr. Sigmund
Film 1949
Albert Cruickshank
Film 1953
Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Film 1938
Dr. Mullins
Film 1945
Governor
Film 1948
Herbert Bond
Film 1944
Dr. Rolfe Carter
Film 1947
Duke of X (uncredited)
Film 1947
Professor Salisbury
Film 1947
Col. Wayburn
Film 1941
Boss Crogan
Film 1940
Prison Official (uncredited)
Film 1947
Vice President Beitler
Film 1947
Matt McDonald
Film 1936
L.T. Yorkland
Film 1937
Carter
Film 1948
Arnold Ramsey
Film 1946
Carlton Williams
Film 1941
Dr. Fearson
Film 1937
Miller
Film 1937
Mr. Hamilton
Film 1950
Jason Conroy
Film 1953
City Editor (uncredited)
Film 1936
Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
Film 1940
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Film 1940
American Consul
Film 1940
Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)
Film 1940
Mr. Lee
Film 1940
Mr. Robert Chandler
Film 1940
T.J. Hopkins
Film 1948
Uncle John
Film 1940
Straker
Film 1940
Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
Film 1940
Film 1936
Ed J. Winston
Film 1954
Clinton Crane
Film 1948
Col. White
Film 1939
Hammett
Film 1941
P.T. Hilton
Film 1946
Sen. Hodges
Film 1944
Film 1949
Dr. Moss
Film 1957
George B. Hills
Film 1951
President of the Court
Film 1940
Gordon MacKnight
Film 1950
Head Marshal
Film 1952
Judge
Film 1943
British Agent Z
Film 1943
Amos Norton
Film 1941
Film 1958
State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
Film 1943
Mr. Buckley
Film 1945
Mr. Coswell
Film 1955
Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited)
Film 1937
Airline President
Film 1948
Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom
Film 1937
Dr. Booth
Film 1937
John Markham
Film 1942
Barton
Film 1939
Publicity Man (uncredited)
Film 1949
Browne
Film 1937
J.B. Henderson
Film 1945
Governor Huffington
Film 1946
General
Film 1937
Hobbs
Film 1936
Grant Neeley
Film 1942
Cranston
Film 1949
Mr. Beaumont
Film 1938
The College Chancellor
Film 1936
Mr. Barnes (uncredited)
Film 1936
Confederate Officer
Film 1951
Capt. Davis
Film 1941
Doctor
Film 1943
Prosecutor
Film 1943
Naval Attache (uncredited)
Film 1943
Middlesex
Film 1941
Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
Film 1944
Col. C.B. Clarke
Film 1938
Dean Williamson
Film 1944
Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited)
Film 1939
Mr. Balderson (uncredited)
Film 1935
Bernard Pine (uncredited)
Film 1936
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
Film 1949
Speaker
Film 1941
Judge #2 (uncredited)
Film 1937
Maj. Harper (uncredited)
Film 1943
Police Chief (uncredited)
Film 1945
Albert Thayer
Film 1939
Secretary of State (uncredited)
Film 1936
Dr. Armitage
Film 1945
Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)
Film 1945
Tom Gordon
Film 1944
Mr. Winthrop
Film 1955
Armtrong
Film 1956
Captain
Film 1940
Harper
Film 1946
John Winston
Film 1949
Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
Film 1938
Commissioner Morrison
Film 1953
Uncle Jim Fairfield
Film 1947
Film 1949
Dr. Blake
Film 1947
Mayor George Bagley
Film 1956
Club Guest (uncredited)
Film 1942
Mark Grave
Film 1937
Hoffman
Film 1948
Judge (uncredited)
Film 1948
Tycoon (uncredited)
Film 1945
Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)
Film 1937
Dist. Atty. Philips (uncredited)
Film 1939
Tv 1954
Mr. Dorrance
Tv 1951
Tv 1951
Tv 1958
Tv 1955
Tv 1956
Sleamish
Tv 1950
J. Harrison Hardesty
Tv 1951
Tv 1951
Tv 1951
Tv 1954
Tv 1955
Tv 1953
Tv 1951
Tv 1952
Tv 1951
Tv 1955
Hinchecliffe
Tv 1950
Mr. Morgan
Tv 1952
Mr. Robinson (uncredited)
Tv 1957