Pierre Watkin

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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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1889-12-27
  • event Death Date 1960-02-03
  • school Known for: Acting
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7.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939-10-19

5.2

Siren of Atlantis

1949-01-04

7.3

I Love You Again

1940-08-09

6.2

Marjorie Morningstar

1958-04-24

0

Cinderella Swings It

1943-01-22

7.5

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936-04-09

0

Petticoat Politics

1941-01-31

0

The Covered Trailer

1939-11-10

4.8

Apology for Murder

1945-09-27

5

Creature with the Atom Brain

1955-07-01

5.3

Little Giant

1946-02-22

5.9

The Madonna's Secret

1946-02-16

5.2

End of the Road

1944-11-10

5.2

Violence

1947-05-09

7

Stage Door

1937-10-08

5.8

The Story of Seabiscuit

1949-11-12

6.5

Dead Man's Eyes

1944-11-10

6.6

Nazi Agent

1942-03-01

5.2

The Hunted

1948-04-07

5.7

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941-11-18

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Sioux City Sue

1946-11-21

7.7

He Who Gets Slapped

1924-12-22

5

Whistling in Dixie

1942-12-31

6.3

The Saint Takes Over

1940-06-07

7.5

Outside These Walls

1939-05-04

6

Thunder Over Arizona

1956-08-04

7.3

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

1991-04-11

3.5

Zamba

1949-09-01

5.3

Sudden Danger

1955-12-14

5.9

Teddy the Rough Rider

1940-02-21

5.6

Atom Man vs. Superman

1950-07-20

7

About Mrs. Leslie

1954-08-03

7

Under Your Spell

1936-11-06

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Three's a Crowd

1945-05-23

4

Two Lost Worlds

1951-01-05

0

Under Southern Stars

1937-02-20

6.1

Knock on Any Door

1949-02-22

8

Heart of the Rio Grande

1942-03-11

5

Paradise Isle

1937-07-21

4.6

Behind the Mask

1946-05-25

5.3

The Shadow Returns

1946-02-16

4.7

The Missing Lady

1946-08-17

6

Shadow of Suspicion

1944-09-23

5

Divorce

1945-08-18

5

Larceny on the Air

1937-01-11

5.7

Sea Devils

1937-02-19

5

Jesse James at Bay

1941-10-17

5.1

Society Lawyer

1939-03-21

6.5

Country Gentlemen

1936-11-08

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The Lost Planet

1953-06-04

5

The Great Victor Herbert

1939-12-29

6.7

The Big Hangover

1950-05-26

5

Bill Cracks Down

1937-03-22

6.7

Five Little Peppers in Trouble

1940-09-01

5.5

The Man Who Cried Wolf

1937-08-29

5.7

Out West with the Peppers

1940-06-30

4

The Hit Parade

1937-04-26

5

King of Hockey

1936-12-19

5

She's Dangerous

1937-01-24

9

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938-10-07

6

Claudia and David

1946-02-25

5

Life with Henry

1941-01-23

6

Superman

1948-07-15

6.5

Adventure in Washington

1941-05-29

4.7

An Innocent Affair

1948-10-15

5.5

Mountain Justice

1937-04-24

5.2

Midnight Intruder

1938-02-06

6

Tip-Off Girls

1938-04-01

5

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945-07-15

0

The Great Mike

1944-11-15

5.7

Ice Capades Revue

1942-12-24

5.8

There's Always a Woman

1938-04-20

0

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939-06-02

5.9

Breakfast for Two

1937-10-22

5.3

Gangs of Chicago

1940-05-18

6.8

The Second Face

1950-12-01

6

Daredevils of the Clouds

1948-07-26

5.5

Last of the Buccaneers

1950-10-25

6.5

Dangerous to Know

1938-03-11

0

The Red Stallion

1947-08-16

0

Redwood Forest Trail

1950-09-18

0

Blue Grass of Kentucky

1950-01-22

0

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945-11-17

6

Risky Business

1939-03-03

0

The Wild Frontier

1947-09-30

5.4

The Phantom Speaks

1945-04-13

6.7

Illegal Traffic

1938-11-02

5.5

It Had to Happen

1936-02-14

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The Spirit of Culver

1939-03-10

5.8

Ever Since Eve

1937-07-15

6.6

History Is Made at Night

1937-03-05

4.9

Jungle Woman

1944-06-01

6

Fighting Back

1948-07-30

6.5

Wall Street Cowboy

1939-08-06

6

Hold That Line

1952-03-23

6.5

Young Dr. Kildare

1938-10-14

6

Girls' School

1938-09-30

5.5

Smashing the Rackets

1938-08-08

6.2

Boy Meets Girl

1938-08-27

5.3

Wanted: Jane Turner

1936-12-04

0

The Gentleman from Louisiana

1936-08-14

5

There's That Woman Again

1938-12-24

0

I Love a Bandleader

1945-09-13

5.8

Secret Service of the Air

1939-03-04

6.5

The Bank Dick

1940-11-29

5.9

Girls on Probation

1938-10-22

6

Devil's Playground

1937-01-24

6.4

King of the Underworld

1939-01-14

5.3

The Mysterious Miss X

1939-01-10

6

Docks of New York

1945-02-24

6

Wings of the Navy

1939-02-11

5.7

Fast and Loose

1939-02-17

6

They Made Her a Spy

1939-04-14

0

I Ring Doorbells

1946-02-28

4.9

Incident

1948-10-30

4.8

Everything's on Ice

1939-10-05

5.8

Arsène Lupin Returns

1938-02-25

5.5

Strange Illusion

1945-03-31

5.2

The Lady Objects

1938-10-12

0

Over the Border

1950-03-12

6.3

She Knew All the Answers

1941-05-13

10

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!

1956-10-02

5

Golden Gloves

1940-08-02

0

G.I. War Brides

1946-08-12

0

Alaska Patrol

1949-03-10

7.2

The Magnificent Dope

1942-07-01

0

The Flaming Urge

1953-09-27

7.5

You Can't Take It with You

1938-09-01

0

I'll Tell the World

1945-06-08

6

The Gallant Blade

1948-10-12

6

Bermuda Mystery

1944-05-01

6.4

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947-05-10

6.7

Song of Love

1947-10-09

6

Brick Bradford

1947-12-18

5.8

Great Guns

1941-10-10

6.2

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

1940-12-24

7.8

Monsieur Verdoux

1947-09-26

5.1

Dakota

1945-12-15

5.5

Her Husband's Affairs

1947-11-12

6.3

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938-04-07

6.7

Dangerous

1935-12-25

6

Counterfeit

1936-05-25

5.3

Daughter of Shanghai

1937-12-17

5.6

The Counterfeiters

1948-05-28

6

Murder Is My Business

1946-03-07

6

Buy Me That Town

1941-10-03

6.4

Internes Can't Take Money

1937-04-16

0

The Californian

1937-07-18

3.1

Radar Secret Service

1950-01-28

5.4

The Stranger Wore a Gun

1953-07-30

5.7

Two in the Dark

1936-01-10

6.8

Hired Wife

1940-09-13

5.5

No Time for Comedy

1940-09-14

5.3

Captain Caution

1940-08-09

5.9

Knute Rockne All American

1940-10-05

5

Father Is A Prince

1940-11-18

6

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940-11-29

0

Glamour Girl

1948-01-16

7

Rhythm on the River

1940-08-28

3

Mystery Sea Raider

1940-10-26

6.5

Road to Singapore

1940-03-22

6.8

Swing Time

1936-08-28

5.2

Johnny Dark

1954-06-25

6

The Strange Mrs. Crane

1948-10-07

5

Geronimo

1939-11-26

7.3

Meet John Doe

1941-03-14

5.4

Swamp Fire

1946-09-06

6

Rock Island Trail

1950-05-18

5

Atlantic City

1944-09-15

5.6

El Paso

1949-03-22

5.5

Spook Chasers

1957-06-02

6

In Old Amarillo

1951-05-15

4.8

Earthbound

1940-06-06

0

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

1945-08-15

7.8

Sunset in the West

1950-09-25

0

Cracked Nuts

1941-07-02

0

Thundering Caravans

1952-06-20

6.5

Swing Shift Maisie

1943-10-01

5.7

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

1943-01-01

5

Nevada City

1941-06-19

10

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

1958-08-01

6.2

The Chance of a Lifetime

1943-10-26

5.2

The Maverick Queen

1956-05-03

6.2

Adventure

1945-12-28

5.5

Lay That Rifle Down

1955-07-07

6.1

Confession

1937-08-19

0

Mary Lou

1948-01-23

5

Dangerous Number

1937-01-22

6.3

Green Light

1937-02-20

5

Obliging Young Lady

1942-04-01

6

Off the Record

1939-01-21

7.2

Slightly French

1949-02-02

5.3

The Go-Getter

1937-05-22

6

Follow That Woman

1945-12-14

5

High School Hero

1946-09-06

4

The Singing Marine

1937-07-03

0

Love Letters of a Star

1936-11-08

4.8

Stand By All Networks

1942-10-29

0

Miss Mink of 1949

1949-02-11

6

The Chaser

1938-07-29

5.8

The Big Game

1936-10-09

4.6

Bunker Bean

1936-06-26

5.3

Mysterious Island

1951-09-13

0

Naval Academy

1941-06-05

4.8

Fired Wife

1943-09-04

6.1

Du Barry was a Lady

1943-08-13

5

Crazy House

1943-10-08

6.6

Destroyer

1943-08-19

5.2

Mission to Moscow

1943-04-29

6.1

Shanghai Chest

1948-07-11

7.4

The Pride of the Yankees

1942-07-14

0

For Beauty's Sake

1941-06-06

5.5

Ladies of Washington

1944-05-25

6

State Police

1938-03-18

0

South of Dixie

1944-06-23

6.5

Rulers of the Sea

1939-11-08

7.4

If You Could Only Cook

1935-12-30

2.5

You May Be Next!

1936-02-05

6.8

The Fountainhead

1949-06-25

6.4

Lydia

1941-09-18

6.5

Marked Woman

1937-04-10

6.4

It Ain't Hay

1943-03-10

5.6

Here Come the Co-eds

1945-02-02

5.7

The Adventures of Jane Arden

1939-03-18

5.6

China Clipper

1936-08-11

4

I'll Remember April

1945-04-01

4.7

Over 21

1945-08-08

5.9

Keep Your Powder Dry

1945-04-01

0

Oh, What a Night!

1944-09-02

5.2

The Big Bluff

1955-06-05

4.6

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1956-11-01

4

Sailor's Lady

1940-07-05

5.9

Magnificent Doll

1946-12-08

5

Hold That Baby!

1949-06-06

5.5

A Man Betrayed

1941-03-07

6.5

The Mad Miss Manton

1938-10-21

6

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

1953-07-08

5.9

Shock

1946-02-01

6

The Adventures of Martin Eden

1942-02-26

0

Jack Armstrong

1947-02-06

7

Flamingo Road

1949-04-30

0

Beyond Our Own

1947-11-16

5.7

Don't Knock The Rock

1956-12-14

6

Meet the Stewarts

1942-05-21

0

Michael O'Halloran

1937-05-15

6

The Gentleman from Nowhere

1948-09-09

4.2

Money Madness

1948-04-15

6.2

Thrill of a Romance

1945-05-23

5.5

December Bride

1954-10-04

8

I Love Lucy

1951-10-15

6.5

Dragnet

1951-12-16

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955-10-02

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958-10-06

5.8

Highway Patrol

1955-10-03

4.4

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956-02-20

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6.6

Adventures of Superman

1952-09-19

4.5

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951-04-15

6.3

Bat Masterson

1958-10-08

6

Racket Squad

1951-06-07

0

The Whistler

1954-07-13

3.5

Cavalcade of America

1952-10-01

6

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955-09-29

0

City Detective

1953-09-07

5.3

The Adventures of Kit Carson

1951-08-11

6

Hopalong Cassidy

1952-09-19

4

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

1951-09-08

5

Jungle Jim

1955-09-26

5.9

Fury

1955-10-15

3.5

Cavalcade of America

1952-10-01

5.5

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

5.7

Four Star Playhouse

1952-09-25

6.9

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958-09-06

7.6

Perry Mason

1957-09-21

7.6

The Jack Benny Program

1950-10-28

8.8

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957-11-06