

Cast & creator
Best known for Perry Mason, Perry Mason, Four Star Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Pierre Frank Watkin, Pierre F. Watkin, Pierre Watkins
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television credits
284
1924–1991 · acting roles
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Judge Keetley
1957
Judge
1957
Mr. Morgan
1952

Mr. Dorrance
1951
Dr. Bowers
1958
Mr. Lewis
1950
Judge Smith
1958
Porter
1955


Sir Lancelot
1952


Sleamish
1950Hinchecliffe
1950

Allan Pinkerton
1952



Ellis
1955




Mr. Robinson (uncredited)
1957

Senator Barnes
1939
J. Harrison Hardesty
1951
Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938

Arthur Cedar (uncredited)
1936
Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
1949
Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)
1949
Prison Official (uncredited)
1947
Mr. Twitchell
1942
Carmichael
1937
Mr. W.H. Sims
1940
Hammett
1941
Maj. Harper (uncredited)
1943
Mr. Balderson (uncredited)
1935
Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
1938
Chief of the Secret Service
1939
Boss Crogan
1940
District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)
1938
Judge #2 (uncredited)
1937
Police Chief (uncredited)
1945
Jason Conroy
1953
Ambrose (uncredited)
1943(archive footage)
1976
Mr. Alfred Simpson
1938
Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)
1940
Tycoon (uncredited)
1945
(uncredited)
1936
Charles S. Howard
1949
Mr. Buckley
1945
Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
1924
Mayor Bremer
1955
Mr. Lee
1940
Civil Official (uncredited)
1958

Colonel
1948
Carlton Williams
1941
Naval Attache (uncredited)
1943
McMillan
1956
Capt. March
1939
Superintendent (uncredited)
1946
Harper (uncredited)
1946
Editor
1946
George Wharton
1941
J.H. King
1940
Alfred Wilcox
1941
Mr. Lorrison
1945
Perry White
1950
Browne
1937
Douglas Harrison
1948
Mr. Skinner
1940
Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited)
1939
City Editor (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Ketterling
1938
First-Nighter (uncredited)
1940
Colonel Wilson
1939
Amos Morley
1942
Vice President Beitler
1947
Ben Egan
1940
District Attorney
1939
State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
1943
Sen. Platt
1940
Blake (uncredited)
1946
Perry White
1948
Mr. Robert Chandler
1940
American Consul
1940
Admiral
1943
Uncle John
1940
Lewis
1954
Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Coswell
1955
Albert Thayer
1939
John Markham
1942
Dr. Fearson
1937
Hayden's Lawyer
1944
Head Steward
1950
Grant Neeley
1942
Roger Hammond
1939
Major
1950
Commissioner Morrison
1953
Crothers
1941
Duke of X (uncredited)
1947
Roger Leland
1936
Movie Studio Producer (uncredited)
1939
Kennedy
1937
Club Guest (uncredited)
1942
Gov. Claiborne
1950
Captain Jacobs
1945
Armtrong
1956
Governor
1937
General
1937
Dr. Mullins
1945
Cranston
1949
Head Marshal
1952
P.S. Van Loon
1946
Mr. Wondel
1938
Col. Wayburn
1941
John Nelson Davis
1938
Hotel Manager
1939
Albert Cruickshank
1953
Judge Wesley Armstrong
1948
Judge Dobson - Racing Steward (uncredited)
1937
Senator Carson
1938
Barton
1937
Hewitt Bronson
1939
District Attorney
1944
Wexton Geary
1945
Herbert Bond
1944
Hoffman
1948
Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited)
1937
Andrew Norris (uncredited)
1936
Mr. Beaumont
1938
Dr. Harlan Johnson
1945
Dr. Armitage
1945
Confederate Officer
1951
Middlesex
1941
Publicity Man (uncredited)
1949
Mayor George Bagley
1956
Bernard Pine (uncredited)
1936
J.H. King
1940
Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
1941
Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)
1945
Dr. Meredith
1944
Doc Hyer
1991
Colonel
1949

Gordon MacKnight
1950
Hartley Naughton
1946Marcus Pett
1945
Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom
1937
Victor Stockton (uncredited)
1939
Investor
1956
Grover Blaine McHenry
1942
Mr. Nacelle
1938
Albert Martin
1939
Barton
1939
Governor
1937
L.T. Yorkland
1937
Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)
1937
District Attorney
1946
Ed J. Winston
1954
George B. Hills
1951
Henry V. Adams
1939
Randolph Lane
1942
Mr. Carter (uncredited)
1938
Arnold Ramsey
1946
District Attorney
1936
Winslow
1939
Gordon Faraday
1937
Hobbs
1936
T.D. Hendricks
1948
Tom Gordon
1944
Clinton Crane
1948
Dist. Atty. Philips (uncredited)
1939
Wiley Stone
1942
George Sheffield
1935
Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
1940
Mr. Storm
1938
British Agent Z
1943
Prosecutor
1943
Speaker
1941
Simon Rand, Attorney
1948
Mr. Joseph Anderson
1941
Carter
1948
H.J. Conrad
1937
Capt. Wharton
1939
Dean Williamson
1944
Magistrate Jeffries
1951
Dr. Turner
1945
George Murkil
1938
Sen. Hodges
1944
Mr. Sigmund
1949
J.B. Henderson
1945
Secretary of State (uncredited)
1936
Governor
1941
Dr. Rolfe Carter
1947
B.K. Whitacre
1938
Col. White
1939
Rand Malloy
1950
Arthur Cameron
1950
Abernathy
1939
Amos Norton
1941
Richard Moresby
1947
Attorney Peter Winslow
1938
Straker
1940
Mr. Winthrop
1955

Submarine Commander
1937
Ned Hilton
1953
Doctor
1943
Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)
1936
Dr. Gardiner
1945
Jigger
1938
Samuel C. Long
1950
Thomas A. White
1936

Dr. Moss
1957
Mr. Barnes (uncredited)
1936
Governor Huffington
1946
Judge (uncredited)
1948
Capt. Davis
1941
Police Commissioner Weston
1946
John Carter
1945
The College Chancellor
1936
Frank Conroy
1941
Dr. Booth
1937
Police Commissioner Weston
1946
Doctor
1942
Mark Grave
1937
Mr. Robert Chanler
1938
USS Taroe Commander
1937
C. W. Sloan
1948
Dr. Fletcher
1945
Mr. Harper
1938
Captain
1940
Mr. Grayson
1936
G.W. Rhodes
1946
William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
1937
Benton
1949
Morgan T. Stanhope
1952
Carson
1942
Miller
1937
George Caldwell
1955
Col. C.B. Clarke
1938
A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Benson
1941
Ralph Borden
1947
Judge
1943
Mr. Hamilton
1950
G.B. Barton
1946
Dr. Peterson
1956
Mr. Hamilton
1950
Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
1946
Armstrong
1945
T.J. Hopkins
1948
John Winston
1949
P.T. Hilton
1946
Uncle Jim Fairfield
1947
Craig Jordan
1945
Governor
1948
Charlie Davis
1945
Harvey Mason
1940
Matt McDonald
1936
Dr. Steinmeyer
1937
Colonel Whitley
1944
J. B. Hawley
1937
Airline President
1948
Brock Harris
1943
Frank Lane
1947
President of the Court
1940
Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
1944
Horace Cartwright
1939
Dr. Blake
1947
Frank Randall
1944Robert E. Lee
1937
Professor Salisbury
1947