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Pierre Watkin

 
Actor: Pierre Watkin
  • Born: Dec 29, 1889
  • Died: Feb 03, 1960
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: The Wild Frontier, Behind the Mask, Larceny on the Air
  • First Major Screen Credit: Country Gentlemen (1936)

Biography

Actor Pierre Watkin looked as though he was born to a family of Chase Manhattan executives. Tall, imposing, imbued with a corporate demeanor and adorned with well-trimmed white mustache, Watkin appeared to be a walking Brooks Brothers ad as he strolled through his many film assignments as bankers, lawyers, judges, generals and doctors. When director Frank Capra cast the actors playing US senators in Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939) using as criteria the average weight, height and age of genuine senators, Watkin fit the physical bill perfectly. Occasionally Watkin could utilize his established screen character for satirical comedy: in W.C. Fields' The Bank Dick, he portrayed Lompoc banker Mr. Skinner, who extended to Fields the coldest and least congenial "hearty handclasp" in movie history. Serial fans know Pierre Watkin as the actor who originated the role of bombastic Daily Planet editor Perry White in Columbia's two Superman chapter plays of the late '40s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Filmography: Pierre Watkin
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High School Confidential

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Marjorie Morningstar

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Beginning of the End

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Pal Joey

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Shake, Rattle and Rock

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The Maverick Queen

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Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders [Serial]

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The Stranger Wore a Gun

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In Old Amarillo

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The Big Hangover

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Nancy Goes to Rio

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Three Little Words

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Two Lost Worlds

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Atom Man vs. Superman [Serial]

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Key to the City

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Flamingo Road

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The Fountainhead

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Knock on Any Door

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Neptune's Daughter

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Samson and Delilah

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The Story of Seabiscuit

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Tulsa

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A Southern Yankee

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State of the Union

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Superman [Serial]

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Hard-Boiled Mahoney

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Her Husband's Affairs

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Monsieur Verdoux

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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The Jolson Story

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The Kid from Brooklyn

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Shock!

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Sioux City Sue

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Little Giant

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Magnificent Doll

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Two Years Before the Mast

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Dakota

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The Stork Club

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Thrill of a Romance

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Adventure

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A Wing and a Prayer

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Jungle Woman

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Destination Tokyo

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Du Barry Was a Lady

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The Iron Major

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This Is the Army

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Thousands Cheer

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Panama Hattie

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The Pride of the Yankees

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Whistling in Dixie

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Cheers for Miss Bishop

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Great Guns

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Jesse James at Bay

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Lady for a Night

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Life Begins for Andy Hardy

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Meet John Doe

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A Man Betrayed

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The Bank Dick

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I Love You Again

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Knute Rockne, All American

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Road to Singapore

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Rhythm on the River

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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Boy Meets Girl

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The Mad Miss Manton

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Rosalie

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You Can't Take It with You

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The Life of Emile Zola

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Marked Woman

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Stage Door

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Internes Can't Take Money

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Waikiki Wedding

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Swing Time

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Dangerous

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Wikipedia: Pierre Watkin
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Pierre Watkin
Born 29 December 1889(1889-12-29)
Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Died 3 February 1960 (aged 70)
Hollywood, California

Pierre Watkin (29 December 1889 in Sioux City, Iowa3 February 1960 in Hollywood, California) was an American actor. He was a character actor in many films, serials and TV series from the 1930s through the 1950s, especially westerns. He is perhaps best remembered for his connection to the serial and TV versions of Superman.

He played 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.

He played a couple of different characters in episodes of the TV series Adventures of Superman, in which John Hamilton had been cast as 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, ending those plans. Watkin himself died within 6 months.

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