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The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
Pierre Watkin
Also known as: Pierre Frank Watkin
Acting
Born:December 27, 1889
Died:February 3, 1960(aged 70)
Nationality:United States
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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.
Filmography (193 movies)
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Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
as Investor
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9.0
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938
as Mr. Wondel
8.0
8.0
Heart of the Rio Grande
1942
as Randolph Lane
7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator Barnes
7.6
7.6
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
7.5
7.5
Outside These Walls
1939
as Hewitt Bronson
7.5
7.5
Sunset in the West
1950
as Gordon MacKnight
7.4
7.4
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Mr. Twitchell
7.3
7.3
Meet John Doe
1941
as Hammett
7.3
7.3
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
as Doc Hyer
7.2
7.2
The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Carson
7.2
7.2
I Love You Again
1940
as Mr. W.H. Sims
7.0
7.0
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Lewis
7.0
7.0
Under Your Spell
1936
as Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)
7.0
7.0
Stage Door
1937
as Carmichael
6.8
6.8
Swing Time
1936
6.8
6.8
The Second Face
1950
as Mr. Hamilton
6.7
6.7
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
as J.H. King
6.7
6.7
Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
as Sen. Platt
6.6
6.6
Dangerous
1935
as George Sheffield
6.6
6.6
Nazi Agent
1942
as Grover Blaine McHenry
6.5
6.5
There's That Woman Again
1938
as Mr. Nacelle
6.5
6.5
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Judge
6.5
6.5
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as Hayden's Lawyer
6.5
6.5
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Jigger
6.5
6.5
Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Mr. Robert Chanler
6.5
6.5
The Bank Dick
1940
as Mr. Skinner
6.4
6.4
Green Light
1937
as Dr. Booth
6.4
6.4
The Saint Takes Over
1940
as Ben Egan
6.4
6.4
King of the Underworld
1939
as District Attorney
6.4
6.4
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Dr. Rolfe Carter
6.3
6.3
Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Dr. Fearson
6.3
6.3
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as George Wharton
6.2
6.2
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
as State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
as Boss Crogan
6.1
6.1
The Shanghai Chest
1948
as Judge Wesley Armstrong
6.1
6.1
The Big Hangover
1950
as Samuel C. Long
6.1
6.1
Dangerous to Know
1938
as Senator Carson
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6.0
State Police
1938
as Col. C.B. Clarke
6.0
6.0
Bermuda Mystery
1944
as Herbert Bond
6.0
6.0
Docks of New York
1945
as Captain Jacobs
6.0
6.0
Shadow of Suspicion
1944
as Frank Randall
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6.0
Claudia and David
1946
as Hartley Naughton
6.0
6.0
Brick Bradford
1947
as Professor Salisbury
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6.0
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Dr. Peterson
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Counterfeit
1936
as Matt McDonald
6.0
6.0
Buy Me That Town
1941
as Carlton Williams
6.0
6.0
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Clinton Crane
6.0
6.0
Girls' School
1938
as Mr. Alfred Simpson
6.0
6.0
Superman
1948
as Perry White
6.0
6.0
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
as Hoffman
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
as Amos Morley
6.0
6.0
The Gallant Blade
1948
as Governor
6.0
6.0
Fighting Back
1948
as Colonel
6.0
6.0
Wings of the Navy
1939
as Capt. March
6.0
6.0
Risky Business
1939
as Abernathy
6.0
6.0
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
as Douglas Harrison
6.0
6.0
In Old Amarillo
1951
as George B. Hills
6.0
6.0
Tip-Off Girls
1938
as George Murkil
6.0
6.0
Off the Record
1939
as Barton
6.0
6.0
Murder Is My Business
1946
as Arnold Ramsey
6.0
6.0
Adventure in Washington
1941
as Frank Conroy
6.0
6.0
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953
as Commissioner Morrison
6.0
6.0
Hold That Line
1952
as Morgan T. Stanhope
6.0
6.0
Follow That Woman
1945
as J.B. Henderson
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Rock Island Trail
1950
as Major
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6.0
The Chaser
1938
as Mr. Beaumont
5.9
5.9
The Madonna's Secret
1946
as District Attorney
5.9
5.9
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
as Mr. Lorrison
5.9
5.9
Great Guns
1941
as Col. Wayburn
5.9
5.9
Shock
1946
as Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager
5.8
5.8
The Go-Getter
1937
as Browne
5.8
5.8
Devil's Playground
1937
as Submarine Commander
5.8
5.8
Secret Service of the Air
1939
as Chief of the Secret Service
5.8
5.8
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
as Charles S. Howard
5.8
5.8
There's Always a Woman
1938
as Mr. Ketterling
5.7
5.7
Ice Capades Revue
1942
as Wiley Stone
5.7
5.7
They Made Her a Spy
1939
as Colonel Wilson
5.7
5.7
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
as British Agent Z
5.7
5.7
Don't Knock The Rock
1956
as Mayor George Bagley
5.7
5.7
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Crothers
5.7
5.7
Sea Devils
1937
as USS Taroe Commander
5.7
5.7
Out West with the Peppers
1940
as J.H. King
5.7
5.7
The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
as Albert Thayer
5.6
5.6
The Counterfeiters
1948
as Carter
5.6
5.6
Breakfast for Two
1937
as Gordon Faraday
5.6
5.6
Captain Caution
1940
as American Consul
5.5
5.5
Mountain Justice
1937
as Governor
5.5
5.5
Last of the Buccaneers
1950
as Gov. Claiborne
5.5
5.5
The Maverick Queen
1956
as McMillan
5.5
5.5
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
as Governor
5.5
5.5
Lay That Rifle Down
1955
as Mr. Coswell
5.5
5.5
It Had to Happen
1936
as District Attorney
5.5
5.5
Ladies of Washington
1944
as Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Barton
5.4
5.4
The Lady Objects
1938
as Mr. Harper
5.4
5.4
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Governor
5.4
5.4
The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jason Conroy
5.4
5.4
Strange Illusion
1945
as District Attorney Wallace Armstrong
5.4
5.4
The Phantom Speaks
1945
as Charlie Davis
5.3
5.3
The Shadow Returns
1946
as Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
5.3
5.3
Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Perry White
5.2
5.2
Midnight Intruder
1938
as Attorney Peter Winslow
5.2
5.2
The Hunted
1948
as Simon Rand, Attorney
5.2
5.2
Violence
1947
as Ralph Borden
5.2
5.2
Swamp Fire
1946
as P.T. Hilton
5.2
5.2
End of the Road
1944
as District Attorney
5.2
5.2
Siren of Atlantis
1949
as Colonel
5.2
5.2
Sudden Danger
1955
as George Caldwell
5.1
5.1
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as L.T. Yorkland
5.1
5.1
Little Giant
1946
as P.S. Van Loon
5.1
5.1
Dakota
1945
as Wexton Geary
5.1
5.1
Incident
1948
as C. W. Sloan
5.0
5.0
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
as Mayor Bremer
5.0
5.0
The Great Victor Herbert
1939
as Albert Martin
5.0
5.0
High School Hero
1946
as Governor Huffington
5.0
5.0
Golden Gloves
1940
as A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
She's Dangerous
1937
as H.J. Conrad
5.0
5.0
Bill Cracks Down
1937
as William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
5.0
5.0
The Hit Parade
1937
as J. B. Hawley
5.0
5.0
King of Hockey
1936
as Thomas A. White
5.0
5.0
Nevada City
1941
as Amos Norton
5.0
5.0
Society Lawyer
1939
as Henry V. Adams
5.0
5.0
Father Is A Prince
1940
as Mr. Lee
5.0
5.0
Divorce
1945
as John Carter
5.0
5.0
Whistling in Dixie
1942
as Doctor
5.0
5.0
Hold That Baby!
1949
as John Winston
5.0
5.0
Atlantic City
1944
as Sen. Hodges
5.0
5.0
Larceny on the Air
1937
as Kennedy
5.0
5.0
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
as Dr. Fletcher
5.0
5.0
Life with Henry
1941
as Mr. Joseph Anderson
5.0
5.0
Johnny Dark
1954
as Ed J. Winston
5.0
5.0
Obliging Young Lady
1942
as John Markham
5.0
5.0
Behind the Mask
1946
as Police Commissioner Weston
5.0
5.0
Paradise Isle
1937
as Dr. Steinmeyer
4.9
4.9
The Big Bluff
1955
as Mr. Winthrop
4.9
4.9
Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Meredith
4.9
4.9
Spook Chasers
1957
as Dr. Moss
4.7
4.7
Country Gentlemen
1936
as Mr. Grayson
4.7
4.7
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
as Roger Hammond
4.7
4.7
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Vice President Beitler
4.6
4.6
The Missing Lady
1946
as Police Commissioner Weston
4.6
4.6
Apology for Murder
1945
as Craig Jordan
4.6
4.6
Stand By All Networks
1942
as Grant Neeley
4.6
4.6
Geronimo
1939
as Col. White
4.6
4.6
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Armtrong
4.6
4.6
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Winslow
4.5
4.5
Everything's on Ice
1939
as Hotel Manager
4.2
4.2
Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
4.2
4.2
Money Madness
1948
as Judge (uncredited)
4.0
4.0
The Singing Marine
1937
as General
3.9
3.9
Two Lost Worlds
1951
as Magistrate Jeffries
3.8
3.8
An Innocent Affair
1948
as T.D. Hendricks
3.7
3.7
I'll Remember April
1945
as Dr. Armitage
3.5
3.5
Zamba
1949
as Benton
3.1
3.1
Radar Secret Service
1950
as Mr. Hamilton
2.5
2.5
You May Be Next!
1936
as Bernard Pine (uncredited)
1.0
1.0
The Lost Planet
1953
as Ned Hilton
Petticoat Politics
1941
as Alfred Wilcox
Three's a Crowd
1945
as Marcus Pett
I Love a Bandleader
1945
as Dr. Gardiner
For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Middlesex
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
as Roger Leland
I Ring Doorbells
1946
as G.B. Barton
South of Dixie
1944
as Dean Williamson
Over the Border
1950
as Rand Malloy
Jack Armstrong
1947
as Uncle Jim Fairfield
The Covered Trailer
1939
as Horace Cartwright
Cinderella Swings It
1943
as Brock Harris
Under Southern Stars
1937
as Robert E. Lee
I'll Tell the World
1945
as Dr. Mullins
Sioux City Sue
1946
as G.W. Rhodes
The Californian
1937
as Miller
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945
as Dr. Harlan Johnson
Mary Lou
1948
as Airline President
The Great Mike
1944
as Colonel Whitley
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
as Head Steward
The Wild Frontier
1947
as Frank Lane
Thundering Caravans
1952
as Head Marshal
The Spirit of Culver
1939
as Capt. Wharton
Naval Academy
1941
as Capt. Davis
Glamour Girl
1948
as T.J. Hopkins
Oh, What a Night!
1944
as Tom Gordon
Beyond Our Own
1947
as Dr. Blake
Alaska Patrol
1949
as Mr. Sigmund
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Dr. Turner
G.I. War Brides
1946
as Editor
Love Letters of a Star
1936
as Hobbs
Michael O'Halloran
1937
as Mark Grave
The Red Stallion
1947
as Richard Moresby
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Arthur Cameron
The Flaming Urge
1953
as Albert Cruickshank
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