Pierre Watkin
Pierre Frank Watkin was an American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood. He is best remembered for his roles of Mr. Skinner the bank president in The Bank Dick (1940); Lou Gehrig's father-in-law Mr. Twitchell in Pride of the Yankees (1942); and the first actor to portray Perry White in the Superman serials Superman (1948) and Atom Man vs. Superman (1950).
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🎬 Movies
Marjorie Morningstar
actor
1959
High School Confidential
actor
1958
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
actor
1958
Shake, Rattle & Rock!
actor
1957
The Maverick Queen
actor
1956
Creature with the Atom Brain
actor
1955
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
actor
1953
The Stranger Wore a Gun
actor
1953
Francis Goes to West Point
actor
1952
Captain Caution
actor
1951
Two Lost Worlds
actor
1950
The Big Hangover
actor
1950
Rock Island Trail
actor
1950
Look for the Silver Lining
actor
1950
Last of the Buccaneers
actor
1950
Flamingo Road
actor
1950
Hold That Baby!
actor
1949
Siren of Atlantis
actor
1949
The Gentleman from Nowhere
actor
1948
The Hunted
actor
1948
An Innocent Affair
actor
1948
Song of Love
actor
1947
Brick Bradford
actor
1947
Violence
actor
1947
The Red Stallion
actor
1947
Jack Armstrong
actor
1947
Miss Susie Slagle's
actor
1946
Two Years Before the Mast
actor
1946
Little Giant
actor
1946
Murder Is My Business
actor
1946
Apology for Murder
actor
1945
Strange Illusion
actor
1945
Over 21
actor
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
actor
1945
Jungle Woman
actor
1944
My Best Gal
actor
1944
Oh, What a Night
actor
1944
Dead Man's Eyes
actor
1944
The Chance of a Lifetime
actor
1943
The Adventures of Martin Eden
actor
1942
The Trial of Mary Dugan
actor
1941
Jesse James at Bay
actor
1941
Petticoat Politics
actor
1941
Lydia
actor
1941
A Man Betrayed
actor
1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
actor
1941
Naval Academy
actor
1941
I Love You Again
actor
1940