Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

American actor (1889–1960)

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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 45 films (1936–1958) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1936 COUNTRY GENTLEMEN. Republic Pictures Corp 8 reels B&W
1936 FORGOTTEN FACES. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1936 IT HAD TO HAPPEN. Fox Film Corp 79 min B&W
1936 MOUNTAIN JUSTICE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1936 Swing Time RKO Radio Pictures Inc 1:43:00 16mm B&W sound
1937 INTERNES CAN'T TAKE MONEY. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1937 RACKETEERS IN EXILE. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1937 The devil's playground. Erle C. Kenton 2520 16mm B&W sound
1938 DANGEROUS TO KNOW. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1938 ILLEGAL TRAFFIC. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1938 MIDNIGHT INTRUDER. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 7 reels B&W
1938 THERE'S THAT WOMAN AGAIN. Columbia Pictures Corp. 8 reels B&W
1938 TIP-OFF GIRLS. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 EVERYTHING'S ON ICE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. B&W
1939 KING OF CHINATOWN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1939 SOCIETY LAWYER. Loew's Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 The Great Victor Herbert. Andrew L. Stone 10 reels B&W
1939 THEY MADE HER A SPY. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. B&W
1940 CAPTAIN CAUTION Richard Wallace 79 min B&W
1940 ROAD TO SINGAPORE Paramount 90min 16mm B&W Sound
1940 Teddy The Rough Rider warner brothers 19 min. 16mm Color & B&W sound
1940 TEDDY THE ROUGH RIDER Ray Enright 19 min Color & B&W
1941 Jesse James at bay. Republic Pictures Corporation 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 Naval Academy. Erle C. Kenton 7 reels B&W
1942 The adventures of Martin Eden Columbia ; director, Sidney Salkow. 88 16mm B&W sound
1944 Jungle Woman. Reginald LeBorg 6 reels B&W
1944 My Best Gal. Anthony Mann 7 reels B&W
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry. Edward Buzzell 10 reels B&W sound
1946 Murder Is My Business. Sam Newfield 7 reels 35mm B&W sound
1947 Jack Armstrong. Wallace Fox 2 reels 35mm B&W sound
1947 Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin 124 min 16mm B&W
1947 Monsieur Verdoux. Chaplin Studios Inc. 124 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 The Red Stallion. Lesley Selander 82 min. 35mm Color sound
1948 An Innocent Affair. Lloyd Bacon 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1948 Brick Bradford. Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr 2 reels 35mm B&W sound
1948 State of the Union Frank Capra 124 min B&W
1948 State Of The Union. Frank Capra 122 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 Hold That Baby. Reginald LeBorg 64 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Siren Of Atlantis. Gregg G. Tallas 75 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Last Of The Buccaneers. Columbia Pictures Corp. 79 min. 35mm Color sound
1950 ROCK ISLAND TRAIL Joseph Kane 90 min 16mm Color sound
1950 The Big Hangover. Loew's Inc. 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Francis Goes To West Point. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 81 min. 35mm B&W sound
1958 Marjorie Morningstar. Beachwold Pictures Inc. 123 min 35mm Color sound
1958 Sky King. Derby Foods Inc. 2 reels 16mm B&W sound