Biography
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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The Red Stallion
Sioux City Sue
Jack Armstrong
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
The Great Mike
Heart of the Rio Grande
In Old Amarillo
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
I Love Lucy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Jack Benny Program
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Perry Mason
Monsieur Verdoux
He Who Gets Slapped
Shadow of Suspicion
You Can't Take It with You
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Pride of the Yankees
Meet John Doe
I Love You Again
Flamingo Road
Stage Door
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Nevada City
The Californian
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Four Star Playhouse
The Fountainhead
Hard Boiled Mahoney
A Volta do Besouro Verde
Swing Time
Lux Video Theatre
Over 21
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Smashing the Rackets
History Is Made at Night
Adventures of Superman
Mysterious Island
Dead Man's Eyes
Dangerous to Know
Marked Woman
Dangerous
Fury
Dragnet
High School Hero
Du Barry Was a Lady
It Ain't Hay
Lydia
The Bank Dick