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).

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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	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
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