1. Pierre Frank Watkin was an American character actor best known for playing distinguished authority figures throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood.
17 Facts About Pierre Watkin
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When Pierre Watkin was a young child, his family moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where his parents ran a boarding house for actors.
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Pierre Watkin began his career touring the Midwest with various theatrical troupes, including with the company of Morgan Wallace.
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However, the troupe disassembled when Pierre Watkin went East to pursue a Broadway career.
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The next year, Pierre Watkin made his made his Broadway debut in the 1928 play Possession.
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Pierre Watkin was a favorite of Davis and director Frank Capra, who dubbed Pierre Watkin his "one-man stock company".
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Pierre Watkin would attain more prominent roles in film serials, such as the role of Uncle Jim Fairfield in the 1947 Columbia serial Jack Armstrong.
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The serial was a success, leading to Pierre Watkin reprising his role in a follow-up, Atom Man vs Superman, in 1950.
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Pierre Watkin received prominent roles from low-budget poverty row studios, appearing in several Western films for Republic Pictures.
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At the turn of the decade, Pierre Watkin began to segue into television as the medium began gaining popularity.
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Pierre Watkin appeared in several series, such as The Lone Ranger, Cheyenne, The Jack Benny Program, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.
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Pierre Watkin made an appearance on I Love Lucy in 1954, portraying book editor Mr Dorrance in the episode "Lucy Writes a Novel".
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Pierre Watkin appeared as several minor characters in different episodes of Adventures of Superman.
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When producers were looking to revive the series after its cancellation in 1958, Pierre Watkin was cast in the role of Perry White again, replacing the late John Hamilton.
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Pierre Watkin remarried Mary Hart in Reading, Pennsylvania on September 25,1932.
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Pierre Watkin died on February 3,1960, at age 72, at his home in Hollywood, California, from pneumonia and complications of diabetes.
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Pierre Watkin was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, Burbank, California.