Pierre Watkin

Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1887 – February 3, 1960) 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).

Pierre Watkin
Watkin in Meet John Doe (1941)
Born	Pierre Frank Watkin (1887-12-29)December 29, 1887 Afton Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, U.S.
Died	February 3, 1960(1960-02-03) (aged 72) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1910–1960
Spouses	Christie E. McLennan ​ ​ (m. 1909; died 1930)​ Mary Hart ​ ​ (m. 1932)​

Early life

Watkin was born on December 29, 1887, in Afton Township, Iowa, the third of four sons born to Charles Henry Watkin and Elizabeth Jeannette (née Scoles) Watkin.^[1][2]

When Watkin was a young child, his family moved to Sioux City, Iowa, where his parents ran a boarding house for actors. This environment influenced Watkin to go into acting. When he was a teenager, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he began acting in theater.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Watkin began his career touring the Midwest with various theatrical troupes, including with the company of Morgan Wallace.^[3] In 1918, he formed his own theatrical troupe, the Pierre Watkin Players, which was first headquartered in Sioux City, before moving to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1927.^[4][5] Among those in his troupe included Lyle Talbot (under his birth name "Lysle Talbot"); Georgia Neese Clark and her first husband George Clark; and Roy Hillard, the father of Harriet Nelson.^[6][7] However, the troupe disassembled when Watkin went East to pursue a Broadway career. The next year, Watkin made his made his Broadway debut in the 1928 play Possession.^[8]

Following a string of unsuccessful plays on Broadway, and with many actors moving out West, Watkin moved to California in 1935 to pursue a film career. Shortly after arriving, he made his film debut in the Bette Davis film Dangerous, having been offered a role by the film's director Alfred E. Green, an acquaintance of his from Broadway. Over his 25 year career, Watkin became well-known as a freelance actor, often appearing in bit roles — many uncredited — as wealthy distinguished authority figures such as bankers and judges. Watkin was a favorite of Davis and director Frank Capra, who dubbed Watkin his "one-man stock company".^[9] Although known as a character actor, he did obtain some major roles, such as bank president Mr. Skinner in The Bank Dick with W.C. Fields, and opposite Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright as Mr. Twitchell in the Lou Gehrig biographical drama film The Pride of the Yankees.

In 1940, Watkin made his first serial, portraying the main antagonist in the Universal film serial The Green Hornet Strikes Again!. Watkin would attain more prominent roles in film serials, such as the role of Uncle Jim Fairfield in the 1947 Columbia serial Jack Armstrong. The following year, the studio cast him in the role of Perry White in their adaption of Superman. The serial was a success, leading to Watkin reprising his role in a follow-up, Atom Man vs. Superman, in 1950. Watkin also received prominent roles from low-budget poverty row studios, appearing in several Western films for Republic Pictures.

At the turn of the decade, Watkin began to segue into television as the medium began gaining popularity. 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. He also made an appearance on I Love Lucy in 1954, portraying book editor Mr. Dorrance in the episode "Lucy Writes a Novel". Watkin appeared as several minor characters in different episodes of Adventures of Superman. When producers were looking to revive the series after its cancellation in 1958, Watkin was cast in the role of Perry White again, replacing the late John Hamilton. However, these plans never came to fruition after the death of series star George Reeves in June 1959.

Personal life

Watkin first married Christie E. McLennan on August 21, 1909, in Ottawa, Kansas; the two had met while they were a part of a troupe together.^[10] They remained married until her death on April 4, 1930.^[11] Watkin remarried Mary Hart in Reading, Pennsylvania on September 25, 1932.^[12]

Watkin died on February 3, 1960, at age 72, at his home in Hollywood, California, from pneumonia and complications of diabetes. He was buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, Burbank, California.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1924	He Who Gets Slapped	Spectator
1935	Dangerous	George Sheffield
	If You Could Only Cook	Mr. Balderson	Uncredited
1936	Two in the Dark	City Editor	Uncredited
	You May Be Next	Bernard Pine	Uncredited
	It Had to Happen	District Attorney
	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Arthur Cedar	Uncredited
	Forgotten Faces	Mr. McBride
	Counterfeit	Matt McDonald
	Nobody's Fool	George Baxter
	Bunker Bean	Mr. Barnes	Uncredited
	China Clipper	Secretary of State	Uncredited
	The Gentleman from Louisiana	Roger Leland
	Swing Time	Al Simpson	Uncredited
	Sitting on the Moon	Tucker
	The Big Game	College Chancellor	Uncredited
	Under Your Spell	Allen's Lawyer	Uncredited
	Love Letters of a Star	Hobbs
	Country Gentlemen	Mr. Grayson
	Wanted! Jane Turner	Andrew Norris	Uncredited
	King of Hockey	Thomas A. White	Uncredited
1937	Larceny on the Air	Kennedy
	Dangerous Number	Mr. Stark	Uncredited
	The Devil's Playground	Submarine Commander
	She's Dangerous	H.J. Conrad	Uncredited
	Breezing Home	Steward	Uncredited
	Green Light	Dr. Booth
	Sea Devils	USS Taroe Commander
	History Is Made at Night	Commodore Eldridge	Uncredited
	Bill Cracks Down	William "Bill" Reardon, Sr.
	Waikiki Wedding	John Durkin	Uncredited
	Racketeers in Exile	Chief G-Man	Uncredited
	Marked Woman	Judge at 2nd trial	Uncredited
	Internes Can't Take Money	Dr. Fearson
	Mountain Justice	The Governor	Uncredited
	The Hit Parade	J.B. Hawley
	Michael O'Halloran	Mark Grave
	The Go Getter	Browne
	Married Before Breakfast	Mr. Potter	Uncredited
	Ever Since Eve	Barton
	The Singing Marine	General
	The Californian	Miller
	Paradise Isle	Steinmeyer
	The Life of Emile Zola	Prefect of Police	Uncredited
	Reported Missing	Reynolds	Uncredited
	Confession	Lawyer Stagoff	Uncredited
	The Man Who Cried Wolf	The Governor	Uncredited
	Stage Door	Richard Carmichael
	Breakfast for Two	Gordon Faraday
	Thoroughbreds Don't Cry	Judge Dobson	Uncredited
	Daughter of Shanghai	Mr. Yorkland	Uncredited
	Rosalie	Academy Superintendent	Uncredited
1938	Midnight Intruder	Peter Winslow
	Arsène Lupin Returns	Mr. Carter	Uncredited
	Dangerous to Know	Senator Carson	Uncredited
	State Police	Col. C.B. Clarke
	Mr. Moto's Gamble	District Attorney
	Tip-Off Girls	George Murkil
	There's Always a Woman	Mr. Ketterling
	A Trip to Paris	Baxter	Uncredited
	The Chaser	Mr. Beaumont
	Smashing the Rackets	John Nelson Davis	Uncredited
	Boy Meets Girl	B.K. Whitacre	Uncredited
	You Can't Take It with You	Kirby's Attorney	Uncredited
	Valley of the Giants	Banker #2	Uncredited
	Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	Mr. Wondel	Uncredited
	King of Alcatraz	Ship Doctor	Uncredited
	Girls' School	Mr. Simpson
	The Mad Miss Manton	Mr. Fenton	Uncredited
	The Lady Objects	Mr. Harper
	Young Dr. Kildare	Robert Candler
	Girls on Probation	Mr. Storm	Uncredited
	Illegal Traffic	Jigger
	There's That Woman Again	Mr. Nacelle
1939	King of the Underworld	District Attorney
	The Mysterious Miss X	Winslow
	Risky Business	Abernathy
	Off the Record	Barton
	Wings of the Navy	Capt. March
	Fast and Loose	Victor Stockton	Uncredited
	Secret Service of the Air	Chief Morrow	Uncredited
	The Spirit of Culver	Capt. Wharton
	King of Chinatown	District Attorney Philips	Uncredited
	The Adventures of Jane Arden	Albert Thayer
	Society Lawyer	Henry V. Adams
	They Made Her a Spy	Colonel Wilson
	First Offenders	Mr. Blakeley
	Outside These Walls	Hewitt Bronson
	The Jones Family in Hollywood	Producer
	Wall Street Cowboy	Roger Hammond
	Death of a Champion	Albert Deacon
	Everything's on Ice	Hotel Manager
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Senate Minority Leader (Senator Barnes)
	Rulers of the Sea	Mr. Caldwell	Uncredited
	The Covered Trailer	Horace Cartwright
	Geronimo	Colonel White
	The Great Victor Herbert	Albert Martin
1940	The Earl of Chicago	Warden	Uncredited
	Road to Singapore	Morgan Wycott	Uncredited
	Gangs of Chicago	Shady Businessman	Uncredited
	The Saint Takes Over	Ben Eagan
	Earthbound	President of the Court	Uncredited
	Queen of the Mob	Torey	Uncredited
	Out West with the Peppers	Mr. King
	Sailor's Lady	Captain
	Golden Gloves	A.P. Barton	Uncredited
	Mystery Sea Raider	Straker	Uncredited
	I Love You Again	Mr. Sims
	Captain Caution	American Consul
	Rhythm on the River	Uncle John	Uncredited
	Five Little Peppers in Trouble	Mr. King
	Hired Wife	Charlie	Uncredited
	No Time for Comedy	First-Nighter	Uncredited
	Yesterday's Heroes	Harvey Mason
	Knute Rockne All American	Hearing Commissioner	Uncredited
	Life with Henry	Mr. Anderson
	Street of Memories	Dr. Thornton
	Father Is a Prince	Mr. Lee
	The Bank Dick	Mr. Skinner
	Dr. Kildare's Crisis	Robert Chandler	Uncredited
	The Green Hornet Strikes Again!	Boss Crogan	Serial
1941	Cheers for Miss Bishop	President Crowder
	Petticoat Politics	Alfred Wilcox
	The Trial of Mary Dugan	Judge Nash
	A Man Betrayed	Governor
	Meet John Doe	Hammett
	She Knew All the Answers	George Wharton
	Adventure in Washington	Frank Conroy
	Naval Academy	Capt. Davis
	For Beauty's Sake	Middlesex
	Nevada City	Amos Norton
	The Big Store	Bedding Department Manager	Uncredited
	Cracked Nuts	Mr. Benson	Uncredited
	Life Begins for Andy Hardy	Bob Waggoner	Uncredited
	Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day	Robert Chandler	Uncredited
	Unfinished Business	Lawyer	Uncredited
	Father Takes a Wife	William "Bill" Fowler	Uncredited
	Lydia	Speaker	Uncredited
	Buy Me That Town	Carlton Williams
	Great Guns	Col. Wayburn
	Jesse James at Bay	Phineas Krager
	Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring	Crothers
	Bedtime Story	Eccles	Uncredited
1942	Lady for a Night	District Attorney Logan	Uncredited
	Nazi Agent	Grover Blaine McHenry
	Obliging Young Lady	John Markham
	The Adventures of Martin Eden	Amos Morley
	Heart of the Rio Grande	Randolph Lane
	Yokel Boy	Johnson
	We Were Dancing	Tom Bentley	Uncredited
	Meet the Stewarts	Lunch Guest	Uncredited
	The Magnificent Dope	Bill Carson
	The Pride of the Yankees	Mr. Twitchell
	Wildcat	Banker	Uncredited
	Stand By All Networks	Grant Neeley
	Secrets of the Underground	Dirstict Attorney Winton	Uncredited
	Ice-Capades Revue	Wiley Stone
	Whistling in Dixie	Doctor
1943	Cinderella Swings It	Brock Harris
	It Ain't Hay	Maj. Harper	Uncredited
	Mission to Moscow	Naval Attache	Uncredited
	A Stranger in Town	Supreme Court Justice	Uncredited
	Du Barry Was a Lady	Ambrose	Uncredited
	Good Luck, Mr. Yates	Enlistment Officer	Uncredited
	This Is the Army	Audience member	Uncredited
	Destroyer	Admiral	Uncredited
	Fired Wife	Doctor	Uncredited
	Swing Shift Maisie	Judge
	Crazy House	Prosecutor	Uncredited
	The Iron Major	Colonel White	Uncredited
	The Chance of a Lifetime	Gov. Rutledge	Uncredited
	Riding High	Masters	Uncredited
	Jack London	American Consul	Uncredited
	What a Woman!	Senator	Uncredited
	How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines	British Agent Z	Uncredited
1944	Weekend Pass	John James "J.J." Kendall
	My Best Gal		Uncredited
	Bermuda Mystery	Herbert Bond
	Once Upon a Time	Radio Stage Manager	Uncredited
	Ladies of Washington	Dr. John Crane	Uncredited
	Jungle Woman	Dr. Meredith
	South of Dixie	Dean Williamson
	Wing and a Prayer	Admiral	Uncredited
	Atlantic City	Sen. Hodges
	Three Little Sisters	Mr. Davenport	Uncredited
	Oh, What a Night!	Tom Gordon
	Shadow of Suspicion	Frank J. Randall
	End of the Road	District Attorney
	Dead Man's Eyes	Attorney
	The Great Mike	Col. Whitley
	Meet Miss Bobby Socks	Quinlan
1945	She Gets Her Man	Johnson	Uncredited
	Roughly Speaking	Financier	Uncredited
	Here Come the Co-Eds	Police Chief	Uncredited
	Docks of New York	Capt. Jacobs
	Keep Your Powder Dry	Mr. Lorrison
	Strange Illusion	Wallace Armstrong
	I'll Remember April	Dr. Armitage
	The Phantom Speaks	Charlie Davis
	Honeymoon Ahead	Warden Lawlor	Uncredited
	Three's a Crowd	Marcus Pett
	Thrill of a Romance	Tycoon	Uncredited
	I'll Tell the World	Dr. Mullins
	Mr. Muggs Rides Again	Dr. Fletcher
	Over 21	Joel I. Nixon	Uncredited
	Incendiary Blonde	Otto Hummel	Uncredited
	Secrets of a Sorority Girl	Dr. Harlan Johnson
	Divorce	John B. Carter
	I Love a Bandleader	Dr. Gardiner
	Apology for Murder	Craig Jordan
	Dakota	Wexton Geary
	Captain Tugboat Annie	Dr. Turner
	Follow That Woman	J.B. Henderson
	The Stork Club	Mr. Gray	Uncredited
	Adventure	Mr. Buckley	Uncredited
1946	Shock	Hotel Manager	Uncredited
	Miss Susie Slagle's	Superintendent	Uncredited
	The Shadow Returns	Police Commissioner J.R. Weston	Uncredited
	The Madonna's Secret	District Attorney
	Little Giant	P.S. Van Loon
	Claudia and David	Hartley Naughton	Uncredited
	I Ring Doorbells	G.B. Barton
	Murder Is My Business	Arnold Ramsey
	The Kid from Brooklyn	E. Winthrop LeMoyne	Uncredited
	So Goes My Love	Committee Man	Uncredited
	Behind the Mask	Police Commissioner Weston
	Our Hearts Were Growing Up	Producer	Uncredited
	G.I. War Brides	Editor
	The Missing Lady	Police Commissioner Weston
	Earl Carroll Sketchbook	John Clark
	Swamp Fire	P.T. Hilton
	High School Hero	Gov. Huffington
	Two Years Before the Mast	Staunton	Uncredited
	Plainsman and the Lady	Sen. Allen	Uncredited
	Sioux City Sue	G.W. Rhodes
	Magnificent Doll	Harper	Uncredited
1947	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Wendell Paige	Uncredited
	Jack Armstrong	Uncle Jim Fairfield	Serial
	Cigarette Girl	District Attorney	Uncredited
	The Ghost Goes Wild	Murgatroyd	Uncredited
	Monsieur Verdoux	Prison Official	Uncredited
	Violence	Ralph Borden
	Danger Street	Turlock's Publisher Friend	Uncredited
	Hard Boiled Mahoney	Dr. Rolfe Carter
	The Web	Mr. Porter	Uncredited
	Seven Keys to Baldpate	Mr. Bentley	Uncredited
	Living in a Big Way	Hausman	Uncredited
	The Red Stallion	Richard Moresby
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Reverend	Uncredited
	The Wild Frontier	Marshal Frank Lane
	Song of Love	Duke of X	Uncredited
	The Fabulous Texan	Citizen	Uncredited
	Beyond Our Own	Dr. Blake
	Her Husband's Affairs	Vice President Beitler
	Road to the Big House		Uncredited
	Brick Bradford	Prof. Salisbury	Serial
1948	Glamour Girl	T.J. Hopkins
	Mary Lou	Airline President
	B.F.'s Daughter	Joe Stewart	Uncredited
	The Hunted	Simon Rand
	State of the Union	Senator Lauterback
	Money Madness	Judge	Uncredited
	Trapped by Boston Blackie	Dunn	Uncredited
	The Counterfeiters	Carter
	Shanghai Chest	Judge Wesley Armstrong
	Superman	Perry White	Serial
	Daredevils of the Clouds	Douglas Harrison
	The Arkansas Swing	Horse Vet
	Fighting Back	Colonel
	A Southern Yankee	Major	(scenes deleted)
	Lady at Midnight	John Featherstone	Uncredited
	The Gentleman from Nowhere	Hoffman	Uncredited
	An Innocent Affair	T.D. Hendricks
	The Strange Mrs. Crane	Clinton Crane
	The Gallant Blade	Governor	Uncredited
	Incident	C.W. Sloan
1949	Alaska Patrol	Mr. Sigmund
	Siren of Atlantis	Colonel
	Slightly French	Publicity Man	Uncredited
	Miss Mink of 1949	Cranston	Uncredited
	Knock on Any Door	Purcell	Uncredited
	El Paso	Mr. Seton	Uncredited
	Make Believe Ballroom	Program Director	Uncredited
	Tulsa	Winters	Uncredited
	Flamingo Road	Senator on Power Commission	Uncredited
	Neptune's Daughter	Mr. Canford	Uncredited
	Look for the Silver Lining	Theater Goer	Uncredited
	The Fountainhead	Cortlandt Official	Uncredited
	Hold That Baby!	John Winston
	Barbary Pirate	John Adams	Uncredited
	Zamba	Benton
	Mary Ryan, Detective	Commissioner Ward	Uncredited
	The Story of Seabiscuit	Charles S. Howard
	Samson and Delilah	2nd Priest of Dagon	Uncredited
	Life of St. Paul Series	Caiaphas
1950	Blue Grass of Kentucky	Head Steward
	Radar Secret Service	Mr. Hamilton
	Key to the City	Mayor Cabot	Uncredited
	Nancy Goes to Rio	Michael	Uncredited
	Over the Border	Rand Malloy
	Rock Island Trail	Major
	Shadow on the Wall	Dr. Dan Hodge	Uncredited
	The Big Hangover	Samuel C. Lang
	Three Little Words	Philip Goodman	Uncredited
	Atom Man vs. Superman	Perry White	Serial
	Redwood Forest Trail	Arthur Cameron
	Sunset in the West	Gordon MacKnight
	Last of the Buccaneers	Gov. Claiborne	Uncredited
	Emergency Wedding	Doctor	Uncredited
	Southside 1-1000	Police Commissioner
	Frontier Outpost	Colonel Warrick	Uncredited
	The Second Face	Mr. Hamilton
	The Du Pont Story	Col. Henry du Pont
1951	Two Lost Worlds	Magistrate Jeffries
	Belle Le Grand	Parkington's Associate	Uncredited
	In Old Amarillo	George B. Hills
	Mysterious Island	Confederate Officer	Serial, Uncredited
1952	Scandal Sheet	Baxter	Uncredited
	Hold That Line	Morgan T. Stanhope
	A Yank in Indo-China	Kingston
	Lovely to Look At	Prospective Investor	Uncredited
	Thundering Caravans	Head Marshal
	Francis Goes to West Point	Colonel Hedley	Uncredited
1953	The Lost Planet	Ned Hilton	Serial
	Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders	Commissioner Morrison	Serial, [Chs.1,10-12]
	The Stranger Wore a Gun	Jason Conroy
	The Flaming Urge	Albert Cruickshank
1954	Johnny Dark	Ed J. Winston
	About Mrs. Leslie	Lewis
1955	The Eternal Sea	General	Uncredited
	The Big Bluff	Winthrop
	Lay That Rifle Down	Mr. Coswell	Uncredited
	Creature with the Atom Brain	Mayor Bremer
	Sudden Danger	George Caldwell
1956	The Maverick Queen	McMillan
	Thunder Over Arizona	Dr. E. Peterson	Uncredited
	Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!	Investor	Uncredited
	Shake, Rattle & Rock!	Armstrong
	Don't Knock the Rock	Mayor George Bagley
1957	Spook Chasers	Dr. Moss
	Calypso Heat Wave	Thornwall	Uncredited
	Pal Joey	Mr. Forsythe	Scenes deleted
1958	Marjorie Morningstar	Civil Official	Uncredited
	High School Confidential	David Wingate	Uncredited
	The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
	It! The Terror from Beyond Space	Spokesman	Uncredited
1959	The Flying Fontaines	Doctor	Uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	The Silver Theatre		Episode: "Bad Guy"
	Colgate Theatre		Episode: "Satan's Waitin'"
	The Cisco Kid	Various roles	3 episodes
1950-1951	Dick Tracy	Police Chief Pat Patton	Recurring role; 4 episodes
1950-1955	The Lone Ranger	Various roles	6 episodes
1951	Amos 'n' Andy	Traffic Court Judge #1	Episode: "Traffic Violation"
1951-1953	Racket Squad	Various roles	3 episodes
1951-1955	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Various roles	5 episodes
1952	The Range Rider	Dr. Chancellor Dad Harris	Episode: "Blind Canyon" Episode: "The Bandit Stallion"
	The Gene Autry Show	Colonel Sheriff	Episode: "Blazeaway" Episode: "Six Gun Romeo"
	The Unexpected	J.B. Crane	Episode: "Split Second"
	Life with Luigi		Episode: "Citizenship"
	Boston Blackie		Episode: "Black Widow"
1952-53	The Roy Rogers Show	Prescott Prof. Petrie	Episode: "Peril from the Past" Episode: "Outlaws of Paradise Valley"
	Fireside Theatre	Various roles	4 episodes
1952-1958	Adventures of Superman	Various roles	4 episodes
	The Jack Benny Program	Various roles	5 episodes
	Sky King	Various roles	3 episodes
1953	Chevron Theatre		Episode: "Goodbye to the Clown"
	Your Favorite Story		Episode: "A Tale of Negative Gravity"
	Hopalong Cassidy	Henry Warren	Episode: "Frontier Law"
	The Adventures of Kit Carson	Sheriff	Episode: "Ambush"
1953-1954	The Ford Television Theatre	Various roles	3 episodes
1953-1956	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	Porter Dr. Wells	Episode: "Grandpa and Genie" Episode: "The Missing Diamonds"
1954	I Love Lucy	Mr. Dorrance	Episode: "Lucy Writes a Novel"
	Duffy's Tavern	Fenston	Episode: "The Heir"
	Captain Midnight	Dr. Morgan	Episode: "The Deadly Project"
	The Red Skelton Show		Episode: "The Cop and the Anthem"
1954-1955	Public Defender	Dr. Morse Chester Lamont	Episode: "Color Blind" Episode: "Gunpoint"
1954-1957	Lux Video Theatre	Various roles	4 episodes
	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	Dr. Hyer	Recurring role; 4 episodes
1955	Stories of the Century	Judge Isaac C. Parker	Uncredited Episode: "Cherokee Bill"
	The Whistler	Roarke	Episode: "Favor for a Friend"
	The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse		Episode: "The Quiet Wife"
	City Detective	Davis	Episode: "The Hypnotic Wife"
	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	J. Harrison Hardesty	Episode: "Visitor in the Night"
	The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre		Episode: "The Wizard"
	Front Row Center	Hatfield	Episode: "Dinner at Eight"
	Damon Runyon Theater		Episode: "The Mink Doll"
	The Man Behind the Badge	Tremont	Episode: "The Case of the Phoney Paper"
	Four Star Playhouse	Mr. Morgan	Episode: "Let the Chips Fall"
	Climax!	Family Friend	Uncredited Episode: "A Promise to Murder"
	Fury	Ellis	Episode: "Joey and the Gypsies"
1955-1956	Brave Eagle	Col. Matt Matthews Col. Bond	Episode: "Moonfire" Episode: "Death Trap"
	TV Reader's Digest	Various roles	3 episodes
	Annie Oakley	Henry Lormier Rev. Mills	Episode: "Dead Man's Stuff" Episode: "The Reckless Press"
1955-1957	The Millionaire	Jonathan Jeffries Governor	Episode: "The Margaret Browning Story" Episode: "The Hugh Waring Story"
1955-1958	December Bride	Various roles	3 episodes
1956	The Count of Monte Cristo	Charcot	Episode: "Return to the Chateau D'if
	Jungle Jim	Horatio Erskine	Episode: "Power of Darkness"
	It's a Great Life	Jason General	Episode: "Screen Test" Episode: "Old Soldiers Never Die"
	Cheyenne	The Colonel Harvey Sinclair	Episode: "Decision" (uncredited) Episode: "The Law Man"
	The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu	Secretary of Commerce	Episode: "The Satellites of Dr. Fu Manchu"
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Porter	Episode: "Crack of Doom"
	The Bob Hope Show	Himself	Episode: "The Awful Truth" (March 21)
1957	Crossroads	Judge Richter Governor	Episode: "Call for Help" Episode: "Convict 1321, Age 21"
	The Sheriff of Cochise	Judge	Episode: "Stepfather"
	The Gale Storm Show		Episode: "For Money or Love"
	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon	Inspector	Episode: "The Jailbreaker"
	Tales of Wells Fargo	Doctor	Episode: "Laredo"
1957-1958	Perry Mason	Judge Keetley	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	The Restless Gun	Various roles	3 episodes
1957-1959	Highway Patrol	Thomas Corbin Mr. Larson	Episode: "Dead Hunter" Episode: "Diversion Robbery"
1958	Death Valley Days	David Dows	Episode: "Empire of Youth"
	Colt .45	Col. Duncan	Episode: "Decoy"
	The Life of Riley	Teasdale	Episode: "The Letter"
	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp	Col. Bankhead	Episode: "When Sherman Marched Through Kansas"
	Dragnet		Episode: "The Big Eyes"
	Frontier Doctor	Dr. Breen	Episode: "San Francisco Story"
	Tales of the Texas Rangers	Ross Oliver	Episode: "Jace and Clay"
1959	The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour	Mr. Robinson	Episode: "Lucy Wants a Career"
	Tombstone Territory	Mr. Starr	Episode: "The Black Diamond"
	Bronco	Judge Blair	Episode: "Bodyguard"
1960	77 Sunset Strip	Plastics Executive	Uncredited Episode: "Collector's Item"
	Bat Masterson	Judge Smith	Episode: "A Picture of Death"
	Wagon Train	Doctor Samuel Caldwell	Uncredited Episode: "The Larry Hanify Story"
	Wanted Dead or Alive	Dr. Bowers	Episode: "Jason", (final appearance)

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12. "Pierre Watkin". www.b-westerns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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