Pierre Watkin

His life began on the 29th of December in either 1887 or 1889 different sources give different years. He began appearing in films in 1932 and before he appeared in his final film in 1959 he appeared in a remarkable 341 motion pictures and film serials. Some of his more notable film appearances include Stage Door, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Du Barry Was a Lady, The Shadow Returns and Flamingo Road… He first appeared on television in 1950 and went onto appear on such programs as “The Silver Theatre”, “The Cisco Kid”, “Dick Tracy”, “The Amos ‘n Andy Show”, “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show”, “The Gene Autry Show”, “Boston Blackie”, “Fireside Theatre”, “The Roy Rogers Show”, “The Ford Television Theatre”, “Duffy’s Tavern”, “I Love Lucy”, “The Red Skelton Show”, “Schlitz Playhouse of Stars”, “Lux Video Theatre”, “The Lone Ranger”, “Four Star Playhouse”, “December Bride”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “The Gale Storm Show”, “Adventures of Superman”, “The Life of Riley”, “The Jack Benny Program”, “Perry Mason”, “Dragnet”, “Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse”, “Bat Masterson” and “Wagon Train.” His final television appearance was on “Wanted: Dead or Alive” in 1960. The episode aired four days prior to the actor’s passing... In 1948 he became the first actor portray Perry White on screen. The serial was Superman and the Man of Steel was played by Kirk Alyn. At the time the radio version of Superman was already eight years old and the part of Perry White was being played by Julian Noa. A second serial, Atom Man vs. Superman followed in 1950 and the actor returned to the role of the gruff editor... He passed away on February 3, 1960… In Memoriam Remembers: Pierre Watkin