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Pierre Watkin is a Actor American born on 27 december 1889 at Sioux City (USA)
Pierre Watkin (December 29, 1889 in Sioux City, Iowa – February 3, 1960 in Hollywood, California) was an American character actor in many films, serials, and television series from the 1930s through the 1950s, especially westerns. He is perhaps best remembered for his connection to the serial and television versions of Superman.
Watkin portrayed Perry White in both of the Superman serials of the late 1940s, which starred Kirk Alyn as the title character and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. He played a few different characters in the television series Adventures of Superman, in which John Hamilton played Perry White. He was set to reprise his role as the editor of The Daily Planet in a revival of the series in 1959, as Hamilton had died in the interim since the cancellation of the original series. However, series star George Reeves also died in the summer of 1959, and those plans ended. Watkin himself died six months later.
He also cast in 1955 in the episode "Joey and the Gypsies" of the NBC children's western series Fury. Watkin guest starred in the CBS western series Brave Eagle. He was cast twice each on the ABC/Warner Brothers series, Cheyenne (as Harvey Sinclair in "The Law Man") and Annie Oakley (as the Reverend Mills in the 1956 episode "The Reckless Press"). In 1958, Watkin portrayed Dr. Breen of Samaritan Hospital in the episode "San Francisco Story" of Rex Allen's syndicated western series, Frontier Doctor.
During the first season of CBS's Perry Mason from 1957 to 1958, Watkin appeared in three episodes as Judge Keetley. He was also cast during the 1950s on The Range Rider, Tales of the Texas Rangers, in three episodes of the western aviation adventure series Sky King, and five times on The Jack Benny Program.
Watkin played the part of Colonel Duncan in the 1958 episode "Decoy" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .
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Birth name Pierre Frank Watkin
Nationality USA
Birth 27 december 1889 at Sioux City (USA)
Death 3 february 1960 (at 70 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 27 december 1889 at Sioux City (USA)
Death 3 february 1960 (at 70 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Pierre Watkin (December 29, 1889 in Sioux City, Iowa – February 3, 1960 in Hollywood, California) was an American character actor in many films, serials, and television series from the 1930s through the 1950s, especially westerns. He is perhaps best remembered for his connection to the serial and television versions of Superman.
Watkin portrayed Perry White in both of the Superman serials of the late 1940s, which starred Kirk Alyn as the title character and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. He played a few different characters in the television series Adventures of Superman, in which John Hamilton played Perry White. He was set to reprise his role as the editor of The Daily Planet in a revival of the series in 1959, as Hamilton had died in the interim since the cancellation of the original series. However, series star George Reeves also died in the summer of 1959, and those plans ended. Watkin himself died six months later.
He also cast in 1955 in the episode "Joey and the Gypsies" of the NBC children's western series Fury. Watkin guest starred in the CBS western series Brave Eagle. He was cast twice each on the ABC/Warner Brothers series, Cheyenne (as Harvey Sinclair in "The Law Man") and Annie Oakley (as the Reverend Mills in the 1956 episode "The Reckless Press"). In 1958, Watkin portrayed Dr. Breen of Samaritan Hospital in the episode "San Francisco Story" of Rex Allen's syndicated western series, Frontier Doctor.
During the first season of CBS's Perry Mason from 1957 to 1958, Watkin appeared in three episodes as Judge Keetley. He was also cast during the 1950s on The Range Rider, Tales of the Texas Rangers, in three episodes of the western aviation adventure series Sky King, and five times on The Jack Benny Program.
Watkin played the part of Colonel Duncan in the 1958 episode "Decoy" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .
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, 1h8Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding, Ann Doran, Dabbs Greer, Paul Langton
Rating59%
In 1973 a nuclear-powered spaceship is perched on the cratered surface of Mars, sent to rescue the crew of a previous, ill-fated mission. The sole survivor of that crashed ship, Col. Edward Carruthers (Marshall Thompson), is suspected of having murdered the other nine members of his crew for their food and water rations, on the premise that he had no way of knowing if or when an Earth rescue mission would ever arrive. Carruthers denies the allegation, attributing his crew's deaths to a hostile alien life form encountered on Mars.
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
, 2h8Directed by Irving Rapper, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Carolyn Jones, Martin Milner
Roles Civil Official (uncredited)
Rating61%
Marjorie Morgenstern is a student at Hunter College and the girlfriend of an eligible young man, Sandy Lamm, who attends her family's synagogue. Her parents are happy with her choice of mate, and her mother Rose Morgenstern (Claire Trevor) tells her father, Arnold (Everett Sloane), that she hopes the two kids marry.
Spook Chasers (1957)
, 1h2Directed by George Blair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, David Gorcey, Percy Helton, Peter Mamakos, Ben Welden
Roles Dr. Moss
Rating54%
Café owner Mike Clancy is told by his doctor that he needs to take a rest in the mountains due to his asthma. A crooked real estate agent sells Mike an old house that once belonged to the widow of a gangster. Mike and the Bowery Boys head out to the house, and eventually find a large pile of money hidden inside. Pretty soon, old friends of the deceased gangster who once owned the house catch wind of the Boys' discovery, and decide to rob the place. To add to this madness, the Bowery Boys find the house to be supposedly inhabited by ghosts.
Beginning of the End (1957)
, 1h16Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Natural horror films, Films about insects, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films
Actors Peter Graves, Peggie Castle, Morris Ankrum, Richard Benedict, James Seay, Than Wyenn
Rating39%
The film opens with newspaper photojournalist Audrey Aimes (Castle) accidentally stumbling upon a small town in Illinois which has been inexplicably destroyed. All 150 people in the town are missing, and the evidence indicates they are dead. Incredibly, the local fields are also barren, as if a swarm of locusts had eaten all the crops. Aimes suspects that the military is covering something up, and travels to a nearby United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm to learn what creature might have caused the agricultural destruction. She meets Dr. Ed Wainwright (Graves), who is experimenting with radiation as a means of growing gigantic fruits and vegetables to end world hunger. Dr. Wainwright reports that there have been a number of mysterious incidents nearby, and that locusts have eaten all the radioactive wheat stored in a nearby grain silo.
Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1956)
, 1h12Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Mike Connors, Lisa Gaye, Sterling Holloway, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Hatton, Margaret Dumont
Roles Armtrong
Rating56%
Don't Knock The Rock (1956)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Pierre Watkin, Alan Dale, Fay Baker, George Cisar, Dick Elliott
Roles Mayor George Bagley
Rating57%
Dale stars as Arnie Haines, a rock and roll star who returns to his hometown to rest up for the summer only to find that rock and roll has been banned there by disapproving adults. Among those against him is influential newspaper columnist Arline MacLaine, though this does not stop Arnie from starting up a romance with MacLaine's daughter Francine. At Francine's urging, Arnie decides to perform a show to demonstrate to Arline that the adults' fears are unjustified. Meanwhile, MacLaine's columns have led to other towns across the country canceling planned rock and roll shows. This leaves big-name acts like Bill Haley, Little Richard, The Treniers and Dave Appell available to perform in Arnie's show.
The Maverick Queen (1956)
, 1h30Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Wallace Ford, Mary Murphy, Howard Petrie
Roles McMillan
Rating58%
Libéré après trois ans de prison, Jeff Younger semble vouloir rejoindre la horde sauvage menée par Butch Cassidy et Sundance Kid.
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
, 1h9Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Zombie films
Actors Richard Denning, Gregory Gaye, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Lane Chandler, Tristram "Tris" Coffin
Roles Mayor Bremer
Rating54%
Deported American gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) forces ex-Nazi scientist Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye) to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.
The Big Bluff (1955)
, 1h10Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton, Rosemarie Bowe, Eve Miller, Robert Bice
Roles Mr. Winthrop
Rating57%
The suave Don Juan Ricardo 'Rick' De Villa (John Bromfield) and his married lover Fritzi Darvel would like to take off together, but his lack of money prevents them from doing so. A chance encounter introduces Rick to the young, but terminally ill socialite Valerie Bancroft (Martha Vickers), in whom Rick sees the solution to his predicament. Rick sweeps her off her feet and they soon marry, although Valerie's entourage are suspicious of him. Rick then proceeds to try and bring about Valerie's demise so he can inherit her wealth and live the good life with Fritzi.
Lay That Rifle Down (1955)
, 1h11Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Robert Lowery, Richard Deacon, Jacqueline deWit, Pierre Watkin, Robert Burton, Marjorie Bennett
Roles Mr. Coswell
Rating57%
Judy Canova works in a hotel for her domineering aunt. Her unscrupulous relatives try to blackmail and dupe her into selling her apparently worthless farm, having been led to believe that it has enormous potential value by a couple of confidence tricksters.
Sudden Danger (1955)
, 1h5Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Wild Bill Elliott, Tom Drake, Beverly Garland, Dayton Lummis, Sr., Minerva Urecal, Lucien Littlefield
Roles George Caldwell
Rating61%
Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads a clothing manufacturing company. He suspects that the victim was murdered, and that the perpetrator was her son, Curtis (Drake), who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Hoping to clear himself, Curtis begins searching for clues on his own. By fadeout time he and Doyle have cornered the actual killer.
The Eternal Sea (1955)
, 1h43Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Ben Cooper, Dean Jagger, Virginia Grey, Hayden Rorke
Roles Général
Rating61%
Histoire vécue du contre-amiral américain John M. Hoskins, chargé de former les pilotes de l'aéronavale, puis de commander un porte-avions qui sera coulé et lui coûtera une jambe. Au lieu d'arrêter, il repartira dans l'aviation de marine à réaction, en Corée, dans laquelle il accomplira des prouesses....
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol, Sammy White, James Bell
Roles Lewis
Rating70%
Johnny Dark (1954)
, 1h30Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don Taylor, Paul Kelly, Ilka Chase, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Ed J. Winston
Rating59%
Johnny Dark and his pal Duke Benson work for Fielding Motors, where owner James Fielding manufactures family-friendly automobiles. Chief engineer Scotty overhears the guys complaining about the company and spots a sports-car design Johnny and Duke have done.
Directed by Franklin Adreon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors William Henry, Arthur Space, Susan Morrow, Pierre Watkin, Mike Ragan, Stanley Andrews
Roles Commissioner Morrison
Rating53%
A foreign power, which is represented by their agent Marlof, attempts to set up secret missile bases in Canada to target the United States for their planned summer invasion. Meanwhile, acting on intelligence following the smashing of a spy ring in Montreal, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers Don Roberts and Kay Conway go undercover in a settling party headed for the Yukon. Marlof also has agents, Beck and Reed, in the party en route to the site of the planned missile bases.