Pierre Watkin [SEP] place of death
Pierre Watkin
Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1889 – February 3, 1960) 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 being the father of Eleanor Twitchell, the lady who captures Lou Gehrig's heart in "Pride of the Yankees" (1942)
Stage.
Watkin was born in Sioux City, Iowa. In the 1920s, he had his own theatrical troupe, the Pierre Watkin Players
Producers planned to continue "Adventures of Superman" in 1959 with two more years' worth of episodes, to begin airing in the 1960 season. The death of actor John Hamilton threw the plan into disarray. Actor Pierre Watkin was hired to replace Hamilton as "Perry White's brother." Watkin had played Perry White himself in the two Columbia serials and had guested on the series before.
The sudden death of the show's star George Reeves in June 1959 was not the end of the series either, in the