# 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).

## 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.
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.

## Career

Watkin began his career touring the Midwest with various theatrical troupes, including with the company of Morgan Wallace. 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. 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. 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.
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". 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. They remained married until her death on April 4, 1930. Watkin remarried Mary Hart in Reading, Pennsylvania on September 25, 1932.
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.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Spectator | |
| 1935 | Dangerous | George Sheffield | |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Mr. Balderson | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark | City Editor | Uncredited |
| 1936 | You May Be Next | Bernard Pine | Uncredited |
| 1936 | It Had to Happen | District Attorney | |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Arthur Cedar | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Forgotten Faces | Mr. McBride | |
| 1936 | Counterfeit | Matt McDonald | |
| 1936 | Nobody's Fool | George Baxter | |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | Mr. Barnes | Uncredited |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Secretary of State | Uncredited |
| 1936 | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Roger Leland | |
| 1936 | Swing Time | Al Simpson | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Sitting on the Moon | Tucker | |
| 1936 | The Big Game | College Chancellor | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Under Your Spell | Allen's Lawyer | Uncredited |
| 1936 | Love Letters of a Star | Hobbs | |
| 1936 | Country Gentlemen | Mr. Grayson | |
| 1936 | Wanted! Jane Turner | Andrew Norris | Uncredited |
| 1936 | King of Hockey | Thomas A. White | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Larceny on the Air | Kennedy | |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number | Mr. Stark | Uncredited |
| 1937 | The Devil's Playground | Submarine Commander | |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | H.J. Conrad | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Breezing Home | Steward | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Green Light | Dr. Booth | |
| 1937 | Sea Devils | USS Taroe Commander | |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night | Commodore Eldridge | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Bill Cracks Down | William "Bill" Reardon, Sr. | |
| 1937 | Waikiki Wedding | John Durkin | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Racketeers in Exile | Chief G-Man | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Judge at 2nd trial | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Internes Can't Take Money | Dr. Fearson | |
| 1937 | Mountain Justice | The Governor | Uncredited |
| 1937 | The Hit Parade | J.B. Hawley | |
| 1937 | Michael O'Halloran | Mark Grave | |
| 1937 | The Go Getter | Browne | |
| 1937 | Married Before Breakfast | Mr. Potter | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Ever Since Eve | Barton | |
| 1937 | The Singing Marine | General | |
| 1937 | The Californian | Miller | |
| 1937 | Paradise Isle | Steinmeyer | |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | Prefect of Police | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Reported Missing | Reynolds | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Confession | Lawyer Stagoff | Uncredited |
| 1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf | The Governor | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Stage Door | Richard Carmichael | |
| 1937 | Breakfast for Two | Gordon Faraday | |
| 1937 | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Judge Dobson | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Daughter of Shanghai | Mr. Yorkland | Uncredited |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Academy Superintendent | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Midnight Intruder | Peter Winslow | |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | Mr. Carter | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Dangerous to Know | Senator Carson | Uncredited |
| 1938 | State Police | Colonel C.B. Clarke | |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | District Attorney | |
| 1938 | Tip-Off Girls | George Murkil | |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | Mr. Ketterling | |
| 1938 | A Trip to Paris | Baxter | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Mr. Beaumont | |
| 1938 | Smashing the Rackets | John Nelson Davis | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Boy Meets Girl | B.K. Whitacre | Uncredited |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Kirby's Attorney | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Banker #2 | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Mr. Wondel | Uncredited |
| 1938 | King of Alcatraz | Ship Doctor | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Girls' School | Mr. Simpson | |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. Fenton | Uncredited |
| 1938 | The Lady Objects | Mr. Harper | |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Robert Candler | |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Mr. Storm | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Illegal Traffic | Jigger | |
| 1938 | There's That Woman Again | Mr. Nacelle | |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | District Attorney | |
| 1939 | The Mysterious Miss X | Winslow | |
| 1939 | Risky Business | Abernathy | |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Barton | |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Captain March | |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose | Victor Stockton | Uncredited |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Chief Morrow | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Captain Wharton | |
| 1939 | King of Chinatown | District Attorney Philips | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Jane Arden | Albert Thayer | |
| 1939 | Society Lawyer | Henry V. Adams | |
| 1939 | They Made Her a Spy | Colonel Wilson | |
| 1939 | First Offenders | Mr. Blakeley | |
| 1939 | Outside These Walls | Hewitt Bronson | |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Producer | |
| 1939 | Wall Street Cowboy | Roger Hammond | |
| 1939 | Death of a Champion | Albert Deacon | |
| 1939 | Everything's on Ice | Hotel Manager | |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senate Minority Leader (Senator Barnes) | |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Mr. Caldwell | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Covered Trailer | Horace Cartwright | |
| 1939 | Geronimo | Colonel White | |
| 1939 | The Great Victor Herbert | Albert Martin | |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Warden | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Road to Singapore | Morgan Wycott | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Gangs of Chicago | Shady Businessman | Uncredited |
| 1940 | The Saint Takes Over | Ben Eagan | |
| 1940 | Earthbound | President of the Court | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob | Torey | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Out West with the Peppers | Mr. King | |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Captain | |
| 1940 | Golden Gloves | A.P. Barton | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Mystery Sea Raider | Straker | Uncredited |
| 1940 | I Love You Again | Mr. Sims | |
| 1940 | Captain Caution | American Consul | |
| 1940 | Rhythm on the River | Uncle John | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Five Little Peppers in Trouble | Mr. King | |
| 1940 | Hired Wife | Charlie | Uncredited |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy | First-Nighter | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Yesterday's Heroes | Harvey Mason | |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Hearing Commissioner | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Life with Henry | Mr. Anderson | |
| 1940 | Street of Memories | Dr. Thornton | |
| 1940 | Father Is a Prince | Mr. Lee | |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | Mr. Skinner | |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis | Robert Chandler | Uncredited |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Boss Crogan | Serial |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop | President Crowder | |
| 1941 | Petticoat Politics | Alfred Wilcox | |
| 1941 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Judge Nash | |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Governor | |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Hammett | |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers | George Wharton | |
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington | Frank Conroy | |
| 1941 | Naval Academy | Captain Davis | |
| 1941 | For Beauty's Sake | Middlesex | |
| 1941 | Nevada City | Amos Norton | |
| 1941 | The Big Store | Bedding Department Manager | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | Mr. Benson | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Bob Waggoner | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Robert Chandler | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Lawyer | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife | William "Bill" Fowler | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Lydia | Speaker | Uncredited |
| 1941 | Buy Me That Town | Carlton Williams | |
| 1941 | Great Guns | Colonel Wayburn | |
| 1941 | Jesse James at Bay | Phineas Krager | |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Crothers | |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Eccles | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Lady for a Night | District Attorney Logan | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Nazi Agent | Grover Blaine McHenry | |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady | John Markham | |
| 1942 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Amos Morley | |
| 1942 | Heart of the Rio Grande | Randolph Lane | |
| 1942 | Yokel Boy | Johnson | |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Tom Bentley | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Lunch Guest | Uncredited |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Bill Carson | |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Mr. Twitchell | |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Banker | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Stand By All Networks | Grant Neeley | |
| 1942 | Secrets of the Underground | District Attorney Winton | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Ice-Capades Revue | Wiley Stone | |
| 1942 | Whistling in Dixie | Doctor | |
| 1943 | Cinderella Swings It | Brock Harris | |
| 1943 | It Ain't Hay | Major Harper | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Naval Attache | Uncredited |
| 1943 | A Stranger in Town | Supreme Court Justice | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Ambrose | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Enlistment Officer | Uncredited |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | Audience Member | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Admiral | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Fired Wife | Doctor | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Judge | |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Prosecutor | Uncredited |
| 1943 | The Iron Major | Colonel White | Uncredited |
| 1943 | The Chance of a Lifetime | Governor Rutledge | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Riding High | Masters | Uncredited |
| 1943 | Jack London | American Consul | Uncredited |
| 1943 | What a Woman! | Senator | Uncredited |
| 1943 | How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines | British Agent Z | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Weekend Pass | John James "J.J." Kendall | |
| 1944 | My Best Gal | | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Bermuda Mystery | Herbert Bond | |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Radio Stage Manager | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Ladies of Washington | Dr. John Crane | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Jungle Woman | Dr. Meredith | |
| 1944 | South of Dixie | Dean Williamson | |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer | Admiral | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Atlantic City | Senator Hodges | |
| 1944 | Three Little Sisters | Mr. Davenport | Uncredited |
| 1944 | Oh, What a Night! | Tom Gordon | |
| 1944 | Shadow of Suspicion | Frank J. Randall | |
| 1944 | End of the Road | District Attorney | |
| 1944 | Dead Man's Eyes | Attorney | |
| 1944 | The Great Mike | Colonel Whitley | |
| 1944 | Meet Miss Bobby Socks | Quinlan | |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man | Johnson | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Financier | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Here Come the Co-Eds | Police Chief | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Docks of New York | Captain Jacobs | |
| 1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry | Mr. Lorrison | |
| 1945 | Strange Illusion | Wallace Armstrong | |
| 1945 | I'll Remember April | Dr. Armitage | |
| 1945 | The Phantom Speaks | Charlie Davis | |
| 1945 | Honeymoon Ahead | Warden Lawlor | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Three's a Crowd | Marcus Pett | |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | Tycoon | Uncredited |
| 1945 | I'll Tell the World | Dr. Mullins | |
| 1945 | Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Dr. Fletcher | |
| 1945 | Over 21 | Joel I. Nixon | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Incendiary Blonde | Otto Hummel | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Secrets of a Sorority Girl | Dr. Harlan Johnson | |
| 1945 | Divorce | John B. Carter | |
| 1945 | I Love a Bandleader | Dr. Gardiner | |
| 1945 | Apology for Murder | Craig Jordan | |
| 1945 | Dakota | Wexton Geary | |
| 1945 | Captain Tugboat Annie | Dr. Turner | |
| 1945 | Follow That Woman | J.B. Henderson | |
| 1945 | The Stork Club | Mr. Gray | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Adventure | Mr. Buckley | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Shock | Hotel Manager | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Miss Susie Slagle's | Superintendent | Uncredited |
| 1946 | The Shadow Returns | Police Commissioner J.R. Weston | Uncredited |
| 1946 | The Madonna's Secret | District Attorney | |
| 1946 | Little Giant | P.S. Van Loon | |
| 1946 | Claudia and David | Hartley Naughton | Uncredited |
| 1946 | I Ring Doorbells | G.B. Barton | |
| 1946 | Murder Is My Business | Arnold Ramsey | |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn | E. Winthrop LeMoyne | Uncredited |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love | Committee Man | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask | Police Commissioner Weston | |
| 1946 | Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Producer | Uncredited |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Editor | |
| 1946 | The Missing Lady | Police Commissioner Weston | |
| 1946 | Earl Carroll Sketchbook | John Clark | |
| 1946 | Swamp Fire | P.T. Hilton | |
| 1946 | High School Hero | Governor Huffington | |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | Staunton | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Plainsman and the Lady | Senator Allen | Uncredited |
| 1946 | Sioux City Sue | G.W. Rhodes | |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Harper | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Wendell Paige | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Jack Armstrong | Uncle Jim Fairfield | Serial |
| 1947 | Cigarette Girl | District Attorney | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Ghost Goes Wild | Murgatroyd | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Prison Official | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Violence | Ralph Borden | |
| 1947 | Danger Street | Turlock's Publisher Friend | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Hard Boiled Mahoney | Dr. Rolfe Carter | |
| 1947 | The Web | Mr. Porter | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | Mr. Bentley | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way | Hausman | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Red Stallion | Richard Moresby | |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Reverend | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Wild Frontier | Marshal Frank Lane | |
| 1947 | Song of Love | Duke of X | Uncredited |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Texan | Citizen | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Beyond Our Own | Dr. Blake | |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | Vice President Beitler | |
| 1947 | Road to the Big House | | Uncredited |
| 1947 | Brick Bradford | Professor Salisbury | Serial |
| 1948 | Glamour Girl | T.J. Hopkins | |
| 1948 | Mary Lou | Airline President | |
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter | Joe Stewart | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Simon Rand | |
| 1948 | State of the Union | Senator Lauterback | |
| 1948 | Money Madness | Judge | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Trapped by Boston Blackie | Dunn | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Counterfeiters | Carter | |
| 1948 | Shanghai Chest | Judge Wesley Armstrong | |
| 1948 | Superman | Perry White | Serial |
| 1948 | Daredevils of the Clouds | Douglas Harrison | |
| 1948 | The Arkansas Swing | Horse Vet | |
| 1948 | Fighting Back | Colonel | |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee | Major | (scenes deleted) |
| 1948 | Lady at Midnight | John Featherstone | Uncredited |
| 1948 | The Gentleman from Nowhere | Hoffman | Uncredited |
| 1948 | An Innocent Affair | T.D. Hendricks | |
| 1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Clinton Crane | |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade | Governor | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Incident | C.W. Sloan | |
| 1949 | Alaska Patrol | Mr. Sigmund | |
| 1949 | Siren of Atlantis | Colonel | |
| 1949 | Slightly French | Publicity Man | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Cranston | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door | Purcell | Uncredited |
| 1949 | El Paso | Mr. Seton | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Make Believe Ballroom | Program Director | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Winters | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road | Senator on Power Commission | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Neptune's Daughter | Mr. Canford | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Look for the Silver Lining | Theater Goer | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Cortlandt Official | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Hold That Baby! | John Winston | |
| 1949 | Barbary Pirate | John Adams | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Zamba | Benton | |
| 1949 | Mary Ryan, Detective | Commissioner Ward | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Story of Seabiscuit | Charles S. Howard | |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | 2nd Priest of Dagon | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Life of St. Paul Series | Caiaphas | |
| 1950 | Blue Grass of Kentucky | Head Steward | |
| 1950 | Radar Secret Service | Mr. Hamilton | |
| 1950 | Key to the City | Mayor Cabot | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Nancy Goes to Rio | Michael | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Over the Border | Rand Malloy | |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail | Major | |
| 1950 | Shadow on the Wall | Dr. Dan Hodge | Uncredited |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover | Samuel C. Lang | |
| 1950 | Three Little Words | Philip Goodman | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Atom Man vs. Superman | Perry White | Serial |
| 1950 | Redwood Forest Trail | Arthur Cameron | |
| 1950 | Sunset in the West | Gordon MacKnight | |
| 1950 | Last of the Buccaneers | Governor Claiborne | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Emergency Wedding | Doctor | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Southside 1-1000 | Police Commissioner | |
| 1950 | Frontier Outpost | Colonel Warrick | Uncredited |
| 1950 | The Second Face | Mr. Hamilton | |
| 1950 | The Du Pont Story | Colonel Henry du Pont | |
| 1951 | Two Lost Worlds | Magistrate Jeffries | |
| 1951 | Belle Le Grand | Parkington's Associate | Uncredited |
| 1951 | In Old Amarillo | George B. Hills | |
| 1951 | Mysterious Island | Confederate Officer | Serial, Uncredited |
| 1952 | Scandal Sheet | Baxter | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Hold That Line | Morgan T. Stanhope | |
| 1952 | A Yank in Indo-China | Kingston | |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At | Prospective Investor | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Thundering Caravans | Head Marshal | |
| 1952 | Francis Goes to West Point | Colonel Hedley | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Lost Planet | Ned Hilton | Serial |
| 1953 | Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Commissioner Morrison | Serial, [Chs.1,10-12] |
| 1953 | The Stranger Wore a Gun | Jason Conroy | |
| 1953 | The Flaming Urge | Albert Cruickshank | |
| 1954 | Johnny Dark | Ed J. Winston | |
| 1954 | About Mrs. Leslie | Lewis | |
| 1955 | The Eternal Sea | General | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Big Bluff | Winthrop | |
| 1955 | Lay That Rifle Down | Mr. Coswell | Uncredited |
| 1955 | Creature with the Atom Brain | Mayor Bremer | |
| 1955 | Sudden Danger | George Caldwell | |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen | McMillan | |
| 1956 | Thunder Over Arizona | Dr. E. Peterson | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! | Investor | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Shake, Rattle & Rock! | Armstrong | |
| 1956 | Don't Knock the Rock | Mayor George Bagley | |
| 1957 | Spook Chasers | Dr. Moss | |
| 1957 | Calypso Heat Wave | Thornwall | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Pal Joey | Mr. Forsythe | Scenes deleted |
| 1958 | Marjorie Morningstar | Civil Official | Uncredited |
| 1958 | High School Confidential | David Wingate | Uncredited |
| 1958 | The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin | | |
| 1958 | 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" |
| 1950 | Colgate Theatre | | Episode: "Satan's Waitin'" |
| 1950 | 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" |
| 1952 | The Gene Autry Show | Colonel Sheriff | Episode: "Blazeaway" Episode: "Six Gun Romeo" |
| 1952 | The Unexpected | J.B. Crane | Episode: "Split Second" |
| 1952 | Life with Luigi | | Episode: "Citizenship" |
| 1952 | Boston Blackie | | Episode: "Black Widow" |
| 1952-53 | The Roy Rogers Show | Prescott Professor Petrie | Episode: "Peril from the Past" Episode: "Outlaws of Paradise Valley" |
| 1952-53 | Fireside Theatre | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1952-1958 | Adventures of Superman | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1952-1958 | The Jack Benny Program | Various roles | 5 episodes |
| 1952-1958 | Sky King | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1953 | Chevron Theatre | | Episode: "Goodbye to the Clown" |
| 1953 | Your Favorite Story | | Episode: "A Tale of Negative Gravity" |
| 1953 | Hopalong Cassidy | Henry Warren | Episode: "Frontier Law" |
| 1953 | 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" |
| 1954 | Duffy's Tavern | Fenston | Episode: "The Heir" |
| 1954 | Captain Midnight | Dr. Morgan | Episode: "The Deadly Project" |
| 1954 | 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 |
| 1954-1957 | 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" |
| 1955 | The Whistler | Roarke | Episode: "Favor for a Friend" |
| 1955 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | | Episode: "The Quiet Wife" |
| 1955 | City Detective | Davis | Episode: "The Hypnotic Wife" |
| 1955 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | J. Harrison Hardesty | Episode: "Visitor in the Night" |
| 1955 | The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre | | Episode: "The Wizard" |
| 1955 | Front Row Center | Hatfield | Episode: "Dinner at Eight" |
| 1955 | Damon Runyon Theater | | Episode: "The Mink Doll" |
| 1955 | The Man Behind the Badge | Tremont | Episode: "The Case of the Phoney Paper" |
| 1955 | Four Star Playhouse | Mr. Morgan | Episode: "Let the Chips Fall" |
| 1955 | Climax! | Family Friend | Uncredited Episode: "A Promise to Murder" |
| 1955 | Fury | Ellis | Episode: "Joey and the Gypsies" |
| 1955-1956 | Brave Eagle | Colonel Matt Matthews Colonel Bond | Episode: "Moonfire" Episode: "Death Trap" |
| 1955-1956 | TV Reader's Digest | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1955-1956 | Annie Oakley | Henry Lormier Reverend 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 |
| 1956 | Jungle Jim | Horatio Erskine | Episode: "Power of Darkness" |
| 1956 | It's a Great Life | Jason General | Episode: "Screen Test" Episode: "Old Soldiers Never Die" |
| 1956 | Cheyenne | The Colonel Harvey Sinclair | Episode: "Decision" (uncredited) Episode: "The Law Man" |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu | Secretary of Commerce | Episode: "The Satellites of Dr. Fu Manchu" |
| 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Porter | Season 2 Episode 9: "Crack of Doom" |
| 1956 | 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" |
| 1957 | The Sheriff of Cochise | Judge | Episode: "Stepfather" |
| 1957 | The Gale Storm Show | | Episode: "For Money or Love" |
| 1957 | Sergeant Preston of the Yukon | Inspector | Episode: "The Jailbreaker" |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Doctor | Episode: "Laredo" |
| 1957-1958 | Perry Mason | Judge Keetley | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 1957-1958 | 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" |
| 1958 | Colt .45 | Colonel Duncan | Episode: "Decoy" |
| 1958 | The Life of Riley | Teasdale | Episode: "The Letter" |
| 1958 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Colonel Bankhead | Episode: "When Sherman Marched Through Kansas" |
| 1958 | Dragnet | | Episode: "The Big Eyes" |
| 1958 | Frontier Doctor | Dr. Breen | Episode: "San Francisco Story" |
| 1958 | Tales of the Texas Rangers | Ross Oliver | Episode: "Jace and Clay" |
| 1959 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Mr. Robinson | Episode: "Lucy Wants a Career" |
| 1959 | Tombstone Territory | Mr. Starr | Episode: "The Black Diamond" |
| 1959 | Bronco | Judge Blair | Episode: "Bodyguard" |
| 1960 | 77 Sunset Strip | Plastics Executive | Uncredited Episode: "Collector's Item" |
| 1960 | Bat Masterson | Judge Smith | Episode: "A Picture of Death" |
| 1960 | Wagon Train | Doctor Samuel Caldwell | Uncredited Episode: "The Larry Hanify Story" |
| 1960 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Dr. Bowers | Episode: "Jason", (final appearance) |