death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title birth_name
3 february 1960 hollywood , california usa sioux city , iowa , usa pierre watkin 29 december 1889 unknown 1932-1960 pierre watkin
 pierre frank watkin
pierre watkin

pierre watkin -lrb- december 29 , 1889 in sioux city , iowa -- february 3 , 1960 in hollywood , california -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- as harvey sinclair in `` the law man '' -rrb- and `` annie oakley '' -lrb- as the reverend mills in the 1956 episode `` the reckless press '' -rrb- .
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 .45 '' .
