Pierre Watkin
Pierre Watkin was born on Dec 29, 1887 in Iowa. Pierre Watkin's big-screen debut came with He Who Gets Slapped directed by Victor Sjöström in 1924, strarring Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance. Pierre Watkin is known for The Restless Gun directed by Edward Ludwig, John Payne stars as Vint Bonner and Leonard P. Geer as Townsman. The upcoming new movie Pierre Watkin plays is It! The Terror from Beyond Space which will be released on Nov 09, 1958.
Pierre Watkin was one of a stable of tall, distinguished-looking and sophisticated character actors (such as Russell Hicks, Jonathan Hale, Selmer Jackson and Samuel S. Hinds) whom Hollywood kept steadily employed playing political leaders, army officers, lawyers, wealthy businessmen and the like. Unlike many of his colleagues in that category, however, Watkin is notable for his (relatively) soft voice and precisely articulated speech. He is probably best remembered by film enthusiasts as Mr. Skinner, the unctuous, self-important bank president, in the W.C. Fields comedy Mines de rien (1940), in which he uttered the now-classic line, "Allow me to give you a hearty handclasp".He was the third of four sons of C.H. and Elizabeth J. Watkin, who operated a lodging house for "theater people" in Sioux City, IA. After completing high school he entered the acting profession, and by the time he registered for the draft in WWI he was working with an acting troupe--headed by Sidney Toler--and married. He requested a deferment from military service because he was the sole support of his wife. His wife's name is unknown, however, and it's also unknown if they had any children; this information does not appear in the draft registration, and the name Pierre Watkin(s) is completely missing from both the 1920 and 1930 federal censuses.
Birthday
Dec 29, 1887Place of Birth
Afton Township, Cherokee County, Iowa
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