Pierre Watkin was one of a stable of tall, distinguished-looking and sophisticated character actors is completely missing from both the 1920 and 1930 federal censuses.
Watkin was hired to take over the role of Perry White on "Adventures of Superman" (1952) after John Hamilton died in 1958 (Watkin had played the role in the serials Superman and Atom Man vs. Superman ), but series star George Reeves died shortly after Watkin was hired, and the show was canceled.
