 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 being the first actor to portray Perry White in both of the "Superman" serials of the late 1940s, and as the father of Eleanor Twitchell, the lady who captures Lou Gehrig's heart in "Pride of the Yankees" (1942).