Walter Pidgeon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-09-22
Day of Death
1984-09-25 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Walter Pidgeon
Biography
Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor who lived most of his adult life in the United States. He starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs. Miniver, The Bad and the Beautiful, Forbidden Planet, Advise and Consent and Funny Girl.
Acting
(2018)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989)
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
(1978)
Sextette
as The Chairman
(1976)
Two-Minute Warning
as The Pickpocket
(1976)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Grayson's Butler
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1976)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Judge Trenchard
(1975)
Murder on Flight 502
as Charlie Parkins
(1975)
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
(1975)
You Lie So Deep, My Love
as Uncle Joe Padway
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1974)
Live Again, Die Again
as Thomas Carmichael
(1974)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as John Pahlman
(1973)
The Neptune Factor
as Dr. Samuel Andrews
(1973)
Harry in Your Pocket
as Casey
(1972)
Skyjacked
as Sen. Arne Lindner
(1972)
The Screaming Woman
as Dr. Amos Larkin
(1970)
House on Greenapple Road
as Mayor Jack Parker
(1970)
The Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Max van Condon
(1969)
Rascal
as Sterling North (voice)
(1968)
Funny Girl
as Florenz Ziegfeld
(1968)
The Vatican Affair
as Herbert Cummings
(1967)
Warning Shot
as Orville Ames
(1967)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
as Lewis Gannet
(1965)
Cinderella
as King
(1963)
The Shortest Day
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
(1963)
Two Colonels
as Colonello Henderson
(1962)
Advise & Consent
as Senate Majority Leader
(1962)
Big Red
as James Haggin
(1961)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Admiral Harriman Nelson
(1959)
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith
(1958)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
(1956)
Forbidden Planet
as Dr. Edward Morbius
(1956)
The Rack
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
(1956)
These Wilder Years
as James Rayburn
(1955)
Hit the Deck
as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
(1955)
The Glass Slipper
as Narrator (voice)
(1954)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
as James Ellswirth
(1954)
Executive Suite
as Frederick Y. Alderson
(1954)
Deep in My Heart
as J.J. Shubert
(1954)
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Cmdr. Dowling
(1953)
Dream Wife
as Walter McBride
(1953)
Scandal at Scourie
as Patrick J. McChesney
(1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Harry Pebbel
(1952)
Million Dollar Mermaid
as Frederick Kellerman
(1952)
The Sellout
as Haven D. Allridge
(1952)
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
(1951)
Quo Vadis
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1951)
The Unknown Man
as Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen
(1951)
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
(1951)
Soldiers Three
as Col. Brunswick
(1950)
The Miniver Story
as Clem Miniver
(1949)
The Red Danube
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
(1949)
That Forsyte Woman
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
(1948)
Command Decision
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
(1948)
Julia Misbehaves
as William Sylvester Packett
(1947)
If Winter Comes
as Mark Sabre
(1946)
The Secret Heart
as Chris Matthews
(1946)
Holiday in Mexico
as Jeffrey Evans
(1945)
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Chip Collyer
(1944)
Mrs. Parkington
as Major Augustus Parkington
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Pierre Curie
(1943)
The Youngest Profession
as Walter Pidgeon
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
as Clem Miniver
(1942)
White Cargo
as Mr. Harry Witzel
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Gruffydd
(1941)
Man Hunt
as Captain Alan Thorndike
(1941)
Blossoms in the Dust
as Sam Gladney
(1941)
Design for Scandal
as Jeff Sherman
(1940)
Dark Command
as William 'Will' Cantrell
(1940)
It's a Date
as John Arlen
(1940)
The House Across the Bay
as Tim Nolan
(1940)
Sky Murder
as Nick Carter
(1940)
Phantom Raiders
as Nick Carter
(1940)
Flight Command
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
(1940)
(1939)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Tyler Flagg
(1939)
Society Lawyer
as Christopher Durant
(1939)
6,000 Enemies
as Steve Donegan
(1938)
Too Hot to Handle
as Bill Dennis
(1938)
Listen, Darling
as Richard Thurlow
(1938)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Sheriff Jack Rance
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Alan Wythe
(1938)
The Shopworn Angel
as Sam Bailey
(1937)
Saratoga
as Hartley Madison
(1937)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ken Morley
(1937)
She's Dangerous
as Dr. Scott Logan
(1937)
A Girl with Ideas
as Mickey McGuire
(1937)
Girl Overboard
as Paul Stacey
(1937)
As Good as Married
as Fraser James
(1936)
Big Brown Eyes
as Richard Morey
(1936)
Fatal Lady
as David Roberts
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Florestan
(1934)
Good Badminton
as Walter
(1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Lucy's Lover
(1932)
Rockabye
as Al Howard
(1931)
Kiss Me Again
as Paul de St. Cyr
(1931)
The Hot Heiress
as Clay
(1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Premiere Emcee
(1930)
Going Wild
as 'Ace' Benton
(1930)
Bride of the Regiment
as Colonel Vultow
(1930)
(1930)
The Gorilla
as Arthur Marsden
(1930)
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as Lord Varney
(1930)
Viennese Nights
as Franz von Renner
(1929)
Her Private Life
as Ned Thayer
(1929)
A Most Immoral Lady
as Tony Williams
(1929)
(1928)
Melody of Love
as Jack Clark
(1928)
Turn Back the Hours
as Philip Drake
(1928)
Clothes Make the Woman
as Victor Trent
(1928)
Woman Wise
as United States Consul
(1928)
The Gateway of the Moon
as Arthur Wyatt
(1927)
The Gorilla
as Stevens
(1927)
The Heart of Salome
as Monte Carroll
(1927)
The 13th Juror
as Richard Marsden
(1927)
The Girl from Rio
as Paul Sinclair
(1926)
Marriage License?
as Paul
(1926)
Old Loves and New
as Clyde Lord Geradine
(1926)
The Outsider
as Basil Owen
(1926)
Mannequin
as Martin Innesbrook
(1926)
Miss Nobody
as Bravo