Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

Known for
Acting
Born
September 22, 1897
Died
September 25, 1984 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies poster

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Movie · as Self - (archive footage)

2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood poster

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Movie · as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1989
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film poster

Fritz Lang, drawings for a film

Movie · as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)

1978
Sextette poster

Sextette

Movie · as The Chairman

1976
Two-Minute Warning poster

Two-Minute Warning

Movie · as The Pickpocket

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Movie · as Grayson's Butler

1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case poster

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Movie · as Judge Trenchard

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

Movie · as (archive footage)

1976
Gibbsville poster

Gibbsville

TV · 1 ep

1975
Murder on Flight 502 poster

Murder on Flight 502

Movie · as Charlie Parkins

1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love poster

You Lie So Deep, My Love

Movie · as Uncle Joe Padway

1975
The Lion Roars Again

The Lion Roars Again

Movie · as Self

1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show poster

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

Movie · as John Pahlman

1974
Live Again, Die Again poster

Live Again, Die Again

Movie · as Thomas Carmichael

1974
That's Entertainment! poster

That's Entertainment!

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973
The Neptune Factor poster

The Neptune Factor

Movie · as Dr. Samuel Andrews

1973
Harry in Your Pocket poster

Harry in Your Pocket

Movie · as Casey

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
The Snoop Sisters poster

The Snoop Sisters

TV · as Keith Follett · 1 ep

1972
Skyjacked poster

Skyjacked

Movie · as Sen. Arne Lindner

1972
The Screaming Woman poster

The Screaming Woman

Movie · as Amos Larkin

1970
The Mask of Sheba poster

The Mask of Sheba

Movie · as Dr. Max van Condon

1970
House on Greenapple Road poster

House on Greenapple Road

Movie · as Mayor Jack Parker

1969
Rascal poster

Rascal

Movie · as Sterling North (voice)

1968
Funny Girl poster

Funny Girl

Movie · as Florenz Ziegfeld

1968
The Vatican Affair poster

The Vatican Affair

Movie · as Herbert Cummings

1967
Warning Shot poster

Warning Shot

Movie · as Orville Ames

1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation poster

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Movie · as Lewis Gannet

1967
The Danny Thomas Hour poster

The Danny Thomas Hour

TV · as Jason Merrill · 1 ep

1965
Cinderella poster

Cinderella

Movie · as King

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Leo Roland · 2 eps

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Lord Dunsmore · 1 ep

1963
Two Colonels poster

Two Colonels

Movie · as Colonello Henderson

1963
The Shortest Day poster

The Shortest Day

Movie · as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

1963
Anniversary

Anniversary

Movie · as Himself - Host

1963
Burke's Law poster

Burke's Law

TV · as B.G. Perkins · 1 ep

1963
Breaking Point poster

Breaking Point

TV · 1 ep

1962
Big Red poster

Big Red

Movie · as James Haggin

1962
Advise & Consent poster

Advise & Consent

Movie · as Senate Majority Leader

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea poster

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Movie · as Admiral Harriman Nelson

1961
Dr. Kildare poster

Dr. Kildare

TV · as Dr. Charles Priest · 1 ep

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · as John Baker · 1 ep

1959
Meet Me in St. Louis poster

Meet Me in St. Louis

Movie · as Alonzo Smith

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as General Augustus Perry · 1 ep

1958
Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

Movie · as Anton (Father)

1958
The All-Star Christmas Show poster

The All-Star Christmas Show

Movie · as Self

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Sherman Hatfield · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Forbidden Planet poster

Forbidden Planet

Movie · as Dr. Edward Morbius

1956
These Wilder Years poster

These Wilder Years

Movie · as James Rayburn

1956
The Rack poster

The Rack

Movie · as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Jess Clark, Dave King · 1 ep

1955
The Glass Slipper poster

The Glass Slipper

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1955
Hit the Deck poster

Hit the Deck

Movie · as Xavier Smith

1954
Executive Suite poster

Executive Suite

Movie · as Frederick Y. Alderson

1954
Deep in My Heart poster

Deep in My Heart

Movie · as J.J. Shubert

1954
Men of the Fighting Lady poster

Men of the Fighting Lady

Movie · as Cmdr. Dowling

1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris poster

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Movie · as James Ellswirth

1953
Dream Wife poster

Dream Wife

Movie · as Walter McBride

1953
Scandal at Scourie poster

Scandal at Scourie

Movie · as Patrick J. McChesney

1952
The Hoaxters

The Hoaxters

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1952
The Sellout poster

The Sellout

Movie · as Haven D. Allridge

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful poster

The Bad and the Beautiful

Movie · as Harry Pebbel

1952
Million Dollar Mermaid poster

Million Dollar Mermaid

Movie · as Frederick Kellerman

1951
The Unknown Man poster

The Unknown Man

Movie · as Dwight Bradley Masen

1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond poster

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Movie · as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

1951
Soldiers Three poster

Soldiers Three

Movie · as Col. Brunswick

1951
Quo Vadis poster

Quo Vadis

Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1950
The Miniver Story poster

The Miniver Story

Movie · as Clem Miniver

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1949
The Red Danube poster

The Red Danube

Movie · as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

1949
That Forsyte Woman poster

That Forsyte Woman

Movie · as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte

1948
Command Decision poster

Command Decision

Movie · as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

1948
Julia Misbehaves poster

Julia Misbehaves

Movie · as William Sylvester Packett

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1947
If Winter Comes poster

If Winter Comes

Movie · as Mark Sabre

1946
Holiday in Mexico poster

Holiday in Mexico

Movie · as Jeffrey Evans

1946
The Secret Heart poster

The Secret Heart

Movie · as Chris Matthews

1945
Week-End at the Waldorf poster

Week-End at the Waldorf

Movie · as Chip Collyer

1944
Mrs. Parkington poster

Mrs. Parkington

Movie · as Major Augustus Parkington

1944
Twenty Years After poster

Twenty Years After

Movie · as (archive footage)

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1943
Madame Curie poster

Madame Curie

Movie · as Pierre Curie

1943
The Youngest Profession poster

The Youngest Profession

Movie · as Walter Pidgeon

1942
Mrs. Miniver poster

Mrs. Miniver

Movie · as Clem Miniver

1942
White Cargo poster

White Cargo

Movie · as Mr. Harry Witzel

1941
Man Hunt poster

Man Hunt

Movie · as Captain Alan Thorndike

1941
How Green Was My Valley poster

How Green Was My Valley

Movie · as Mr. Gruffydd

1941
Blossoms in the Dust poster

Blossoms in the Dust

Movie · as Sam Gladney

1941
Design for Scandal poster

Design for Scandal

Movie · as Jeff Sherman

1940
Dark Command poster

Dark Command

Movie · as William 'Will' Cantrell

1940
The House Across the Bay poster

The House Across the Bay

Movie · as Tim Nolan

1940
Sky Murder poster

Sky Murder

Movie · as Nick Carter

1940
Phantom Raiders poster

Phantom Raiders

Movie · as Nick Carter

1940
Flight Command poster

Flight Command

Movie · as Squadron Commander Billy Gary

1940
It's a Date poster

It's a Date

Movie · as John Arlen

1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Movie · as Self

1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective poster

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Movie · as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers

1939
Stronger Than Desire poster

Stronger Than Desire

Movie · as Tyler Flagg

1939
Society Lawyer poster

Society Lawyer

Movie · as Christopher Durant

1939
6,000 Enemies poster

6,000 Enemies

Movie · as Steve Donegan

1938
Too Hot to Handle poster

Too Hot to Handle

Movie · as Bill Dennis

1938
The Girl of the Golden West poster

The Girl of the Golden West

Movie · as Sheriff Jack Rance

1938
Listen, Darling poster

Listen, Darling

Movie · as Richard Thurlow

1938
The Shopworn Angel poster

The Shopworn Angel

Movie · as Sam Bailey

1938
Man-Proof poster

Man-Proof

Movie · as Alan Wythe

1937
Saratoga poster

Saratoga

Movie · as Hartley Madison

1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich poster

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Movie · as Ken Morley

1937
She's Dangerous poster

She's Dangerous

Movie · as Dr. Scott Logan

1937
A Girl with Ideas poster

A Girl with Ideas

Movie · as Mickey McGuire

1937
As Good as Married poster

As Good as Married

Movie · as Fraser James

1937
Girl Overboard poster

Girl Overboard

Movie · as Paul Stacey

1936
Big Brown Eyes poster

Big Brown Eyes

Movie · as Richard Morey

1936
Fatal Lady poster

Fatal Lady

Movie · as David Roberts

1934
Journal of a Crime poster

Journal of a Crime

Movie · as Florestan

1934
Good Badminton

Good Badminton

Movie · as Walter

1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror poster

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Movie · as Lucy's Lover

1932
Rockabye poster

Rockabye

Movie · as Al Howard

1931
The Hot Heiress poster

The Hot Heiress

Movie · as Clay

1931
Kiss Me Again poster

Kiss Me Again

Movie · as Paul de St. Cyr

1930
Going Wild poster

Going Wild

Movie · as 'Ace' Benton

1930
Sweet Kitty Bellairs poster

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Movie · as Lord Varney

1930
Viennese Nights poster

Viennese Nights

Movie · as Franz von Renner

1930
Bride of the Regiment poster

Bride of the Regiment

Movie · as Colonel Vultow

1930
Show Girl in Hollywood poster

Show Girl in Hollywood

Movie · as Premiere Emcee

1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee poster

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Movie · as Self

1930
The Gorilla poster

The Gorilla

Movie · as Arthur Marsden

1929
Her Private Life poster

Her Private Life

Movie · as Ned Thayer

1929
A Most Immoral Lady poster

A Most Immoral Lady

Movie · as Tony Williams

1929
The Voice Within

The Voice Within

Movie

1928
Clothes Make the Woman poster

Clothes Make the Woman

Movie · as Victor Trent

1928
Melody of Love poster

Melody of Love

Movie · as Jack Clark

1928
Turn Back the Hours poster

Turn Back the Hours

Movie · as Philip Drake

1928
The Gateway of the Moon poster

The Gateway of the Moon

Movie · as Arthur Wyatt

1928
Woman Wise poster

Woman Wise

Movie · as United States Consul

1927
The Gorilla poster

The Gorilla

Movie · as Stevens

1927
The Girl from Rio poster

The Girl from Rio

Movie · as Paul Sinclair

1927
The Heart of Salome poster

The Heart of Salome

Movie · as Monte Carroll

1927
The 13th Juror poster

The 13th Juror

Movie · as Richard Marsden

1926
Mannequin poster

Mannequin

Movie · as Martin Innesbrook

1926
Miss Nobody poster

Miss Nobody

Movie · as Bravo

1926
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Basil Owen

1926
Old Loves and New poster

Old Loves and New

Movie · as Clyde Lord Geradine

1926
Marriage License? poster

Marriage License?

Movie · as Paul