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Name
Walter Pidgeon

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1897-09-22

Deathday
1984-09-25 (87 years old)

Place of Birth
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

Movies

Tv Shows

1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Admiral Harriman Nelson
1956 Forbidden Planet as Dr. Edward Morbius
1948 Command Decision as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
1941 Man Hunt as Captain Alan Thorndike
1976 Two-Minute Warning as The Pickpocket
1952 The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
1952 The Sellout as Haven D. Allridge
1938 Too Hot to Handle as Bill Dennis
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful as Harry Pebbel
1965 Cinderella as King
1978 Sextette as The Chairman
1942 Mrs. Miniver as Clem Miniver
1940 Dark Command as William 'Will' Cantrell
1949 The Red Danube as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson's Butler
1941 How Green Was My Valley as Mr. Gruffydd
1954 Executive Suite as Frederick Y. Alderson
1949 That Forsyte Woman as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid as Frederick Kellerman
1954 Deep in My Heart as J.J. Shubert
1943 Madame Curie as Pierre Curie
1938 The Girl of the Golden West as Sheriff Jack Rance
1962 Big Red as James Haggin
1973 The Neptune Factor as Dr. Samuel Andrews
1968 Funny Girl as Florenz Ziegfeld
1940 The House Across the Bay as Tim Nolan
1937 Saratoga as Hartley Madison
1956 These Wilder Years as James Rayburn
1939 Nick Carter, Master Detective as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
1940 Sky Murder as Nick Carter
1940 Phantom Raiders as Nick Carter
1962 Advise & Consent as Senate Majority Leader
1958 Swiss Family Robinson as Anton (Father)
1951 The Unknown Man as Dwight Bradley Masen
1944 Mrs. Parkington as Major Augustus Parkington
1955 The Glass Slipper as Narrator (voice)
1953 Dream Wife as Walter McBride
1948 Julia Misbehaves as William Sylvester Packett
1969 Rascal as Sterling North (voice)
1936 Big Brown Eyes as Richard Morey
1973 Harry in Your Pocket as Casey
1956 The Rack as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
1938 Listen, Darling as Richard Thurlow
1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show as John Pahlman
1954 Men of the Fighting Lady as Cmdr. Dowling
1941 Blossoms in the Dust as Sam Gladney
1950 The Miniver Story as Clem Miniver
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris as James Ellswirth
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf as Chip Collyer
1963 Two Colonels as Colonello Henderson
1941 Design for Scandal as Jeff Sherman
1940 Flight Command as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
1972 Skyjacked as Sen. Arne Lindner
1967 Warning Shot as Orville Ames
1942 White Cargo as Mr. Harry Witzel
1938 The Shopworn Angel as Sam Bailey
1975 Murder on Flight 502 as Charlie Parkins
1943 The Youngest Profession as Walter Pidgeon
1930 Going Wild as 'Ace' Benton
1955 Hit the Deck as Xavier Smith
2018 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1946 Holiday in Mexico as Jeffrey Evans
1940 It's a Date as John Arlen
1947 If Winter Comes as Mark Sabre
1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1972 The Screaming Woman as Dr. Amos Larkin
1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich as Ken Morley
1951 Soldiers Three as Col. Brunswick
1934 Journal of a Crime as Florestan
1939 Stronger Than Desire as Tyler Flagg
1939 Society Lawyer as Christopher Durant
1931 The Hot Heiress as Clay
1938 Man-Proof as Alan Wythe
1975 You Lie So Deep, My Love as Uncle Joe Padway
1953 Scandal at Scourie as Patrick J. McChesney
1974 Live Again, Die Again as Thomas Carmichael
1937 She's Dangerous as Dr. Scott Logan
1931 Kiss Me Again as Paul de St. Cyr
1946 The Secret Heart as Chris Matthews
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Judge Trenchard
1930 Sweet Kitty Bellairs as Lord Varney
1930 Viennese Nights as Franz von Renner
1930 Bride of the Regiment as Colonel Vultow
1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Lewis Gannet
1970 The Mask of Sheba as Dr. Max van Condon
1939 6,000 Enemies as Steve Donegan
1970 House on Greenapple Road as Mayor Jack Parker
1930 Show Girl in Hollywood as Premiere Emcee
1968 The Vatican Affair as Herbert Cummings
1936 Fatal Lady as David Roberts
1989 Fritz Lang, drawings for a film as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1932 Rockabye as Al Howard
1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1951 Quo Vadis as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1927 The Gorilla as Stevens
1930 The Gorilla as Arthur Marsden
1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror as Lucy's Lover
1937 A Girl with Ideas as Mickey McGuire
1940 A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis as Alonzo Smith
1926 Mannequin as Martin Innesbrook
1928 Clothes Make the Woman as Victor Trent
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1944 Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1937 As Good as Married as Fraser James
1937 Girl Overboard as Paul Stacey
1926 Miss Nobody as Bravo
1928 Melody of Love as Jack Clark
1928 Turn Back the Hours as Philip Drake
1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1926 The Outsider as Basil Owen
1927 The Girl from Rio as Paul Sinclair
1926 Old Loves and New as Clyde Lord Geradine
1927 The Heart of Salome as Monte Carroll
1929 Her Private Life as Ned Thayer
1926 Marriage License? as Paul
1928 The Gateway of the Moon as Arthur Wyatt
1927 The 13th Juror as Richard Marsden
1928 Woman Wise as United States Consul
1929 A Most Immoral Lady as Tony Williams
1934 Good Badminton as Walter
1929 The Voice Within
1963 The Shortest Day as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
1975 The Lion Roars Again as Self
1963 Anniversary as Himself - Host
1958 The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
2022 Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)

1963 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as B.G. Perkins
1965 The F.B.I. ( 2 episodes ) as Leo Roland
1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Sherman Hatfield
1959 Rawhide ( 1 episode ) as General Augustus Perry
1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Lord Dunsmore
1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Jess Clark
1963 Breaking Point ( 1 episode )
1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Charles Priest
1976 Gibbsville ( 1 episode )
1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dave King
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
1960 Checkmate ( 1 episode ) as John Baker
1950 What's My Line? ( 6 episodes ) as Self
1973 The Snoop Sisters ( 1 episode ) as Keith Follett
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour ( 1 episode ) as Jason Merrill
1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self

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