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Walter Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

ActingBorn September 22, 1897Died September 25, 1984 (age 87)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.

Filmography

2018Movie
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

Movie
1989
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film

as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)

Movie
1978
Sextette

as The Chairman

Movie
1976
Two-Minute Warning

as The Pickpocket

Movie
1976Movie
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Movie
1976Movie
1975
Murder on Flight 502

as Charlie Parkins

Movie
1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love

as Uncle Joe Padway

Movie
1975Movie
1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1974Movie
1974
Live Again, Die Again

as Thomas Carmichael

Movie
1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Keith Follett

TV
1973Movie
1973
The Neptune Factor

as Dr. Samuel Andrews

Movie
1972
Skyjacked

as Sen. Arne Lindner

Movie
1972
The Screaming Woman

as Dr. Amos Larkin

Movie
1970
The Mask of Sheba

as Dr. Max van Condon

Movie
1970
House on Greenapple Road

as Mayor Jack Parker

Movie
1969
Rascal

as Sterling North (voice)

Movie
1968
Funny Girl

as Florenz Ziegfeld

Movie
1968
The Vatican Affair

as Herbert Cummings

Movie
1967
The Danny Thomas Hour

as Jason Merrill

TV
1967
Warning Shot

as Orville Ames

Movie
1967Movie
1965
The F.B.I.

as Leo Roland

TV
1965
Cinderella

as King

Movie
1964
Daniel Boone

as Lord Dunsmore

TV
1963
Burke's Law

as B.G. Perkins

TV
1963
The Shortest Day

as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

Movie
1963
Two Colonels

as Colonello Henderson

Movie
1963
Anniversary

as Himself - Host

Movie
1962
Big Red

as James Haggin

Movie
1962
Advise & Consent

as Senate Majority Leader

Movie
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Charles Priest

TV
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Admiral Harriman Nelson

Movie
1960
Checkmate

as John Baker

TV
1959
Meet Me in St. Louis

as Alonzo Smith

Movie
1959
Rawhide

as General Augustus Perry

TV
1958
Swiss Family Robinson

as Anton (Father)

Movie
1957
Perry Mason

as Sherman Hatfield

TV
1956
The Rack

as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

Movie
1956
These Wilder Years

as James Rayburn

Movie
1956
Forbidden Planet

as Dr. Edward Morbius

Movie
1955
The Glass Slipper

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1955
Hit the Deck

as Xavier Smith

Movie
1954
Deep in My Heart

as J.J. Shubert

Movie
1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris

as James Ellswirth

Movie
1954
Men of the Fighting Lady

as Cmdr. Dowling

Movie
1954
Executive Suite

as Frederick Y. Alderson

Movie
1953
Dream Wife

as Walter McBride

Movie
1953
Scandal at Scourie

as Patrick J. McChesney

Movie
1952Movie
1952
The Hoaxters

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid

as Frederick Kellerman

Movie
1952
The Sellout

as Haven D. Allridge

Movie
1951
The Unknown Man

as Dwight Bradley Masen

Movie
1951
Quo Vadis

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond

as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

Movie
1951
Soldiers Three

as Col. Brunswick

Movie
1950
The Miniver Story

as Clem Miniver

Movie
1950TV
1949
That Forsyte Woman

as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte

Movie
1949
The Red Danube

as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

Movie
1948
Command Decision

as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

Movie
1948
Julia Misbehaves

as William Sylvester Packett

Movie
1947
If Winter Comes

as Mark Sabre

Movie
1946
The Secret Heart

as Chris Matthews

Movie
1946
Holiday in Mexico

as Jeffrey Evans

Movie
1945Movie
1944
Mrs. Parkington

as Major Augustus Parkington

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Movie
1943
Madame Curie

as Pierre Curie

Movie
1943
The Youngest Profession

as Walter Pidgeon

Movie
1942
White Cargo

as Mr. Harry Witzel

Movie
1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Clem Miniver

Movie
1941
Design for Scandal

as Jeff Sherman

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Blossoms in the Dust

as Sam Gladney

Movie
1941
Man Hunt

as Captain Alan Thorndike

Movie
1940
Flight Command

as Squadron Commander Billy Gary

Movie
1940
Sky Murder

as Nick Carter

Movie
1940
Phantom Raiders

as Nick Carter

Movie
1940
Dark Command

as William 'Will' Cantrell

Movie
1940
It's a Date

as John Arlen

Movie
1940Movie
1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective

as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers

Movie
1939
Stronger Than Desire

as Tyler Flagg

Movie
1939
6,000 Enemies

as Steve Donegan

Movie
1939
Society Lawyer

as Christopher Durant

Movie
1938
Listen, Darling

as Richard Thurlow

Movie
1938
Too Hot to Handle

as Bill Dennis

Movie
1938
The Shopworn Angel

as Sam Bailey

Movie
1938
The Girl of the Golden West

as Sheriff Jack Rance

Movie
1938
Man-Proof

as Alan Wythe

Movie
1937
A Girl with Ideas

as Mickey McGuire

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Saratoga

as Hartley Madison

Movie
1937
As Good as Married

as Fraser James

Movie
1937
Girl Overboard

as Paul Stacey

Movie
1937
She's Dangerous

as Dr. Scott Logan

Movie
1936
Fatal Lady

as David Roberts

Movie
1936
Big Brown Eyes

as Richard Morey

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Journal of a Crime

as Florestan

Movie
1933Movie
1932
Rockabye

as Al Howard

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Kiss Me Again

as Paul de St. Cyr

Movie
1930
Going Wild

as 'Ace' Benton

Movie
1930
Viennese Nights

as Franz von Renner

Movie
1930
The Gorilla

as Arthur Marsden

Movie
1930
Sweet Kitty Bellairs

as Lord Varney

Movie
1930
Bride of the Regiment

as Colonel Vultow

Movie
1930
Show Girl in Hollywood

as Premiere Emcee

Movie
1929
A Most Immoral Lady

as Tony Williams

Movie
1929
Her Private Life

as Ned Thayer

Movie
1928
Melody of Love

as Jack Clark

Movie
1928
Clothes Make the Woman

as Victor Trent

Movie
1928
Turn Back the Hours

as Philip Drake

Movie
1928
Woman Wise

as United States Consul

Movie
1928Movie
1927
The Gorilla

as Stevens

Movie
1927
The 13th Juror

as Richard Marsden

Movie
1927
The Girl from Rio

as Paul Sinclair

Movie
1927
The Heart of Salome

as Monte Carroll

Movie
1926Movie
1926
Miss Nobody

as Bravo

Movie
1926
Old Loves and New

as Clyde Lord Geradine

Movie
1926
The Outsider

as Basil Owen

Movie
1926
Mannequin

as Martin Innesbrook

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 22, 1897
Day of DeathSeptember 25, 1984
Place of BirthSaint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Popularity1.1