Walter Pidgeon
Acting • Born 1897-09-22 – Died 1984-09-25
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
149 credits
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Movie • 1961
Admiral Harriman Nelson
Forbidden Planet
Movie • 1956
Dr. Edward Morbius
Command Decision
Movie • 1948
Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Man Hunt
Movie • 1941
Captain Alan Thorndike
Two-Minute Warning
Movie • 1976
The Pickpocket
The Hoaxters
Movie • 1952
Narrator (voice)
The Sellout
Movie • 1952
Haven D. Allridge
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Bill Dennis
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie • 1952
Harry Pebbel
Cinderella
Movie • 1965
King
Sextette
Movie • 1978
The Chairman
Mrs. Miniver
Movie • 1942
Clem Miniver
Dark Command
Movie • 1940
William 'Will' Cantrell
The Red Danube
Movie • 1949
Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Grayson's Butler
How Green Was My Valley
Movie • 1941
Mr. Gruffydd
Executive Suite
Movie • 1954
Frederick Y. Alderson
Deep in My Heart
Movie • 1954
J.J. Shubert
That Forsyte Woman
Movie • 1949
le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
Million Dollar Mermaid
Movie • 1952
Frederick Kellerman
Madame Curie
Movie • 1943
Pierre Curie
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie • 1938
Sheriff Jack Rance
Big Red
Movie • 1962
James Haggin
The Neptune Factor
Movie • 1973
Dr. Samuel Andrews
Funny Girl
Movie • 1968
Florenz Ziegfeld
The House Across the Bay
Movie • 1940
Tim Nolan
Saratoga
Movie • 1937
Hartley Madison
These Wilder Years
Movie • 1956
James Rayburn
Sky Murder
Movie • 1940
Nick Carter
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie • 1939
Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Phantom Raiders
Movie • 1940
Nick Carter
Advise & Consent
Movie • 1962
Senate Majority Leader
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie • 1958
Father
The Unknown Man
Movie • 1951
Dwight Bradley Masen
Mrs. Parkington
Movie • 1944
Major Augustus Parkington
The Glass Slipper
Movie • 1955
Narrator (voice)
Dream Wife
Movie • 1953
Walter McBride
Julia Misbehaves
Movie • 1948
William Sylvester Packett
Rascal
Movie • 1969
Sterling North (voice)
Big Brown Eyes
Movie • 1936
Richard Morey
Harry in Your Pocket
Movie • 1973
Casey
The Rack
Movie • 1956
Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
Listen, Darling
Movie • 1938
Richard Thurlow
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Movie • 1974
John Pahlman
Men of the Fighting Lady
Movie • 1954
Cmdr. Dowling
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Sam Gladney
The Miniver Story
Movie • 1950
Clem Miniver
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Movie • 1954
James Ellswirth
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie • 1945
Chip Collyer
Two Colonels
Movie • 1963
Colonello Henderson
Design for Scandal
Movie • 1941
Jeff Sherman
Flight Command
Movie • 1940
Squadron Commander Billy Gary
Skyjacked
Movie • 1972
Sen. Arne Lindner
Warning Shot
Movie • 1967
Orville Ames
White Cargo
Movie • 1942
Mr. Harry Witzel
The Shopworn Angel
Movie • 1938
Sam Bailey
Murder on Flight 502
Movie • 1975
Charlie Parkins
The Youngest Profession
Movie • 1943
Walter Pidgeon
Going Wild
Movie • 1930
'Ace' Benton
Hit the Deck
Movie • 1955
Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Holiday in Mexico
Movie • 1946
Jeffrey Evans
It's a Date
Movie • 1940
John Arlen
If Winter Comes
Movie • 1947
Mark Sabre
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Movie • 1951
Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
The Screaming Woman
Movie • 1972
Dr. Amos Larkin
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie • 1937
Ken Morley
Soldiers Three
Movie • 1951
Col. Brunswick
Journal of a Crime
Movie • 1934
Florestan
Stronger Than Desire
Movie • 1939
Tyler Flagg
Society Lawyer
Movie • 1939
Christopher Durant
The Hot Heiress
Movie • 1931
Clay
Man-Proof
Movie • 1938
Alan Wythe
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Movie • 1975
Uncle Joe Padway
Scandal at Scourie
Movie • 1953
Patrick J. McChesney
Live Again, Die Again
Movie • 1974
Thomas Carmichael
She's Dangerous
Movie • 1937
Dr. Scott Logan
Kiss Me Again
Movie • 1931
Paul de St. Cyr
The Secret Heart
Movie • 1946
Chris Matthews
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Movie • 1976
Judge Trenchard
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Movie • 1930
Lord Varney
Viennese Nights
Movie • 1930
Franz von Renner
Bride of the Regiment
Movie • 1930
Colonel Vultow
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Movie • 1967
Lewis Gannet
The Mask of Sheba
Movie • 1970
Dr. Max van Condon
6,000 Enemies
Movie • 1939
Steve Donegan
House on Greenapple Road
Movie • 1970
Mayor Jack Parker
Show Girl in Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Premiere Emcee
The Vatican Affair
Movie • 1968
Herbert Cummings
Fatal Lady
Movie • 1936
David Roberts
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
Movie • 1989
Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
Rockabye
Movie • 1932
Al Howard
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Movie • 1930
Self
Quo Vadis
Movie • 1951
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Gorilla
Movie • 1930
Arthur Marsden
The Gorilla
Movie • 1927
Stevens
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Movie • 1933
Lucy's Lover
A Girl with Ideas
Movie • 1937
Mickey McGuire
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Movie • 1940
Self
Meet Me in St. Louis
Movie • 1959
Alonzo Smith
Mannequin
Movie • 1926
Martin Innesbrook
Clothes Make the Woman
Movie • 1928
Victor Trent
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
As Good as Married
Movie • 1937
Fraser James
Girl Overboard
Movie • 1937
Paul Stacey
Miss Nobody
Movie • 1926
Bravo
Melody of Love
Movie • 1928
Jack Clark
Turn Back the Hours
Movie • 1928
Philip Drake
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Movie • 1991
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Old Loves and New
Movie • 1926
Clyde Lord Geradine
Marriage License?
Movie • 1926
Paul
Her Private Life
Movie • 1929
Ned Thayer
The Gateway of the Moon
Movie • 1928
Arthur Wyatt
The Outsider
Movie • 1926
Basil Owen
The 13th Juror
Movie • 1927
Richard Marsden
The Girl from Rio
Movie • 1927
Paul Sinclair
A Most Immoral Lady
Movie • 1929
Tony Williams
The Heart of Salome
Movie • 1927
Monte Carroll
Woman Wise
Movie • 1928
United States Consul
Good Badminton
Movie • 1934
Walter
The Voice Within
Movie • 1929
The Shortest Day
Movie • 1963
Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
The Lion Roars Again
Movie • 1975
Self
Anniversary
Movie • 1963
Himself - Host
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
B.G. Perkins
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Leo Roland
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Sherman Hatfield
Rawhide
TV • 1959
General Augustus Perry
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Lord Dunsmore
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Jess Clark
Breaking Point
TV • 1963
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Charles Priest
Gibbsville
TV • 1976
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Dave King
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Checkmate
TV • 1960
John Baker
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
The Snoop Sisters
TV • 1973
Keith Follett
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV • 1967
Jason Merrill
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self