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