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.
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Acting History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989Fritz Lang, drawings for a film as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1978Sextette as The Chairman
1976Two-Minute Warning as The Pickpocket
1976Gibbsville
1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson's Butler
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Judge Trenchard
1975Murder on Flight 502 as Charlie Parkins
1975You Lie So Deep, My Love as Uncle Joe Padway
1975The Lion Roars Again as Self
1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974The Girl on the Late, Late Show as John Pahlman
1974Live Again, Die Again as Thomas Carmichael
1973The Snoop Sisters as Keith Follett
1973Harry in Your Pocket as Casey
1973The Neptune Factor as Dr. Samuel Andrews
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972Skyjacked as Sen. Arne Lindner
1972The Screaming Woman as Dr. Amos Larkin
1970The Mask of Sheba as Dr. Max van Condon
1970House on Greenapple Road as Mayor Jack Parker
1969Rascal as Sterling North (voice)
1968Funny Girl as Florenz Ziegfeld
1968The Vatican Affair as Herbert Cummings
1967The Danny Thomas Hour as Jason Merrill
1967Warning Shot as Orville Ames
1967How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Lewis Gannet
1965The F.B.I. as Leo Roland
1965Cinderella as King
1964Daniel Boone as Lord Dunsmore
1963Burke's Law as B.G. Perkins
1963Breaking Point
1963The Shortest Day as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
1963Two Colonels as Colonello Henderson
1963Anniversary as Himself - Host
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962Advise & Consent as Senate Majority Leader
1962Big Red as James Haggin
1961Dr. Kildare as Dr. Charles Priest
1961Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Admiral Harriman Nelson
1960Checkmate as John Baker
1959Meet Me in St. Louis as Alonzo Smith
1959Rawhide as General Augustus Perry
1958The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
1958Swiss Family Robinson as Father
1957Perry Mason as Sherman Hatfield
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956The Rack as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jess Clark
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dave King
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956These Wilder Years as James Rayburn
1956Forbidden Planet as Dr. Edward Morbius
1955The Glass Slipper as Narrator (voice)
1955Hit the Deck as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
1954Deep in My Heart as J.J. Shubert
1954The Last Time I Saw Paris as James Ellswirth
1954Men of the Fighting Lady as Cmdr. Dowling
1954Executive Suite as Frederick Y. Alderson
1953Dream Wife as Walter McBride
1953Scandal at Scourie as Patrick J. McChesney
1952The Bad and the Beautiful as Harry Pebbel
1952The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
1952Million Dollar Mermaid as Frederick Kellerman
1952The Sellout as Haven D. Allridge
1951The Unknown Man as Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen
1951Quo Vadis as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951Calling Bulldog Drummond as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1951Soldiers Three as Col. Brunswick
1950The Miniver Story as Clem Miniver
1950What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1949That Forsyte Woman as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
1949The Red Danube as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
1948Command Decision as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
1948Julia Misbehaves as William Sylvester Packett
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947If Winter Comes as Mark Sabre
1946The Secret Heart as Chris Matthews
1946Holiday in Mexico as Jeffrey Evans
1945Week-End at the Waldorf as Chip Collyer
1944Mrs. Parkington as Major Augustus Parkington
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943Madame Curie as Pierre Curie
1943The Youngest Profession as Walter Pidgeon
1942White Cargo as Mr. Harry Witzel
1942Mrs. Miniver as Clem Miniver
1941Design for Scandal as Jeff Sherman
1941How Green Was My Valley as Mr. Gruffydd
1941Blossoms in the Dust as Sam Gladney
1941Man Hunt as Captain Alan Thorndike
1940Flight Command as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
1940Sky Murder as Nick Carter
1940Phantom Raiders as Nick Carter
1940Dark Command as William 'Will' Cantrell
1940It's a Date as John Arlen
1940The House Across the Bay as Tim Nolan
1939Nick Carter, Master Detective as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
1939Stronger Than Desire as Tyler Flagg
19396,000 Enemies as Steve Donegan
1939Society Lawyer as Christopher Durant
1938Listen, Darling as Richard Thurlow
1938Too Hot to Handle as Bill Dennis
1938The Shopworn Angel as Sam Bailey
1938The Girl of the Golden West as Sheriff Jack Rance
1938Man-Proof as Alan Wythe
1937A Girl with Ideas as Mickey McGuire
1937My Dear Miss Aldrich as Ken Morley
1937Saratoga as Hartley Madison
1937As Good as Married as Fraser James
1937Girl Overboard as Paul Stacey
1937She's Dangerous as Dr. Scott Logan
1936Fatal Lady as David Roberts
1936Big Brown Eyes as Richard Morey
1934Good Badminton as Walter
1934Journal of a Crime as Florestan
1933The Kiss Before the Mirror as Lucy's Lover
1932Rockabye as Al Howard
1931The Hot Heiress as Clay
1931Kiss Me Again as Paul de St. Cyr
1930Going Wild as 'Ace' Benton
1930Viennese Nights as Franz von Renner
1930The Gorilla as Arthur Marsden
1930Sweet Kitty Bellairs as Lord Varney
1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930Bride of the Regiment as Colonel Vultow
1930Show Girl in Hollywood as Premiere Emcee
1929A Most Immoral Lady as Tony Williams
1929Her Private Life as Ned Thayer
1929The Voice Within
1928Melody of Love as Jack Clark
1928Clothes Make the Woman as Victor Trent
1928Turn Back the Hours as Philip Drake
1928Woman Wise as United States Consul
1928The Gateway of the Moon as Arthur Wyatt
1927The Gorilla as Stevens
1927The 13th Juror as Richard Marsden
1927The Girl from Rio as Paul Sinclair
1927The Heart of Salome as Monte Carroll
1926Marriage License? as Paul
1926Miss Nobody as Bravo
1926Old Loves and New as Clyde Lord Geradine
1926The Outsider as Basil Owen
1926Mannequin as Martin Innesbrook