Walter Pidgeon
Known for acting · Born 22 September 1897 · Died 25 September 1984 · aged 87 · Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
147 credits
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
Forbidden Planet
1956
How Green Was My Valley
1941
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
Man Hunt
1941
Funny Girl
1968
Two Colonels
1963
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
Dark Command
1940
The Neptune Factor
1973
Madame Curie
1943
Acting (147)
2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage)Film
2018Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Film
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakeractor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1989Fritz Lang, drawings for a filmCaptain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)Film
1978SextetteThe ChairmanFilm
1976Two-Minute WarningThe PickpocketFilm
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Film
1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodGrayson's ButlerFilm
1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseJudge TrenchardFilm
1976GibbsvilleSeries
1975Murder on Flight 502Charlie ParkinsFilm
1975You Lie So Deep, My LoveUncle Joe PadwayFilm
1975The Lion Roars AgainSelfFilm
1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1974The Girl on the Late, Late ShowJohn PahlmanFilm
1974Live Again, Die AgainThomas CarmichaelFilm
1973The Neptune FactorDr. Samuel AndrewsFilm
1973Harry in Your PocketCaseyFilm
1973The Snoop SistersKeith FollettSeries
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...SelfSeries
1972SkyjackedSen. Arne LindnerFilm
1972The Screaming WomanAmos LarkinFilm
1970House on Greenapple RoadMayor Jack ParkerFilm
1970The Mask of ShebaDr. Max van CondonFilm
1969RascalSterling North (voice)Film
1968Funny GirlFlorenz ZiegfeldFilm
1968The Vatican AffairHerbert CummingsFilm
1967Warning ShotOrville AmesFilm
1967How I Spent My Summer VacationLewis GannetFilm
1967The Danny Thomas HourJason MerrillSeries
1965CinderellaKingFilm
1965The F.B.I.Leo Roland · 2 episodesSeries
1964Daniel BooneLord DunsmoreSeries
1963Two ColonelsColonello HendersonFilm
1963The Shortest DayErnest Hemingway (uncredited)Film
1963Burke's LawB.G. PerkinsSeries
1963Breaking PointSeries
1963AnniversaryHimself - HostFilm
1962Advise & ConsentSenate Majority LeaderFilm
1962Big RedJames HagginFilm
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1961Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaAdmiral Harriman NelsonFilm
1961Dr. KildareDr. Charles PriestSeries
1960CheckmateJohn BakerSeries
1959RawhideGeneral Augustus PerrySeries
1959Meet Me in St. LouisAlonzo SmithFilm
1958Swiss Family RobinsonAnton (Father)Film
1958The All-Star Christmas ShowSelfFilm
1957Perry MasonSherman HatfieldSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelfSeries
1956Forbidden PlanetDr. Edward MorbiusFilm
1956The RackCol. Edward W. Hall, Sr.Film
1956These Wilder YearsJames RayburnFilm
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJess Clark, Dave KingSeries
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelfSeries
1955The Glass SlipperNarrator (voice)Film
1955Hit the DeckXavier SmithFilm
1954Executive SuiteFrederick Y. AldersonFilm
1954The Last Time I Saw ParisJames EllswirthFilm
1954Deep in My HeartJ.J. ShubertFilm
1954Men of the Fighting LadyCmdr. DowlingFilm
1953Dream WifeWalter McBrideFilm
1953Scandal at ScouriePatrick J. McChesneyFilm
1952The Bad and the BeautifulHarry PebbelFilm
1952Million Dollar MermaidFrederick KellermanFilm
1952The SelloutHaven D. AllridgeFilm
1952The HoaxtersNarrator (voice)Film
1951Quo VadisNarrator (voice) (uncredited)Film
1951The Unknown ManDwight Bradley MasenFilm
1951Soldiers ThreeCol. BrunswickFilm
1951Calling Bulldog DrummondMajor Hugh "Bulldog" DrummondFilm
1950What's My Line?Self · 6 episodesSeries
1950The Miniver StoryClem MiniverFilm
1949That Forsyte Womanle jeune Jolyon ForsyteFilm
1949The Red DanubeCol. Michael S. 'Hooky' NicobarFilm
1948Command DecisionMajor General Roland Goodlow KaneFilm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1948Julia MisbehavesWilliam Sylvester PackettFilm
1947If Winter ComesMark SabreFilm
1946The Secret HeartChris MatthewsFilm
1946Holiday in MexicoJeffrey EvansFilm
1945Week-End at the WaldorfChip CollyerFilm
1944Mrs. ParkingtonMajor Augustus ParkingtonFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)Film
1943Madame CuriePierre CurieFilm
1943The Youngest ProfessionWalter PidgeonFilm
1942Mrs. MiniverClem MiniverFilm
1942White CargoMr. Harry WitzelFilm
1941How Green Was My ValleyMr. GruffyddFilm
1941Man HuntCaptain Alan ThorndikeFilm
1941Blossoms in the DustSam GladneyFilm
1941Design for ScandalJeff ShermanFilm
1940Dark CommandWilliam 'Will' CantrellFilm
1940Phantom RaidersNick CarterFilm
1940The House Across the BayTim NolanFilm
1940Flight CommandSquadron Commander Billy GaryFilm
1940It's a DateJohn ArlenFilm
1940Sky MurderNick CarterFilm
1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundSelfFilm
1939Nick Carter, Master DetectiveNicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert ChalmersFilm
1939Society LawyerChristopher DurantFilm
1939Stronger Than DesireTyler FlaggFilm
19396,000 EnemiesSteve DoneganFilm
1938Too Hot to HandleBill DennisFilm
1938The Shopworn AngelSam BaileyFilm
1938Listen, DarlingRichard ThurlowFilm
1938Man-ProofAlan WytheFilm
1938The Girl of the Golden WestSheriff Jack RanceFilm
1937SaratogaHartley MadisonFilm
1937My Dear Miss AldrichKen MorleyFilm
1937She's DangerousDr. Scott LoganFilm
1937As Good as MarriedFraser JamesFilm
1937A Girl with IdeasMickey McGuireFilm
1937Girl OverboardPaul StaceyFilm
1936Big Brown EyesRichard MoreyFilm
1936Fatal LadyDavid RobertsFilm
1934Journal of a CrimeFlorestanFilm
1934Good BadmintonWalterFilm
1933The Kiss Before the MirrorLucy's LoverFilm
1932RockabyeAl HowardFilm
1931The Hot HeiressClayFilm
1931Kiss Me AgainPaul de St. CyrFilm
1930Show Girl in HollywoodPremiere EmceeFilm
1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver JubileeSelfFilm
1930Going Wild'Ace' BentonFilm
1930Sweet Kitty BellairsLord VarneyFilm
1930Viennese NightsFranz von RennerFilm
1930Bride of the RegimentColonel VultowFilm
1930The GorillaArthur MarsdenFilm
1929Her Private LifeNed ThayerFilm
1929A Most Immoral LadyTony WilliamsFilm
1929The Voice WithinFilm
1928Clothes Make the WomanVictor TrentFilm
1928Melody of LoveJack ClarkFilm
1928Turn Back the HoursPhilip DrakeFilm
1928The Gateway of the MoonArthur WyattFilm
1928Woman WiseUnited States ConsulFilm
1927The GorillaStevensFilm
1927The Girl from RioPaul SinclairFilm
1927The Heart of SalomeMonte CarrollFilm
1927The 13th JurorRichard MarsdenFilm
1926Old Loves and NewClyde Lord GeradineFilm
1926MannequinMartin InnesbrookFilm
1926Miss NobodyBravoFilm
1926The OutsiderBasil OwenFilm
1926Marriage License?PaulFilm