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

Admiral Harriman Nelson

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Dr. Edward Morbius

Forbidden Planet

Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

Command Decision

Captain Alan Thorndike

Man Hunt

The Pickpocket

Two-Minute Warning

Narrator (voice)

The Hoaxters

Haven D. Allridge

The Sellout

Bill Dennis

Too Hot to Handle

Harry Pebbel

The Bad and the Beautiful

King

Cinderella

The Chairman

Sextette

Clem Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

William 'Will' Cantrell

Dark Command

Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

The Red Danube

Grayson's Butler

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Mr. Gruffydd

How Green Was My Valley

Frederick Y. Alderson

Executive Suite

le jeune Jolyon Forsyte

That Forsyte Woman

Frederick Kellerman

Million Dollar Mermaid

J.J. Shubert

Deep in My Heart

Pierre Curie

Madame Curie

Sheriff Jack Rance

The Girl of the Golden West

James Haggin

Big Red

Dr. Samuel Andrews

The Neptune Factor

Florenz Ziegfeld

Funny Girl

Tim Nolan

The House Across the Bay

Hartley Madison

Saratoga

James Rayburn

These Wilder Years

Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter

Sky Murder

Nick Carter

Phantom Raiders

Senate Majority Leader

Advise & Consent

Father

Swiss Family Robinson

Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen

The Unknown Man

Major Augustus Parkington

Mrs. Parkington

Narrator (voice)

The Glass Slipper

Walter McBride

Dream Wife

William Sylvester Packett

Julia Misbehaves

Sterling North (voice)

Rascal

Richard Morey

Big Brown Eyes

Casey

Harry in Your Pocket

Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

The Rack

Richard Thurlow

Listen, Darling

John Pahlman

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

Cmdr. Dowling

Men of the Fighting Lady

Sam Gladney

Blossoms in the Dust

Clem Miniver

The Miniver Story

James Ellswirth

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Chip Collyer

Week-End at the Waldorf

Colonello Henderson

I due colonnelli

Jeff Sherman

Design for Scandal

Squadron Commander Billy Gary

Flight Command

Sen. Arne Lindner

Skyjacked

Orville Ames

Warning Shot

Mr. Harry Witzel

White Cargo

Sam Bailey

The Shopworn Angel

Charlie Parkins

Murder on Flight 502

Walter Pidgeon

The Youngest Profession

'Ace' Benton

Going Wild

Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith

Hit the Deck

Self (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Jeffrey Evans

Holiday in Mexico

John Arlen

It's a Date

Mark Sabre

If Winter Comes

Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Dr. Amos Larkin

The Screaming Woman

Ken Morley

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Col. Brunswick

Soldiers Three

Florestan

Journal of a Crime

Tyler Flagg

Stronger Than Desire

Christopher Durant

Society Lawyer

Clay

The Hot Heiress

Alan Wythe

Man-Proof

Uncle Joe Padway

You Lie So Deep, My Love

Patrick J. McChesney

Scandal at Scourie

Thomas Carmichael

Live Again, Die Again

Dr. Scott Logan

She's Dangerous

Paul de St. Cyr

Kiss Me Again

Chris Matthews

The Secret Heart

Judge Trenchard

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Lord Varney

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Franz von Renner

Viennese Nights

Colonel Vultow

Bride of the Regiment

Lewis Gannet

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Dr. Max van Condon

The Mask of Sheba

Steve Donegan

6,000 Enemies

Mayor Jack Parker

House on Greenapple Road

Premiere Emcee

Show Girl in Hollywood

Herbert Cummings

A qualsiasi prezzo

David Roberts

Fatal Lady

Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)

Fritz Lang, dessins d'un film

Al Howard

Rockabye

Self

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Quo Vadis

Stevens

The Gorilla

Arthur Marsden

The Gorilla

(archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment!

Lucy's Lover

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Mickey McGuire

A Girl with Ideas

Self

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Alonzo Smith

Meet Me in St. Louis

Martin Innesbrook

Mannequin

Victor Trent

Clothes Make the Woman

(archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Twenty Years After

Fraser James

As Good as Married

Paul Stacey

Girl Overboard

Bravo

Miss Nobody

Jack Clark

Melody of Love

Philip Drake

Turn Back the Hours

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

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Basil Owen

The Outsider

Paul Sinclair

The Girl from Rio

Clyde Lord Geradine

Old Loves and New

Monte Carroll

The Heart of Salome

Ned Thayer

Her Private Life

Paul

Marriage License?

Arthur Wyatt

The Gateway of the Moon

Richard Marsden

The 13th Juror

United States Consul

Woman Wise

Tony Williams

A Most Immoral Lady

Walter

Good Badminton

The Voice Within

Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

Il giorno più corto

Self

The Lion Roars Again

Himself - Host

Anniversary

Self

The All-Star Christmas Show

Self - (archive footage)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

128

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-09-22

Place of Birth

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Also Known As

Уолтер Пиджон