Walter Pidgeon

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 140

Gender Male

Birthday 1897-09-23

Day of Death 1984-09-25 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Also Known As

Уолтер Пиджон
Walter Davis Pidgeon

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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

Acting

2018

as Self (archive footage)

1991

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

1989

as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)

1978

as The Chairman

1976		Two-Minute Warning as The Pickpocket
1976		Gibbsville (1 episode)
1976		Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson's Butler
1976		That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976		The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Judge Trenchard

1975		Murder on Flight 502 as Charlie Parkins
1975		You Lie So Deep, My Love as Uncle Joe Padway
1975		The Lion Roars Again as Self

1974		That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974		The Girl on the Late, Late Show as John Pahlman
1974		Live Again, Die Again as Thomas Carmichael

1973		Harry in Your Pocket as Casey
1973		The Neptune Factor as Dr. Samuel Andrews
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1 episode) as Self

1972		Skyjacked as Sen. Arne Lindner
1972		The Screaming Woman as Dr. Amos Larkin

1970		The Mask of Sheba as Dr. Max van Condon
1970		House on Greenapple Road as Mayor Jack Parker

1969

as Sterling North (voice)

1968		Funny Girl as Florenz Ziegfeld
1968		The Vatican Affair as Herbert Cummings

1967		Warning Shot as Orville Ames
1967		How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Lewis Gannet

1965		The F.B.I. (2 episodes) as Leo Roland
1965		Cinderella as King

1964

(1 episode) as Lord Dunsmore

1963		Burke's Law (1 episode) as B.G. Perkins
1963		Breaking Point (1 episode)
1963		The Shortest Day as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
1963		Two Colonels as Colonello Henderson

1962		Advise & Consent as Senate Majority Leader
1962		Big Red as James Haggin

1961		Dr. Kildare (1 episode) as Dr. Charles Priest
1961		Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Admiral Harriman Nelson

1960

(1 episode) as John Baker

1959		Meet Me in St. Louis as Alonzo Smith
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as General Augustus Perry

1958

as Father

1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as Sherman Hatfield
1957		Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1 episode) as Self

1956		The Rack as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Dave King (1 episode) as Jess Clark
1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1 episode) as Self
1956		These Wilder Years as James Rayburn
1956		Forbidden Planet as Dr. Edward Morbius

1955		The Glass Slipper as Narrator (voice)
1955		Hit the Deck as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith

1954		Deep in My Heart as J.J. Shubert
1954		The Last Time I Saw Paris as James Ellswirth
1954		Men of the Fighting Lady as Cmdr. Dowling
1954		Executive Suite as Frederick Y. Alderson

1953		Dream Wife as Walter McBride
1953		Scandal at Scourie as Patrick J. McChesney

1952		The Bad and the Beautiful as Harry Pebbel
1952		The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
1952		Million Dollar Mermaid as Frederick Kellerman
1952		The Sellout as Haven D. Allridge

1951		The Unknown Man as Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen
1951		Quo Vadis as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951		Calling Bulldog Drummond as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1951		Soldiers Three as Col. Brunswick

1950		The Miniver Story as Clem Miniver
1950		What's My Line? (3 episodes) as Self - Panelist (3 episodes) as Self - Mystery Guest

1949		That Forsyte Woman as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
1949		The Red Danube as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

1948		Command Decision as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
1948		Julia Misbehaves as William Sylvester Packett
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show (2 episodes) as Self

1947

as Mark Sabre

1946		The Secret Heart as Chris Matthews
1946		Holiday in Mexico as Jeffrey Evans

1945

as Chip Collyer

1944		Mrs. Parkington as Major Augustus Parkington
1944		Twenty Years After as (archive footage)

1943		Madame Curie as Pierre Curie
1943		The Youngest Profession as Walter Pidgeon

1942		White Cargo as Mr. Harry Witzel
1942		Mrs. Miniver as Clem Miniver

1941		Design for Scandal as Jeff Sherman
1941		How Green Was My Valley as Mr. Gruffydd
1941		Blossoms in the Dust as Sam Gladney
1941		Man Hunt as Captain Alan Thorndike

1940		Flight Command as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
1940		A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
1940		Sky Murder as Nick Carter
1940		Phantom Raiders as Nick Carter
1940		Dark Command as William 'Will' Cantrell
1940		It's a Date as John Arlen
1940		The House Across the Bay as Tim Nolan

1939		Nick Carter, Master Detective as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
1939		Stronger Than Desire as Tyler Flagg
1939		6,000 Enemies as Steve Donegan
1939		Society Lawyer as Christopher Durant

1938		Listen, Darling as Richard Thurlow
1938		Too Hot to Handle as Bill Dennis
1938		The Shopworn Angel as Sam Bailey
1938		The Girl of the Golden West as Sheriff Jack Rance
1938		Man-Proof as Alan Wythe

1937		A Girl with Ideas as Mickey McGuire
1937		My Dear Miss Aldrich as Ken Morley
1937		Saratoga as Hartley Madison
1937		As Good as Married as Fraser James
1937		Girl Overboard as Paul Stacey
1937		She's Dangerous as Dr. Scott Logan

1936		Fatal Lady as David Roberts
1936		Big Brown Eyes as Richard Morey

1934		Good Badminton as Walter
1934		Journal of a Crime as Florestan

1933

as Lucy's Lover

1932

as Al Howard

1931		The Hot Heiress as Clay
1931		Kiss Me Again as Paul de St. Cyr

1930		Going Wild as 'Ace' Benton
1930		Viennese Nights as Franz von Renner
1930		The Gorilla as Arthur Marsden
1930		Sweet Kitty Bellairs as Lord Varney
1930		An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
1930		Bride of the Regiment as Colonel Vultow
1930		Show Girl in Hollywood as Premiere Emcee

1929		A Most Immoral Lady as Tony Williams
1929		Her Private Life as Ned Thayer
1929		The Voice Within

1928		Melody of Love as Jack Clark
1928		Clothes Make the Woman as Victor Trent
1928		Turn Back the Hours as Philip Drake
1928		Woman Wise as United States Consul
1928		The Gateway of the Moon as Arthur Wyatt

1927		The Gorilla as Stevens
1927		The 13th Juror as Richard Marsden
1927		Sumuru as Paul Sinclair
1927		The Heart of Salome as Monte Carroll

1926		Marriage License? as Paul
1926		Miss Nobody as Bravo
1926		Old Loves and New as Clyde Lord Geradine
1926		The Outsider as Basil Owen
1926		Mannequin as Martin Innesbrook

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