Portrait of Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

Acting

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.

Born: September 22, 1897

Place of Birth: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Filmography

2018
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

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

1978
Sextette

as The Chairman

1976
Two-Minute Warning

as The Pickpocket

1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976
1975
Murder on Flight 502

as Charlie Parkins

1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love

as Uncle Joe Padway

1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974
Live Again, Die Again

as Thomas Carmichael

1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Keith Follett

1973
The Neptune Factor

as Dr. Samuel Andrews

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
Rascal

as Sterling North (voice)

1968
Funny Girl

as Florenz Ziegfeld

1968
The Vatican Affair

as Herbert Cummings

1967
The Danny Thomas Hour

as Jason Merrill

1967
Warning Shot

as Orville Ames

1965
The F.B.I.

as Leo Roland

1965
Cinderella

as King

1964
Daniel Boone

as Lord Dunsmore

1963
Burke's Law

as B.G. Perkins

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

as Dr. Charles Priest

1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Admiral Harriman Nelson

1960
Checkmate

as John Baker

1959
Meet Me in St. Louis

as Alonzo Smith

1959
Rawhide

as General Augustus Perry

1957
Perry Mason

as Sherman Hatfield

1956
The Rack

as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

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
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?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

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

1947
If Winter Comes

as Mark Sabre

1946
The Secret Heart

as Chris Matthews

1946
Holiday in Mexico

as Jeffrey Evans

1945
1944
Mrs. Parkington

as Major Augustus Parkington

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

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
1941
Blossoms in the Dust

as Sam Gladney

1941
Man Hunt

as Captain Alan Thorndike

1940
Flight Command

as Squadron Commander Billy Gary

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
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
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
Journal of a Crime

as Florestan

1933
1932
Rockabye

as Al Howard

1931
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
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

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
1927
The Gorilla

as Stevens

1927
The 13th Juror

as Richard Marsden

1927
The Girl from Rio

as Paul Sinclair

1927
The Heart of Salome

as Monte Carroll

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