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Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

Born: 1897-09-22 • Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies poster
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 • Self - (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood poster
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 • Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 • actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film poster
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
1989 • Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
Sextette poster
Sextette
1978 • The Chairman
Two-Minute Warning poster
Two-Minute Warning
1976 • The Pickpocket
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood poster
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 • Grayson's Butler
That's Entertainment, Part II poster
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • (archive footage)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case poster
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976 • Judge Trenchard
Murder on Flight 502 poster
Murder on Flight 502
1975 • Charlie Parkins
You Lie So Deep, My Love poster
You Lie So Deep, My Love
1975 • Uncle Joe Padway
No Image
The Lion Roars Again
1975 • Self
That's Entertainment! poster
That's Entertainment!
1974 • (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show poster
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 • John Pahlman
Live Again, Die Again poster
Live Again, Die Again
1974 • Thomas Carmichael
Harry in Your Pocket poster
Harry in Your Pocket
1973 • Casey
The Neptune Factor poster
The Neptune Factor
1973 • Dr. Samuel Andrews
Skyjacked poster
Skyjacked
1972 • Sen. Arne Lindner
The Screaming Woman poster
The Screaming Woman
1972 • Dr. Amos Larkin
The Mask of Sheba poster
The Mask of Sheba
1970 • Dr. Max van Condon
House on Greenapple Road poster
House on Greenapple Road
1970 • Mayor Jack Parker
Rascal poster
Rascal
1969 • Sterling North (voice)
Funny Girl poster
Funny Girl
1968 • Florenz Ziegfeld
The Vatican Affair poster
The Vatican Affair
1968 • Herbert Cummings
Warning Shot poster
Warning Shot
1967 • Orville Ames
How I Spent My Summer Vacation poster
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967 • Lewis Gannet
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
1965 • King
The Shortest Day poster
The Shortest Day
1963 • Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
Two Colonels poster
Two Colonels
1963 • Colonello Henderson
No Image
Anniversary
1963 • Himself - Host
Big Red poster
Big Red
1962 • James Haggin
Advise & Consent poster
Advise & Consent
1962 • Senate Majority Leader
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea poster
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961 • Admiral Harriman Nelson
Meet Me in St. Louis poster
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 • Alonzo Smith
The All-Star Christmas Show poster
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 • Self
No Image
Swiss Family Robinson
1958 • Father
The Rack poster
The Rack
1956 • Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
These Wilder Years poster
These Wilder Years
1956 • James Rayburn
Forbidden Planet poster
Forbidden Planet
1956 • Dr. Edward Morbius
The Glass Slipper poster
The Glass Slipper
1955 • Narrator (voice)
Hit the Deck poster
Hit the Deck
1955 • Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Deep in My Heart poster
Deep in My Heart
1954 • J.J. Shubert
The Last Time I Saw Paris poster
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 • James Ellswirth
Men of the Fighting Lady poster
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 • Cmdr. Dowling
Executive Suite poster
Executive Suite
1954 • Frederick Y. Alderson
Dream Wife poster
Dream Wife
1953 • Walter McBride
Scandal at Scourie poster
Scandal at Scourie
1953 • Patrick J. McChesney
The Bad and the Beautiful poster
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 • Harry Pebbel
No Image
The Hoaxters
1952 • Narrator (voice)
Million Dollar Mermaid poster
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 • Frederick Kellerman
The Sellout poster
The Sellout
1952 • Haven D. Allridge
The Unknown Man poster
The Unknown Man
1951 • Dwight Bradley Masen
Quo Vadis poster
Quo Vadis
1951 • Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Calling Bulldog Drummond poster
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951 • Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
Soldiers Three poster
Soldiers Three
1951 • Col. Brunswick
The Miniver Story poster
The Miniver Story
1950 • Clem Miniver
That Forsyte Woman poster
That Forsyte Woman
1949 • le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
The Red Danube poster
The Red Danube
1949 • Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
Command Decision poster
Command Decision
1948 • Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Julia Misbehaves poster
Julia Misbehaves
1948 • William Sylvester Packett
If Winter Comes poster
If Winter Comes
1947 • Mark Sabre
The Secret Heart poster
The Secret Heart
1946 • Chris Matthews
Holiday in Mexico poster
Holiday in Mexico
1946 • Jeffrey Evans
Week-End at the Waldorf poster
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 • Chip Collyer
Mrs. Parkington poster
Mrs. Parkington
1944 • Major Augustus Parkington
Twenty Years After poster
Twenty Years After
1944 • (archive footage)
Madame Curie poster
Madame Curie
1943 • Pierre Curie
The Youngest Profession poster
The Youngest Profession
1943 • Walter Pidgeon
White Cargo poster
White Cargo
1942 • Mr. Harry Witzel
Mrs. Miniver poster
Mrs. Miniver
1942 • Clem Miniver
Design for Scandal poster
Design for Scandal
1941 • Jeff Sherman
How Green Was My Valley poster
How Green Was My Valley
1941 • Mr. Gruffydd
Blossoms in the Dust poster
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 • Sam Gladney
Man Hunt poster
Man Hunt
1941 • Captain Alan Thorndike
Flight Command poster
Flight Command
1940 • Squadron Commander Billy Gary
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound poster
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 • Self
Sky Murder poster
Sky Murder
1940 • Nick Carter
Phantom Raiders poster
Phantom Raiders
1940 • Nick Carter
Dark Command poster
Dark Command
1940 • William 'Will' Cantrell
It's a Date poster
It's a Date
1940 • John Arlen
The House Across the Bay poster
The House Across the Bay
1940 • Tim Nolan
Nick Carter, Master Detective poster
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 • Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Stronger Than Desire poster
Stronger Than Desire
1939 • Tyler Flagg
6,000 Enemies poster
6,000 Enemies
1939 • Steve Donegan
Society Lawyer poster
Society Lawyer
1939 • Christopher Durant
Listen, Darling poster
Listen, Darling
1938 • Richard Thurlow
Too Hot to Handle poster
Too Hot to Handle
1938 • Bill Dennis
The Shopworn Angel poster
The Shopworn Angel
1938 • Sam Bailey
The Girl of the Golden West poster
The Girl of the Golden West
1938 • Sheriff Jack Rance
Man-Proof poster
Man-Proof
1938 • Alan Wythe
A Girl with Ideas poster
A Girl with Ideas
1937 • Mickey McGuire
My Dear Miss Aldrich poster
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 • Ken Morley
Saratoga poster
Saratoga
1937 • Hartley Madison
As Good as Married poster
As Good as Married
1937 • Fraser James
Girl Overboard poster
Girl Overboard
1937 • Paul Stacey
She's Dangerous poster
She's Dangerous
1937 • Dr. Scott Logan
Fatal Lady poster
Fatal Lady
1936 • David Roberts
Big Brown Eyes poster
Big Brown Eyes
1936 • Richard Morey
No Image
Good Badminton
1934 • Walter
Journal of a Crime poster
Journal of a Crime
1934 • Florestan