
Walter Pidgeon
Known for Acting · 147 credits
- Born
- 1897-09-22
- Died
- 1984-09-25
- Place of birth
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Also known as
- Уолтер Пиджон · Walter Davis 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
TV Shows (19)

Perry Mason
1957
as Sherman Hatfield

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter

What's My Line?
1950
as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Burke's Law
1963
as B.G. Perkins

Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Charles Priest

Daniel Boone
1964
as Lord Dunsmore

The F.B.I.
1965
as Leo Roland

Rawhide
1959
as General Augustus Perry

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jess Clark / Dave King

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

Checkmate
1960
as John Baker
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Jason Merrill

Breaking Point
1963

Gibbsville
1976

The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Keith Follett
Movies (128)

Quo Vadis
1951
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Forbidden Planet
1956
as Dr. Edward Morbius

How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Mr. Gruffydd

Funny Girl
1968
as Florenz Ziegfeld

That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Woman Wise
1928
as United States Consul

The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
as James Ellswirth

Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Clem Miniver

The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Harry Pebbel

Cinderella
1965
as King

Hit the Deck
1955
as Xavier Smith

The Youngest Profession
1943
as Walter Pidgeon

Mannequin
1926
as Martin Innesbrook

Executive Suite
1954
as Frederick Y. Alderson

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Admiral Harriman Nelson

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Charlie Parkins

Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as Cmdr. Dowling
Anniversary
1963
as Himself - Host

The Shortest Day
1963
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

Skyjacked
1972
as Sen. Arne Lindner

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)

Two-Minute Warning
1976
as The Pickpocket

Madame Curie
1943
as Pierre Curie

The Neptune Factor
1973
as Dr. Samuel Andrews

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Command Decision
1948
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

Advise & Consent
1962
as Senate Majority Leader

The Shopworn Angel
1938
as Sam Bailey

Dark Command
1940
as William 'Will' Cantrell

Her Private Life
1929
as Ned Thayer

The Rack
1956
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

Man Hunt
1941
as Captain Alan Thorndike

Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Premiere Emcee

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)

She's Dangerous
1937
as Dr. Scott Logan

Rascal
1969
as Sterling North (voice)

Warning Shot
1967
as Orville Ames

The Glass Slipper
1955
as Narrator (voice)

Dream Wife
1953
as Walter McBride

Big Red
1962
as James Haggin

The Miniver Story
1950
as Clem Miniver

Girl Overboard
1937
as Paul Stacey

Saratoga
1937
as Hartley Madison

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Chip Collyer

Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Sam Gladney

Flight Command
1940
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary

Harry in Your Pocket
1973
as Casey

Big Brown Eyes
1936
as Richard Morey

The Mask of Sheba
1970
as Dr. Max van Condon

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Judge Trenchard

Sextette
1978
as The Chairman

The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Sheriff Jack Rance

Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930
as Lord Varney

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson's Butler
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
as Anton (Father)
The Hoaxters
1952
as Narrator (voice)

The Red Danube
1949
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

Listen, Darling
1938
as Richard Thurlow

Julia Misbehaves
1948
as William Sylvester Packett

Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Major Augustus Parkington

Deep in My Heart
1954
as J.J. Shubert

House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Mayor Jack Parker

The Vatican Affair
1968
as Herbert Cummings

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Lucy's Lover

The Screaming Woman
1972
as Dr. Amos Larkin

The Girl from Rio
1927
as Paul Sinclair

White Cargo
1942
as Mr. Harry Witzel

Live Again, Die Again
1974
as Thomas Carmichael

Design for Scandal
1941
as Jeff Sherman

These Wilder Years
1956
as James Rayburn

Old Loves and New
1926
as Clyde Lord Geradine

Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Alonzo Smith

The Unknown Man
1951
as Dwight Bradley Masen

Two Colonels
1963
as Colonello Henderson

The Secret Heart
1946
as Chris Matthews
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self

Phantom Raiders
1940
as Nick Carter

Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers

It's a Date
1940
as John Arlen

The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as John Pahlman

My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Ken Morley

Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
1989
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)

Sky Murder
1940
as Nick Carter

The Sellout
1952
as Haven D. Allridge

Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
as Frederick Kellerman

Going Wild
1930
as 'Ace' Benton

Society Lawyer
1939
as Christopher Durant

Viennese Nights
1930
as Franz von Renner

Rockabye
1932
as Al Howard

Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Bill Dennis

If Winter Comes
1947
as Mark Sabre

Fatal Lady
1936
as David Roberts

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self

Scandal at Scourie
1953
as Patrick J. McChesney

How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
as Lewis Gannet

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self

You Lie So Deep, My Love
1975
as Uncle Joe Padway

A Girl with Ideas
1937
as Mickey McGuire

Holiday in Mexico
1946
as Jeffrey Evans

Soldiers Three
1951
as Col. Brunswick

6,000 Enemies
1939
as Steve Donegan

Bride of the Regiment
1930
as Colonel Vultow

As Good as Married
1937
as Fraser James

Clothes Make the Woman
1928
as Victor Trent

The Gorilla
1927
as Stevens

Man-Proof
1938
as Alan Wythe

The Outsider
1926
as Basil Owen

Kiss Me Again
1931
as Paul de St. Cyr

That Forsyte Woman
1949
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte

Miss Nobody
1926
as Bravo
Good Badminton
1934
as Walter

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self

The Gateway of the Moon
1928
as Arthur Wyatt

The 13th Juror
1927
as Richard Marsden

The House Across the Bay
1940
as Tim Nolan

Marriage License?
1926
as Paul
The Voice Within
1929
About Walter Pidgeon
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. With 147 credits spanning from 1926 to 2022, Walter Pidgeon has appeared in 128 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Walter Pidgeon Movies
- Quo Vadis (1951) — as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Forbidden Planet (1956) — as Dr. Edward Morbius
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) — as Mr. Gruffydd
- Funny Girl (1968) — as Florenz Ziegfeld
- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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