Acting
Walter Pidgeon
Born 1897-09-22
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Department: 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.
Known For
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Forbidden Planet
1956
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Perry Mason
1957
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Golden Globe Awards
1944
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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What's My Line?
1950
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Quo Vadis
1951
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How Green Was My Valley
1941
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Funny Girl
1968
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Dr. Kildare
1961
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The F.B.I.
1965
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (148 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1991 |
 | Fritz Lang, drawings for a film | Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt) | Movie | 1989 |
 | Sextette | The Chairman | Movie | 1978 |
 | Two-Minute Warning | The Pickpocket | Movie | 1976 |
 | Gibbsville | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson's Butler | Movie | 1976 |
 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Judge Trenchard | Movie | 1976 |
 | Murder on Flight 502 | Charlie Parkins | Movie | 1975 |
 | You Lie So Deep, My Love | Uncle Joe Padway | Movie | 1975 |
| The Lion Roars Again | Self | Movie | 1975 | |
 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Girl on the Late, Late Show | John Pahlman | Movie | 1974 |
 | Live Again, Die Again | Thomas Carmichael | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Snoop Sisters | Keith Follett | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Harry in Your Pocket | Casey | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Neptune Factor | Dr. Samuel Andrews | Movie | 1973 |
 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV Series | 1973 |
 | Skyjacked | Sen. Arne Lindner | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Screaming Woman | Amos Larkin | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Mask of Sheba | Dr. Max van Condon | Movie | 1970 |
 | House on Greenapple Road | Mayor Jack Parker | Movie | 1970 |
 | Rascal | Sterling North (voice) | Movie | 1969 |
 | Funny Girl | Florenz Ziegfeld | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Vatican Affair | Herbert Cummings | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Danny Thomas Hour | Jason Merrill | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Warning Shot | Orville Ames | Movie | 1967 |
 | How I Spent My Summer Vacation | Lewis Gannet | Movie | 1967 |
 | The F.B.I. | Leo Roland | TV Series | 1965 |
 | Cinderella | King | Movie | 1965 |
 | Daniel Boone | Lord Dunsmore | TV Series | 1964 |
 | Burke's Law | B.G. Perkins | TV Series | 1963 |
 | Breaking Point | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1963 |
 | The Shortest Day | Ernest Hemingway (uncredited) | Movie | 1963 |
 | Two Colonels | Colonello Henderson | Movie | 1963 |
| Anniversary | Himself - Host | Movie | 1963 | |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Big Red | James Haggin | Movie | 1962 |
 | Advise & Consent | Senate Majority Leader | Movie | 1962 |
 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Charles Priest | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Admiral Harriman Nelson | Movie | 1961 |
 | Checkmate | John Baker | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Alonzo Smith | Movie | 1959 |
 | Rawhide | General Augustus Perry | TV Series | 1959 |
 | The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | Movie | 1958 |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Anton (Father) | Movie | 1958 | |
 | Perry Mason | Sherman Hatfield | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV Series | 1957 |
 | The Rack | Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr. | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jess Clark | TV Series | 1956 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Dave King | TV Series | 1956 |
 | These Wilder Years | James Rayburn | Movie | 1956 |
 | Forbidden Planet | Dr. Edward Morbius | Movie | 1956 |
 | The Glass Slipper | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1955 |
 | Hit the Deck | Xavier Smith | Movie | 1955 |
 | Deep in My Heart | J.J. Shubert | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | James Ellswirth | Movie | 1954 |
 | Men of the Fighting Lady | Cmdr. Dowling | Movie | 1954 |
 | Executive Suite | Frederick Y. Alderson | Movie | 1954 |
 | Dream Wife | Walter McBride | Movie | 1953 |
 | Scandal at Scourie | Patrick J. McChesney | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Harry Pebbel | Movie | 1952 |
| The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1952 | |
 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Frederick Kellerman | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Sellout | Haven D. Allridge | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Unknown Man | Dwight Bradley Masen | Movie | 1951 |
 | Quo Vadis | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Movie | 1951 |
 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond | Movie | 1951 |
 | Soldiers Three | Col. Brunswick | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Miniver Story | Clem Miniver | Movie | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | That Forsyte Woman | le jeune Jolyon Forsyte | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Red Danube | Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar | Movie | 1949 |
 | Command Decision | Major General Roland Goodlow Kane | Movie | 1948 |
 | Julia Misbehaves | William Sylvester Packett | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | If Winter Comes | Mark Sabre | Movie | 1947 |
 | The Secret Heart | Chris Matthews | Movie | 1946 |
 | Holiday in Mexico | Jeffrey Evans | Movie | 1946 |
 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Chip Collyer | Movie | 1945 |
 | Mrs. Parkington | Major Augustus Parkington | Movie | 1944 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1944 |
 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Madame Curie | Pierre Curie | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Youngest Profession | Walter Pidgeon | Movie | 1943 |
 | White Cargo | Mr. Harry Witzel | Movie | 1942 |
 | Mrs. Miniver | Clem Miniver | Movie | 1942 |
 | Design for Scandal | Jeff Sherman | Movie | 1941 |
 | How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Gruffydd | Movie | 1941 |
 | Blossoms in the Dust | Sam Gladney | Movie | 1941 |
 | Man Hunt | Captain Alan Thorndike | Movie | 1941 |
 | Flight Command | Squadron Commander Billy Gary | Movie | 1940 |
 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | Movie | 1940 |
 | Sky Murder | Nick Carter | Movie | 1940 |
 | Phantom Raiders | Nick Carter | Movie | 1940 |
 | Dark Command | William 'Will' Cantrell | Movie | 1940 |
 | It's a Date | John Arlen | Movie | 1940 |
 | The House Across the Bay | Tim Nolan | Movie | 1940 |
 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers | Movie | 1939 |
 | Stronger Than Desire | Tyler Flagg | Movie | 1939 |
 | 6,000 Enemies | Steve Donegan | Movie | 1939 |
 | Society Lawyer | Christopher Durant | Movie | 1939 |
 | Listen, Darling | Richard Thurlow | Movie | 1938 |
 | Too Hot to Handle | Bill Dennis | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Shopworn Angel | Sam Bailey | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Girl of the Golden West | Sheriff Jack Rance | Movie | 1938 |
 | Man-Proof | Alan Wythe | Movie | 1938 |
 | A Girl with Ideas | Mickey McGuire | Movie | 1937 |
 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Ken Morley | Movie | 1937 |
 | Saratoga | Hartley Madison | Movie | 1937 |
 | As Good as Married | Fraser James | Movie | 1937 |
 | Girl Overboard | Paul Stacey | Movie | 1937 |
 | She's Dangerous | Dr. Scott Logan | Movie | 1937 |
 | Fatal Lady | David Roberts | Movie | 1936 |
 | Big Brown Eyes | Richard Morey | Movie | 1936 |
| Good Badminton | Walter | Movie | 1934 | |
 | Journal of a Crime | Florestan | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Kiss Before the Mirror | Lucy's Lover | Movie | 1933 |
 | Rockabye | Al Howard | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Hot Heiress | Clay | Movie | 1931 |
 | Kiss Me Again | Paul de St. Cyr | Movie | 1931 |
 | Going Wild | 'Ace' Benton | Movie | 1930 |
 | Viennese Nights | Franz von Renner | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Gorilla | Arthur Marsden | Movie | 1930 |
 | Sweet Kitty Bellairs | Lord Varney | Movie | 1930 |
 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | Movie | 1930 |
 | Bride of the Regiment | Colonel Vultow | Movie | 1930 |
 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Premiere Emcee | Movie | 1930 |
 | A Most Immoral Lady | Tony Williams | Movie | 1929 |
 | Her Private Life | Ned Thayer | Movie | 1929 |
| The Voice Within | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1929 | |
 | Melody of Love | Jack Clark | Movie | 1928 |
 | Clothes Make the Woman | Victor Trent | Movie | 1928 |
 | Turn Back the Hours | Philip Drake | Movie | 1928 |
 | Woman Wise | United States Consul | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Gateway of the Moon | Arthur Wyatt | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Gorilla | Stevens | Movie | 1927 |
 | The 13th Juror | Richard Marsden | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Girl from Rio | Paul Sinclair | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Heart of Salome | Monte Carroll | Movie | 1927 |
 | Marriage License? | Paul | Movie | 1926 |
 | Miss Nobody | Bravo | Movie | 1926 |
 | Old Loves and New | Clyde Lord Geradine | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Outsider | Basil Owen | Movie | 1926 |
 | Mannequin | Martin Innesbrook | Movie | 1926 |