Walter Pidgeon
Acting1897Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
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 History
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1978
Sextette
as The Chairman
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Judge Trenchard
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Two-Minute Warning
as The Pickpocket
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Grayson's Butler
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Murder on Flight 502
as Charlie Parkins
You Lie So Deep, My Love
as Uncle Joe Padway
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as John Pahlman
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Live Again, Die Again
as Thomas Carmichael
1973
The Neptune Factor
as Dr. Samuel Andrews
Harry in Your Pocket
as Casey
The Snoop Sisters
TVas Keith Follett
1972
The Screaming Woman
as Dr. Amos Larkin
Skyjacked
as Sen. Arne Lindner
1970
The Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Max van Condon
House on Greenapple Road
as Mayor Jack Parker
1969
Rascal
as Sterling North (voice)
1968
Funny Girl
as Florenz Ziegfeld
The Vatican Affair
as Herbert Cummings
1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
as Lewis Gannet
Warning Shot
as Orville Ames
The F.B.I.
TVas Leo Roland• 2 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
TVas Jason Merrill
1965
Cinderella
as King
Burke's Law
TVas B.G. Perkins• 1 eps
1964
Daniel Boone
TVas Lord Dunsmore• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Dr. Charles Priest• 1 eps
1963
The Shortest Day
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
Two Colonels
as Colonello Henderson
Anniversary
as Himself - Host
Perry Mason
TVas Sherman Hatfield• 1 eps
1962
Advise & Consent
as Senate Majority Leader
Big Red
as James Haggin
Rawhide
TVas General Augustus Perry• 1 eps
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
Checkmate
TVas John Baker• 1 eps
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Admiral Harriman Nelson
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Presenter• 1 eps
1959
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Dave King / Jess Clark• 1 eps
1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1956
These Wilder Years
as James Rayburn
The Rack
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
Forbidden Planet
as Dr. Edward Morbius
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist• 3 eps
1955
Hit the Deck
as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
The Glass Slipper
as Narrator (voice)
1954
Executive Suite
as Frederick Y. Alderson
The Last Time I Saw Paris
as James Ellswirth
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Cmdr. Dowling
Deep in My Heart
as J.J. Shubert
1953
Dream Wife
as Walter McBride
Scandal at Scourie
as Patrick J. McChesney
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Harry Pebbel
The Sellout
as Haven D. Allridge
The One Piece Bathing Suit
as Frederick Kellerman
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1951
Soldiers Three
as Col. Brunswick
The Unknown Man
as Dwight Bradley Masen
Quo Vadis
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1950
The Miniver Story
as Clem Miniver
1949
That Forsyte Woman
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
The Red Danube
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
1948
Command Decision
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Julia Misbehaves
as William Sylvester Packett
The Ed Sullivan Show
TVas Self
1947
If Winter Comes
as Mark Sabre
1946
The Secret Heart
as Chris Matthews
Holiday in Mexico
as Jeffrey Evans
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Chip Collyer
1944
Mrs. Parkington
as Major Augustus Parkington
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1943
Madame Curie
as Pierre Curie
The Youngest Profession
as Walter Pidgeon
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Clem Miniver
White Cargo
as Mr. Harry Witzel
1941
Design for Scandal
as Jeff Sherman
Blossoms in the Dust
as Sam Gladney
Man Hunt
as Captain Alan Thorndike
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Gruffydd
1940
Phantom Raiders
as Nick Carter
Sky Murder
as Nick Carter
The House Across the Bay
as Tim Nolan
The Dark Command
as William 'Will' Cantrell
Flight Command
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
It's a Date
as John Arlen
1939
Society Lawyer
as Christopher Durant
6,000 Enemies
as Steve Donegan
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Stronger Than Desire
as Tyler Flagg
1938
Man-Proof
as Alan Wythe
The Shopworn Angel
as Sam Bailey
Listen, Darling
as Richard Thurlow
Too Hot to Handle
as Bill Dennis
The Girl of the Golden West
as Sheriff Jack Rance
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ken Morley
Saratoga
as Hartley Madison
She's Dangerous
as Dr. Scott Logan
A Girl with Ideas
as Mickey McGuire
As Good as Married
as Fraser James
Girl Overboard
as Paul Stacey
1936
Big Brown Eyes
as Richard Morey
Fatal Lady
as David Roberts
1934
Good Badminton
as Walter
Journal of a Crime
as Florestan
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Lucy's Lover
1932
Rockabye
as Al Howard
1931
Kiss Me Again
as Paul de St. Cyr
The Hot Heiress
as Clay
1930
Going Wild
as 'Ace' Benton
The Gorilla
as Arthur Marsden
Viennese Nights
as Franz von Renner
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as Lord Varney
Bride of the Regiment
as Colonel Vultow
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Premiere Emcee
1929
1928
Turn Back the Hours
as Philip Drake
The Gateway of the Moon
as Arthur Wyatt
Clothes Make the Woman
as Victor Trent
Melody of Love
as Jack Clark
Woman Wise
as United States Consul
1927
The 13th Juror
as Richard Marsden
The Gorilla
as Stevens
The Heart of Salome
as Monte Carroll
The Girl from Rio
as Paul Sinclair
1926
The Outsider
as Basil Owen
Miss Nobody
as Bravo
Mannequin
as Martin Innesbrook
Old Loves and New
as Clyde Lord Geradine
Marriage License?
as Paul