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
| Birth Location | Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
|---|---|
| Born | 1897-09-22 |
| Died | 1984-09-25 |
Movies
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1989
Sextette
as The Chairman
1978
Two-Minute Warning
as The Pickpocket
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Grayson's Butler
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Judge Trenchard
1976
Murder on Flight 502
as Charlie Parkins
1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love
as Uncle Joe Padway
1975
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as John Pahlman
1974
Live Again, Die Again
as Thomas Carmichael
1974
Harry in Your Pocket
as Casey
1973
The Neptune Factor
as Dr. Samuel Andrews
1973
Skyjacked
as Sen. Arne Lindner
1972
The Screaming Woman
as Dr. Amos Larkin
1972
The Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Max van Condon
1970
House on Greenapple Road
as Mayor Jack Parker
1970
Rascal
as Sterling North (voice)
1969
Funny Girl
as Florenz Ziegfeld
1968
The Vatican Affair
as Herbert Cummings
1968
Warning Shot
as Orville Ames
1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
as Lewis Gannet
1967
Cinderella
as King
1965
The Shortest Day
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
1963
Two Colonels
as Colonello Henderson
1963
Advise & Consent
as Senate Majority Leader
1962
Big Red
as James Haggin
1962
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Admiral Harriman Nelson
1961
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith
1959
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
1958
The Rack
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
1956
These Wilder Years
as James Rayburn
1956
Forbidden Planet
as Dr. Edward Morbius
1956
The Glass Slipper
as Narrator (voice)
1955
Hit the Deck
as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
1955
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
1954
Dream Wife
as Walter McBride
1953
Scandal at Scourie
as Patrick J. McChesney
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Harry Pebbel
1952
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid
as Frederick Kellerman
1952
The Sellout
as Haven D. Allridge
1952
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
1951
The Miniver Story
as Clem Miniver
1950
That Forsyte Woman
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
1949
The Red Danube
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
1949
Command Decision
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
1948
Julia Misbehaves
as William Sylvester Packett
1948
If Winter Comes
as Mark Sabre
1947
The Secret Heart
as Chris Matthews
1946
Holiday in Mexico
as Jeffrey Evans
1946
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Chip Collyer
1945
Mrs. Parkington
as Major Augustus Parkington
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
Madame Curie
as Pierre Curie
1943
The Youngest Profession
as Walter Pidgeon
1943
White Cargo
as Mr. Harry Witzel
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Clem Miniver
1942
Design for Scandal
as Jeff Sherman
1941
How Green Was My Valley
as Mr. Gruffydd
1941
Blossoms in the Dust
as Sam Gladney
1941
Man Hunt
as Captain Alan Thorndike
1941
Flight Command
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
1940
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
The House Across the Bay
as Tim Nolan
1940
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
1939
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
1938
A Girl with Ideas
as Mickey McGuire
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ken Morley
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
1937
Fatal Lady
as David Roberts
1936
Big Brown Eyes
as Richard Morey
1936
Good Badminton
as Walter
1934
Journal of a Crime
as Florestan
1934
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Lucy's Lover
1933
Rockabye
as Al Howard
1932
The Hot Heiress
as Clay
1931
Kiss Me Again
as Paul de St. Cyr
1931
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
1930
A Most Immoral Lady
as Tony Williams
1929
Her Private Life
as Ned Thayer
1929
1929
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
The Gateway of the Moon
as Arthur Wyatt
1928
The 13th Juror
as Richard Marsden
1927
The Gorilla
as Stevens
1927
Sumuru
as Paul Sinclair
1927
The Heart of Salome
as Monte Carroll
1927
Marriage License?
as Paul
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
1926
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