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