Walter Pidgeon
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 22, 1897 (129 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint 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
| 2022 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakeractor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1989 | Fritz Lang, drawings for a filmCaptain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt) | |
| 1978 | SextetteThe Chairman | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute WarningThe Pickpocket | |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodGrayson's Butler | |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping CaseJudge Trenchard | |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502Charlie Parkins | |
| 1975 | You Lie So Deep, My LoveUncle Joe Padway | |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars AgainSelf | |
| 1974 | The Girl on the Late, Late ShowJohn Pahlman | |
| 1974 | Live Again, Die AgainThomas Carmichael | |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1973 | The Neptune FactorDr. Samuel Andrews | |
| 1973 | Harry in Your PocketCasey | |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self | |
| 1973 | The Snoop SistersKeith Follett | |
| 1972 | SkyjackedSen. Arne Lindner | |
| 1972 | The Screaming WomanDr. Amos Larkin | |
| 1970 | The Mask of ShebaDr. Max van Condon | |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple RoadMayor Jack Parker | |
| 1969 | RascalSterling North (voice) | |
| 1968 | Funny GirlFlorenz Ziegfeld | |
| 1968 | The Vatican AffairHerbert Cummings | |
| 1967 | Warning ShotOrville Ames | |
| 1967 | How I Spent My Summer VacationLewis Gannet | |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas HourJason Merrill | |
| 1965 | CinderellaKing | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.Leo Roland | |
| 1964 | Daniel BooneLord Dunsmore | |
| 1963 | Two ColonelsColonello Henderson | |
| 1963 | The Shortest DayErnest Hemingway (uncredited) | |
| 1963 | AnniversaryHimself - Host | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawB.G. Perkins | |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | |
| 1962 | Big RedJames Haggin | |
| 1962 | Advise & ConsentSenate Majority Leader | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin ShowSelf | |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaAdmiral Harriman Nelson | |
| 1961 | Dr. KildareDr. Charles Priest | |
| 1960 | CheckmateJohn Baker | |
| 1959 | Meet Me in St. LouisAlonzo Smith | |
| 1959 | RawhideGeneral Augustus Perry | |
| 1958 | Swiss Family RobinsonAnton (Father) | |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas ShowSelf | |
| 1957 | Perry MasonSherman Hatfield | |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf | |
| 1956 | Forbidden PlanetDr. Edward Morbius | |
| 1956 | These Wilder YearsJames Rayburn | |
| 1956 | The RackCol. Edward W. Hall, Sr. | |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreJess Clark | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDave King | |
| 1955 | The Glass SlipperNarrator (voice) | |
| 1955 | Hit the DeckRear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith | |
| 1954 | Executive SuiteFrederick Y. Alderson | |
| 1954 | Deep in My HeartJ.J. Shubert | |
| 1954 | Men of the Fighting LadyCmdr. Dowling | |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw ParisJames Ellswirth | |
| 1953 | Dream WifeWalter McBride | |
| 1953 | Scandal at ScouriePatrick J. McChesney | |
| 1952 | The HoaxtersNarrator (voice) | |
| 1952 | The SelloutHaven D. Allridge | |
| 1952 | The Bad and the BeautifulHarry Pebbel | |
| 1952 | Million Dollar MermaidFrederick Kellerman | |
| 1951 | The Unknown ManDwight Bradley Masen | |
| 1951 | Calling Bulldog DrummondMajor Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond | |
| 1951 | Soldiers ThreeCol. Brunswick | |
| 1951 | Quo VadisNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | The Miniver StoryClem Miniver | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self - Panelist | |
| 1949 | The Red DanubeCol. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar | |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Womanle jeune Jolyon Forsyte | |
| 1948 | Command DecisionMajor General Roland Goodlow Kane | |
| 1948 | Julia MisbehavesWilliam Sylvester Packett | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1947 | If Winter ComesMark Sabre | |
| 1946 | Holiday in MexicoJeffrey Evans | |
| 1946 | The Secret HeartChris Matthews | |
| 1945 | Week-End at the WaldorfChip Collyer | |
| 1944 | Mrs. ParkingtonMajor Augustus Parkington | |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After(archive footage) | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1943 | Madame CuriePierre Curie | |
| 1943 | The Youngest ProfessionWalter Pidgeon | |
| 1942 | Mrs. MiniverClem Miniver | |
| 1942 | White CargoMr. Harry Witzel | |
| 1941 | Man HuntCaptain Alan Thorndike | |
| 1941 | How Green Was My ValleyMr. Gruffydd | |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the DustSam Gladney | |
| 1941 | Design for ScandalJeff Sherman | |
| 1940 | Dark CommandWilliam 'Will' Cantrell | |
| 1940 | The House Across the BayTim Nolan | |
| 1940 | Sky MurderNick Carter | |
| 1940 | Phantom RaidersNick Carter | |
| 1940 | Flight CommandSquadron Commander Billy Gary | |
| 1940 | It's a DateJohn Arlen | |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of SoundSelf | |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master DetectiveNicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers | |
| 1939 | Stronger Than DesireTyler Flagg | |
| 1939 | Society LawyerChristopher Durant | |
| 1939 | 6,000 EnemiesSteve Donegan | |
| 1938 | Too Hot to HandleBill Dennis | |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden WestSheriff Jack Rance | |
| 1938 | Listen, DarlingRichard Thurlow | |
| 1938 | The Shopworn AngelSam Bailey | |
| 1938 | Man-ProofAlan Wythe | |
| 1937 | SaratogaHartley Madison | |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss AldrichKen Morley | |
| 1937 | She's DangerousDr. Scott Logan | |
| 1937 | A Girl with IdeasMickey McGuire | |
| 1937 | As Good as MarriedFraser James | |
| 1937 | Girl OverboardPaul Stacey | |
| 1936 | Big Brown EyesRichard Morey | |
| 1936 | Fatal LadyDavid Roberts | |
| 1934 | Journal of a CrimeFlorestan | |
| 1934 | Good BadmintonWalter | |
| 1933 | The Kiss Before the MirrorLucy's Lover | |
| 1932 | RockabyeAl Howard | |
| 1931 | The Hot HeiressClay | |
| 1931 | Kiss Me AgainPaul de St. Cyr | |
| 1930 | Going Wild'Ace' Benton | |
| 1930 | Sweet Kitty BellairsLord Varney | |
| 1930 | Viennese NightsFranz von Renner | |
| 1930 | Bride of the RegimentColonel Vultow | |
| 1930 | Show Girl in HollywoodPremiere Emcee | |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver JubileeSelf | |
| 1930 | The GorillaArthur Marsden | |
| 1929 | Her Private LifeNed Thayer | |
| 1929 | A Most Immoral LadyTony Williams | |
| 1929 | The Voice Within | |
| 1928 | Clothes Make the WomanVictor Trent | |
| 1928 | Melody of LoveJack Clark | |
| 1928 | Turn Back the HoursPhilip Drake | |
| 1928 | The Gateway of the MoonArthur Wyatt | |
| 1928 | Woman WiseUnited States Consul | |
| 1927 | The GorillaStevens | |
| 1927 | The Girl from RioPaul Sinclair | |
| 1927 | The Heart of SalomeMonte Carroll | |
| 1927 | The 13th JurorRichard Marsden | |
| 1926 | MannequinMartin Innesbrook | |
| 1926 | Miss NobodyBravo | |
| 1926 | The OutsiderBasil Owen | |
| 1926 | Old Loves and NewClyde Lord Geradine | |
| 1926 | Marriage License?Paul |