Walter Pidgeon

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

22 September 1897, 128 years old

Known For

Forbidden Planet

Quo Vadis

How Green Was My Valley

Funny Girl

The Bad and the Beautiful

Mrs. Miniver

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Man Hunt

Advise & Consent

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

Self - (archive footage)

2022

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

2018

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

Fritz Lang, drawings for a film

Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)

1989

Sextette

The Chairman

1978

Two-Minute Warning

The Pickpocket

1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Grayson's Butler

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

1976

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

Judge Trenchard

1976

Murder on Flight 502

Charlie Parkins

1975

You Lie So Deep, My Love

Uncle Joe Padway

1975

The Lion Roars Again

Self

1975

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

John Pahlman

1974

Live Again, Die Again

Thomas Carmichael

1974

Harry in Your Pocket

Casey

1973

The Neptune Factor

Dr. Samuel Andrews

1973

Skyjacked

Sen. Arne Lindner

1972

The Screaming Woman

Dr. Amos Larkin

1972

The Mask of Sheba

Dr. Max van Condon

1970

House on Greenapple Road

Mayor Jack Parker

1970

Rascal

Sterling North (voice)

1969

Funny Girl

Florenz Ziegfeld

1968

The Vatican Affair

Herbert Cummings

1968

Warning Shot

Orville Ames

1967

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Lewis Gannet

1967

Cinderella

King

1965

The Shortest Day

Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

1963

Two Colonels

Colonello Henderson

1963

Anniversary

Himself - Host

1963

Big Red

James Haggin

1962

Advise & Consent

Senate Majority Leader

1962

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Admiral Harriman Nelson

1961

Meet Me in St. Louis

Alonzo Smith

1959

The All-Star Christmas Show

Self

1958

Swiss Family Robinson

Father

1958

The Rack

Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

1956

These Wilder Years

James Rayburn

1956

Forbidden Planet

Dr. Edward Morbius

1956

The Glass Slipper

Narrator (voice)

1955

Hit the Deck

Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith

1955

Deep in My Heart

J.J. Shubert

1954

The Last Time I Saw Paris

James Ellswirth

1954

Men of the Fighting Lady

Cmdr. Dowling

1954

Executive Suite

Frederick Y. Alderson

1954

Dream Wife

Walter McBride

1953

Scandal at Scourie

Patrick J. McChesney

1953

The Bad and the Beautiful

Harry Pebbel

1952

The Hoaxters

Narrator (voice)

1952

Million Dollar Mermaid

Frederick Kellerman

1952

The Sellout

Haven D. Allridge

1952

The Unknown Man

Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen

1951

Quo Vadis

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1951

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

1951

Soldiers Three

Col. Brunswick

1951

The Miniver Story

Clem Miniver

1950

That Forsyte Woman

le jeune Jolyon Forsyte

1949

The Red Danube

Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

1949

Command Decision

Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

1948

Julia Misbehaves

William Sylvester Packett

1948

If Winter Comes

Mark Sabre

1947

The Secret Heart

Chris Matthews

1946

Holiday in Mexico

Jeffrey Evans

1946

Week-End at the Waldorf

Chip Collyer

1945

Mrs. Parkington

Major Augustus Parkington

1944

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

1944

Madame Curie

Pierre Curie

1943

The Youngest Profession

Walter Pidgeon

1943

White Cargo

Mr. Harry Witzel

1942

Mrs. Miniver

Clem Miniver

1942

Design for Scandal

Jeff Sherman

1941

How Green Was My Valley

Mr. Gruffydd

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

Sam Gladney

1941

Man Hunt

Captain Alan Thorndike

1941

Flight Command

Squadron Commander Billy Gary

1940

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

Self

1940

Sky Murder

Nick Carter

1940

Phantom Raiders

Nick Carter

1940

Dark Command

William 'Will' Cantrell

1940

It's a Date

John Arlen

1940

The House Across the Bay

Tim Nolan

1940

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers

1939

Stronger Than Desire

Tyler Flagg

1939

6,000 Enemies

Steve Donegan

1939

Society Lawyer

Christopher Durant

1939

Listen, Darling

Richard Thurlow

1938

Too Hot to Handle

Bill Dennis

1938

The Shopworn Angel

Sam Bailey

1938

The Girl of the Golden West

Sheriff Jack Rance

1938

Man-Proof

Alan Wythe

1938

A Girl with Ideas

Mickey McGuire

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Ken Morley

1937

Saratoga

Hartley Madison

1937

As Good as Married

Fraser James

1937

Girl Overboard

Paul Stacey

1937

She's Dangerous

Dr. Scott Logan

1937

Fatal Lady

David Roberts

1936

Big Brown Eyes

Richard Morey

1936

Good Badminton

Walter

1934

Journal of a Crime

Florestan

1934

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Lucy's Lover

1933

Rockabye

Al Howard

1932

The Hot Heiress

Clay

1931

Kiss Me Again

Paul de St. Cyr

1931

Going Wild

'Ace' Benton

1930

Viennese Nights

Franz von Renner

1930

The Gorilla

Arthur Marsden

1930

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

Lord Varney

1930

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Self

1930

Bride of the Regiment

Colonel Vultow

1930

Show Girl in Hollywood

Premiere Emcee

1930

A Most Immoral Lady

Tony Williams

1929

Her Private Life

Ned Thayer

1929

The Voice Within

1929

Melody of Love

Jack Clark

1928

Clothes Make the Woman

Victor Trent

1928

Turn Back the Hours

Philip Drake

1928

Woman Wise

United States Consul

1928

The Gateway of the Moon

Arthur Wyatt

1928

The Gorilla

Stevens

1927

The 13th Juror

Richard Marsden

1927

The Girl from Rio

Paul Sinclair

1927

The Heart of Salome

Monte Carroll

1927

Marriage License?

Paul

1926

Miss Nobody

Bravo

1926

Old Loves and New

Clyde Lord Geradine

1926

The Outsider

Basil Owen

1926

Mannequin

Martin Innesbrook

1926