Walter Pidgeon
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
1989
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
Sextette
1978
as The Chairman
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as The Pickpocket
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson's Butler
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Judge Trenchard
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Gibbsville
1976
Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Charlie Parkins
You Lie So Deep, My Love
1975
as Uncle Joe Padway
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as John Pahlman
Live Again, Die Again
1974
as Thomas Carmichael
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Neptune Factor
1973
as Dr. Samuel Andrews
Harry in Your Pocket
1973
as Casey
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Keith Follett
Skyjacked
1972
as Sen. Arne Lindner
The Screaming Woman
1972
as Amos Larkin
The Mask of Sheba
1970
as Dr. Max van Condon
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Mayor Jack Parker
Rascal
1969
as Sterling North (voice)
Funny Girl
1968
as Florenz Ziegfeld
The Vatican Affair
1968
as Herbert Cummings
Warning Shot
1967
as Orville Ames
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
as Lewis Gannet
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Jason Merrill
Cinderella
1965
as King
The F.B.I.
1965
as Leo Roland
Daniel Boone
1964
as Lord Dunsmore
Two Colonels
1963
as Colonello Henderson
The Shortest Day
1963
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
Anniversary
1963
as Himself - Host
Burke's Law
1963
as B.G. Perkins
Breaking Point
1963
Big Red
1962
as James Haggin
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senate Majority Leader
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Admiral Harriman Nelson
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Charles Priest
Checkmate
1960
as John Baker
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Alonzo Smith
Rawhide
1959
as General Augustus Perry
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
as Anton (Father)
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Perry Mason
1957
as Sherman Hatfield
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Forbidden Planet
1956
as Dr. Edward Morbius
These Wilder Years
1956
as James Rayburn
The Rack
1956
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jess Clark
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Dave King
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Narrator (voice)
Hit the Deck
1955
as Xavier Smith
Executive Suite
1954
as Frederick Y. Alderson
Deep in My Heart
1954
as J.J. Shubert
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as Cmdr. Dowling
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
as James Ellswirth
Dream Wife
1953
as Walter McBride
Scandal at Scourie
1953
as Patrick J. McChesney
The Hoaxters
1952
as Narrator (voice)
The Sellout
1952
as Haven D. Allridge
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Harry Pebbel
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
as Frederick Kellerman
The Unknown Man
1951
as Dwight Bradley Masen
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
Soldiers Three
1951
as Col. Brunswick
Quo Vadis
1951
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Miniver Story
1950
as Clem Miniver
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Red Danube
1949
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
Command Decision
1948
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as William Sylvester Packett
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
If Winter Comes
1947
as Mark Sabre
Holiday in Mexico
1946
as Jeffrey Evans
The Secret Heart
1946
as Chris Matthews
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Chip Collyer
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Major Augustus Parkington
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Madame Curie
1943
as Pierre Curie
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Walter Pidgeon
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Clem Miniver
White Cargo
1942
as Mr. Harry Witzel
Man Hunt
1941
as Captain Alan Thorndike
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Mr. Gruffydd
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Sam Gladney
Design for Scandal
1941
as Jeff Sherman
Dark Command
1940
as William 'Will' Cantrell
The House Across the Bay
1940
as Tim Nolan
Sky Murder
1940
as Nick Carter
Phantom Raiders
1940
as Nick Carter
Flight Command
1940
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
It's a Date
1940
as John Arlen
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Stronger Than Desire
1939
as Tyler Flagg
Society Lawyer
1939
as Christopher Durant
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Steve Donegan
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Bill Dennis
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Sheriff Jack Rance
Listen, Darling
1938
as Richard Thurlow
The Shopworn Angel
1938
as Sam Bailey
Man-Proof
1938
as Alan Wythe
Saratoga
1937
as Hartley Madison
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Ken Morley
She's Dangerous
1937
as Dr. Scott Logan
A Girl with Ideas
1937
as Mickey McGuire
As Good as Married
1937
as Fraser James
Girl Overboard
1937
as Paul Stacey
Big Brown Eyes
1936
as Richard Morey
Fatal Lady
1936
as David Roberts
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Florestan
Good Badminton
1934
as Walter
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Lucy's Lover
Rockabye
1932
as Al Howard
The Hot Heiress
1931
as Clay
Kiss Me Again
1931
as Paul de St. Cyr
Going Wild
1930
as 'Ace' Benton
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930
as Lord Varney
Viennese Nights
1930
as Franz von Renner
Bride of the Regiment
1930
as Colonel Vultow
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Premiere Emcee
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
The Gorilla
1930
as Arthur Marsden
Her Private Life
1929
as Ned Thayer
A Most Immoral Lady
1929
as Tony Williams
The Voice Within
1929
Clothes Make the Woman
1928
as Victor Trent
Melody of Love
1928
as Jack Clark
Turn Back the Hours
1928
as Philip Drake
The Gateway of the Moon
1928
as Arthur Wyatt
Woman Wise
1928
as United States Consul
The Gorilla
1927
as Stevens
The Girl from Rio
1927
as Paul Sinclair
The Heart of Salome
1927
as Monte Carroll
The 13th Juror
1927
as Richard Marsden
Mannequin
1926
as Martin Innesbrook
Miss Nobody
1926
as Bravo
The Outsider
1926
as Basil Owen
Old Loves and New
1926
as Clyde Lord Geradine
Marriage License?
1926
as Paul