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Walter Pidgeon

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.

Born

Sep 22, 1897

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

Sep 25, 1984

Known For

Acting

Movies

128 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

movie

Known For

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

1956

as Dr. Edward Morbius
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley

1941

as Mr. Gruffydd
Funny Girl

Funny Girl

1968

as Florenz Ziegfeld
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

as Harry Pebbel
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942

as Clem Miniver
Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senate Majority Leader
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961

as Admiral Harriman Nelson
Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

1976

as The Pickpocket
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941

as Captain Alan Thorndike
Forbidden Planet
Forbidden Planet
1956 • as Dr. Edward Morbius
★ 7.3
Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
1951 • as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley
1941 • as Mr. Gruffydd
★ 7.3
Funny Girl
Funny Girl
1968 • as Florenz Ziegfeld
★ 7.2
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952 • as Harry Pebbel
★ 7.3
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
1942 • as Clem Miniver
★ 7.1
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 • as James Ellswirth
★ 6.1
Cinderella
Cinderella
1965 • as King
★ 6.5
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
1974 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 • as Self - (archive footage)
★ 2.0
Advise & Consent
Advise & Consent
1962 • as Senate Majority Leader
★ 7.2
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961 • as Admiral Harriman Nelson
★ 5.7
Skyjacked
Skyjacked
1972 • as Sen. Arne Lindner
★ 6.2
The Rack
The Rack
1956 • as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
★ 6.6
Two-Minute Warning
Two-Minute Warning
1976 • as The Pickpocket
★ 6.3
Man Hunt
Man Hunt
1941 • as Captain Alan Thorndike
★ 6.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.9
Dark Command
Dark Command
1940 • as William 'Will' Cantrell
★ 6.4
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 • as Grayson's Butler
★ 4.4
Madame Curie
Madame Curie
1943 • as Pierre Curie
★ 7.2
Executive Suite
Executive Suite
1954 • as Frederick Y. Alderson
★ 7.1
Hit the Deck
Hit the Deck
1955 • as Xavier Smith
★ 5.0
Warning Shot
Warning Shot
1967 • as Orville Ames
★ 6.4
Men of the Fighting Lady
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954 • as Cmdr. Dowling
★ 6.3
The Shortest Day
The Shortest Day
1963 • as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Soldiers Three
Soldiers Three
1951 • as Col. Brunswick
★ 4.5
Deep in My Heart
Deep in My Heart
1954 • as J.J. Shubert
★ 6.7
Command Decision
Command Decision
1948 • as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
★ 6.6
Saratoga
Saratoga
1937 • as Hartley Madison
★ 6.5
Too Hot to Handle
Too Hot to Handle
1938 • as Bill Dennis
★ 6.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Neptune Factor
The Neptune Factor
1973 • as Dr. Samuel Andrews
★ 5.1
Dream Wife
Dream Wife
1953 • as Walter McBride
★ 5.4
The Red Danube
The Red Danube
1949 • as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
★ 6.7
The Youngest Profession
The Youngest Profession
1943 • as Walter Pidgeon
★ 5.3
movie
Anniversary
1963 • as Himself - Host
★ 9.0
That Forsyte Woman
That Forsyte Woman
1949 • as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
★ 6.0
Woman Wise
Woman Wise
1928 • as United States Consul
★ 8.0
The House Across the Bay
The House Across the Bay
1940 • as Tim Nolan
★ 5.6
Million Dollar Mermaid
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 • as Frederick Kellerman
★ 6.5
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 • as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 8.0
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 • as Self
★ 6.8
Harry in Your Pocket
Harry in Your Pocket
1973 • as Casey
★ 5.6
Julia Misbehaves
Julia Misbehaves
1948 • as William Sylvester Packett
★ 6.7
Big Red
Big Red
1962 • as James Haggin
★ 5.7
Murder on Flight 502
Murder on Flight 502
1975 • as Charlie Parkins
★ 5.9
The Shopworn Angel
The Shopworn Angel
1938 • as Sam Bailey
★ 6.8
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Sextette
Sextette
1978 • as The Chairman
★ 4.0
Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 • as Sam Gladney
★ 6.6
The Glass Slipper
The Glass Slipper
1955 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 6.3
Rockabye
Rockabye
1932 • as Al Howard
★ 6.5
Flight Command
Flight Command
1940 • as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
★ 5.9
The Miniver Story
The Miniver Story
1950 • as Clem Miniver
★ 6.3
movie
The Lion Roars Again
1975 • as Self
★ 6.5
Mannequin
Mannequin
1926 • as Martin Innesbrook
★ 10.0
Rascal
Rascal
1969 • as Sterling North (voice)
★ 6.0
Show Girl in Hollywood
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930 • as Premiere Emcee
★ 5.8
Mrs. Parkington
Mrs. Parkington
1944 • as Major Augustus Parkington
★ 6.0
House on Greenapple Road
House on Greenapple Road
1970 • as Mayor Jack Parker
★ 7.4
Stronger Than Desire
Stronger Than Desire
1939 • as Tyler Flagg
★ 5.5
Design for Scandal
Design for Scandal
1941 • as Jeff Sherman
★ 5.1
The Mask of Sheba
The Mask of Sheba
1970 • as Dr. Max van Condon
Her Private Life
Her Private Life
1929 • as Ned Thayer
★ 3.0
Week-End at the Waldorf
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 • as Chip Collyer
★ 6.4
The Secret Heart
The Secret Heart
1946 • as Chris Matthews
★ 6.5
Listen, Darling
Listen, Darling
1938 • as Richard Thurlow
★ 6.7
She's Dangerous
She's Dangerous
1937 • as Dr. Scott Logan
★ 7.0
If Winter Comes
If Winter Comes
1947 • as Mark Sabre
★ 6.7
These Wilder Years
These Wilder Years
1956 • as James Rayburn
★ 6.5
Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes
1936 • as Richard Morey
★ 6.2
The Unknown Man
The Unknown Man
1951 • as Dwight Bradley Masen
★ 5.1
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976 • as Judge Trenchard
★ 6.5
Society Lawyer
Society Lawyer
1939 • as Christopher Durant
★ 5.4
Holiday in Mexico
Holiday in Mexico
1946 • as Jeffrey Evans
★ 6.7
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951 • as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
★ 6.5
Girl Overboard
Girl Overboard
1937 • as Paul Stacey
★ 9.0
Live Again, Die Again
Live Again, Die Again
1974 • as Thomas Carmichael
★ 7.8
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967 • as Lewis Gannet
★ 4.2
The Sellout
The Sellout
1952 • as Haven D. Allridge
★ 5.4
The Girl of the Golden West
The Girl of the Golden West
1938 • as Sheriff Jack Rance
★ 5.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 • as Self
★ 6.0
White Cargo
White Cargo
1942 • as Mr. Harry Witzel
★ 6.2
Meet Me in St. Louis
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959 • as Alonzo Smith
★ 6.0
Old Loves and New
Old Loves and New
1926 • as Clyde Lord Geradine
★ 4.0
The Hot Heiress
The Hot Heiress
1931 • as Clay
★ 6.3
Phantom Raiders
Phantom Raiders
1940 • as Nick Carter
★ 6.1
The Screaming Woman
The Screaming Woman
1972 • as Amos Larkin
★ 6.7
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 • as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
★ 6.0
The Kiss Before the Mirror
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 • as Lucy's Lover
★ 5.6
movie
The Hoaxters
1952 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.3
Clothes Make the Woman
Clothes Make the Woman
1928 • as Victor Trent
★ 10.0
Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime
1934 • as Florestan
★ 5.9
Fatal Lady
Fatal Lady
1936 • as David Roberts
★ 10.0
Man-Proof
Man-Proof
1938 • as Alan Wythe
★ 5.2
movie
Swiss Family Robinson
1958 • as Anton (Father)
★ 10.0
It's a Date
It's a Date
1940 • as John Arlen
★ 6.4
The Girl from Rio
The Girl from Rio
1927 • as Paul Sinclair
★ 7.0
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930 • as Lord Varney
★ 6.5
The Outsider
The Outsider
1926 • as Basil Owen
★ 8.0
Viennese Nights
Viennese Nights
1930 • as Franz von Renner
★ 6.0
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974 • as John Pahlman
★ 5.5
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1931 • as Paul de St. Cyr
★ 8.0
As Good as Married
As Good as Married
1937 • as Fraser James
★ 8.0
Bride of the Regiment
Bride of the Regiment
1930 • as Colonel Vultow
★ 6.5
Turn Back the Hours
Turn Back the Hours
1928 • as Philip Drake
★ 10.0
My Dear Miss Aldrich
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 • as Ken Morley
★ 6.3
Sky Murder
Sky Murder
1940 • as Nick Carter
★ 6.8
Going Wild
Going Wild
1930 • as 'Ace' Benton
★ 7.0
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930 • as Self
★ 4.5
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
1989 • as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
Scandal at Scourie
Scandal at Scourie
1953 • as Patrick J. McChesney
★ 6.9
Two Colonels
Two Colonels
1963 • as Colonello Henderson
★ 7.5
The Heart of Salome
The Heart of Salome
1927 • as Monte Carroll
★ 8.0
6,000 Enemies
6,000 Enemies
1939 • as Steve Donegan
★ 6.1
movie
Good Badminton
1934 • as Walter
Marriage License?
Marriage License?
1926 • as Paul
★ 10.0
Miss Nobody
Miss Nobody
1926 • as Bravo
★ 9.0
You Lie So Deep, My Love
You Lie So Deep, My Love
1975 • as Uncle Joe Padway
★ 3.3
A Most Immoral Lady
A Most Immoral Lady
1929 • as Tony Williams
★ 3.3
The Gorilla
The Gorilla
1927 • as Stevens
★ 10.0
The Gateway of the Moon
The Gateway of the Moon
1928 • as Arthur Wyatt
★ 8.0
The Gorilla
The Gorilla
1930 • as Arthur Marsden
★ 9.0
A Girl with Ideas
A Girl with Ideas
1937 • as Mickey McGuire
★ 9.0
The Vatican Affair
The Vatican Affair
1968 • as Herbert Cummings
★ 3.8
The 13th Juror
The 13th Juror
1927 • as Richard Marsden
★ 9.0
Melody of Love
Melody of Love
1928 • as Jack Clark
★ 9.0
movie
The Voice Within
1929
★ 8.0