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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

1.0

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
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

1942

as Clem Miniver
The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

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