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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

1.1

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
Two-Minute Warning

Two-Minute Warning

1976

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