Walter Pidgeon

Known for: Acting

Born: 1897-09-22 – 1984-09-25 (aged 87)

From: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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.

Filmography (147)

MOVIE★ 2.0
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
1989
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
MOVIE★ 3.9
Sextette
1978
as The Chairman
MOVIE★ 6.3
Two-Minute Warning
1976
as The Pickpocket
TV★ 10.0
Gibbsville
1976
MOVIE★ 4.3
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Grayson's Butler
MOVIE★ 7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976
as Judge Trenchard
MOVIE★ 5.9
Murder on Flight 502
1975
as Charlie Parkins
MOVIE★ 3.3
You Lie So Deep, My Love
1975
as Uncle Joe Padway
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Lion Roars Again
1975
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
as John Pahlman
MOVIE★ 7.8
Live Again, Die Again
1974
as Thomas Carmichael
TV★ 7.5
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Keith Follett
MOVIE★ 5.6
Harry in Your Pocket
1973
as Casey
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Neptune Factor
1973
as Dr. Samuel Andrews
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Skyjacked
1972
as Sen. Arne Lindner
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Screaming Woman
1972
as Dr. Amos Larkin
MOVIE
The Mask of Sheba
1970
as Dr. Max van Condon
MOVIE★ 7.4
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Mayor Jack Parker
MOVIE★ 6.0
Rascal
1969
as Sterling North (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Funny Girl
1968
as Florenz Ziegfeld
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Vatican Affair
1968
as Herbert Cummings
TV★ 6.5
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Jason Merrill
MOVIE★ 6.4
Warning Shot
1967
as Orville Ames
MOVIE★ 4.3
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1967
as Lewis Gannet
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Leo Roland
MOVIE★ 6.5
Cinderella
1965
as King
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Lord Dunsmore
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as B.G. Perkins
TV★ 7.4
Breaking Point
1963
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Shortest Day
1963
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Two Colonels
1963
as Colonello Henderson
MOVIE★ 9.0
Anniversary
1963
as Himself - Host
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.7
Big Red
1962
as James Haggin
MOVIE★ 7.2
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senate Majority Leader
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Charles Priest
MOVIE★ 5.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Admiral Harriman Nelson
TV★ 4.8
Checkmate
1960
as John Baker
MOVIE★ 6.0
Meet Me in St. Louis
1959
as Alonzo Smith
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as General Augustus Perry
MOVIE★ 6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
as Anton (Father)
TV★ 7.7
Perry Mason
1957
as Sherman Hatfield
TV★ 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Rack
1956
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
TV★ 6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Jess Clark
MOVIE★ 6.5
These Wilder Years
1956
as James Rayburn
MOVIE★ 7.2
Forbidden Planet
1956
as Dr. Edward Morbius
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Glass Slipper
1955
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hit the Deck
1955
as Xavier Smith
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deep in My Heart
1954
as J.J. Shubert
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954
as James Ellswirth
MOVIE★ 6.5
Men of the Fighting Lady
1954
as Cmdr. Dowling
MOVIE★ 7.1
Executive Suite
1954
as Frederick Y. Alderson
MOVIE★ 5.4
Dream Wife
1953
as Walter McBride
MOVIE★ 6.9
Scandal at Scourie
1953
as Patrick J. McChesney
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
as Harry Pebbel
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Hoaxters
1952
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
as Frederick Kellerman
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Sellout
1952
as Haven D. Allridge
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Unknown Man
1951
as Dwight Bradley Masen
MOVIE★ 7.1
Quo Vadis
1951
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
MOVIE★ 4.5
Soldiers Three
1951
as Col. Brunswick
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Miniver Story
1950
as Clem Miniver
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
That Forsyte Woman
1949
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Red Danube
1949
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
MOVIE★ 6.6
Command Decision
1948
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
MOVIE★ 6.7
Julia Misbehaves
1948
as William Sylvester Packett
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
If Winter Comes
1947
as Mark Sabre
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Secret Heart
1946
as Chris Matthews
MOVIE★ 6.7
Holiday in Mexico
1946
as Jeffrey Evans
MOVIE★ 6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Chip Collyer
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mrs. Parkington
1944
as Major Augustus Parkington
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Madame Curie
1943
as Pierre Curie
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Walter Pidgeon
MOVIE★ 6.2
White Cargo
1942
as Mr. Harry Witzel
MOVIE★ 7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Clem Miniver
MOVIE★ 5.1
Design for Scandal
1941
as Jeff Sherman
MOVIE★ 7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Mr. Gruffydd
MOVIE★ 6.7
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Sam Gladney
MOVIE★ 6.9
Man Hunt
1941
as Captain Alan Thorndike
MOVIE★ 5.9
Flight Command
1940
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
MOVIE★ 6.8
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sky Murder
1940
as Nick Carter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Phantom Raiders
1940
as Nick Carter
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dark Command
1940
as William 'Will' Cantrell
MOVIE★ 6.4
It's a Date
1940
as John Arlen
MOVIE★ 5.6
The House Across the Bay
1940
as Tim Nolan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
MOVIE★ 5.5
Stronger Than Desire
1939
as Tyler Flagg
MOVIE★ 6.1
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Steve Donegan
MOVIE★ 5.4
Society Lawyer
1939
as Christopher Durant
MOVIE★ 6.7
Listen, Darling
1938
as Richard Thurlow
MOVIE★ 6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Bill Dennis
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Shopworn Angel
1938
as Sam Bailey
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Sheriff Jack Rance
MOVIE★ 5.1
Man-Proof
1938
as Alan Wythe
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Girl with Ideas
1937
as Mickey McGuire
MOVIE★ 6.3
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Ken Morley
MOVIE★ 6.5
Saratoga
1937
as Hartley Madison
MOVIE★ 8.0
As Good as Married
1937
as Fraser James
MOVIE★ 9.0
Girl Overboard
1937
as Paul Stacey
MOVIE★ 7.0
She's Dangerous
1937
as Dr. Scott Logan
MOVIE★ 10.0
Fatal Lady
1936
as David Roberts
MOVIE★ 6.4
Big Brown Eyes
1936
as Richard Morey
MOVIE
Good Badminton
1934
as Walter
MOVIE★ 5.9
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Florestan
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Lucy's Lover
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rockabye
1932
as Al Howard
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Hot Heiress
1931
as Clay
MOVIE★ 8.0
Kiss Me Again
1931
as Paul de St. Cyr
MOVIE★ 7.0
Going Wild
1930
as 'Ace' Benton
MOVIE★ 6.0
Viennese Nights
1930
as Franz von Renner
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Gorilla
1930
as Arthur Marsden
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
1930
as Lord Varney
MOVIE★ 4.5
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bride of the Regiment
1930
as Colonel Vultow
MOVIE★ 5.8
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930
as Premiere Emcee
MOVIE★ 3.3
A Most Immoral Lady
1929
as Tony Williams
MOVIE★ 3.0
Her Private Life
1929
as Ned Thayer
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Voice Within
1929
MOVIE★ 9.0
Melody of Love
1928
as Jack Clark
MOVIE★ 10.0
Clothes Make the Woman
1928
as Victor Trent
MOVIE★ 10.0
Turn Back the Hours
1928
as Philip Drake
MOVIE★ 8.0
Woman Wise
1928
as United States Consul
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Gateway of the Moon
1928
as Arthur Wyatt
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Gorilla
1927
as Stevens
MOVIE★ 9.0
The 13th Juror
1927
as Richard Marsden
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Girl from Rio
1927
as Paul Sinclair
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Heart of Salome
1927
as Monte Carroll
MOVIE★ 10.0
Marriage License?
1926
as Paul
MOVIE★ 9.0
Miss Nobody
1926
as Bravo
MOVIE★ 4.0
Old Loves and New
1926
as Clyde Lord Geradine
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Outsider
1926
as Basil Owen
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mannequin
1926
as Martin Innesbrook