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Walter Pidgeon

Acting · Born 1897-09-22 · 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.

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Credits · 144

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022 · Self - (archive footage)

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018 · Self (archive footage)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991 · actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1978 · The Chairman

Two-Minute Warning

1976 · The Pickpocket

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976 · Grayson's Butler

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case

1976 · Judge Trenchard

Murder on Flight 502

1975 · Charlie Parkins

You Lie So Deep, My Love

1975 · Uncle Joe Padway

The Lion Roars Again

The Lion Roars Again

That's Entertainment!

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Girl on the Late, Late Show

1974 · John Pahlman

Live Again, Die Again

1974 · Thomas Carmichael

The Snoop Sisters

1973 · Keith Follett

Harry in Your Pocket

The Neptune Factor

1973 · Dr. Samuel Andrews

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1972 · Sen. Arne Lindner

The Screaming Woman

1972 · Amos Larkin

House on Greenapple Road

1970 · Mayor Jack Parker

1969 · Sterling North (voice)

1968 · Florenz Ziegfeld

The Vatican Affair

1968 · Herbert Cummings

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967 · Jason Merrill

1967 · Orville Ames

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

1967 · Lewis Gannet

1965 · Leo Roland

1964 · Lord Dunsmore

1963 · B.G. Perkins

The Shortest Day

1963 · Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

1963 · Colonello Henderson

1963 · Himself - Host

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · James Haggin

Advise & Consent

1962 · Senate Majority Leader

1961 · Dr. Charles Priest

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961 · Admiral Harriman Nelson

1960 · John Baker

Meet Me in St. Louis

1959 · Alonzo Smith

1959 · General Augustus Perry

The All-Star Christmas Show

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

1958 · Anton (Father)

1957 · Sherman Hatfield

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1956 · Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956 · Jess Clark

These Wilder Years

1956 · James Rayburn

Forbidden Planet

1956 · Dr. Edward Morbius

The Glass Slipper

1955 · Narrator (voice)

1955 · Xavier Smith

Deep in My Heart

1954 · J.J. Shubert

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954 · James Ellswirth

Men of the Fighting Lady

1954 · Cmdr. Dowling

Executive Suite

1954 · Frederick Y. Alderson

1953 · Walter McBride

Scandal at Scourie

1953 · Patrick J. McChesney

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952 · Harry Pebbel

1952 · Narrator (voice)

Million Dollar Mermaid

1952 · Frederick Kellerman

1952 · Haven D. Allridge

The Unknown Man

1951 · Dwight Bradley Masen

1951 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951 · Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

1951 · Col. Brunswick

The Miniver Story

1950 · Clem Miniver

What's My Line?

That Forsyte Woman

1949 · le jeune Jolyon Forsyte

1949 · Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar

Command Decision

1948 · Major General Roland Goodlow Kane

Julia Misbehaves

1948 · William Sylvester Packett

The Ed Sullivan Show

If Winter Comes

1947 · Mark Sabre

The Secret Heart

1946 · Chris Matthews

Holiday in Mexico

1946 · Jeffrey Evans

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945 · Chip Collyer

Mrs. Parkington

1944 · Major Augustus Parkington

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Presenter

Twenty Years After

1944 · (archive footage)

1943 · Pierre Curie

The Youngest Profession

1943 · Walter Pidgeon

1942 · Mr. Harry Witzel

1942 · Clem Miniver

Design for Scandal

1941 · Jeff Sherman

How Green Was My Valley

1941 · Mr. Gruffydd

Blossoms in the Dust

1941 · Sam Gladney

1941 · Captain Alan Thorndike

1940 · Squadron Commander Billy Gary

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940 · Nick Carter

Phantom Raiders

1940 · Nick Carter

1940 · William 'Will' Cantrell

1940 · John Arlen

The House Across the Bay

1940 · Tim Nolan

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939 · Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers

Stronger Than Desire

1939 · Tyler Flagg

1939 · Steve Donegan

1939 · Christopher Durant

Listen, Darling

1938 · Richard Thurlow

Too Hot to Handle

1938 · Bill Dennis

The Shopworn Angel

1938 · Sam Bailey

The Girl of the Golden West

1938 · Sheriff Jack Rance

1938 · Alan Wythe

A Girl with Ideas

1937 · Mickey McGuire

My Dear Miss Aldrich

1937 · Ken Morley

1937 · Hartley Madison

As Good as Married

1937 · Fraser James

1937 · Paul Stacey

She's Dangerous

1937 · Dr. Scott Logan

1936 · David Roberts

1936 · Richard Morey

Journal of a Crime

1934 · Florestan

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933 · Lucy's Lover

1932 · Al Howard

The Hot Heiress

1931 · Paul de St. Cyr

1930 · 'Ace' Benton

Viennese Nights

1930 · Franz von Renner

1930 · Arthur Marsden

Sweet Kitty Bellairs

1930 · Lord Varney

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Bride of the Regiment

1930 · Colonel Vultow

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930 · Premiere Emcee

A Most Immoral Lady

1929 · Tony Williams

Her Private Life

1929 · Ned Thayer

The Voice Within

The Voice Within

1928 · Jack Clark

Clothes Make the Woman

1928 · Victor Trent

Turn Back the Hours

1928 · Philip Drake

1928 · United States Consul

The Gateway of the Moon

1928 · Arthur Wyatt

1927 · Stevens

1927 · Richard Marsden

The Girl from Rio

1927 · Paul Sinclair

The Heart of Salome

1927 · Monte Carroll

Marriage License?

Old Loves and New

1926 · Clyde Lord Geradine

1926 · Basil Owen

1926 · Martin Innesbrook

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