Walter Pidgeon
Born
September 22, 1897
Died
September 25, 1984 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1989

Sextette
The Chairman
1978

Two-Minute Warning
The Pickpocket
1976

Gibbsville
(1 episode)
1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Grayson's Butler
1976

That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976

The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Judge Trenchard
1976

Murder on Flight 502
Charlie Parkins
1975

You Lie So Deep, My Love
Uncle Joe Padway
1975
The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975

That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974

The Girl on the Late, Late Show
John Pahlman
1974

Live Again, Die Again
Thomas Carmichael
1974

The Snoop Sisters
Keith Follett · (1 episode)
1973

Harry in Your Pocket
Casey
1973

The Neptune Factor
Dr. Samuel Andrews
1973

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
1973

Skyjacked
Sen. Arne Lindner
1972

The Screaming Woman
Dr. Amos Larkin
1972

The Mask of Sheba
Dr. Max van Condon
1970

House on Greenapple Road
Mayor Jack Parker
1970

Rascal
Sterling North (voice)
1969

Funny Girl
Florenz Ziegfeld
1968

The Vatican Affair
Herbert Cummings
1968

The Danny Thomas Hour
Jason Merrill · (1 episode)
1967

Warning Shot
Orville Ames
1967

How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Lewis Gannet
1967

The F.B.I.
Leo Roland · (2 episodes)
1965

Cinderella
King
1965

Daniel Boone
Lord Dunsmore · (1 episode)
1964

Burke's Law
B.G. Perkins · (1 episode)
1963

Breaking Point
(1 episode)
1963

The Shortest Day
Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
1963

Two Colonels
Colonello Henderson
1963

Big Red
James Haggin
1962

Advise & Consent
Senate Majority Leader
1962

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Charles Priest · (1 episode)
1961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Admiral Harriman Nelson
1961

Checkmate
John Baker · (1 episode)
1960

Meet Me in St. Louis
Alonzo Smith
1959

Rawhide
General Augustus Perry · (1 episode)
1959
Swiss Family Robinson
Father
1958

Perry Mason
Sherman Hatfield · (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (1 episode)
1957

The Rack
Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (1 episode)
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Jess Clark · (1 episode)
1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dave King · (1 episode)
1956

These Wilder Years
James Rayburn
1956

Forbidden Planet
Dr. Edward Morbius
1956

The Glass Slipper
Narrator (voice)
1955

Hit the Deck
Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
1955

Deep in My Heart
J.J. Shubert
1954

The Last Time I Saw Paris
James Ellswirth
1954

Men of the Fighting Lady
Cmdr. Dowling
1954

Executive Suite
Frederick Y. Alderson
1954

Dream Wife
Walter McBride
1953

Scandal at Scourie
Patrick J. McChesney
1953

The Bad and the Beautiful
Harry Pebbel
1952
The Hoaxters
Narrator (voice)
1952

Million Dollar Mermaid
Frederick Kellerman
1952

The Sellout
Haven D. Allridge
1952

The Unknown Man
Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen
1951

Quo Vadis
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951

Calling Bulldog Drummond
Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1951

Soldiers Three
Col. Brunswick
1951

The Miniver Story
Clem Miniver
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest · (3 episodes)
1950

What's My Line?
Self - Panelist · (3 episodes)
1950

That Forsyte Woman
le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
1949

The Red Danube
Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
1949

Command Decision
Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
1948

Julia Misbehaves
William Sylvester Packett
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948

If Winter Comes
Mark Sabre
1947

The Secret Heart
Chris Matthews
1946

Holiday in Mexico
Jeffrey Evans
1946

Week-End at the Waldorf
Chip Collyer
1945

Mrs. Parkington
Major Augustus Parkington
1944

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944

Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944

Madame Curie
Pierre Curie
1943

The Youngest Profession
Walter Pidgeon
1943

White Cargo
Mr. Harry Witzel
1942

Mrs. Miniver
Clem Miniver
1942

Design for Scandal
Jeff Sherman
1941

How Green Was My Valley
Mr. Gruffydd
1941

Blossoms in the Dust
Sam Gladney
1941

Man Hunt
Captain Alan Thorndike
1941

Flight Command
Squadron Commander Billy Gary
1940

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1940

Sky Murder
Nick Carter
1940

Phantom Raiders
Nick Carter
1940

Dark Command
William 'Will' Cantrell
1940

It's a Date
John Arlen
1940

The House Across the Bay
Tim Nolan
1940

Nick Carter, Master Detective
Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
1939

Stronger Than Desire
Tyler Flagg
1939

6,000 Enemies
Steve Donegan
1939

Society Lawyer
Christopher Durant
1939

Listen, Darling
Richard Thurlow
1938

Too Hot to Handle
Bill Dennis
1938

The Shopworn Angel
Sam Bailey
1938

The Girl of the Golden West
Sheriff Jack Rance
1938

Man-Proof
Alan Wythe
1938

A Girl with Ideas
Mickey McGuire
1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich
Ken Morley
1937

Saratoga
Hartley Madison
1937

As Good as Married
Fraser James
1937

Girl Overboard
Paul Stacey
1937

She's Dangerous
Dr. Scott Logan
1937

Fatal Lady
David Roberts
1936

Big Brown Eyes
Richard Morey
1936
Good Badminton
Walter
1934

Journal of a Crime
Florestan
1934

The Kiss Before the Mirror
Lucy's Lover
1933

Rockabye
Al Howard
1932

The Hot Heiress
Clay
1931

Kiss Me Again
Paul de St. Cyr
1931

Going Wild
'Ace' Benton
1930

Viennese Nights
Franz von Renner
1930

The Gorilla
Arthur Marsden
1930

Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Lord Varney
1930

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930

Bride of the Regiment
Colonel Vultow
1930

Show Girl in Hollywood
Premiere Emcee
1930

A Most Immoral Lady
Tony Williams
1929

Her Private Life
Ned Thayer
1929
The Voice Within
1929

Melody of Love
Jack Clark
1928

Clothes Make the Woman
Victor Trent
1928

Turn Back the Hours
Philip Drake
1928

Woman Wise
United States Consul
1928

The Gateway of the Moon
Arthur Wyatt
1928

The Gorilla
Stevens
1927

The 13th Juror
Richard Marsden
1927

The Girl from Rio
Paul Sinclair
1927

The Heart of Salome
Monte Carroll
1927

Marriage License?
Paul
1926

Miss Nobody
Bravo
1926

Old Loves and New
Clyde Lord Geradine
1926

The Outsider
Basil Owen
1926

Mannequin
Martin Innesbrook
1926