CINEFILER

Walter Pidgeon

Born
September 22, 1897
Died
September 25, 1984
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.
Known For
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Dr. Edward Morbius
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
(1942)
Clem Miniver
How Green Was My Valley
(1941)
Mr. Gruffydd
Cinderella
(1965)
King
Funny Girl
(1968)
Florenz Ziegfeld
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954)
James Ellswirth
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Harry Pebbel
Man Hunt
(1941)
Captain Alan Thorndike
Advise & Consent
(1962)
Senate Majority Leader
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Command Decision
(1948)
Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Madame Curie
(1943)
Pierre Curie
Dark Command
(1940)
William 'Will' Cantrell
Executive Suite
(1954)
Frederick Y. Alderson
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(1961)
Admiral Harriman Nelson
Full Filmography
Acting
Miss Nobody
(1926)
Bravo
Marriage License?
(1926)
Paul
The Outsider
(1926)
Basil Owen
Mannequin
(1926)
Martin Innesbrook
Old Loves and New
(1926)
Clyde Lord Geradine
The Heart of Salome
(1927)
Monte Carroll
Sumuru
(1927)
Paul Sinclair
The Gorilla
(1927)
Stevens
The 13th Juror
(1927)
Richard Marsden
Clothes Make the Woman
(1928)
Victor Trent
Turn Back the Hours
(1928)
Philip Drake
The Gateway of the Moon
(1928)
Arthur Wyatt
Melody of Love
(1928)
Jack Clark
Woman Wise
(1928)
United States Consul
A Most Immoral Lady
(1929)
Tony Williams
The Voice Within
(1929)
Her Private Life
(1929)
Ned Thayer
Show Girl in Hollywood
(1930)
Premiere Emcee
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
(1930)
Lord Varney
The Gorilla
(1930)
Arthur Marsden
Bride of the Regiment
(1930)
Colonel Vultow
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Self
Going Wild
(1930)
'Ace' Benton
Viennese Nights
(1930)
Franz von Renner
Kiss Me Again
(1931)
Paul de St. Cyr
The Hot Heiress
(1931)
Clay
Rockabye
(1932)
Al Howard
The Kiss Before the Mirror
(1933)
Lucy's Lover
Journal of a Crime
(1934)
Florestan
Good Badminton
(1934)
Walter
Fatal Lady
(1936)
David Roberts
Big Brown Eyes
(1936)
Richard Morey
Saratoga
(1937)
Hartley Madison
A Girl with Ideas
(1937)
Mickey McGuire
Girl Overboard
(1937)
Paul Stacey
My Dear Miss Aldrich
(1937)
Ken Morley
She's Dangerous
(1937)
Dr. Scott Logan
As Good as Married
(1937)
Fraser James
Listen, Darling
(1938)
Richard Thurlow
The Shopworn Angel
(1938)
Sam Bailey
Man-Proof
(1938)
Alan Wythe
The Girl of the Golden West
(1938)
Sheriff Jack Rance
Too Hot to Handle
(1938)
Bill Dennis
6,000 Enemies
(1939)
Steve Donegan
Nick Carter, Master Detective
(1939)
Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Society Lawyer
(1939)
Christopher Durant
Stronger Than Desire
(1939)
Tyler Flagg
Sky Murder
(1940)
Nick Carter
Phantom Raiders
(1940)
Nick Carter
The House Across the Bay
(1940)
Tim Nolan
Dark Command
(1940)
William 'Will' Cantrell
Flight Command
(1940)
Squadron Commander Billy Gary
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
(1940)
Self
It's a Date
(1940)
John Arlen
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941)
Sam Gladney
How Green Was My Valley
(1941)
Mr. Gruffydd
Man Hunt
(1941)
Captain Alan Thorndike
Design for Scandal
(1941)
Jeff Sherman
Mrs. Miniver
(1942)
Clem Miniver
White Cargo
(1942)
Mr. Harry Witzel
Madame Curie
(1943)
Pierre Curie
The Youngest Profession
(1943)
Walter Pidgeon
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Major Augustus Parkington
Twenty Years After
(1944)
(archive footage)
Week-End at the Waldorf
(1945)
Chip Collyer
Holiday in Mexico
(1946)
Jeffrey Evans
The Secret Heart
(1946)
Chris Matthews
If Winter Comes
(1947)
Mark Sabre
Julia Misbehaves
(1948)
William Sylvester Packett
Command Decision
(1948)
Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
The Red Danube
(1949)
Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
That Forsyte Woman
(1949)
le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
The Miniver Story
(1950)
Clem Miniver
Calling Bulldog Drummond
(1951)
Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Col. Brunswick
The Unknown Man
(1951)
Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Hoaxters
(1952)
Narrator (voice)
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Harry Pebbel
Million Dollar Mermaid
(1952)
Frederick Kellerman
The Sellout
(1952)
Haven D. Allridge
Dream Wife
(1953)
Walter McBride
Scandal at Scourie
(1953)
Patrick J. McChesney
Men of the Fighting Lady
(1954)
Cmdr. Dowling
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954)
James Ellswirth
Executive Suite
(1954)
Frederick Y. Alderson
Deep in My Heart
(1954)
J.J. Shubert
Hit the Deck
(1955)
Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
The Glass Slipper
(1955)
Narrator (voice)
The Rack
(1956)
Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
These Wilder Years
(1956)
James Rayburn
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Dr. Edward Morbius
Swiss Family Robinson
(1958)
Father
Meet Me in St. Louis
(1959)
Alonzo Smith
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
(1961)
Admiral Harriman Nelson
Advise & Consent
(1962)
Senate Majority Leader
Big Red
(1962)
James Haggin
Two Colonels
(1963)
Colonello Henderson
The Shortest Day
(1963)
Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
Cinderella
(1965)
King
Warning Shot
(1967)
Orville Ames
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
(1967)
Lewis Gannet
Funny Girl
(1968)
Florenz Ziegfeld
The Vatican Affair
(1968)
Herbert Cummings
Rascal
(1969)
Sterling North (voice)
The Mask of Sheba
(1970)
Dr. Max van Condon
House on Greenapple Road
(1970)
Mayor Jack Parker
The Screaming Woman
(1972)
Dr. Amos Larkin
Skyjacked
(1972)
Sen. Arne Lindner
Harry in Your Pocket
(1973)
Casey
The Neptune Factor
(1973)
Dr. Samuel Andrews
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
(1974)
John Pahlman
Live Again, Die Again
(1974)
Thomas Carmichael
Murder on Flight 502
(1975)
Charlie Parkins
You Lie So Deep, My Love
(1975)
Uncle Joe Padway
The Lion Roars Again
(1975)
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
(1976)
Judge Trenchard
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
(1976)
Grayson's Butler
Two-Minute Warning
(1976)
The Pickpocket
Sextette
(1978)
The Chairman
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
(1989)
Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
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