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