Person
Walter Pidgeon
Actor· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Forbidden Planet
Dr. Edward Morbius · 1956
How Green Was My Valley
Mr. Gruffydd · 1941
Quo Vadis
1951
Funny Girl
Florenz Ziegfeld · 1968
The Bad and the Beautiful
Harry Pebbel · 1952
Mrs. Miniver
Clem Miniver · 1942
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Admiral Harriman Nelson · 1961
Man Hunt
Captain Alan Thorndike · 1941
Filmography
75 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Sextette | The Chairman | Film |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson's Butler | Film |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | The Pickpocket | Film |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 | Charlie Parkins | Film |
| 1974 | The Girl on the Late, Late Show | John Pahlman | Film |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Dr. Samuel Andrews | Film |
| 1973 | Harry in Your Pocket | Casey | Film |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | Dr. Amos Larkin | Film |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Sen. Arne Lindner | Film |
| 1969 | Rascal | Sterling North (voice) | Film |
| 1968 | Funny Girl | Florenz Ziegfeld | Film |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Orville Ames | Film |
| 1965 | Cinderella | King | Film |
| 1963 | Two Colonels | Colonello Henderson | Film |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senate Majority Leader | Film |
| 1962 | Big Red | James Haggin | Film |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Admiral Harriman Nelson | Film |
| 1956 | The Rack | Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr. | Film |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | James Rayburn | Film |
| 1956 | Forbidden Planet | Dr. Edward Morbius | Film |
| 1955 | Hit the Deck | Xavier Smith | Film |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Frederick Y. Alderson | Film |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | James Ellswirth | Film |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | J.J. Shubert | Film |
| 1954 | Men of the Fighting Lady | Cmdr. Dowling | Film |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Walter McBride | Film |
| 1952 | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Frederick Kellerman | Film |
| 1952 | The Sellout | Haven D. Allridge | Film |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Harry Pebbel | Film |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man | Dwight Bradley Masen | Film |
| 1951 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond | Film |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Col. Brunswick | Film |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story | Clem Miniver | Film |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman | le jeune Jolyon Forsyte | Film |
| 1949 | The Red Danube | Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar | Film |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Major General Roland Goodlow Kane | Film |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves | William Sylvester Packett | Film |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | Mark Sabre | Film |
| 1946 | Holiday in Mexico | Jeffrey Evans | Film |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Chip Collyer | Film |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Major Augustus Parkington | Film |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Pierre Curie | Film |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Walter Pidgeon | Film |
| 1942 | White Cargo | Mr. Harry Witzel | Film |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Clem Miniver | Film |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Sam Gladney | Film |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Jeff Sherman | Film |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Gruffydd | Film |
| 1941 | Man Hunt | Captain Alan Thorndike | Film |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Tim Nolan | Film |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Nick Carter | Film |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Nick Carter | Film |
| 1940 | It's a Date | John Arlen | Film |
| 1940 | Dark Command | William 'Will' Cantrell | Film |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Squadron Commander Billy Gary | Film |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers | Film |
| 1939 | Society Lawyer | Christopher Durant | Film |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Tyler Flagg | Film |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Sheriff Jack Rance | Film |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Bill Dennis | Film |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling | Richard Thurlow | Film |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel | Sam Bailey | Film |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Alan Wythe | Film |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Hartley Madison | Film |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Ken Morley | Film |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Richard Morey | Film |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime | Florestan | Film |
| 1933 | The Kiss Before the Mirror | Lucy's Lover | Film |
| 1932 | Rockabye | Al Howard | Film |
| 1931 | Kiss Me Again | Paul de St. Cyr | Film |
| 1930 | Viennese Nights | Franz von Renner | Film |
| 1930 | Going Wild | 'Ace' Benton | Film |
| 1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Premiere Emcee | Film |
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