Walter Pidgeon

Biography

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

Perry Mason

Golden Globe Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

Daniel Boone

What's My Line?

Dr. Kildare

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

All Movies (128)

• Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies2022 · as Self - (archive footage)
• Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991 · as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Fritz Lang, drawings for a film1989 · as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
• Sextette1978 · as The Chairman
• Two-Minute Warning1976 · as The Pickpocket
• Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood1976 · as Grayson's Butler
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case1976 · as Judge Trenchard
• Murder on Flight 5021975 · as Charlie Parkins
• You Lie So Deep, My Love1975 · as Uncle Joe Padway
• The Lion Roars Again1975 · as Self
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Girl on the Late, Late Show1974 · as John Pahlman
• Live Again, Die Again1974 · as Thomas Carmichael
• Harry in Your Pocket1973 · as Casey
• The Neptune Factor1973 · as Dr. Samuel Andrews
• Skyjacked1972 · as Sen. Arne Lindner
• The Screaming Woman1972 · as Dr. Amos Larkin
• The Mask of Sheba1970 · as Dr. Max van Condon
• House on Greenapple Road1970 · as Mayor Jack Parker
• Rascal1969 · as Sterling North (voice)
• Funny Girl1968 · as Florenz Ziegfeld
• The Vatican Affair1968 · as Herbert Cummings
• Warning Shot1967 · as Orville Ames
• How I Spent My Summer Vacation1967 · as Lewis Gannet
• Cinderella1965 · as King
• The Shortest Day1963 · as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
• Two Colonels1963 · as Colonello Henderson
• Anniversary1963 · as Himself - Host
• Big Red1962 · as James Haggin
• Advise & Consent1962 · as Senate Majority Leader
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1961 · as Admiral Harriman Nelson
• Meet Me in St. Louis1959 · as Alonzo Smith
• The All-Star Christmas Show1958 · as Self
• Swiss Family Robinson1958 · as Anton (Father)
• The Rack1956 · as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
• These Wilder Years1956 · as James Rayburn
• Forbidden Planet1956 · as Dr. Edward Morbius
• The Glass Slipper1955 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hit the Deck1955 · as Xavier Smith
• Deep in My Heart1954 · as J.J. Shubert
• The Last Time I Saw Paris1954 · as James Ellswirth
• Men of the Fighting Lady1954 · as Cmdr. Dowling
• Executive Suite1954 · as Frederick Y. Alderson
• Dream Wife1953 · as Walter McBride
• Scandal at Scourie1953 · as Patrick J. McChesney
• The Bad and the Beautiful1952 · as Harry Pebbel
• The Hoaxters1952 · as Narrator (voice)
• Million Dollar Mermaid1952 · as Frederick Kellerman
• The Sellout1952 · as Haven D. Allridge
• The Unknown Man1951 · as Dwight Bradley Masen
• Quo Vadis1951 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• Calling Bulldog Drummond1951 · as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
• Soldiers Three1951 · as Col. Brunswick
• The Miniver Story1950 · as Clem Miniver
• That Forsyte Woman1949 · as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
• The Red Danube1949 · as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
• Command Decision1948 · as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
• Julia Misbehaves1948 · as William Sylvester Packett
• If Winter Comes1947 · as Mark Sabre
• The Secret Heart1946 · as Chris Matthews
• Holiday in Mexico1946 · as Jeffrey Evans
• Week-End at the Waldorf1945 · as Chip Collyer
• Mrs. Parkington1944 · as Major Augustus Parkington
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Madame Curie1943 · as Pierre Curie
• The Youngest Profession1943 · as Walter Pidgeon
• White Cargo1942 · as Mr. Harry Witzel
• Mrs. Miniver1942 · as Clem Miniver
• Design for Scandal1941 · as Jeff Sherman
• How Green Was My Valley1941 · as Mr. Gruffydd
• Blossoms in the Dust1941 · as Sam Gladney
• Man Hunt1941 · as Captain Alan Thorndike
• Flight Command1940 · as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
• A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound1940 · as Self
• Sky Murder1940 · as Nick Carter
• Phantom Raiders1940 · as Nick Carter
• Dark Command1940 · as William 'Will' Cantrell
• It's a Date1940 · as John Arlen
• The House Across the Bay1940 · as Tim Nolan
• Nick Carter, Master Detective1939 · as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
• Stronger Than Desire1939 · as Tyler Flagg
• 6,000 Enemies1939 · as Steve Donegan
• Society Lawyer1939 · as Christopher Durant
• Listen, Darling1938 · as Richard Thurlow
• Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Bill Dennis
• The Shopworn Angel1938 · as Sam Bailey
• The Girl of the Golden West1938 · as Sheriff Jack Rance
• Man-Proof1938 · as Alan Wythe
• A Girl with Ideas1937 · as Mickey McGuire
• My Dear Miss Aldrich1937 · as Ken Morley
• Saratoga1937 · as Hartley Madison
• As Good as Married1937 · as Fraser James
• Girl Overboard1937 · as Paul Stacey
• She's Dangerous1937 · as Dr. Scott Logan
• Fatal Lady1936 · as David Roberts
• Big Brown Eyes1936 · as Richard Morey
• Good Badminton1934 · as Walter
• Journal of a Crime1934 · as Florestan
• The Kiss Before the Mirror1933 · as Lucy's Lover
• Rockabye1932 · as Al Howard
• The Hot Heiress1931 · as Clay
• Kiss Me Again1931 · as Paul de St. Cyr
• Going Wild1930 · as 'Ace' Benton
• Viennese Nights1930 · as Franz von Renner
• The Gorilla1930 · as Arthur Marsden
• Sweet Kitty Bellairs1930 · as Lord Varney
• An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee1930 · as Self
• Bride of the Regiment1930 · as Colonel Vultow
• Show Girl in Hollywood1930 · as Premiere Emcee
• A Most Immoral Lady1929 · as Tony Williams
• Her Private Life1929 · as Ned Thayer
• The Voice Within1929
• Melody of Love1928 · as Jack Clark
• Clothes Make the Woman1928 · as Victor Trent
• Turn Back the Hours1928 · as Philip Drake
• Woman Wise1928 · as United States Consul
• The Gateway of the Moon1928 · as Arthur Wyatt
• The Gorilla1927 · as Stevens
• The 13th Juror1927 · as Richard Marsden
• The Girl from Rio1927 · as Paul Sinclair
• The Heart of Salome1927 · as Monte Carroll
• Marriage License?1926 · as Paul
• Miss Nobody1926 · as Bravo
• Old Loves and New1926 · as Clyde Lord Geradine
• The Outsider1926 · as Basil Owen
• Mannequin1926 · as Martin Innesbrook

All TV Shows (20)

• Gibbsville1976
• The Snoop Sisters1973 · as Keith Follett
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• The Danny Thomas Hour1967 · as Jason Merrill
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Leo Roland
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Lord Dunsmore
• Burke's Law1963 · as B.G. Perkins
• Breaking Point1963
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Charles Priest
• Checkmate1960 · as John Baker
• Rawhide1959 · as General Augustus Perry
• Perry Mason1957 · as Sherman Hatfield
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Jess Clark
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Dave King
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter