Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984)

Actor | Soundtrack

Walter Pidgeon, a handsome, tall and dark-haired man, began his career studying voice at the New ...

Born: September 23, 1897
Died: September 25, 1984 (age 87)

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Known For

Forbidden Planet Dr. Morbius (1956)
Mrs. Miniver Clem Miniver (1942)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Adm. Harriman Nelson (1961)
Known For

Funny Girl Florenz Ziegfeld (1968)
Actor

Sextette The Chairman (1977)
Two-Minute Warning The Pickpocket (1976)
Gibbsville Charles Kinsworth (1976)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Grayson's Butler (1976)
Ellery Queen Hamilton Drew (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)
Yellow-Headed Summer (1974)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show John Pahlman (1974)
Live Again, Die Again Thomas Carmichael (1974)
The Snoop Sisters Keith Follett (1974)
Harry in Your Pocket Casey (1973)
The Neptune Factor Dr. Samuel Andrews (1973)
Skyjacked Sen. Arne Lindner (1972)
The Screaming Woman Dr. Amos Larkin (1972)
Dan August Judge Anderson (1971)
Marcus Welby, M.D. Professor Bayliss (1971)
Bracken's World Cameo (1970)
The Mask of Sheba Dr. Max van Condon (1970)
House on Greenapple Road Mayor Jack Parker (1970)
Medical Center Ambassador Bill Evarts (1969)
Rascal Sterling North (1969)
Funny Girl Florenz Ziegfeld (1968)
The Vatican Affair Il professore Herbert Cummings - un studioso illustre di cose vaticane (1968)
The Danny Thomas Hour Jason Merrill (1968)
The F.B.I. Leo Roland (1967)
Warning Shot Orville Ames (1967)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation Lewis Gannet (1967)
Cinderella King (1965)
Burke's Law B.G. Perkins (1965)
Mr. Kingston (1964)
Daniel Boone Lord Dunsmore (1964)
The Reporter (1964)
Dr. Kildare Dr. Charles Priest (1964)
Anniversary Narrator (1963)
Breaking Point Leon Manville (1963)
Perry Mason Sherman Hatfield (1963)
Two Colonels Colonello Timothy Henderson (1963)
Big Red James Haggin (1962)
Advise & Consent Senate Majority Leader (1962)
Rawhide General Augustus Perry (1962)
Checkmate John Baker (1962)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Adm. Harriman Nelson (1961)
The Ed Sullivan Show Sketch Actor (1960)
Zane Grey Theater Dave King (1958-1959)
Meet Me in St. Louis Mr. Alonzo Smith (1959)
Swiss Family Robinson Father (1958)
The Rack Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr. (1956)
These Wilder Years James Rayburn (1956)
Forbidden Planet Dr. Morbius (1956)
The Glass Slipper Narrator (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 Comdr. Kent 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)
Million Dollar Mermaid Frederick Kellerman (1952)
The Sellout Haven D. Allridge (1952)
The Unknown Man Dwight Bradley Masen (1951)
Quo Vadis Narrator (1951)
Calling Bulldog Drummond Maj. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond (1951)
Soldiers Three Col. Brunswick (1951)
The Miniver Story Clem Miniver (1950)
That Forsyte Woman Young 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)
If Winter Comes Mark Sabre (1947)
Cass Timberlane Walter Pidgeon - Party Guest (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)
Madame Curie Pierre Curie (1943)
The Youngest Profession Walter Pidgeon (1943)
White Cargo 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 Sq. Cmdr. Billy Gary (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)
I Take This Woman Phil Mayberry (1940)
Nick Carter, Master Detective Nick Carter / 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 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)
Bride of the Regiment Col. Vultow (1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood Walter Pidgeon - 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 13th Juror Richard Marsden (1927)
The Gorilla Stevens (1927)
Sumuru 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)
Actor

Mannequin Martin Innesbrook (1926)
Soundtrack

Cinderella (1965)
The Rack (1956)
The Miniver Story (1950)
The Red Danube (1949)
Julia Misbehaves (1948)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
White Cargo (1942)
Design for Scandal (1941)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Listen, Darling (1938)
Man-Proof (1938)
Kiss Me Again (1931)
Soundtrack

Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)
Archive footage

Hitchcock (2012)
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005)
Intimate Portrait (2002)
Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (1997)
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
Biography (1995)
Century of Cinema (1995)
John Ford (1993)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988)
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Just One More Time (1974)
The Magical World of Disney (1964-1973)
The Dick Cavett Show (1971)
Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949)
Twenty Years After (1944)
Archive footage

Some of the Best (1944)
The Miracle of Sound (1940)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

Was a naturalized citizen of the United States.

I didn't demand any vetoes over the films I didn't like, as they do today. I asked nicely and discovered a secret that has stayed with me for my entire career -- that a request spoken softly usually brings results and demands rarely do.

Star Sign

Libra

Personal Details

Born

Walter Davis Pigeon
September 23, 1897
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Died

September 25, 1984 (age 87)
Santa Monica, California, USA

Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)

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