Acting

Walter Pidgeon

Born 1897-09-22 · Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Died 1984-09-25

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.

Credits

Newest first

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2022
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1989
Sextette
as The Chairman
1978
Two-Minute Warning
as The Pickpocket
1976
Gibbsville
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Grayson's Butler
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Judge Trenchard
1976
Murder on Flight 502
as Charlie Parkins
1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love
as Uncle Joe Padway
1975
The Lion Roars Again
as Self
1975
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as John Pahlman
1974
Live Again, Die Again
as Thomas Carmichael
1974
The Snoop Sisters
as Keith Follett
1973
Harry in Your Pocket
as Casey
1973
The Neptune Factor
as Dr. Samuel Andrews
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Skyjacked
as Sen. Arne Lindner
1972
The Screaming Woman
as Amos Larkin
1972
The Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Max van Condon
1970
House on Greenapple Road
as Mayor Jack Parker
1970
Rascal
as Sterling North (voice)
1969
Funny Girl
as Florenz Ziegfeld
1968
The Vatican Affair
as Herbert Cummings
1968
The Danny Thomas Hour
as Jason Merrill
1967
Warning Shot
as Orville Ames
1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
as Lewis Gannet
1967
The F.B.I.
as Leo Roland
1965
Cinderella
as King
1965
Daniel Boone
as Lord Dunsmore
1964
Burke's Law
as B.G. Perkins
1963
Breaking Point
1963
The Shortest Day
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
1963
Two Colonels
as Colonello Henderson
1963
Anniversary
as Himself - Host
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
Big Red
as James Haggin
1962
Advise & Consent
as Senate Majority Leader
1962
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Charles Priest
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Admiral Harriman Nelson
1961
Checkmate
as John Baker
1960
Meet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo Smith
1959
Rawhide
as General Augustus Perry
1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
Swiss Family Robinson
as Anton (Father)
1958
Perry Mason
as Sherman Hatfield
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
The Rack
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jess Clark
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dave King
1956
These Wilder Years
as James Rayburn
1956
Forbidden Planet
as Dr. Edward Morbius
1956
The Glass Slipper
as Narrator (voice)
1955
Hit the Deck
as Xavier Smith
1955
Deep in My Heart
as J.J. Shubert
1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris
as James Ellswirth
1954
Men of the Fighting Lady
as Cmdr. Dowling
1954
Executive Suite
as Frederick Y. Alderson
1954
Dream Wife
as Walter McBride
1953
Scandal at Scourie
as Patrick J. McChesney
1953
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Harry Pebbel
1952
The Hoaxters
as Narrator (voice)
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid
as Frederick Kellerman
1952
The Sellout
as Haven D. Allridge
1952
The Unknown Man
as Dwight Bradley Masen
1951
Quo Vadis
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
1951
Soldiers Three
as Col. Brunswick
1951
The Miniver Story
as Clem Miniver
1950
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
That Forsyte Woman
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
1949
The Red Danube
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
1949
Command Decision
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
1948
Julia Misbehaves
as William Sylvester Packett
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
If Winter Comes
as Mark Sabre
1947