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Walter Pidgeon

Actor | * 09/23/1897 († 87, 09/25/1984) | Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)
Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeon earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, for his roles in Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). Pidgeon also starred in many other notable films, such as How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Forbidden Planet (1956), Executive Suite (1954), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), Advise & Consent (1962), ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young ...

Man Hunt

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1941 | 3.6/5 | 1h 42min
Drama, Thriller, War
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Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expediti ...

Forbidden Planet

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1956 | 3.6/5 | 1h 38min
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A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century. ...

How Green Was My Valley

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1941 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Kids & Family
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Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represe ...

Mrs. Miniver

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1942 | 3.6/5 | 2h 14min
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Awards & Nominations for Walter Pidgeon

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Academy Award for Best Actor Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Movies with Walter Pidgeon as Actor(121)

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as The Chairman1978 Sextette
as The Pickpocket1976 Two-Minute Warning
as (archive footage)1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as Grayson's Butler1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Judge Trenchard1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as himself1975 The Lion Roars Again
as Charlie Parkins1975 Murder on Flight 502
as Uncle Joe Padway1975 You Lie So Deep, My Love
as John Pahlman1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show
as Thomas Carmichael1974 Live Again, Die Again
as (archive footage) (uncredited)1974 That's Entertainment!
as Casey1973 Harry in Your Pocket
as Dr. Samuel Andrews1973 The Neptune Factor
as Sen. Arne Lindner1972 Skyjacked
as Dr. Amos Larkin1972 The Screaming Woman
as Mayor Jack Parker1970 House on Greenapple Road
as Sterling North (voice)1969 Rascal
as Herbert Cummings1968 The Vatican Affair
as Florenz Ziegfeld1968 Funny Girl
as Orville Ames1967 Warning Shot
as Lewis Gannet1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation
as King1965 Cinderella
as Colonello Henderson1963 Two Colonels
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)1963 The Shortest Day
as Senate Majority Leader1962 Advise & Consent
as James Haggin1962 Big Red
as Admiral Harriman Nelson1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Alonzo Smith1959 Meet Me in St. Louis
as James Rayburn1956 These Wilder Years
as Dr. Edward Morbius1956 Forbidden Planet
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.1956 The Rack
as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith1955 Hit the Deck
as Narrator (voice)1955 The Glass Slipper
as Cmdr. Dowling1954 Men of the Fighting Lady
as J.J. Shubert1954 Deep in My Heart
as Frederick Y. Alderson1954 Executive Suite
as James Ellswirth1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris
as Patrick J. McChesney1953 Scandal at Scourie
as Walter McBride1953 Dream Wife
as Narrator (voice)1952 The Hoaxters
as Frederick Kellerman1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
as Harry Pebbel1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
as Haven D. Allridge1952 The Sellout
as Col. Brunswick1951 Soldiers Three
as Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen1951 The Unknown Man
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1951 Quo Vadis
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond
as Clem Miniver1950 The Miniver Story
as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte1949 That Forsyte Woman
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar1949 The Red Danube
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane1948 Command Decision
as William Sylvester Packett1948 Julia Misbehaves
as Mark Sabre1947 If Winter Comes
as Jeffrey Evans1946 Holiday in Mexico
as Chris Matthews1946 The Secret Heart
as Chip Collyer1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
as Major Augustus 'Gus' Parkington1944 Mrs. Parkington
1944 Twenty Years After
as Himself - Guest Star1943 The Youngest Profession
as Pierre Curie1943 Madame Curie
as Mr. Harry Witzel1942 White Cargo
as Clem Miniver1942 Mrs. Miniver
as Sam Gladney1941 Blossoms in the Dust
as Captain Alan Thorndike1941 Man Hunt
as Mr. Gruffydd1941 How Green Was My Valley
as Jeff Sherman1941 Design for Scandal
as William 'Will' Cantrell1940 Dark Command
as himself1940 A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Nick Carter1940 Sky Murder
as Nick Carter1940 Phantom Raiders
as John Arlen1940 It's a Date
as Squadron Commander Billy Gary1940 Flight Command
as Tim Nolan1940 The House Across the Bay
as Tyler Flagg1939 Stronger Than Desire
as Christopher Durant1939 Society Lawyer
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers1939 Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Steve Donegan1939 6,000 Enemies
as Richard Thurlow1938 Listen, Darling
as Bill Dennis1938 Too Hot to Handle
as Sam Bailey1938 The Shopworn Angel
as Sheriff Jack Rance1938 The Girl of the Golden West
as Alan Wythe1938 Man-Proof
as Paul Stacey1937 Girl Overboard
as Fraser James1937 As Good as Married
as Ken Morley1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Dr. Scott Logan1937 She's Dangerous
as Mickey McGuire1937 A Girl with Ideas
as Hartley Madison1937 Saratoga
as David Roberts1936 Fatal Lady
as Richard Morey1936 Big Brown Eyes
as Florestan1934 Journal of a Crime
as Walter1934 Good Badminton
as Lucy's Lover1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Al Howard1932 Rockabye
as Paul de St. Cyr1931 Kiss Me Again
as Clay1931 The Hot Heiress
as Arthur Marsden1930 The Gorilla
as 'Ace' Benton1930 Going Wild
as Premiere Emcee1930 Show Girl in Hollywood
as himself1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Colonel Vultow1930 Bride of the Regiment
as Lord Varney1930 Sweet Kitty Bellairs
as Franz von Renner1930 Viennese Nights
as Ned Thayer1929 Her Private Life
as Tony Williams1929 A Most Immoral Lady
1929 The Voice Within
as Philip Drake1928 Turn Back the Hours
as Victor Trent1928 Clothes Make the Woman
as Jack Clark1928 Melody of Love
as United States Consul1928 Woman Wise
as Arthur Wyatt1928 The Gateway of the Moon
as Stevens1927 The Gorilla
as Paul Sinclair1927 Sumuru
as Richard Marsden1927 The 13th Juror
as Monte Carroll1927 The Heart of Salome
as Bravo1926 Miss Nobody
as Martin Innesbrook1926 Mannequin
as Clyde Lord Geradine1926 Old Loves and New
as Paul1926 Marriage License?
as Basil Owen1926 The Outsider

TV Shows/Series with Walter Pidgeon as Actor(16)

1976 Gibbsville
as himself1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Leo Roland1965 The F.B.I.
as Lord Dunsmore1964 Daniel Boone
as B.G. Perkins1963 Burke's Law
1963 Breaking Point
as Dr. Charles Priest1961 Dr. Kildare
as John Baker1960 Checkmate
as General Augustus Perry1959 Rawhide
as Sherman Hatfield1957 Perry Mason
as himself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Jess Clark1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dave King1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Walter Pidgeon
Born: Thursday, 09/23 1897 (September) in Saint John, New Brunswick (Canada)
Died: Tuesday, 09/25 1984 (September) in Santa Monica (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: New England Conservatory, University of New Brunswick, University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law
Walter Pidgeon frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (34x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (28x, Crew)
Dabbs Greer (20x, Actor)
Douglas Shearer (20x, Crew)
Joseph V. Perry (20x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (19x, Actor)
Cesar Romero (18x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (17x, Actor)
John Hoyt (16x, Actor)
Richard Anderson (15x, Actor)
John Pickard (15x, Actor)
Bill Erwin (15x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:112368, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024