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Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984)

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Walter Pidgeon, a handsome, tall and dark-haired man, began his career studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He then did theater, mainly stage musicals. He went to Hollywood in the early 1920s, where he made silent films, including Mannequin and Sumuru. When talkies arrived... See full bio »

Born:

Walter Davis Pigeon
in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Died:

(age 87) in Santa Monica, California, USA
Still of Walter Pidgeon in How Green Was My Valley Still of Maureen O'Hara and Walter Pidgeon in How Green Was My Valley Walter Pidgeon, 1936.
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1978 Sextette
The Chairman
 
1976 Two-Minute Warning
The Pickpocket
 
1976 Gibbsville (TV series)
Charles Kinsworth
– How Old, How Young (1976) … Charles Kinsworth
 
1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Grayson's Butler
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Hamilton Drew
– The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976) … Hamilton Drew
 
1976 The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (TV movie)
Judge Trenchard
 
1975 Murder on Flight 502 (TV movie)
Charlie Parkins
 
1975 You Lie So Deep, My Love (TV movie)
Uncle Joe Padway
 
1974 The Girl on the Late, Late Show (TV movie)
John Pahlman
 
1974 Live Again, Die Again (TV movie)
Thomas Carmichael
 
1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Keith Follett
– Fear Is a Free-Throw (1974) … Keith Follett
 
1974 Yellow-Headed Summer
 
1973 Harry in Your Pocket
Casey
 
1973 The Neptune Factor
Dr. Samuel Andrews
 
1972 Skyjacked
Sen. Arne Lindner
 
1972 The Screaming Woman (TV movie)
Dr. Amos Larkin
 
1971 Dan August (TV series)
Judge Anderson
– The Law (1971) … Judge Anderson
 
1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Professor Bayliss
– A Passing of Torches (1971) … Professor Bayliss
 
1970 Bracken's World (TV series)
Cameo
– Diffusion (1970) … Cameo
 
1970 The Mask of Sheba (TV movie)
Dr. Max van Condon
 
1970 House on Greenapple Road (TV movie)
Mayor Jack Parker
 
1969 Medical Center (TV series)
Ambassador Evarts
– The Fallen Image (1969) … Ambassador Evarts
 
1969 Rascal
Sterling North (voice)
 
1968 Funny Girl
Florenz Ziegfeld
 
1968 The Vatican Affair
Il professore Herbert Cummings - un studioso illustre di cose vaticane
 
1968 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Jason Merrill
– My Pal Tony (1968) … Jason Merrill
 
1967 Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (TV movie)
Leo Roland
 
1967 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Leo Roland
– The Executioners: Part 2 (1967) … Leo Roland
– The Executioners: Part 1 (1967) … Leo Roland
 
1967 Warning Shot (TV movie)
Orville Ames
 
1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation (TV movie)
Lewis Gannet
 
1965 Cinderella (TV movie)
King
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
B.G. Perkins
– Who Killed Mother Goose? (1965) … B.G. Perkins
 
1964 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Lord Dunsmore
– Not in Our Stars (1964) … Lord Dunsmore
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
– Rachel's Mother (1964)
 
1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Dr. Charles Priest
– Never Too Old for the Circus (1964) … Dr. Charles Priest
 
1963 Breaking Point (TV series)
Leon Manville
– The Gnu, Now Almost Extinct (1963) … Leon Manville
 
1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Sherman Hatfield
– The Case of the Surplus Suitor (1963) … Sherman Hatfield
 
1963 The Shortest Day
Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
 
1963 Anniversary
Narrator
 
1962 Two Colonels
Colonello Timothy Henderson
 
1962 Big Red
James Haggin
 
1962 Advise & Consent
Senate Majority Leader
 
1962 Rawhide (TV series)
General Augustus Perry
– Reunion (1962) … General Augustus Perry
 
1962 Checkmate (TV series)
John Baker
– Death Beyond Recall (1962) … John Baker
 
1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Adm. Harriman Nelson
 
1958-1959 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Dave King / Jess Clark
– King of the Valley (1959) … Dave King
– Pressure Point (1958) … Jess Clark
 
1959 Meet Me in St. Louis (TV movie)
Mr. Alonzo Smith
 
1958 Swiss Family Robinson (TV movie)
Father
 
1956 The Rack
Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
 
1956 These Wilder Years
James Rayburn
 
1956 Forbidden Planet
Dr. Edward Morbius
 
1955 The Glass Slipper
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1955 Hit the Deck
Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith
 
1954 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
 
1953 Dream Wife
Walter McBride
 
1953 Scandal at Scourie
Patrick J. McChesney
 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
Harry Pebbel
 
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid
Frederick Kellerman
 
1952 The Sellout
Haven D. Allridge
 
1951 The Unknown Man
Dwight Bradley 'Brad' Masen
 
1951 Quo Vadis
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1951 Calling Bulldog Drummond
Maj. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
 
1951 Soldiers Three
Col. Brunswick
 
1950 The Miniver Story
Clem Miniver
 
1949 That Forsyte Woman
Young Jolyon Forsyte
 
1949 The Red Danube
Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
 
1948 Command Decision
Maj. Gen. Roland Goodlow Kane
 
1948 Julia Misbehaves
William Sylvester Packett
 
1947 If Winter Comes
Mark Sabre
 
1946 The Secret Heart
Chris Matthews
 
1946 Holiday in Mexico
Jeffrey Evans
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
Chip Collyer
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington
Major Augustus Parkington
 
1943 Madame Curie
Pierre Curie
 
1942 White Cargo
Mr. Harry Witzel
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver
Clem Miniver
 
1941 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
 
1940 Flight Command
Squadron 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 (scenes deleted)
 
1939 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
 
1938 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
 
1937 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
 
1936 Fatal Lady
David Roberts
 
1936 Good Badminton (short)
Walter
 
1936 Big Brown Eyes
Richard Morey
 
1934 Journal of a Crime
Florestan
 
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
Lucy's Lover
 
1932 Rockabye
Al Howard
 
1931 The Hot Heiress
Clay
 
1931 Kiss Me Again
Paul de St. Cyr
 
1930 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
Colonel Vultow
 
1930 Show Girl in Hollywood
Premiere Emcee (uncredited)
 
1929 A Most Immoral Lady
Tony Williams
 
1929 Her Private Life
Ned Thayer
 
1929 The Voice Within
 
1928 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
 
1927 The Thirteenth Juror
Richard Marsden
 
1927 The Gorilla
Stevens
 
1927 Sumuru
Paul Sinclair
 
1927 Heart of Salome
Monte Carroll
 
1926 Marriage License?
Paul
 
1926 Miss Nobody
Bravo
 
1926 Old Loves and New
Clyde Lord Geradine
 
1926 The Outsider
Basil Owen
 
1926 Mannequin
Martin Innesbrook
 
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1965 Cinderella (TV movie) (performer: "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful/" reprise)
 
1950 The Miniver Story (performer: "Ol' Man River" - uncredited)
 
1949 The Red Danube (performer: "You've Got to See Mamma Ev'ry Night or You Can't See Mamma at All" - uncredited, "Onward, Christian Soldiers" - uncredited)
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington (performer: "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair" 1851 - uncredited)
 
1942 White Cargo (performer: "There's No Place Like Home Home, Sweet Home" 1823 - uncredited)
 
1941 Design for Scandal (performer: "Daisy Bell A Bicycle Built For Two" / "Wonderful One", "Daisy Bell A Bicycle Built For Two")
 
1941 Blossoms in the Dust (performer: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart")
 
1939 Stronger Than Desire (performer: "Three Blind Mice" - uncredited)
 
1938 Listen, Darling (performer: "Ten Pins in the Sky" 1938 / "On the Bumpy Road to Love" 1938, "Ten Pins in the Sky" 1938)
 
1938 Man-Proof (performer: "On a Sunday Afternoon" 1935 - uncredited / "On a Sunday Afternoon" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1931 Kiss Me Again (performer: "Kiss Me Again" 1905 - uncredited, "Tomorrow May Bring Doubts and Tears" 1905 - uncredited)
 
1930 Sweet Kitty Bellairs (performer: "My Love, I'll Be Waiting for You" 1930 - uncredited, "Tally Ho" 1930 - uncredited, "You, I Love But You" 1930 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2009 Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' (video documentary short)
Captain Thorndike
 
1976 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1975 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 February 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 The Lion Roars Again (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1974 Just One More Time (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.75 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 28 November 1966 (1966) … Himself - Guest
 
1956-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 25 September 1966 (1966) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 8 July 1962 (1962) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 7 April 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 16 December 1956 (1956) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 2 September 1956 (1956) … Himself - Guest Panelist
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1957-1960 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Sketch Actor
– Episode #14.6 (1960) … Sketch Actor
– Episode #10.32 (1957) … Himself
 
1958 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.30 (1958) … Himself
 
1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
Himself - Host / Dr. Edward Morbius
– Episode #1.27 (1956) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.28 (1956) … Himself - Host/Dr. Edward Morbius
– Episode #1.29 (1956) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.30 (1956) … Himself - Host
– Episode #1.31 (1956) … Himself - Host
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1952 The Hoaxters (documentary short)
Narrator
 
1950 Screen Actors (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1947 Cass Timberlane
Himself (uncredited)
 
1946 American Creed (short)
Himself
 
1943 The Youngest Profession
Himself - Guest Star
 
1940 Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (documentary short)
Himself
 
1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2012 Hitchcock
Chris Matthews in The Secret Heart (uncredited)
 
2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV documentary)
Dr. Edward Morbius
 
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Mr. Gruffydd [in "How Green Was My Valley"] (uncredited)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself
 
Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV documentary)
Himself - Oscar Dinner, 1942: Behind Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Nick Carter, Master Detective'
 
1975 Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1964-1973 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1940 The Miracle of Sound (documentary short)
Himself
 

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(1935) Stage: Appeared (as "Guts Regan") in "Night of January 16" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Ayn Rand. Directed by John Hayden. Ambassador Theatre: 16 Sep 1935-Apr 1936 (closing date unknown/235 performances). Cast: George Anderson, Edmund Breese (as "District... See more »

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Height:

6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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I was called to [Louis B. Mayer]'s office to discuss a long-term contract he wanted me to sign. He told me he had been impressed by my work at other studios and that he felt I would be an asset to MGM. He peered at me over his glasses and suggested I tell him about myself. I started by saying I came from New Brunswick... See more »

Trivia:

Turned down the role of Gaylord Ravenal in the Universal remake of Show Boat because he did not want to be typecast in musicals. Allan Jones played the role instead opposite Irene Dunne's Magnolia. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra