Walter Pidgeon

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins. See more awards »

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Forbidden Planet Dr. Morbius

(1956)

Man Hunt Captain Alan Thorndike

(1941)

Mrs. Miniver Clem Miniver

(1942)

Funny Girl Florenz Ziegfeld

(1968)

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Actor (139 credits)

1977 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 Yellow-Headed Summer (rumored)

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

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 Bill Evarts

- The Fallen Image (1969) ... Ambassador Bill 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 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
Orville Ames

1967 How I Spent My Summer Vacation (TV Movie)
Lewis Gannet

1965/I 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 Mr. Kingston (TV Movie)

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 Anniversary
Narrator

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 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

1960 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Sketch Actor

- Episode #14.6 (1960) ... Sketch Actor

1958-1959 Zane Grey Theatre (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. 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 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

1947 Cass Timberlane
Walter Pidgeon - Party Guest (uncredited)

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

1943 The Youngest Profession
Walter Pidgeon

1942 White Cargo
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 Comdr. Bill 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 Big Brown Eyes
Richard Morey

1934 Good Badminton (Short)
Walter

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
Col. Vultow

1930 Show Girl in Hollywood
Walter Pidgeon - 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 13th Juror
Richard Marsden

1927 The Gorilla
Stevens

1927 Sumuru
Paul Sinclair

1927 The 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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Soundtrack (15 credits)

1965/I Cinderella (TV Movie) (performer: "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" (reprise))

1956 The Rack ("The Last Time I Saw Paris", uncredited)

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)", "Onward, Christian Soldiers" - uncredited)

1948 Julia Misbehaves (performer: "Wonderful One", "O Sole Mio" (1898) - uncredited)

1944 Mrs. Parkington (performer: "Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair" (1851) - uncredited)

1943 Madame Curie ("Auprès de ma Blonde", uncredited)

1942 White Cargo (performer: "There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (1823) - uncredited)

1941 Design for Scandal ("Wonderful One" (1923), "Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)" (1892), uncredited) / (performer: "Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built For Two)" (1892) - uncredited)

1941 Blossoms in the Dust (performer: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" - uncredited)

1939 Stronger Than Desire (performer: "Three Blind Mice" - uncredited)

1938 Listen, Darling ("On the Bumpy Road to Love" (1938), "Ten Pins in the Sky" (1938)) / (performer: "Ten Pins in the Sky" (1938))

1938 Man-Proof ("On a Sunday Afternoon" (1935), uncredited) / (performer: "On a Sunday Afternoon" (1935) - uncredited)

1931 Kiss Me Again (performer: "Kiss Me Again" (1905), "Tomorrow May Bring Doubts and Tears" (1905) - uncredited)

1930 Sweet Kitty Bellairs (performer: "My Love, I'll Be Waiting for You" (1930), "Tally Ho" (1930), "You, I Love But You" (1930) - uncredited)

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Self (29 credits)

2009 Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' (Video documentary short)
Captain Thorndike

1976 AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series)
Self

- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to William Wyler (1976) ... Self

1975 The Lion Roars Again (Documentary short)
Self

1971-1975 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest / Self

- Episode dated 19 February 1975 (1975) ... Self - Guest

- Tribute to director Tay Garnett (1974) ... Self

- A Salute to William Wyler with special guests: Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland (1973) ... Self - Guest

- Premier (1971) ... Self

1972 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Self

- Louise Tracy (1972) ... Self

1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode #1.75 (1967) ... Self - Guest

1966 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 28 November 1966 (1966) ... Self - Guest

1956-1966 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Guest Panelist

- Arlene Francis' Broadway Co-Stars in "Dinner at Eight" (1966) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Walter Pidgeon (1962) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Ted Atkinson & Fernando Lamas (1957) ... Self - Guest Panelist

- Floyd Patterson & Vincent Price (1956) ... Self - Guest Panelist

- Marisa Pavan (1956) ... Self - Guest Panelist

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1966 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- John V. Lindsay, Walter Pigeon, Phyllis Newman (1966) ... Self - Guest

1962 The Tonight Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode #1.4 (1962) ... Self - Guest

1962 The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.115 (1962) ... Self

1961 The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1958 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self / General Collins

- Eydie Gorme, Walter Pidgeon (1958) ... Self / General Collins

- December 17 (1958) ... Self

1958 The All-Star Christmas Show (TV Special)
Self

1958 The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.1 (1958) ... Self

1958 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode #2.30 (1958) ... Self - Guest

1954-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self

- Johnnie Ray, Walter Pidgeon, Sugar Ray Robinson, Gene Fulmer, Ruth Matteson, James Melton, The Vagabonds, Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, Allen & DeWood (1957) ... Self

- MGM's 30th Anniversary Tribute (1954) ... Self

1957 America After Dark (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode #1.13 (1957) ... Self - Guest

1957 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Self

- Walter Pidgeon, Gertrude Berg, Brenda Lee, The Tokayers, Johnny Puleo & His Harmonica Gang (1957) ... Self

1956 MGM Parade (TV Series documentary)
Self - Host / Dr. Edward Morbius

- Episode #1.34 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.33 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.32 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.29 (1956) ... Self - Host

- Episode #1.28 (1956) ... Self - Host / Dr. Edward Morbius

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1955 Walter Pidgeon Announcement (Documentary short)
Self

1952 Olympic Fund Telethon (TV Special)
Self

1952 The Hoaxters (Short documentary)
Narrator (voice)

1950 Screen Actors (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1949 The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1946 The American Creed (Short)
Self

1941 Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (Documentary short)
Self

1940 Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (Documentary short)
Self

1930 An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (Short)
Self

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Archive footage (25 credits)

2017 Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (Documentary)
Self

2015 Compression (TV Series documentary)

- Compression Advise and Consent de Otto Preminger (2015)

2012 Hitchcock
Chris Matthews in The Secret Heart (uncredited)

2005 Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (TV Movie documentary)
Dr. Edward Morbius

2002 Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Barbara Eden (2002) ... Self

1997 Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1997 Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Mr. Gruffydd (uncredited)

1995 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Mr. Gruffydd / Self

- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995) ... Mr. Gruffydd (uncredited)

- Milton Berle: Mr. Television ... Self (uncredited)

1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Harry Pebbel

- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) ... Harry Pebbel (uncredited)

1993 John Ford (TV Movie documentary)
Mr. Gruffydd (uncredited)

1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (Documentary)
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (uncredited)

1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (Video documentary)
Self

1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV Movie documentary)
Self - Oscar Dinner, 1942: Behind Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Nick Carter

1975 Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Self - at Banquet (uncredited)

1974 Just One More Time (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1964-1973 The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
Sterling North - as a Man / James Haggin

- Rascal: Part 2 (1973) ... Sterling North - as a Man

- Rascal: Part 1 (1973) ... Sterling North - as a Man

- Big Red: Part 2 (1964) ... James Haggin

- Big Red: Part 1 (1964) ... James Haggin

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Gov. Ronald Reagan/Bob Newhart/James Wong Howe (1971) ... Self

1967 Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (TV Movie)
Leo Roland

1951 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (Documentary)

1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1944 Some of the Best (Documentary)
Clem Miniver in Mrs. Miniver (uncredited)

1944 Twenty Years After (Short)

1940 The Miracle of Sound (Documentary short)
Self

Personal Details

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Stage Play: Night of January 16. 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 Attorney Flint"; final Broadway role), Clyde Fillmore (as "John Graham Whitfield"), Richard French, Verna Hillie, Leo... See more »

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11 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more »

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6' 2" (1.88 m)

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Ruth Walker (his death) | See more »

Parents:

Caleb Burpee Pidgeon | Hannah Pidgeon

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I was like a kept woman during my twenty-one years at MGM. See more »

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Played the husband of Greer Garson's character a total of seven times on film; in Blossoms in the Dust (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Madame Curie (1943), Mrs. Parkington (1944), Julia Misbehaves (1948), The Miniver Story (1950) and Scandal at Scourie (1953). That Forsyte Woman (1949) was the eighth film they did together. See more »

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