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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.
Acted in 127
1990s
- 1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980s
- 1989
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film
Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
1970s
- 1978
- 1976
Two-Minute Warning
The Pickpocket
Gibbsville
TV
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Grayson's Butler
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Judge Trenchard
- 1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love
Uncle Joe Padway
- 1974
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
John Pahlman
Live Again, Die Again
Thomas Carmichael
- 1973
The Snoop Sisters
Keith Follett · 1 episode
The Neptune Factor
Dr. Samuel Andrews
- 1972
Skyjacked
Sen. Arne Lindner
The Screaming Woman
Amos Larkin
- 1970
The Mask of Sheba
Dr. Max van Condon
House on Greenapple Road
Mayor Jack Parker
1960s
- 1969
Rascal
Sterling North (voice)
- 1968
The Vatican Affair
Herbert Cummings
- 1967
The Danny Thomas Hour
Jason Merrill · 1 episode
Warning Shot
Orville Ames
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Lewis Gannet
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
Two Colonels
Colonello Henderson
- 1962
Advise & Consent
Senate Majority Leader
- 1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Admiral Harriman Nelson
- 1960
1950s
- 1959
Meet Me in St. Louis
Alonzo Smith
- 1957
- 1956
The Rack
Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
These Wilder Years
James Rayburn
- 1955
- 1954
Deep in My Heart
J.J. Shubert
Men of the Fighting Lady
Cmdr. Dowling
- 1953
Dream Wife
Walter McBride
Scandal at Scourie
Patrick J. McChesney
- 1952
Million Dollar Mermaid
Frederick Kellerman
The Sellout
Haven D. Allridge
- 1951
The Unknown Man
Dwight Bradley Masen
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
Soldiers Three
Col. Brunswick
- 1950
The Miniver Story
Clem Miniver
1940s
- 1949
That Forsyte Woman
le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
The Red Danube
Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
- 1948
Command Decision
Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
- 1947
If Winter Comes
Mark Sabre
- 1946
The Secret Heart
Chris Matthews
Holiday in Mexico
Jeffrey Evans
- 1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Chip Collyer
- 1944
Mrs. Parkington
Major Augustus Parkington
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
- 1943
The Youngest Profession
Walter Pidgeon
- 1942
White Cargo
Mr. Harry Witzel
- 1941
Design for Scandal
Jeff Sherman
Blossoms in the Dust
Sam Gladney
Man Hunt
Captain Alan Thorndike
- 1940
Flight Command
Squadron Commander Billy Gary
Sky Murder
Nick Carter
Phantom Raiders
Nick Carter
Dark Command
William 'Will' Cantrell
It's a Date
John Arlen
The House Across the Bay
Tim Nolan
1930s
- 1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Stronger Than Desire
Tyler Flagg
6,000 Enemies
Steve Donegan
Society Lawyer
Christopher Durant
- 1938
Listen, Darling
Richard Thurlow
The Shopworn Angel
Sam Bailey
Man-Proof
Alan Wythe
- 1937
A Girl with Ideas
Mickey McGuire
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Ken Morley
Saratoga
Hartley Madison
As Good as Married
Fraser James
Girl Overboard
Paul Stacey
- 1936
Fatal Lady
David Roberts
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
Kiss Me Again
Paul de St. Cyr
- 1930
Going Wild
'Ace' Benton
Viennese Nights
Franz von Renner
The Gorilla
Arthur Marsden
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Lord Varney
Bride of the Regiment
Colonel Vultow
1920s
- 1929
A Most Immoral Lady
Tony Williams
Her Private Life
Ned Thayer
- 1928
Melody of Love
Jack Clark
Clothes Make the Woman
Victor Trent
Turn Back the Hours
Philip Drake
Woman Wise
United States Consul
The Gateway of the Moon
Arthur Wyatt
- 1927
The Gorilla
Stevens
The 13th Juror
Richard Marsden
The Girl from Rio
Paul Sinclair
The Heart of Salome
Monte Carroll
- 1926
Marriage License?
Paul
Miss Nobody
Bravo
Old Loves and New
Clyde Lord Geradine
The Outsider
Basil Owen
Mannequin
Martin Innesbrook
Appearances14
2020s
- 2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2010s
- 2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1960s
- 1962
1950s
- 1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
- 1957
- 1956
- 1955
The Glass Slipper
Narrator (voice)
- 1951
- 1950
1940s
- 1948
- 1944
- 1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
1930s
- 1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self