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.

Filmography

• 1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1989Fritz Lang, drawings for a film — Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
• 1978Sextette — The Chairman
• Gibbsville
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1976The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case — Judge Trenchard
• 1976Two-Minute Warning — The Pickpocket
• 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — Grayson's Butler
• 1975Murder on Flight 502 — Charlie Parkins
• 1975You Lie So Deep, My Love — Uncle Joe Padway
• 1974Live Again, Die Again — Thomas Carmichael
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1974The Girl on the Late, Late Show — John Pahlman
• 1973Harry in Your Pocket — Casey
• 1973The Neptune Factor — Dr. Samuel Andrews
• The Snoop Sisters — Keith Follett
• 1972Skyjacked — Sen. Arne Lindner
• 1972The Screaming Woman — Amos Larkin
• 1970House on Greenapple Road — Mayor Jack Parker
• 1970The Mask of Sheba — Dr. Max van Condon
• 1969Rascal — Sterling North (voice)
• 1968Funny Girl — Florenz Ziegfeld
• 1968The Vatican Affair — Herbert Cummings
• 1967How I Spent My Summer Vacation — Lewis Gannet
• The Danny Thomas Hour — Jason Merrill
• 1967Warning Shot — Orville Ames
• 1965Cinderella — King
• The F.B.I. — Leo Roland
• Daniel Boone — Lord Dunsmore
• Breaking Point
• Burke's Law — B.G. Perkins
• 1963The Shortest Day — Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
• 1963Two Colonels — Colonello Henderson
• 1962Advise & Consent — Senate Majority Leader
• 1962Big Red — James Haggin
• Dr. Kildare — Dr. Charles Priest
• 1961Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — Admiral Harriman Nelson
• Checkmate — John Baker
• 1959Meet Me in St. Louis — Alonzo Smith
• Rawhide — General Augustus Perry
• 1958Swiss Family Robinson — Anton (Father)
• Perry Mason — Sherman Hatfield
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Jess Clark, Dave King
• 1956Forbidden Planet — Dr. Edward Morbius
• 1956The Rack — Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
• 1956These Wilder Years — James Rayburn
• 1955Hit the Deck — Xavier Smith
• 1955The Glass Slipper — Narrator (voice)
• 1954Deep in My Heart — J.J. Shubert
• 1954Executive Suite — Frederick Y. Alderson
• 1954Men of the Fighting Lady — Cmdr. Dowling
• 1954The Last Time I Saw Paris — James Ellswirth
• 1953Dream Wife — Walter McBride
• 1953Scandal at Scourie — Patrick J. McChesney
• 1952Million Dollar Mermaid — Frederick Kellerman
• 1952The Bad and the Beautiful — Harry Pebbel
• 1952The Hoaxters — Narrator (voice)
• 1952The Sellout — Haven D. Allridge
• 1951Calling Bulldog Drummond — Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
• 1951Quo Vadis — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1951Soldiers Three — Col. Brunswick
• 1951The Unknown Man — Dwight Bradley Masen
• 1950The Miniver Story — Clem Miniver
• 1949That Forsyte Woman — le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
• 1949The Red Danube — Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
• 1948Command Decision — Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
• 1948Julia Misbehaves — William Sylvester Packett
• 1947If Winter Comes — Mark Sabre
• 1946Holiday in Mexico — Jeffrey Evans
• 1946The Secret Heart — Chris Matthews
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — Chip Collyer
• 1944Mrs. Parkington — Major Augustus Parkington
• 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
• 1943Madame Curie — Pierre Curie
• 1943The Youngest Profession — Walter Pidgeon
• 1942Mrs. Miniver — Clem Miniver
• 1942White Cargo — Mr. Harry Witzel
• 1941Blossoms in the Dust — Sam Gladney
• 1941Design for Scandal — Jeff Sherman
• 1941How Green Was My Valley — Mr. Gruffydd
• 1941Man Hunt — Captain Alan Thorndike
• 1940Dark Command — William 'Will' Cantrell
• 1940Flight Command — Squadron Commander Billy Gary
• 1940It's a Date — John Arlen
• 1940Phantom Raiders — Nick Carter
• 1940Sky Murder — Nick Carter
• 1940The House Across the Bay — Tim Nolan
• 19396,000 Enemies — Steve Donegan
• 1939Nick Carter, Master Detective — Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
• 1939Society Lawyer — Christopher Durant
• 1939Stronger Than Desire — Tyler Flagg
• 1938Listen, Darling — Richard Thurlow
• 1938Man-Proof — Alan Wythe
• 1938The Girl of the Golden West — Sheriff Jack Rance
• 1938The Shopworn Angel — Sam Bailey
• 1938Too Hot to Handle — Bill Dennis
• 1937A Girl with Ideas — Mickey McGuire
• 1937As Good as Married — Fraser James
• 1937Girl Overboard — Paul Stacey
• 1937My Dear Miss Aldrich — Ken Morley
• 1937Saratoga — Hartley Madison
• 1937She's Dangerous — Dr. Scott Logan
• 1936Big Brown Eyes — Richard Morey
• 1936Fatal Lady — David Roberts
• 1934Good Badminton — Walter
• 1934Journal of a Crime — Florestan
• 1933The Kiss Before the Mirror — Lucy's Lover
• 1932Rockabye — Al Howard
• 1931Kiss Me Again — Paul de St. Cyr
• 1931The Hot Heiress — Clay
• 1930Bride of the Regiment — Colonel Vultow
• 1930Going Wild — 'Ace' Benton
• 1930Show Girl in Hollywood — Premiere Emcee
• 1930Sweet Kitty Bellairs — Lord Varney
• 1930The Gorilla — Arthur Marsden
• 1930Viennese Nights — Franz von Renner
• 1929A Most Immoral Lady — Tony Williams
• 1929Her Private Life — Ned Thayer
• 1929The Voice Within
• 1928Clothes Make the Woman — Victor Trent
• 1928Melody of Love — Jack Clark
• 1928The Gateway of the Moon — Arthur Wyatt
• 1928Turn Back the Hours — Philip Drake
• 1928Woman Wise — United States Consul
• 1927The 13th Juror — Richard Marsden
• 1927The Girl from Rio — Paul Sinclair
• 1927The Gorilla — Stevens
• 1927The Heart of Salome — Monte Carroll
• 1926Mannequin — Martin Innesbrook
• 1926Marriage License? — Paul
• 1926Miss Nobody — Bravo
• 1926Old Loves and New — Clyde Lord Geradine
• 1926The Outsider — Basil Owen

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies — Self - (archive footage)
• 2018Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1975The Lion Roars Again — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1963Anniversary — Himself - Host
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter
• 1940A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound — Self
• 1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee — Self