Walter Pidgeon
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.
Forbidden Planet
as Dr. Edward MorbiusStarship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a...
Movie pageQuo Vadis
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage...
Movie pageThe Bad and the Beautiful
as Harry PebbelTold in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood...
Movie pageFunny Girl
as Florenz ZiegfeldThe life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New...
Movie pageHow Green Was My Valley
as Mr. GruffyddA man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the...
Movie pageCinderella
as KingAfter the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided...
Movie pageMrs. Miniver
as Clem MiniverMiddle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...
Movie pageAdvise & Consent
as Senate Majority LeaderProposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert...
Movie pageThat's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50...
Movie pageRascal
as Sterling North (voice)A comedy filled with tenderness as a baby raccoon snuggles his way into the life of a lonely...
Movie pageVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Admiral Harriman NelsonThe crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
Movie pageTwo-Minute Warning
as The PickpocketA psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a...
Movie pageBlossoms in the Dust
as Sam GladneyEdna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when...
Movie pageDream Wife
as Walter McBrideClemson Reade, a business tycoon with marriage on his mind, and Effie, a U.S. diplomat, are a...
Movie pageThe Last Time I Saw Paris
as James EllswirthReporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen...
Movie pageMan Hunt
as Captain Alan ThorndikeShortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria...
Movie pagePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie...
Movie pageToo Hot to Handle
as Bill DennisWhile in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter,...
Movie pageHarry in Your Pocket
as CaseyA master thief and his drug-addicted partner teach two aspiring crooks how to steal wallets.
Movie pageSkyjacked
as Sen. Arne LindnerA crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.
Movie pageSextette
as The ChairmanOn the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is sought...
Movie pageThe Glass Slipper
as Narrator (voice)Musical adaptation of the story of Cinderella and her magical trip to the prince's ball.
Movie pageDeep in My Heart
as J.J. ShubertBiographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Movie pageHow I Spent My Summer Vacation
as Lewis GannetA man who completes compiling a dossier on a mysterious billionaire begins to get the feeling...
Movie pageTwo Colonels
as Colonello HendersonIn WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging...
Movie pageThe Neptune Factor
as Dr. Samuel AndrewsWhen an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find...
Movie pageWon Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Grayson's ButlerA would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a...
Movie pageDark Command
as William 'Will' CantrellWhen transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the...
Movie pageThe Vatican Affair
as Herbert CummingsA blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Movie pageMadame Curie
as Pierre CuriePoor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women...
Movie pageMillion Dollar Mermaid
as Frederick KellermanAfter overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece...
Movie pageLive Again, Die Again
as Thomas CarmichaelAfter being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an...
Movie pageThe Secret Heart
as Chris MatthewsPenny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's...
Movie pageMurder on Flight 502
as Charlie ParkinsOn a flight to London, a note is found stating that there will be murders taking place on the...
Movie pageKiss Me Again
as Paul de St. CyrAn officer of the French Military is in love with a shop girl, but his aristocratic father wants...
Movie pageA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as SelfThis short documentary, presented and directed by MGM sound engineer Douglas Shearer, goes...
Movie pageListen, Darling
as Richard ThurlowTo stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know...
Movie pageThat's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time...
Movie pageThe Youngest Profession
as Walter PidgeonJoan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping...
Movie pageAn Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as SelfMr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a...
Movie pageThe Shopworn Angel
as Sam BaileyDuring WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training....
Movie pageBig Red
as James HagginWealthy sportsman James Haggin (Walter Pidgeon) lives on a Quebec estate called Wintapi. Émile...
Movie pagePhantom Raiders
as Nick CarterIn this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...
Movie pageStronger Than Desire
as Tyler FlaggAn attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
Movie pageExecutive Suite
as Frederick Y. AldersonWhen the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie...
Movie pageThe Rack
as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the U.S. after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War....
Movie pageThe Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
as Judge TrenchardFact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed...
Movie pageMrs. Parkington
as Major Augustus ParkingtonIn this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid...
Movie pageCommand Decision
as Major General Roland Goodlow KaneHigh-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories...
Movie pageWhite Cargo
as Mr. Harry WitzelIn Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his...
Movie pageSociety Lawyer
as Christopher DurantSociety lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is...
Movie pageRockabye
as Al HowardA Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
Movie pageScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling...
Movie pageWarning Shot
as Orville AmesHounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
Movie pageFlight Command
as Squadron Commander Billy GaryA rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school...
Movie pageThe Screaming Woman
as Dr. Amos LarkinA wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking...
Movie pageSky Murder
as Nick CarterThis final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of...
Movie pageViennese Nights
as Franz von RennerIn 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner....
Movie pageThe Gorilla
as Arthur MarsdenA series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by...
Movie pageHit the Deck
as Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier SmithSailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.
Movie pageBig Brown Eyes
as Richard MoreySassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police...
Movie pageThat Forsyte Woman
as le jeune Jolyon ForsyteSoames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep...
Movie pageScandal at Scourie
as Patrick J. McChesneyAfter their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to...
Movie pageThe Girl of the Golden West
as Sheriff Jack RanceA bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Movie pageJulia Misbehaves
as William Sylvester PackettJulia and William were married and soon separated by his snobbish family. They meet again many...
Movie page6,000 Enemies
as Steve DoneganA tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery...
Movie pageYou Lie So Deep, My Love
as Uncle Joe PadwayA disturbed man wants his girlfriend's love and his wife's money, and will stop at nothing to...
Movie pageA Most Immoral Lady
as Tony WilliamsLaura Sergeant (Leatrice Joy), together with her husband, Humphrey Sergeant (Sidney Blackmer)...
Movie pageThe Shortest Day
as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an...
Movie pageMan-Proof
as Alan WytheA newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even...
Movie pageJournal of a Crime
as FlorestanA woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Movie pageThe Unknown Man
as Dwight Bradley 'Brad' MasenA scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Movie pageTwenty Years After
as (archive footage)This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...
Movie pageThe House Across the Bay
as Tim NolanNightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion...
Movie pageGoing Wild
as 'Ace' BentonRollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace...
Movie pageSaratoga
as Hartley MadisonA horse breeder's granddaughter falls in love with a gambler in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Movie pageMen of the Fighting Lady
as Cmdr. DowlingA writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way...
Movie pageHoliday in Mexico
as Jeffrey EvansChristine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico...
Movie pageThe Red Danube
as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' NicobarA Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
Movie pageWoman Wise
as United States ConsulWoman Wise is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring...
Movie pageShow Girl in Hollywood
as Premiere EmceeBroadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...
Movie pageHouse on Greenapple Road
as Mayor Jack ParkerA promiscuous housewife has been murdered and hardboiled detective Dan August has to find the...
Movie pageIf Winter Comes
as Mark SabreThe small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark,...
Movie pageBride of the Regiment
as Colonel VultowAs they are leaving the church following their wedding, Count Adrian Beltrami and Countess...
Movie pageThese Wilder Years
as James RayburnA man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.
Movie pageMy Dear Miss Aldrich
as Ken MorleyA young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
Movie pageThe Kiss Before the Mirror
as Lucy's LoverWhen a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney...
Movie pageThe Sellout
as Haven D. AllridgeA small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
Movie pageSoldiers Three
as Col. BrunswickKiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Movie pageThe Gateway of the Moon
as Arthur WyattJohn Griffith Wray silent South America romantic melodrama starring Dolores Del Rio, Walter...
Movie pageNick Carter, Master Detective
as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert ChalmersDetective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new...
Movie pageMeet Me in St. Louis
as Alonzo SmithThis adaptation of the classic 1944 film musical explores the lives of the close-knit Smith...
Movie pageThe Gorilla
as StevensAn ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
Movie pageThe Miniver Story
as Clem MiniverThe Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in...
Movie pageIt's a Date
as John ArlenAn aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a...
Movie pageThe Hot Heiress
as ClayClasses clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much...
Movie pageHer Private Life
as Ned ThayerA English aristocrat causes a scandal when she divorces her husband and runs off with a young...
Movie pageFatal Lady
as David RobertsOn her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the...
Movie pageClothes Make the Woman
as Victor TrentA young Russian peasant feels pity for the Princess Anastasia and saves her life by accidentally...
Movie pageAs Good as Married
as Fraser JamesWhen a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for...
Movie pageThe Girl on the Late, Late Show
as John PahlmanA television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career...
Movie pageMannequin
as Martin InnesbrookAdapted from the Fannie Hurst story of the same name, Mannequin is the story of Joan Herrick,...
Movie pageShe's Dangerous
as Dr. Scott LoganA beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring...
Movie pageWeek-End at the Waldorf
as Chip CollyerAnything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...
Movie pageDesign for Scandal
as Jeff ShermanA newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry...
Movie pageTurn Back the Hours
as Philip DrakeTurn Back the Hours is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and...
Movie pageSweet Kitty Bellairs
as Lord VarneyKitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts...
Movie pageMarriage License?
as Paul1926 picture starring Alma Rubens and Walter McGrail.
Movie pageCalling Bulldog Drummond
as Major Hugh "Bulldog" DrummondBulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Movie pageOld Loves and New
as Clyde Lord GeradineGervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde...
Movie pageThe 13th Juror
as Richard MarsdenA 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter...
Movie pageThe Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Max van CondonIntrigue, romance, and the customary angry natives are the major elements in this tale of a hunt...
Movie pageThe Outsider
as Basil Owen1926 film starring Jacqueline Logan, Lou Tellegen, and Walter Pidgeon.
Movie pageThe Heart of Salome
as Monte Carroll1927 picture starring Alma Rubens and Walter Pidgeon.
Movie pageMiss Nobody
as BravoThe father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with...
Movie pageA Girl with Ideas
as Mickey McGuireA rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.
Movie pageMelody of Love
as Jack ClarkHistorically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie, the production suffered from...
Movie pageGirl Overboard
as Paul StaceyA beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
Movie pagePerry Mason
as Sherman HatfieldThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
TV Show pageWhat's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
TV Show pageWhat's My Line?
as Self - PanelistFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
TV Show pageDaniel Boone
as Lord DunsmoreDaniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jess ClarkDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Dave KingDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageDr. Kildare
as Dr. Charles PriestThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
TV Show pageBurke's Law
as B.G. PerkinsBurke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...
TV Show pageRawhide
as General Augustus PerryThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
TV Show pageThe F.B.I.
as Leo RolandThe F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...
TV Show pageThe Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
TV Show pageGolden Globe Awards
as Self - PresenterAn annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and...
TV Show pageThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as SelfThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...
TV Show pageCheckmate
as John BakerCheckmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...
TV Show pageBreaking Point
as uncreditedBreaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April...
TV Show pageThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
as SelfIn 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a...
TV Show pageGibbsville
as uncreditedGibbsville is an American drama television series starring John Savage and Gig Young that aired...
TV Show pageThe Snoop Sisters
as Keith FollettTwo elderly mystery novelists solve real crimes.
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