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Walter Pidgeon
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Walter Pidgeon

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1897 – 1984 · Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada · Active 1926–2022

Walter Pidgeon, born in 1897 in Canada, brought a sophisticated presence to genre films throughout his career. In Forbidden Planet (1956), he plays Dr. Edward Morbius, a pivotal role in the sci-fi classic that explores the dangers of advanced technology. Pidgeon also appears in Sextette (1978), where he showcases his versatility in a comedic context. His contributions to White Cargo (1942) and The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) further solidify his status as a significant figure in the realm of cult cinema.

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Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

1956 ★ 7.3
as Dr. Edward Morbius

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

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Harry in Your Pocket (1973) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Harry in Your Pocket
1973 · ★6.0
White Cargo (1942) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
White Cargo
1942 · ★6.0
Sextette (1978) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Sextette
1978 · ★2.0
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 · ★6.0
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet
1956
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
How Green Was My Valley
1941
Quo Vadis (1951)
Quo Vadis
1951
Funny Girl (1968)
Funny Girl
1968
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Mrs. Miniver
1942

Filmography

149 credits
2020s 1 credit
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
Movie
2010s 1 credit
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.9
1990s 1 credit
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1980s 1 credit
1989
Fritz Lang, drawings for a film as Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt)
Movie
1970s 20 credits
1978
Sextette● as The Chairman
Movie ★ 3.9
1976
Two-Minute Warning as The Pickpocket
Movie ★ 6.3
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Grayson's Butler
Movie ★ 4.3
1976
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case as Judge Trenchard
Movie ★ 6.5
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.0
1976
Gibbsville
TV ★ 10.0
1975
Murder on Flight 502 as Charlie Parkins
Movie ★ 5.9
1975
You Lie So Deep, My Love as Uncle Joe Padway
Movie ★ 3.3
1975
The Lion Roars Again as Self
Movie ★ 8.0
1974
The Girl on the Late, Late Show as John Pahlman
Movie ★ 5.5
1974
Live Again, Die Again as Thomas Carmichael
Movie ★ 7.8
1974
That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1973
The Neptune Factor as Dr. Samuel Andrews
Movie ★ 5.0
1973
Harry in Your Pocket● as Casey
Movie ★ 5.6
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
TV ★ 6.3
1973
The Snoop Sisters as Keith Follett
TV ★ 7.5
1972
Skyjacked as Sen. Arne Lindner
Movie ★ 6.2
1972
The Screaming Woman as Dr. Amos Larkin
Movie ★ 6.8
1970
The Mask of Sheba as Dr. Max van Condon
Movie
1970
House on Greenapple Road as Mayor Jack Parker
Movie ★ 7.4
1960s 20 credits
1969
Rascal as Sterling North (voice)
Movie ★ 6.0
1968
Funny Girl as Florenz Ziegfeld
Movie ★ 7.2
1968
The Vatican Affair as Herbert Cummings
Movie ★ 3.8
1967
Warning Shot as Orville Ames
Movie ★ 6.4
1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation as Lewis Gannet
Movie ★ 4.3
1967
The Danny Thomas Hour as Jason Merrill
TV ★ 6.5
1965
Cinderella as King
Movie ★ 6.5
1965
The F.B.I. as Leo Roland
TV ★ 5.6
1964
Daniel Boone as Lord Dunsmore
TV ★ 7.0
1963
Two Colonels as Colonello Henderson
Movie ★ 7.5
1963
The Shortest Day as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1963
Anniversary as Himself - Host
Movie ★ 9.0
1963
Burke's Law as B.G. Perkins
TV ★ 6.3
1963
Breaking Point
TV ★ 7.4
1962
Big Red as James Haggin
Movie ★ 5.7
1962
Advise & Consent as Senate Majority Leader
Movie ★ 7.2
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
TV ★ 6.6
1961
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Admiral Harriman Nelson
Movie ★ 5.6
1961
Dr. Kildare as Dr. Charles Priest
TV ★ 5.7
1960
Checkmate as John Baker
TV ★ 4.8
1950s 31 credits
1959
Meet Me in St. Louis as Alonzo Smith
Movie ★ 6.0
1959
Rawhide as General Augustus Perry
TV ★ 7.2
1958
Swiss Family Robinson as Anton (Father)
Movie ★ 10.0
1958
The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
Movie ★ 6.0
1957
Perry Mason as Sherman Hatfield
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
TV ★ 7.5
1956
Forbidden Planet● as Dr. Edward Morbius
Movie ★ 7.2
1956
These Wilder Years as James Rayburn
Movie ★ 6.5
1956
The Rack as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.
Movie ★ 6.6
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
TV ★ 6.4
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jess Clark
TV ★ 6.2
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Dave King
TV ★ 6.2
1955
The Glass Slipper as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 6.3
1955
Hit the Deck as Xavier Smith
Movie ★ 5.0
1954
Executive Suite as Frederick Y. Alderson
Movie ★ 7.1
1954
Deep in My Heart as J.J. Shubert
Movie ★ 6.7
1954
Men of the Fighting Lady as Cmdr. Dowling
Movie ★ 6.5
1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris● as James Ellswirth
Movie ★ 6.1
1953
Dream Wife as Walter McBride
Movie ★ 5.4
1953
Scandal at Scourie as Patrick J. McChesney
Movie ★ 6.9
1952
The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 5.2
1952
The Sellout as Haven D. Allridge
Movie ★ 5.4
1952
The Bad and the Beautiful as Harry Pebbel
Movie ★ 7.3
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid as Frederick Kellerman
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
The Unknown Man as Dwight Bradley Masen
Movie ★ 5.1
1951
Calling Bulldog Drummond as Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
Soldiers Three as Col. Brunswick
Movie ★ 4.3
1951
Quo Vadis as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1950
The Miniver Story as Clem Miniver
Movie ★ 6.3
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
TV ★ 7.0
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
TV ★ 7.0
1940s 27 credits
1949
The Red Danube as Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar
Movie ★ 6.7
1949
That Forsyte Woman as le jeune Jolyon Forsyte
Movie ★ 6.0
1948
Command Decision as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Movie ★ 6.6
1948
Julia Misbehaves as William Sylvester Packett
Movie ★ 6.7
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
TV ★ 6.8
1947
If Winter Comes as Mark Sabre
Movie ★ 6.7
1946
Holiday in Mexico as Jeffrey Evans
Movie ★ 6.7
1946
The Secret Heart as Chris Matthews
Movie ★ 6.5
1945
Week-End at the Waldorf as Chip Collyer
Movie ★ 6.4
1944
Mrs. Parkington as Major Augustus Parkington
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.0
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
TV ★ 7.2
1943
Madame Curie as Pierre Curie
Movie ★ 7.2
1943
The Youngest Profession as Walter Pidgeon
Movie ★ 5.0
1942
Mrs. Miniver as Clem Miniver
Movie ★ 7.1
1942
White Cargo● as Mr. Harry Witzel
Movie ★ 6.2
1941
Man Hunt as Captain Alan Thorndike
Movie ★ 6.9
1941
How Green Was My Valley as Mr. Gruffydd
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
Blossoms in the Dust as Sam Gladney
Movie ★ 6.7
1941
Design for Scandal as Jeff Sherman
Movie ★ 5.1
1940
Dark Command as William 'Will' Cantrell
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
The House Across the Bay as Tim Nolan
Movie ★ 5.6
1940
Sky Murder as Nick Carter
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
Phantom Raiders as Nick Carter
Movie ★ 6.1
1940
Flight Command as Squadron Commander Billy Gary
Movie ★ 5.9
1940
It's a Date as John Arlen
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
Movie ★ 6.9
1930s 30 credits
1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective as Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
Stronger Than Desire as Tyler Flagg
Movie ★ 5.5
1939
Society Lawyer as Christopher Durant
Movie ★ 5.4
1939
6,000 Enemies as Steve Donegan
Movie ★ 6.1
1938
Too Hot to Handle as Bill Dennis
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
The Girl of the Golden West as Sheriff Jack Rance
Movie ★ 5.3
1938
Listen, Darling as Richard Thurlow
Movie ★ 6.7
1938
The Shopworn Angel as Sam Bailey
Movie ★ 6.8
1938
Man-Proof as Alan Wythe
Movie ★ 5.0
1937
Saratoga as Hartley Madison
Movie ★ 6.5
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich as Ken Morley
Movie ★ 6.3
1937
She's Dangerous as Dr. Scott Logan
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
A Girl with Ideas as Mickey McGuire
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
As Good as Married as Fraser James
Movie ★ 8.0
1937
Girl Overboard as Paul Stacey
Movie ★ 9.0
1936
Big Brown Eyes as Richard Morey
Movie ★ 6.4
1936
Fatal Lady as David Roberts
Movie ★ 10.0
1934
Journal of a Crime as Florestan
Movie ★ 5.9
1934
Good Badminton as Walter
Movie
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror as Lucy's Lover
Movie ★ 5.6
1932
Rockabye as Al Howard
Movie ★ 6.5
1931
The Hot Heiress as Clay
Movie ★ 6.3
1931
Kiss Me Again as Paul de St. Cyr
Movie ★ 8.0
1930
Going Wild as 'Ace' Benton
Movie ★ 7.0
1930
Sweet Kitty Bellairs as Lord Varney
Movie ★ 6.5
1930
Viennese Nights as Franz von Renner
Movie ★ 6.0
1930
Bride of the Regiment as Colonel Vultow
Movie ★ 6.5
1930
Show Girl in Hollywood as Premiere Emcee
Movie ★ 5.8
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
Movie ★ 4.5
1930
The Gorilla as Arthur Marsden
Movie ★ 9.0
1920s 17 credits
1929
Her Private Life as Ned Thayer
Movie ★ 3.0
1929
A Most Immoral Lady as Tony Williams
Movie ★ 3.3
1929
The Voice Within
Movie ★ 8.0
1928
Clothes Make the Woman as Victor Trent
Movie ★ 10.0
1928
Melody of Love as Jack Clark
Movie ★ 9.0
1928
Turn Back the Hours as Philip Drake
Movie ★ 10.0
1928
The Gateway of the Moon as Arthur Wyatt
Movie ★ 8.0
1928
Woman Wise as United States Consul
Movie ★ 8.0
1927
The Gorilla as Stevens
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
The 13th Juror as Richard Marsden
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
The Girl from Rio as Paul Sinclair
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
The Heart of Salome as Monte Carroll
Movie ★ 8.0
1926
Mannequin as Martin Innesbrook
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
Miss Nobody as Bravo
Movie ★ 9.0
1926
Old Loves and New as Clyde Lord Geradine
Movie ★ 4.0
1926
Marriage License? as Paul
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
The Outsider as Basil Owen
Movie ★ 8.0