Walter Pidgeon
Gender: Male
Born: 23rd September 1897
Died: 25th September 1984
Nationality: Canada
Movies: Big Red, Forbidden Planet, Funny Girl, How Green Was My Valley, Mrs. Miniver, The Unknown Man, Madame Curie, Man Hunt, The Secret Heart, Blossoms in the Dust, Harry in Your Pocket, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Dream Wife, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Kiss Me Again, Command Decision, The Gorilla, The Bride of the Regiment, Going Wild, The Miniver Story, Sweet Kitty Bellairs, Dark Command, The Legend of Lobo, Skyjacked, Viennese Nights, Week-End at the Waldorf, Million Dollar Mermaid, Two-Minute Warning, Society Lawyer, The Bad and the Beautiful, Mrs. Parkington, The House Across the Bay, That Forsyte Woman, Julia Misbehaves, Executive Suite, The Girl of the Golden West, 6,000 Enemies, Listen, Darling, Advise and Consent, Calling Bulldog Drummond, Saratoga, The Shopworn Angel, The Red Danube, Scandal at Scourie, Too Hot to Handle, Men of the Fighting Lady, Quo Vadis, The Youngest Profession, White Cargo, Flight Command, The Kiss Before the Mirror, Man-Proof, Hit the Deck, Rockabye, The Neptune Factor, Deep in My Heart, Cinderella, Warning Shot, Elizabeth Taylor Triad, Holiday in Mexico, The Rack, The Outsider, Miss Nobody, Rascal, Murder on Flight 502, Sextette, Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood, Sky Murder, Design for Scandal, My Dear Miss Aldrich, Soldiers Three, Phantom Raiders, Nick Carter, Master Detective, Stronger Than Desire, The Sellout
Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor, who starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs. Miniver, The Bad and the Beautiful, Forbidden Planet, Advise & Consent, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Funny Girl and Harry in Your Pocket.
Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Pidgeon was the son of Hannah (née Sanborn), a homemaker, and Caleb Burpee Pidgeon, a merchant who owned a men's clothing store. Pidgeon attended local schools, followed by the University of New Brunswick, where he studied law and drama. His university education was interrupted by World War I, and he enlisted in the 65th Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery. Pidgeon never saw combat, however, as he was severely injured in an accident. He was crushed between two gun carriages and spent 17 months in a military hospital. Following the war, he moved to Boston, where he worked as a bank runner, at the same time studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music. He was a classically trained baritone.
Discontented with banking, Pidgeon moved to New York City, where he walked into the office of E. E. Clive, announced that he could act and sing, and said was ready to prove
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