Walter Pidgeon: movies and TV shows
Walter Pidgeon has 148 credits in the archive: 128 films and 20 TV series, from 1926 to 2022. Highest rated: Perry Mason (7.7/10).
Career timeline
1926 – 2022 · busiest year: 1930 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies | Self - (archive footage) | Film | 2.0 | 124 |
| 2018 | Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.9 | 120 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 93 |
| 1989 | Fritz Lang, drawings for a film | Captain Alan Thorndike (stills from Man Hunt) | Film | — | 91 |
| 1978 | Sextette | The Chairman | Film | 3.9 | 80 |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | TV | 10.0 | 78 | |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | The Pickpocket | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 1976 | The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case | Judge Trenchard | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Grayson's Butler | Film | 4.4 | 78 |
| 1975 | Murder on Flight 502 | Charlie Parkins | Film | 5.9 | 77 |
| 1975 | The Lion Roars Again | Self | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1975 | You Lie So Deep, My Love | Uncle Joe Padway | Film | 3.3 | 77 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 76 |
| 1974 | Live Again, Die Again | Thomas Carmichael | Film | 7.8 | 76 |
| 1974 | The Girl on the Late, Late Show | John Pahlman | Film | 5.5 | 76 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 75 |
| 1973 | The Snoop Sisters | Keith Follett | TV | 7.5 | 75 |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Dr. Samuel Andrews | Film | 5.1 | 75 |
| 1973 | Harry in Your Pocket | Casey | Film | 5.6 | 75 |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Sen. Arne Lindner | Film | 6.2 | 74 |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | Dr. Amos Larkin | Film | 6.8 | 74 |
| 1970 | The Mask of Sheba | Dr. Max van Condon | Film | — | 72 |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Mayor Jack Parker | Film | 7.4 | 72 |
| 1969 | Rascal | Sterling North (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1968 | Funny Girl | Florenz Ziegfeld | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1968 | The Vatican Affair | Herbert Cummings | Film | 3.8 | 70 |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour | Jason Merrill | TV | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Orville Ames | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1967 | How I Spent My Summer Vacation | Lewis Gannet | Film | 4.3 | 69 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Leo Roland | TV | 5.6 | 67 |
| 1965 | Cinderella | King | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Lord Dunsmore | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | B.G. Perkins | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1963 | Breaking Point | TV | 7.4 | 65 | |
| 1963 | Anniversary | Himself - Host | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | Ernest Hemingway (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1963 | Two Colonels | Colonello Henderson | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senate Majority Leader | Film | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1962 | Big Red | James Haggin | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Charles Priest | TV | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Admiral Harriman Nelson | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 1960 | Checkmate | John Baker | TV | 4.8 | 62 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | General Augustus Perry | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1959 | Meet Me in St. Louis | Alonzo Smith | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1958 | Swiss Family Robinson | Anton (Father) | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Sherman Hatfield | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jess Clark | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Dave King | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1956 | Forbidden Planet | Dr. Edward Morbius | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1956 | The Rack | Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr. | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1956 | These Wilder Years | James Rayburn | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1955 | Hit the Deck | Xavier Smith | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1955 | The Glass Slipper | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1954 | The Last Time I Saw Paris | James Ellswirth | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Frederick Y. Alderson | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1954 | Men of the Fighting Lady | Cmdr. Dowling | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1954 | Deep in My Heart | J.J. Shubert | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1953 | Dream Wife | Walter McBride | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1953 | Scandal at Scourie | Patrick J. McChesney | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful | Harry Pebbel | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1952 | The Hoaxters | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1952 | The Sellout | Haven D. Allridge | Film | 5.4 | 54 |
| 1952 | Million Dollar Mermaid | Frederick Kellerman | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1951 | Calling Bulldog Drummond | Major Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man | Dwight Bradley Masen | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three | Col. Brunswick | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1950 | The Miniver Story | Clem Miniver | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1949 | The Red Danube | Col. Michael S. 'Hooky' Nicobar | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1949 | That Forsyte Woman | le jeune Jolyon Forsyte | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1948 | Command Decision | Major General Roland Goodlow Kane | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1948 | Julia Misbehaves | William Sylvester Packett | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | Mark Sabre | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1946 | The Secret Heart | Chris Matthews | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1946 | Holiday in Mexico | Jeffrey Evans | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1945 | Week-End at the Waldorf | Chip Collyer | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1944 | Mrs. Parkington | Major Augustus Parkington | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Walter Pidgeon | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Pierre Curie | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Clem Miniver | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1942 | White Cargo | Mr. Harry Witzel | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Mr. Gruffydd | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1941 | Man Hunt | Captain Alan Thorndike | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Sam Gladney | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Jeff Sherman | Film | 5.1 | 43 |
| 1940 | Dark Command | William 'Will' Cantrell | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Squadron Commander Billy Gary | Film | 5.9 | 42 |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Nick Carter | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1940 | It's a Date | John Arlen | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Nick Carter | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1940 | A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound | Self | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay | Tim Nolan | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Nicholas 'Nick' Carter, aka Robert Chalmers | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1939 | Society Lawyer | Christopher Durant | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1939 | 6,000 Enemies | Steve Donegan | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Tyler Flagg | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1938 | The Shopworn Angel | Sam Bailey | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Sheriff Jack Rance | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling | Richard Thurlow | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1938 | Too Hot to Handle | Bill Dennis | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Alan Wythe | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | Dr. Scott Logan | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1937 | Girl Overboard | Paul Stacey | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Hartley Madison | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Ken Morley | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1937 | A Girl with Ideas | Mickey McGuire | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1937 | As Good as Married | Fraser James | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Richard Morey | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1936 | Fatal Lady | David Roberts | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1934 | Good Badminton | Walter | Film | — | 36 |
| 1934 | Journal of a Crime | Florestan | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 1933 | The Kiss Before the Mirror | Lucy's Lover | Film | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1932 | Rockabye | Al Howard | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1931 | Kiss Me Again | Paul de St. Cyr | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1931 | The Hot Heiress | Clay | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Premiere Emcee | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1930 | Sweet Kitty Bellairs | Lord Varney | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1930 | Going Wild | 'Ace' Benton | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1930 | Viennese Nights | Franz von Renner | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1930 | Bride of the Regiment | Colonel Vultow | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | Film | 4.5 | 32 |
| 1930 | The Gorilla | Arthur Marsden | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1929 | Her Private Life | Ned Thayer | Film | 3.0 | 31 |
| 1929 | The Voice Within | Film | 8.0 | 31 | |
| 1929 | A Most Immoral Lady | Tony Williams | Film | 3.3 | 31 |
| 1928 | Woman Wise | United States Consul | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1928 | Clothes Make the Woman | Victor Trent | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1928 | The Gateway of the Moon | Arthur Wyatt | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1928 | Turn Back the Hours | Philip Drake | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1928 | Melody of Love | Jack Clark | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1927 | The Girl from Rio | Paul Sinclair | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1927 | The Gorilla | Stevens | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1927 | The 13th Juror | Richard Marsden | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1927 | The Heart of Salome | Monte Carroll | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1926 | Mannequin | Martin Innesbrook | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1926 | Old Loves and New | Clyde Lord Geradine | Film | 4.0 | 28 |
| 1926 | The Outsider | Basil Owen | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1926 | Miss Nobody | Bravo | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1926 | Marriage License? | Paul | Film | 10.0 | 28 |