Walter Pidgeon

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.

Known For

Forbidden Planet

as Dr. Edward Morbius

Funny Girl

as Florenz Ziegfeld

Cast Credits

Sextette

as The Chairman

Two-Minute Warning

as The Pickpocket

Murder on Flight 502

as Charlie Parkins

You Lie So Deep, My Love

as Uncle Joe Padway

Live Again, Die Again

as Thomas Carmichael

The Neptune Factor

as Dr. Samuel Andrews

Skyjacked

as Sen. Arne Lindner

The Screaming Woman

as Dr. Amos Larkin

The Mask of Sheba

as Dr. Max van Condon

House on Greenapple Road

as Mayor Jack Parker

Rascal

as Sterling North (voice)

Funny Girl

as Florenz Ziegfeld

The Vatican Affair

as Herbert Cummings

Warning Shot

as Orville Ames

Cinderella

as King

The Shortest Day

as Ernest Hemingway (uncredited)

Two Colonels

as Colonello Henderson

Advise & Consent

as Senate Majority Leader

Big Red

as James Haggin

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Admiral Harriman Nelson

Meet Me in St. Louis

as Alonzo Smith

Swiss Family Robinson

as Anton (Father)

The Rack

as Col. Edward W. Hall, Sr.

These Wilder Years

as James Rayburn

Forbidden Planet

as Dr. Edward Morbius