Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
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Actor: Forbidden Planet. Walter Pidgeon, a handsome, tall and dark-haired man, began his career studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He then did theater, mainly stage musicals. He went to Hollywood in the early 1920s, where he made silent films, including Mannequin (1926) and Sumuru (1927).
Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. A major leading man during the Golden Age of Hollywood, known for his "portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise," Pidgeon earned two Academy Award nominations for Best Actor, for his roles in Mrs. Miniver (1942) and Madame Curie (1943).
Nov 2, 2011 · Walter Pidgeon, actor (born at East Saint John, NB 23 Sep 1897; died at Santa Monica, Ca 25 Sep 1984). Walter Pidgeon graduated from Saint John High School and attended the University of New Brunswick before enlisting in the Canadian Army prior to graduation.
Aug 3, 2014 · Walter Davis Pidgeon was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on September 23, 1897. He traveled a long road from New Brunswick through Boston and New York to Hollywood, and even that journey didn’t spell Pidgeon’s true arrival. Back to Broadway and over to London before going west once more to settle in as a supporting actor.
Other articles where Walter Pidgeon is discussed: Jack Conway: Heyday of the 1930s: fine performances by Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, and Lionel Barrymore. After the enjoyable A Yank at Oxford (1938), Conway reteamed with Gable and Pidgeon on Too Hot to Handle (1938), a first-rate romantic adventure, with the actors portraying rival newsreel photographers.
1952-1957. The 6-foot 3-inch, Canadian-born Walter Pidgeon -- a fine singer as well as actor -- made his Broadway bow in February 1925 in Elsie Janis's musical revue Puzzles of 1925. After the show closed, he left for Hollywood with his first wife (who would die there giving birth to their daughter Edna, on October 26, 1926).
Biography. 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.
