Theatre Register

Walter Pidgeon

Shows · Walter Pidgeon

Actor 1897–1984 On stage 19251966

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). Pidgeon also starred in many other notable films such as How Green Was My Valley (1941), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Forbidden Planet (1956), Executive Suite (1954), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), Advise & Consent (1962), Funny Girl (1968) and Harry in Your Pocket (1973). Pidgeon also served as the 10th president of the Screen Actors Guild betwe…

On stage 7 productions, 41 years

1925 Puzzles of 1925 Fulton Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Alfred 104 perf.
1935 Night of January 16 Ambassador Theatre · Original · directed by John Hayden 235 perf.
1935 Something Gay Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Thomas Mitchell 72 perf.
1935 There's Wisdom in Women Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Harry Wagstaff Gribble 46 perf.
1956 The Happiest Millionaire Lyceum Theatre · Original 271 perf.
1959 Take Me Along Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Peter Glenville 448 perf.
1966 Dinner at Eight Alvin Theatre · Revival · directed by Tyrone Guthrie 127 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

In the literature8 passages

  • With an attractive human ensemble, including Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Nielsen and Anne Francis, relentlessly upstaged by scene-stealing automaton Robby the Robot – later the star of his own spin-off movie The Invisible Boy (1957) – and its stimulating premise, Forbidden Planet , like The Day the Earth Stood Still before it, set a significan…ebooks/Bagnall, Rob/Still the Beast is Feeding_ 40 Years of Rocky Horror - Rob Bagnall & Phil Barden.txt
  • Cast : Walter Pidgeon (Nat Miller), Zeme North (Mildred Miller), James Cresson (Art Miller), Luke Halpin (Tommy Miller), Una Merkel (Essie Miller), Eileen Herlie (Lily), Robert Morse (Richard Miller), Susan Luckey (Muriel Macomber), Fred Miller (Dave Macomber), Jackie Gleason (Sid), Peter Conlow (Wint), Valerie Harper (Lady Entertainer),…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “The Parade” (Walter Pidgeon, Townspeople); “Oh, Please” (Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Eileen Herlie, Family); “I Would Die” (Susan Luckey, Robert Morse); “Sid, Ol’ Kid” (Jackie Gleason, Townspeople); “Staying Young” (Walter Pidgeon); “I Get Embarrassed” (Jackie Gleason, Eileen Herlie); “We’re Home” (Eileen Herlie); “Take Me Along…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “The Beardsley Ballet” (Robert Morse, Susan Luckey, Charles Bolender, Rae McLean, Paula Lloyd, Ensemble); “Oh, Please” (reprise) (Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel); “Promise Me a Rose” (Eileen Herlie, Jackie Gleason); “Staying Young” (reprise) (Walter Pidgeon); “Little Green Snake” (Jackie Gleason); “Nine O’Clock” (Robert Morse); “But…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • When Jackie Gleason left the musical in October 1960, William Bendix replaced him (and Sidney Blackmer succeeded Walter Pidgeon). During the era, when a star left a show the bottom usually fell out and the production soon closed. So it was with Take Me Along, which managed to run for only a few weeks after Gleason departed; similarly, whe…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Tony Awards and Nominations : Best Musical (Take Me Along ); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Jackie Gleason ); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Walter Pidgeon); Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Robert Morse); Best Leading Actress in a Musical (Eileen Herlie); Best Director (Peter Glenville); Best Conductor and Musical Director (Lehman En…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.