Walter Davis Pidgeon was a Canadian-American actor.
19 Facts About Walter Pidgeon
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Walter Pidgeon earned two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his roles in Mrs Miniver and Madame Curie.
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Walter Pidgeon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1975.
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Walter Pidgeon received his formal education in local schools and the University of New Brunswick, where he studied law and drama.
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Walter Pidgeon never saw action as he was severely injured in an accident when he was crushed between two gun carriages and spent seventeen months in a military hospital.
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Walter Pidgeon's Officer Attestation states he was born in 1895 and further medical records state 1896.
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Walter Pidgeon hired him and Pidgeon moved to New York City in 1923.
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Walter Pidgeon starred in extravagant early Technicolor musicals, including Bride of the Regiment, Sweet Kitty Bellairs, Viennese Nights and Kiss Me Again.
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Walter Pidgeon continued to be in demand in singing roles through the 1930s, before making the transition to dramatic roles.
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Walter Pidgeon then starred opposite Greer Garson in Blossoms in the Dust, Mrs Miniver and its sequel, The Miniver Story.
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Walter Pidgeon was nominated for Madame Curie, again opposite Garson.
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Walter Pidgeon starred as Chip Collyer in the comedy Week-End at the Waldorf and later as Colonel Michael S 'Hooky' Nicobar, who was given the difficult task of repatriating Russians in post-World War II Vienna in the drama film The Red Danube.
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Walter Pidgeon was featured in Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason and received a Tony Award nomination for the musical play.
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Walter Pidgeon played Dave King, a prosperous rancher who quarrels with his banker over a $10,000 loan.
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Walter Pidgeon became a United States citizen on December 24,1943.
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In 1931, Walter Pidgeon married his secretary, Ruth Walker, to whom he remained married until he died.
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Walter Pidgeon died on September 25,1984, in Santa Monica, California, two days after his 87th birthday following a series of strokes.
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Walter Pidgeon died eight days after Richard Basehart did.
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Walter Pidgeon has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6414 Hollywood Blvd.