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* ''Film/MurderOnFlight502'' (1975)
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Considering the films that he appeared with Creator/GreerGarson as his love interest or wife.
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* BadassBaritone
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* ''Film/DreamWife'' (1953)

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!!Filmography on [=TVTropes=]:

* ''Film/AdviseAndConsent''
* ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful''
* ''Film/BlossomsInTheDust''
* ''Film/{{Cinderella|1965}}''
* ''Film/ExecutiveSuite''
* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''
* ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga''
* ''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley''
* ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves''
* ''Film/MadameCurie''
* ''Film/MrsMiniver''
* ''Film/{{Saratoga}}''
* ''Film/TheShopwornAngel''
* ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''

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!!Filmography on [=TVTropes=]:

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* ''Film/AdviseAndConsent''
''Film/{{Saratoga}}'' (1937)
* ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful''
''Film/TheShopwornAngel'' (1938)
* ''Film/BlossomsInTheDust''
''Film/BlossomsInTheDust'' (1941)
* ''Film/{{Cinderella|1965}}''
''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley'' (1941)
* ''Film/ExecutiveSuite''
''Film/MrsMiniver'' (1942)
* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''
''Film/MadameCurie'' (1943)
* ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga''
''Film/JuliaMisbehaves'' (1948)
* ''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley''
''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful'' (1952)
* ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves''
''Film/ExecutiveSuite'' (1954)
* ''Film/MadameCurie''
''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'' (1956)
* ''Film/MrsMiniver''
''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' (1961)
* ''Film/{{Saratoga}}''
''Film/AdviseAndConsent'' (1962)
* ''Film/TheShopwornAngel''
''Film/{{Cinderella|1965}}'' (1965)
* ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''
''Film/FunnyGirl'' (1968)
* ''Film/TwoMinuteWarning'' (1976)
* ''Film/{{Sextette}}'' (1978)
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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. His films ranged from science fiction, like ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', to movie musicals, like ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Film/{{Cinderella|1965}}'' in 1965.

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that who appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. His films ranged from science fiction, like ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', to movie musicals, like ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Film/{{Cinderella|1965}}'' in 1965.

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. His films ranged from science fiction, like ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', to movie musicals, like ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' in 1965.

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. His films ranged from science fiction, like ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', to movie musicals, like ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' ''Film/{{Cinderella|1965}}'' in 1965.


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* ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga''
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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. Although most likely an unknown nowadays, much of his films were popular at the time of release and are considered classics, however, his most well-known film is arguably ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. He also appeared in movie musicals, most notably ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' in 1965.

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. Although most likely an unknown nowadays, much of his His films were popular at the time of release and are considered classics, however, his most well-known film is arguably ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. He also appeared in ranged from science fiction, like ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'', to movie musicals, most notably like ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' in 1965.



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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. Although most likely an unknown nowadays, much of his films were popular at the time of release and are considered classics, however, his most well-known film is arguably ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. He also appeared in movie musicals, most notably ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' in 1965.

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 -- September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. Although most likely an unknown nowadays, much of his films were popular at the time of release and are considered classics, however, his most well-known film is arguably ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. He also appeared in movie musicals, most notably ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' in 1965.


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* BadassBaritone
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: If his characters were smoking, they were most likely smoking with a pipe.
* GentlemanSnarker
* HeroesWantRedheads: Considering the films that he appeared with Creator/GreerGarson as his love interest or wife.
* StandardFiftiesFather: His father roles were commonly this.
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->''"I never heard him raise his voice in anger. I never heard him say a bad word about anyone, nor did I hear anyone say a bad word about him. He was a gentleman and a gentle man."''
-->--'''Creator/GreerGarson'''
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* ''Film/Advise And Consent''

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Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor that appeared in a variety of films, from comedies to dramas to science fiction. Although most likely an unknown nowadays, much of his films were popular at the time of release and are considered classics, however, his most well-known film is arguably ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. He also appeared in movie musicals, most notably ''Film/FunnyGirl'' and a televised musical based on ''Cinderella'' in 1965.

Pidgeon is also known for his [[ThoseTwoActors numerous appearances]] alongside British actress Creator/GreerGarson, appearing in eight films together, usually as a HappilyMarried couple or two youngsters courting. One of these films included the wartime drama ''Film/MrsMiniver'', which was often joked as one of the biggest reasons that many signed up to help the war effort.
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!!Filmography on [=TVTropes=]:
* ''Film/Advise And Consent''
* ''Film/BlossomsInTheDust''
* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''
* ''Literature/HowGreenWasMyValley''
* ''Film/JuliaMisbehaves''
* ''Film/MadameCurie''
* ''Film/MrsMiniver''
* ''Film/{{Saratoga}}''
* ''Film/TheBadAndTheBeautiful''
* ''Literature/TheForsyteSaga''
* ''Film/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea''
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