Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor. Image File history File links Wpg. ... Image File history File links Wpg. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Born near Saint John, New Brunswick, he began his career by studying at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He was a classicaly trained baritone. After working as an actor on stage for a few years, he made his Broadway debut in 1925. He made several silent movies in the 1920s, followed by some early talkie musicals. Afterwards Pidgeon played secondary roles to the main male star in such films as Saratoga and The Girl of the Golden West. It wasn't until he starred in How Green Was My Valley that he became well known. Saint John is the second largest city in the province of New Brunswick and the oldest incorporated city in Canada. ... The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra performing in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Official website: www. ... In music, a baritone (from Greek βαρυτονος deeply, heavily sounding) is a male voice of intermediate pitch, between bass and tenor. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Silent Movie is a 1976 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. ... The 1920s were a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Several places and events that have shared the name Saratoga. ... ... How Green Was My Valley is a novel of 1939, by Richard Llewellyn. ...

He starred opposite Greer Garson in Blossoms in the Dust and in Mrs. Miniver (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor). He was nominated again in 1944 for Madame Curie. Although he continued making films, Pidgeon returned to work on Broadway in the mid-1950s after a twenty-year absence. In 1962, he starred in Walt Disney's, Big Red, a boy-dog tear jerker. His role, in 1965, as Florenz Ziegfield, in Funny Girl, was well received. Greer Garson in Random Harvest (1942) Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson (September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996) was an Academy Award winning actress, most known for being the leading lady in many pictures co-starring Walter Pidgeon. ... Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 film which tells the story of a woman who takes it upon herself to help orphaned children to find homes, despite the opposition of the good citizens who think that illegitimate children are beneath their interest. ... Mrs. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film which tells the story of Polish- French physicist Marie Curie. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Big Red has several meanings: // Sports Affectionate name of the greatest racehorse ever, Man O War Also, the affectionate names of racehorses Phar Lap, Secretariat and Bonecrusher The nickname of the sports teams of Cornell University (see Cornell Big Red), Denison University, Steubenville(Ohio) High School, and a secondary nickname... Florenz Ziegfeld (March 21, 1869 - July 22, 1932) was a Broadway impresario who achieved fame by perfecting the United States revue. ... Funny Girl is a 1964 semi-biographical musical that tells the story of Broadway star Fanny Brice. ...

He retired fully in 1970, and died in Santa Monica, California, in 1984. In accordance with his wishes, his body was donated to the UCLA Medical School for medical research. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, and north of Venice. ... The University of California, Los Angeles, popularly known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university situated in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. ...

Pidgeon has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6414 Hollywood Blvd. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ...

See also

• Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood

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External links

• Walter Pidgeon at The Internet Movie Database
• Walter Pidgeon at the Internet Broadway Database
• Walter Pidgeon at Northern Stars® - Canadians in the Movies