Walter Pidgeon

Birth Name:

Walter Davis Pigeon

Birth Place:

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1952 to 1957
Enlisted in the 65th Battery, Royal Canadian Field Artillery during World War I, but an accident in which he was crushed between two gun carriages prevented him from entering combat
Quote: "I didn't demand any vetoes over the films I didn't like, as they do today․ I asked nicely and discovered a secret that has stayed with me for my entire career -- that a request spoken softly usually brings results and demands rarely do․"
His classically trained baritone voice made him a star of the talkies, and he made a number of musicals in the 1930s
Often starred opposite actress Greer Garson in the 1940s and 1950s
According to co-star Anne Francis, he would entertain the cast and crew working with him with a large collection of raunchy limericks that he had memorized
Enjoyed playing bridge and tending to his rose garden

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