Editing Walter Pidgeon (section)

==Career==
While he was performing in amateur theatricals in Boston, Pidgeon was hired by [[Elsie Janis]], a producer, actress and singer looking for a male singer for her revue. Pidgeon moved to New York City in 1923, where he was interviewed by [[E.E. Clive]], a British producer working on Broadway. Pidgeon made his first featured Broadway debut in Janis' 1925 revue ''Puzzles of 1925''.<ref name="Foster, 2003" /> Clive was producing ''[[You Never Can Tell (play)|You Never Can Tell]]'', and he cast Pidgeon in a supporting role despite Pidgeon's lack of theatrical experience. 

Pidgeon's success created a rift between Janis and him, leading to Pidgeon's dismissal and his move to Hollywood.<ref name="Foster, 2003" /> His first role was in [[silent film]] ''[[Mannequin (1926 film)|Mannequin]]'' (1925). Discouraged with the quality of the roles he was getting, Pidgeon returned to New York in 1928 to resume his theater career.<ref name="Foster, 2003" /> With the advent of sound  films, Pidgeon starred in musicals ''[[Bride of the Regiment]]'' (1930), ''[[Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930 film)|Sweet Kitty Bellairs]]'' (1930), ''[[Viennese Nights]]'' (1930) and ''[[Kiss Me Again (1931 film)|Kiss Me Again]]'' (1931). In 1935, he appeared onstage on Broadway in ''Something Gay'', ''[[Night of January 16th]]'', and ''[[There's Wisdom in Women]]''.

Pidgeon returned to film in 1937 as a dramatic actor in ''[[Saratoga (film)|Saratoga]]'' (1937), then acted in ''[[The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)|The Girl of the Golden West]]'' (1938) and ''[[Dark Command]]'' (1940).<ref name="Foster, 2003" />
[[File:Greer teresa pidgeon miniverpic.jpg|left|thumb|Pidgeon with [[Teresa Wright]] and [[Greer Garson]] in ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942)]]

In 1941, Pidgeon starred in the [[14th Academy Awards|Academy Award-winning Best Picture]] ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941). He starred with [[Greer Garson]] in ''[[Blossoms in the Dust]]'' (1941), ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942) (for which he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]) and its sequel, ''[[The Miniver Story]]'' (1950). He was also nominated for ''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' (1943), again with Garson. His partnership with her continued throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s with ''[[Mrs. Parkington]]'' (1944), ''[[Julia Misbehaves]]'' (1948), ''[[That Forsyte Woman]]'' (1949), and finally ''[[Scandal at Scourie]]'' (1953). He also starred as Chip Collyer in the comedy ''[[Week-End at the Waldorf]]'' (1945) 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 Red Danube]]'' (1949).

Although he continued to make films, including ''[[The Bad and the Beautiful]]'' (1952), ''[[Executive Suite]]'' (1954) and ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' (1956), Pidgeon returned to work on Broadway in the mid-1950s after a 20-year absence. He was featured in ''[[Take Me Along]]'' with [[Jackie Gleason]] and received a [[Tony Award]] nomination for the musical play. He continued making films, playing Admiral Harriman Nelson in 1961's ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'', James Haggin in [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Big Red (film)|Big Red]]'' (1962), and the Senate Majority Leader in [[Otto Preminger]]'s ''[[Advise & Consent (film)|Advise & Consent]]''. His role as [[Florenz Ziegfeld]] in ''[[Funny Girl (film)|Funny Girl]]'' (1968) was well received. Later, he played Casey, [[James Coburn]]'s sidekick, in ''[[Harry in Your Pocket]]'' (1973).

Pidgeon guest-starred in the episode "King of the Valley" (November 26, 1959) on ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]''. Pidgeon played Dave King, a prosperous rancher who quarrels with his banker over a $10,000 loan.

His other television credits included ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' ("The Reunion", 1962). ''[[Breaking Point (1963 TV series)|Breaking Point]]'', ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'', ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'', and ''[[Gibbsville (TV series)|Gibbsville]]''. In 1963 he guest-starred as corporate attorney Sherman Hatfield in the fourth of four special episodes of ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' while [[Raymond Burr]] was recovering from surgery. In 1965, he played the king in [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s CBS television production of ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)#1965 version|Cinderella]]'', starring [[Lesley Ann Warren]]. Pidgeon retired from acting in 1977.