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Gender: Male
Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Birthday: 9-23-1897
Birth Name: Walter Davis Pigeon
Date of Death: 9-25-1984
Cause of Death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Birthday: 9-23-1897
Birth Name: Walter Davis Pigeon
Date of Death: 9-25-1984
Cause of Death: Stroke
Walter Davis (Pigeon) Pidgeon began his career, in entertainment, not as an actor, but as a vocalist. Pidgeon moved from his native Canada around 1920 to study voice at the New England Conservatory Of Music in Boston. After leaving the Conservatory, Pidgeon did musical theater for several years, before making his way to Hollywood. Pidgeon made a number of silent films, before the era of the...
Walter Pidgeon was an avid collector of limericks.
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Walter Pidgeon was called "Pidge" by his closest friends.
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Walter Pidgeon worked in banking for a short period after leaving World War One military service. However, Pidgeon soon realized that only a career in acting and vocals was truly going to work for him.
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Walter Pidgeon was honored by the Screen Actors Guild with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1975.
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Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson were a screen couple in eight different films during the 1940s.
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(Walter Pidgeon's comments about Hollywood during the Golden Years.)
Walter Pidgeon: It was like an expensive, beautifully run, fan club. You didn't need to carry money. Your face was your credit card-all over the world. (edit) Walter Pidgeon: I was like a kept woman during my twenty-one years at MGM. (edit)
Walter Pidgeon: It was like an expensive, beautifully run, fan club. You didn't need to carry money. Your face was your credit card-all over the world. (edit) Walter Pidgeon: I was like a kept woman during my twenty-one years at MGM. (edit)
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