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Walter Pidgeon
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Actor Born: September 23, 1898 in East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Death: September 25, 1984 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:MGM's resident "perfect gentleman," Canadian-born "Walter Pidgeon" was the son of a men's furnishing store owner. Young "Walter Pidgeon" planned to follow his brothers into a military career, but was invalided out of the service after a training accident. Pidgeon moved to Boston in 1919, where he worked as a banker until the death of his first wife. He gave up the world of finance to study singing at the New England Conservatory of Music, then in 1924 joined "E.E. Clive"'s acting company. With the help of his friend "Fred Astaire", Pidgeon (using the stage name Walter Verne) was hired as the touring partner of musical comedy star "Elsie Janis"; this led to his first Broadway appearance in Puzzles of 1925. Pidgeon was signed by film producer Joseph Schenck for a string of silent-film leading-man assignments in 1926, making his talkie debut in Universal's "Melody of Love" (1928). He starred or co-starred... Full Biography
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