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Roddy McDowall (1928–1998)

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Roderick McDowall was born in London, the son of a Merchant Mariner father and a mother who had always wanted to be in movies. He was enrolled in elocution courses at age five and by ten had appeared in his first film, Murder in the Family, playing Peter Osborne, the younger brother of sisters played by Jessica Tandy and Glynis Johns... See full bio »

Born:

Roderick Andrew McDowall
in Herne Hill, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 70) in Studio City, California, USA
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1999 Godzilla: The Series (TV series)
Dr. Hugh Trevor
– DeadLoch (1999) … Dr. Hugh Trevor (voice)
 
1998 A Bug's Life (Video Game)
Mr. Soil (voice)
 
1998 A Bug's Life
Mr. Soil (voice)
 
1998 Superman (TV series)
Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter
– Knight Time (1998) … The Mad Hatter (voice) / Jervis Tetch (voice)
 
1998 The New Batman Adventures (TV series)
Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter
– Animal Act (1998) … The Mad Hatter (voice) / Jervis Tetch (voice)
– Over the Edge (1998) … The Mad Hatter (voice) / Jervis Tetch (voice)
 
1996-1998 Pinky and the Brain (TV series)
Snowball
– Brainwashed: Part 3 - Wash Harder (1998) … Snowball (voice)
– Brainwashed: Part 2 - I Am Not a Hat (1998) … Snowball (voice)
– A Pinky and the Brain Halloween (1997) … Snowball
– Pinky and the Brain and... Larry/Where the Deer and the Mouselope Play/Brain Noir (1997) … Snowball
– Welcome to the Jungle (1996) … Snowball
See all 6 episodes »
 
1998 Something to Believe In
Gambler
 
1998 Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1998 When It Clicks (short)
 
1997 The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
King Murphy
 
1997 Loss of Faith (TV movie)
Henry Stokes
 
1996 Unlikely Angel (TV movie)
Saint Peter
 
1996 Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (TV series)
Proteus
– Seeing Isn't Believing (1996) … Proteus (voice)
 
1996 Remember WENN (TV series)
Giles Aldwych
– Don't Act Like That (1996) … Giles Aldwych
 
1996 Dead Man's Island (TV movie)
Trevor Dunnaway
 
1996 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
Akers
– Apocalypse Not (1996) … Akers (voice)
 
1996 Gargoyles (TV series)
Proteus
– The New Olympians (1996) … Proteus (voice)
 
1996 Tracey Takes On... (TV series)
Rex Gaydon
– Nostalgia (1996) … Rex Gaydon
 
1996 It's My Party
Damian Knowles
 
1996 Star Hunter (video)
Riecher
 
1996 Bullet Hearts (TV movie)
 
1995 Last Summer in the Hamptons
Thomas
 
1995 The Grass Harp
Amos Legrand
 
1995 The Alien Within (TV movie)
Dr. Henry Lazarus
 
1994 The Tick (TV series)
The Breadmaster
– The Tick vs. the Breadmaster (1994) … The Breadmaster (voice)
– The Tick vs. the Idea Men (1994) (voice)
 
1994 Angel 4: Undercover
Geoffrey Kagen
 
1992-1994 Batman (TV series)
The Mad Hatter / Dr. Jervis Tetch / Jervis Tetch
– Trial (1994) … Jervis Tetch (voice) / The Mad Hatter (voice)
– The Worry Men (1993) … The Mad Hatter (voice) / Dr. Jervis Tetch (voice)
– Perchance to Dream (1992) … The Mad Hatter (voice) / Dr. Jervis Tetch (voice)
– Mad as a Hatter (1992) … The Mad Hatter (voice) / Jervis Tetch (voice)
 
1994 Red Planet (TV mini-series)
Headmaster Marcus Howe
 
1994 Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Dr. Lasky
 
1994 Burke's Law (TV series)
Maurice Gillette
– Who Killed Alexander the Great? (1994) … Maurice Gillette
 
1994 Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (TV movie)
Jeremy Sennet
 
1994 Heads (TV movie)
Fibris Drake
 
1994 Galaxy Beat (TV movie)
Corporal Cod (voice)
 
1994 The Color of Evening
Henry Seaton
 
1993 Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (TV series)
Lenny Ringtail / Madkat
– Enter the Madkat (1993) … Lenny Ringtail/Madkat (voice)
 
1993 2 Stupid Dogs (TV series)
Chameleon
– Substitute Teacher/Chameleon/Seeing Eye Dogs (1993) … Chameleon
 
1993 Dream On (TV series)
Bob Jeffers
– Depth Be Not Proud (1993) … Bob Jeffers
 
1993 The Evil Inside Me
Pauly
 
1992 The Sands of Time (TV movie)
Alan Tucker
 
1991-1995 Darkwing Duck (TV series)
Additional Voices / Sir Quackmire Mallard
– Inherit the Wimp (1992) … Sir Quackmire Mallard/Additional Voices (voice)
 
1992 Quantum Leap (TV series)
Edward St. John V
– A Leap for Lisa - June 25, 1957 (1992) … Edward St. John V
 
1992 The Legend of Prince Valiant (TV series)
– The Battle of Greystone (1992) (voice)
 
1990-1992 The New Lassie (TV series)
Andrew Leeds
– A Will and a Way (1992) … Andrew Leeds
– Leeds, the Judge (1991) … Andrew Leeds
– Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner? (1990) … Andrew Leeds
 
1992/I Double Trouble
Philip Chamberlain
 
1992 The Naked Target
Ernest Peabody
 
1992 Camp Candy (TV series)
– When It Rains... It Snows (1992) (voice)
 
1991 Deadly Game (TV movie)
Dr. Aaron
 
1991 An Inconvenient Woman (TV movie)
Cyril Rathbone
 
1991 Earth Angel (TV movie)
Mr. Tatum
 
1991 The Pirates of Dark Water (TV series)
Niddler (original version)
– Victory (1991) … Niddler (original version) (voice)
– Betrayal (1991) … Niddler (original version) (voice)
– Break Up (1991) … Niddler (original version) (voice)
– Dishonor (1991) … Niddler (original version) (voice)
– Quest (1991) … Niddler (original version) (voice)
 
1990 Shakma
Sorenson
 
1990 Going Under
Secretary Neighbor
 
1989 Heroes Stand Alone
 
1989 Nightmare Classics (TV series)
Inspector Amos
– Carmilla (1989) … Inspector Amos
 
1989 Cutting Class
Mr. Dante
 
1989 Around the World in 80 Days (TV mini-series)
McBaines
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … McBaines
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … McBaines
– Episode #1.3 … McBaines
 
1987-1989 Matlock (TV series)
Christopher Hoyt / Don Mosher
– The Starlet (1989) … Don Mosher
– The Chef (1987) … Christopher Hoyt
 
1985-1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD / Gordon Fairchild
– Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble (1989) … Gordon Fairchild
– School for Scandal (1985) … Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
 
1989 The Big Picture
Judge
 
1988 Fright Night Part 2
Peter Vincent
 
1988 Remo Williams (TV movie)
Chiun
 
1988 Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Minister
 
1987 Overboard
Andrew
 
1987 The Wind in the Willows (TV movie)
Ratty (voice)
 
1987 The Wizard (TV series)
H.E.N.R.I.
– H.E.N.R.I. VIII (1987) … H.E.N.R.I. (voice)
 
1987 Dead of Winter
Mr. Murray
 
1986 GoBots: War of the Rock Lords
Nuggit (voice)
 
1985 Bridges to Cross (TV series)
Norman Parks
 
1985 George Burns Comedy Week (TV series)
Bob Cratchet
– Christmas Carol II the Sequel (1985) … Bob Cratchet
 
1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)
The March Hare
 
1985 Bridges to Cross (TV series)
Norman Parks
– Memories of Molly (1985) … Norman Parks
 
1985 Fright Night
Peter Vincent
 
1985 Hollywood Wives (TV mini-series)
Jason Swandle
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Jason Swandle
 
1985 Zoo Ship (voice)
 
1984 Hotel (TV series)
Anthony Spears
– Intimate Strangers (1984) … Anthony Spears
 
1984 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (TV movie)
Prince John
 
1983 This Girl for Hire (TV movie)
Manfred Hayes
 
1983 Small & Frye (TV series)
Prof. Vermeer
– Pilot (1983) … Prof. Vermeer
 
1982-1983 Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV series)
Bon Chance Louie
– Mourning Becomes Matuka (1983) … Bon Chance Louie (credit only)
– A Distant Shout of Thunder (1983) … Bon Chance Louie
– Boragora or Bust (1983) … Bon Chance Louie
– Naka Jima Kill (1983) … Bon Chance Louie
– Last Chance Louie (1983) … Bon Chance Louie
See all 20 episodes »
 
1983 Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series)
Narrator
– Rapunzel (1983) … Narrator
 
1979-1982 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Christopher Lantree / Gary Pointer / Mephistopheles / …
– The Angel's Triangle/Natchez Bound (1982) … Christopher Lantree
– Devil and Mr. Roarke/Ziegfeld Girls/Kid Corey Rides Again (1981) … Mephistopheles
– The Devil and Mandy Breem/The Millionaire (1980) … Mephistopheles the Devil
– The Chain Gang/The Boss (1979) … Gary Pointer
– Bowling/Command Performance (1979) … Richard Simmons
 
1982 Class of 1984
Terry Corrigan
 
1982 Mae West (TV movie)
Rene Valentine
 
1982 Twilight Theater (TV movie)
 
1982 Evil Under the Sun
Rex Brewster
 
1981 The Million Dollar Face (TV movie)
Derek Kenyon
 
1981 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Gillespie
 
1980 Here's Boomer (TV series)
Milo
– Boomer and Miss 21st Century (1980) … Milo
 
1980 The Return of the King (TV movie)
Samwise Gamgee (voice)
 
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker (TV movie)
MacFarland
 
1980 The Martian Chronicles (TV mini-series)
Father Stone
– The Martians (1980) … Father Stone
– The Settlers (1980) … Father Stone
– The Expeditions (1980) … Father Stone (credit only)
 
1979 Scavenger Hunt
Jenkins
 
1979 The Black Hole
V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
 
1979 Mork & Mindy (TV series)
Chuck the Robot
– Dr. Morkenstein (1979) … Chuck the Robot (voice)
 
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Governor Saroyan
– Planet of the Slave Girls (1979) … Governor Saroyan
 
1979 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Reverend Barnaby Box
– Pilot (1979) … Reverend Barnaby Box
 
1979 A Man Called Sloane (TV series)
Manfred Baranoff
– Night of the Wizard (1979) … Manfred Baranoff
 
1979 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Dr. Peterson
– Hart to Hart (1979) … Dr. Peterson
 
1979 Nutcracker Fantasy
Franz/Fritz (voice)
 
1979 Supertrain (TV series)
Talcott
– The Green Girl (1979) … Talcott
 
1979 $weepstake$ (TV series)
Theodore
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Theodore
 
1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Fred Beery
– Second Chance/Don't Push Me/Like Father, Like Son (1979) … Fred Beery
 
1979 Flying High (TV series)
Joe
– Eye Opener (1979) … Joe
 
1978 The Thief of Baghdad (TV movie)
Hasan
 
1978 The Immigrants (TV movie)
Mark Levy
 
1977-1978 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Henry Roberts / Professor Chapman
– The Fine Art of Crime (1978) … Henry Roberts
– The Man Who Made Volcanoes (1977) … Professor Chapman
 
1978 Circle of Iron
White Robe
 
1978 The Cat from Outer Space
Mr. Stallwood
 
1978 Rabbit Test
Gypsy Grandmother/Dr. D & C Fishbine
 
1978 Laserblast
Doctor Mellon (as Roddy McDowell: closing credits)
 
1977 The Feather and Father Gang (TV series)
Vincent Stoddard
– The Mayan Connection (1977) … Vincent Stoddard
 
1977 The Fantastic Journey (TV series)
Dr. Jonathan Willoway
– The Innocent Prey (1977) … Dr. Jonathan Willoway
– Riddles (1977) … Dr. Jonathan Willoway
– Turnabout (1977) … Dr. Jonathan Willoway
– Funhouse (1977) … Dr. Jonathan Willoway
– An Act of Love (1977) … Dr. Jonathan Willoway
See all 8 episodes »
 
1977 The Rhinemann Exchange (TV mini-series)
Bobby Ballard
 
1977 Sixth and Main
Skateboard
 
1976 Flood! (TV movie)
Mr. Franklin
 
1976 Embryo
Frank Riley
 
1976 Harry O (TV series)
Arnold Applequist
– The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong (1976) … Arnold Applequist
 
1976 Mowgli's Brothers (TV short)
Narrator (voice) / Mowgli (voice)
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
The Amazing Armitage
– The Adventure of the Black Falcon (1976) … The Amazing Armitage
 
1976 Mean Johnny Barrows
Tony Da Vince
 
1975 Police Woman (TV series)
Moulton
– Pawns of Power (1975) … Moulton
 
1975 The White Seal (TV short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975 Funny Lady
Bobby Moore
 
1974 Planet of the Apes (TV series)
Galen
– The Liberator (1974) … Galen
– Up Above the World So High (1974) … Galen
– The Cure (1974) … Galen
– The Tyrant (1974) … Galen
– The Interrogation (1974) … Galen (as Roddy McDowell)
See all 14 episodes »
 
1974 Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
George Stanton (uncredited)
 
1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Lionel Standish
– Black Day for Bluebeard (1974) … Lionel Standish
 
1974 The Elevator (TV movie)
Marvin Ellis
 
1973 Miracle on 34th Street (TV movie)
Dr. Sawyer
 
1973 Arnold
Robert
 
1972-1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Howard (segment "Love and the Stutter") / Marvin (segment "Love and the Sensuous Twin")
– Love and the Games People Play/Love and High Spirits/Love and the Memento/Love and the Single Husband/Love and the Stutter (1973) … Howard (segment "Love and the Stutter")
– Love and the Know-It-All/Love and the Perfect Wife/Love and the Sensuous Twin/Love and the Triple Threat (1972) … Marvin (segment "Love and the Sensuous Twin")
 
1973 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Jamie McMillan
– Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend (1973) … Jamie McMillan
 
1973 The Legend of Hell House
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
 
1973 Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
 
1973 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Stanley Lambert
– See Some Evil... Do Some Evil (1973) … Stanley Lambert
 
1973 Topper Returns (TV movie)
Cosmo Topper Jr.
 
1972 McCloud (TV series)
Phil Sandler
– The Park Avenue Rustlers (1972) … Phil Sandler
 
1972 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Leo Ostro
– The Puppet (1972) … Leo Ostro
 
1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Frank Gass
 
1972 The Poseidon Adventure
Acres
 
1972 The Rookies (TV series)
Fenner
– Dirge for Sunday (1972) … Fenner
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Harold
– The Man Upstairs-The Man Downstairs Project (1972) … Harold
 
1972 Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
Roger Stanford
– Short Fuse (1972) … Roger Stanford
 
1971 What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (TV movie)
Albert Soames
 
1971 Ironside (TV series)
Jamie Shannon
– Murder Impromptu (1971) … Jamie Shannon
 
1971 A Taste of Evil (TV movie)
Dr. Michael Lomas
 
1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Mr. Jelk
 
1971 Terror in the Sky (TV movie)
Dr. Ralph Baird
 
1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Cornelius
 
1971 Pretty Maids All in a Row
Mr. Proffer
 
1971 Journey to Murder
Rollo Verdew (The Killing Bottle)
 
1970 Medical Center (TV series)
Carl Marris
– Crisis (1970) … Carl Marris
 
1968-1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Early McCorley / Philip Saxon
– Why I Blew Up Dakota (1970) … Early McCorley
– The White Birch (1968) … Philip Saxon
 
1969 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Jeremy Evans
– Night Gallery (1969) … Jeremy Evans
 
1969 Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Santoro
 
1969 Hello Down There
Nate Ashbury
 
1969 Midas Run
Wister
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Roger
– Boom at the Top (1969) … Roger
 
1969 Journey to the Unknown (TV series)
Rollo Verdew
– The Killing Bottle (1969) … Rollo Verdew
 
1968 5 Card Stud
Nick Evers
 
1968 The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)
Prince John
 
1968 Planet of the Apes
Cornelius
 
1968 Felony Squad (TV series)
Ollie Olds
– The Flip Side of Fear: Part 2 (1968) … Ollie Olds
– The Flip Side of Fear: Part 1 (1968) … Ollie Olds
 
1967 Cricket on the Hearth (TV movie)
Crocket Cricket (voice)
 
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Cricket Crockett
– Cricket on the Hearth (1967) … Cricket Crockett (voice)
 
1967 Saint Joan (TV movie)
Charles, The Dauphin
 
1967 It!
Arthur Pimm (as Roddy MacDowall)
 
1967 The Cool Ones
Tony Krum
 
1967 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Bullwhip Griffin
 
1967 The Invaders (TV series)
Lloyd Lindstrom
– The Experiment (1967) … Lloyd Lindstrom
 
1964-1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Arthur Biddle / Deerfield Prescott / Harry Carlin
– The Fatal Mistake (1966) … Harry Carlin
– Mr. Biddle's Crime Wave (1964) … Arthur Biddle
– Wake Up, Darling (1964) … Deerfield Prescott
 
1966 The Defector
Agent Adams
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
The Bookworm
– While Gotham City Burns (1966) … The Bookworm
– The Bookworm Turns (1966) … The Bookworm
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Gyula Bognar
– Don't Count on Tomorrow (1966) … Gyula Bognar
 
1966 12 O'Clock High (TV series)
Sgt. Willets / T
– Angel Babe (1966) … T/Sgt. Willets
 
1966 Lord Love a Duck
Alan 'Mollymauk' Musgrave
 
1965 Inside Daisy Clover
Walter Baines
 
1965 That Darn Cat!
Gregory Benson
 
1965 The Loved One
D.J. Jr.
 
1965 The Third Day
Oliver Parsons
 
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told
Matthew
 
1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
Dwight Franklin
– When I Am Grown to Man's Estate (1965) … Dwight Franklin
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Robert 'Professor' Benson
– The Wine-Dark Sea (1964) … Robert 'Professor' Benson
 
1964 Combat! (TV series)
Murfree
– The Long Walk (1964) … Murfree
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
George / Gerald Musgrove
– See the Monkey Dance (1964) … George
– The Gentleman Caller (1964) … Gerald Musgrove
 
1964 Shock Treatment
Martin Ashley
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
'Alec Harnes' / Stanton Maynard
– The Only Remaining Copy Is in the British Museum (1964) … Stanton Maynard/'Alec Harnes'
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Paul LeDoux
– Journey into Darkness (1963) … Paul LeDoux
 
1963 Cleopatra
Octavian - Caesar Augustus
 
1962 The Longest Day
Pvt. Morris
 
1961 The Power and the Glory (TV movie)
Mestizo
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
– In a Garden (1961)
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Donnie Benton
– The Fault in Our Stars (1961) … Donnie Benton
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Philip Hamilton
– Our American Heritage: Not Without Honor (1960) … Philip Hamilton
 
1960 Midnight Lace
Malcolm Stanley
 
1960 The Subterraneans
Yuri Gilgoric
 
1960 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Sam Conrad
– People Are Alike All Over (1960) … Sam Conrad
 
1960 Art Carney Special (TV series)
– The Best of Everything (1960)
 
1960 The Tempest (TV movie)
Ariel
 
1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
Squeak
– Billy Budd (1959) … Squeak
 
1959 Oldsmobile Music Theatre (TV series)
– Too Bad About Sheila Troy (1959)
 
1959 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Michel
– Night of Betrayal (1959) … Michel
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Marlow
– Heart of Darkness (1958) … Marlow
 
1958 The Big Country
Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
– The Imposter (1958)
– The Woman with Red Hair (1958)
 
1957-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Washington Square (1958)
– White-Headed Boy (1957)
– Rain in the Morning (1957)
– Talk You of Killing? (1957)
– The Vicarious Years (1957)
 
1952-1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Elton
– The Last of the Belles (1958)
– A Night of Rain (1957)
– Emma (1954) … Mr. Elton
– The Shop at Sly Corner (1954)
– Philip Goes Forth (1952)
 
1957 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Max
– He's for Me (1957) … Max
 
1954-1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Treasure Hunters (1957)
– In the Days of Our Youth (1956)
– Buy Me Blue Ribbons (1954)
 
1951-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Bellamy Partridge / David at 22 / Pete
– Michael and Mary (1956) … David at 22
– Salad Days (1952) … Bellamy Partridge
– The Blues Street (1951) … Pete
 
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Clifford Howell
– Gwyneth (1956) … Clifford Howell
 
1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Leprechaun
– O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun (1956) … Leprechaun
 
1956 The Good Fairy (TV movie)
Waiter
 
1954-1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– The Silver Box (1955)
– The Shop at Sly Corner (1954)
– Philip Goes Forth (1954)
 
1954 The Elgin Hour (TV series)
Jamie
– Yesterday's Magic (1954) … Jamie
 
1951-1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Pip / Gerald Forbes
– Great Expectations: Part 2 (1954) … Pip
– Great Expectations: Part 1 (1954) … Pip
– When We Are Married (1951) … Gerald Forbes
 
1954 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Tim McDuff
– My Client, McDuff (1954) … Tim McDuff
 
1954 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
– The Shy One (1954)
 
1954 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– A Suitable Marriage (1954)
 
1952 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Rodney Martin
– It Pays to Advertise (1952) … Rodney Martin
 
1952 The Steel Fist
Eric Kardin
 
1951 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
Richard Miller
– Ah, Wilderness! (1951) … Richard Miller
 
1951 Family Theatre (TV series)
Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
– Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951) … Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
 
1950 Big Timber
Jimmy
 
1950 Everybody's Dancin'
Roddy McDowall
 
1950 Killer Shark
Ted White
 
1949 Black Midnight
Scott Jordan
 
1949 Tuna Clipper
Alec MacLennan
 
1948 Kidnapped
David Balfour
 
1948 Macbeth
Malcolm
 
1948 Rocky
Chris Hammond
 
1946 Holiday in Mexico
Stanley Owen
 
1945 Molly and Me
Jimmy Graham
 
1945 Thunderhead - Son of Flicka
Ken McLaughlin
 
1944 The Keys of the Kingdom
Francis Chisholm as a Boy
 
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
John Ashwood II as a Boy
 
1943 Lassie Come Home
Joe Carraclough
 
1943 My Friend Flicka
Ken McLaughlin
 
1942 The Pied Piper
Ronnie Cavanaugh
 
1942 On the Sunny Side
Hugh Aylesworth
 
1942 Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Benjamin - as a Boy
 
1941 Confirm or Deny
Albert Perkins
 
1941 How Green Was My Valley
Huw
 
1941 This England
Hugo, Norman Boy
 
1941 Man Hunt
Vaner
 
1941 You Will Remember
Young Bob Slater
 
1940 Saloon Bar
Boy
 
1940 Just William
Ginger (as Roddy McDowell)
 
1940 Dead Man's Shoes
Boy
 
1940 Murder Will Out
 
1940 His Brother's Keeper
Boy (uncredited)
 
1939 Poison Pen
Choirboy (uncredited)
 
1939 The Outsider
Boy (uncredited)
 
1938 Hey! Hey! USA
Urchin on Dock (uncredited)
 
1938 Yellow Sands
 
1938 Convict 99
Jimmy (uncredited)
 
1938 Scruffy
Boy (uncredited)
 
1938 John Halifax
Boy
 
1938 Murder in the Family
Peter Osborne
 
1938 I See Ice
Boy (uncredited)
 
1938 Sarah Siddons (uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
1987 Overboard (executive producer)
 
1950 Big Timber (associate producer)
 
1950 Killer Shark (associate producer)
 
1949 Black Midnight (associate producer)
 
1949 Tuna Clipper (associate producer)
 
1948 Kidnapped (associate producer)
 
1948 Rocky (associate producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1987 The Wind in the Willows (TV movie) (performer: "Messing Around In Boats", "We Don't Have Any Pate de Foie Gras", "I Hate Company")
 
1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie) (performer: "Can You Hear Us, Alice?")
 
1967 The Cool Ones (performer: "Where Did I Go Wrong?")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (documentary) (film and photo source)
 
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary) (source: film - 1 episode)
– Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989) (source: film)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (TV documentary) (dedicated to the memory of)
 
1998 Behind the Planet of the Apes (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: additional footage courtesy of)
 
1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997) (special thanks)
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary) (very special thanks)
 
1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (96 titles)
2007 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV series documentary)
Quote Reader
– Forward Into the Past (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
– The Temptations of Eve (2007) … Quote Reader (voice)
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Poseidon Adventure (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (video documentary)
Himself
 
1993-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Actor / Friend
– Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999) … Himself - Actor
– Montgomery Clift: The Hidden Star (1998) … Himself - Actor/Friend
– Myrna Loy: A Class by Herself (1998) … Himself - Actor/Friend
– Ida Lupino: Through the Lens (1998) … Himself
– Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997) … Himself
See all 20 episodes »
 
1999 Keepers of the Frame (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Beyond Titanic (TV documentary)
Himself - Actor
 
1998 Behind the Planet of the Apes (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1998 A Tribute to John Chambers (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (documentary)
Himself/Actor/Friend
 
1998 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Spain - Toledo and Madrid, Seville and Andalusia (TV movie)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Italy - The Hilltowns of Tuscany, the Italian Riviera (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Italy - Rome, Naples & the Amalfi Coast (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Ireland - Western Ireland, Dublin and Belfast (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Greece - Athens and the Peloponnes, Greek Islands (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Great Britain - North Wales, Cotswald Villages & Bath (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Great Britain - London, Edinburgh (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Germany - The Rhine and Mosel, the Romantic Road (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Travel the World: Eastern Cities - Prague, Budapest and Istanbul (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Obsessed with Vertigo (TV documentary short)
Himself (Narrator) (voice)
 
1995 Great Performances (TV series)
Himself
– Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway (1995) … Himself
 
1995 The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The Story of Lassie (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic (video documentary short)
Narrator
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1993 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1993 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Roddy McDowall (1993) … Himself
 
1993 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Lauren Bacall … Himself
 
1992 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Ford: Part One (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 The Magical World of Chuck Jones (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– The Lion in Winter (1992) … Himself
– The Lion Reigns Supreme (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Crazy About the Movies: Ava Gardner (TV documentary)
Himself - Actor/Friend
 
1991 The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Horror Hall of Fame (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1989 When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989) … Himself
 
1989 America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Encounters of the Fourth Kind (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 Hollywood on Horses (video documentary)
Himself
 
1988 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special)
Himself
 
1988 The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 The New Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Going Hollywood: The War Years (documentary)
 
1987 The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1987 MGM Greatest Moments: A Video Sampler (video)
Himself - Host
 
1985 The Holywood Reporter Salutes Radie Harris (TV movie)
Himself
 
1984 All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1982 Circus of the Stars #7 (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Hollywood's Children (TV documentary)
Himself (Narrator)
 
1982 The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (TV documentary short)
Himself / Rex Brewster
 
1967-1980 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 May 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 April 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 January 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 13 August 1979 (1979) … Himself
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1974-1978 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
– Episode #11.15 (1978) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #10.6 (1976) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #9.8 (1975) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #8.21 (1975) … Himself
– Episode #7.23 (1974) … Himself - Guest
 
1977 An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977 To Say the Least (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 November 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode dated 23 June 1976 (1976) … Himself - Actor
 
1975 The Magnificent Marble Machine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 10 November 1975 (1975) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 July 1975 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Short Film, Animated & Live Action
 
1975 Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1974 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself
– That's Entertainment! 50 Years of MGM (1974) … Himself
 
1965-1974 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 March 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode #3.29 (1965) … Himself
 
1973 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1972 The Return of the Movie Movie (documentary short)
Acres (uncredited)
 
1971 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 August 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1963-1971 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 2 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest
 
1971 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Roddy McDowell (1971) … Himself
 
1969 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.48 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 February 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #4.25 (1967) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1966 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 November 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Elizabeth Ashley vs. Roddy McDowell (1965) … Himself (as Roddy McDowell)
 
1964 Get the Message (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 May 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 The 16th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1964 The 18th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.9 (1963) … Himself (as Roddy McDowell)
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 12 August 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 5 August 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1961 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #8.20 (1961) … Himself
 
1960 The Best of Anything (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 The Arthur Murray Party (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 16 February 1960 (1960) … Himself - Guest
 
1955 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Ariel
– Episode #9.6 (1955) … Himself (as Roddy McDowell)
– Episode #8.48 (1955) … Himself / Ariel
 
1951 The Freddy Martin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.16 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 Celebrity Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 September 1951 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (27 titles)
2011 Making the Boys (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2005 The Agatha Christie Code (TV documentary)
Rex Brewster
 
2005 Ciclo Agatha Christie (TV series documentary)
 
2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV documentary)
Joe Carraclough (uncredited)
 
1998-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet (TV documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 Backstory (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Chump Change
Acres (uncredited)
 
2000 Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (TV documentary)
Himself (1998 Interview)
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (video documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion (TV documentary)
Himself (as Roddy McDowell)
 
1992 Oscar's Greatest Moments (video documentary)
Himself
 
1971-1982 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1981 Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
Galen
 
1981 Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
Galen
 
1981 Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
Galen
 
1981 Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
Galen
 
1981 Back to the Planet of the Apes (TV movie)
Galen
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Lassie Come Home'
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1975 Funny Girl to Funny Lady (TV special documentary)
Bobby
 
1970 Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Cornelius (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Book: "Double Exposure, Take Three", 1993 (photographs) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 2 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Roddy MacDowall | Roddy McDowell

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday. See more »

Trivia:

On March 10, 1965, he attended the Los Angeles premiere of The Sound of Music as the date of the movie's star, Julie Andrews. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo