Roddy McDowall
Highest Rated: 100% The Pied Piper (1942)
Lowest Rated: 8% Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Birthday: Sep 17, 1928
Birthplace: Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Roddy McDowall began his prolific career as a child model in his native England. Segueing to features, he appeared in over 15 British films in the mid- to late 1930s, including "Convict 99" (1937) and "Murder in the Family" (1938). With his mother and older sister, McDowall was evacuated to the USA. Almost immediately upon his arrival in Hollywood, he was signed to a contract by 20th-Century Fox. McDowall first came to the attention of American audiences as the cabin boy who helps Walter Pidgeon escape from the Nazis in Fritz Lang's superb "Man Hunt" (1941). Pidgeon and McDowall were again teamed in John Ford's Oscar-winning "How Green Was My Valley" (also 1941), this time with the older actor as a minister encouraging the youth in his attempts to overcome a crippling accident. The film established McDowall as a rising young lead, at once sensitive but also manly, and engendered comparisons with other child actors from Shirley Temple and Freddie Bartholomew. Throughout the 40s, he appeared in a number of well-crafted films, many centered around animals like "Son of Fury" (1942) and "Lassie Come Home" (1943). By the end of the decade, as he approached adulthood, McDowall attempted more interesting fare including a turn as David Balfour in the beautifully photographed but slow remake of "Kidnapped" (which also marked his producing debut) and as Malcolm in Orson Welles' "Macbeth" (both 1948). Slowly, though, despite producing a number of efforts, good feature roles became scarce.
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Roddy McDowall
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keepers of the Frame | Self | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Truth About Lying | Henry Stokes (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something to Believe In | Gambler (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All About Alfred | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo | King Murphy (Character) | $479.1K | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Unlikely Angel | Saint Peter (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Island | Trevor Dunnaway (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Star Hunter | Riecher (Character) | - | 1995 |
50% |
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The Grass Harp | Amos Legrand (Character) | $511.6K | 1995 |
64% |
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Last Summer in the Hamptons | Thomas (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fatally Yours | Pauly (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alien Within | Dr. Henry Lazarus (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Unknown Origin | Dr. Henry Lazarus (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Angel 4: Undercover | Geoffrey Kagen (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Jeremy Sennet (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Color of Evening | Henry Seaton (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Dr. Lasky (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Naked Target | Ernest Peabody (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Double Trouble | Philip Chamberlain (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Inconvenient Woman | Cyril Rathbone (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Deadly Game | Dr. Aaron (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Shakma | Sorenson (Character) | - | 1990 |
13% |
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Cutting Class | Mr. Dante (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare Classics I | Inspector Amos (Character) | - | 1989 |
36% |
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Fright Night Part 2 | Peter Vincent (Character) | $2.4M | 1988 |
46% |
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Overboard |
Andrew (Character), Executive Producer |
$23.9M | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Wind in the Willows | Ratty (Voice) | - | 1987 |
77% |
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Dead of Winter | Mr. Murray (Character) | $2.2M | 1986 |
20% |
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GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Nuggit (Voice) | $531.9K | 1986 |
83% |
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Fright Night | Peter Vincent (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Girl for Hire | Manfred Hayes (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Mae West | Rene Valentine (Character) | - | 1982 |
92% |
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Evil Under the Sun | Rex Brewster (Character) | - | 1982 |
71% |
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Class of 1984 | Terry Corrigan (Character) | - | 1982 |
29% |
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Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Gillespie (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | Galen (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Galen (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes | Galen (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Back to the Planet of the Apes | Galen (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Galen (Character) | - | 1981 |
67% |
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The Return of the King | Samwise Gamgee (Voice) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Martian Chronicles | Father Stone (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Nutcracker Fantasy |
Franz / |
- | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Scavenger Hunt | Jenkins (Character) | - | 1979 |
38% |
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Circle of Iron | White Robe (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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The Thief of Baghdad | Hasan (Character) | - | 1978 |
67% |
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The Cat From Outer Space | Mr. Stallwood (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Laserblast | Doctor Mellon (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sixth and Main | Skateboard (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Jonathan Willoway (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Flood! | Mr. Franklin (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Embryo | Frank Riley (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Mean Johnny Barrows | Tony Da Vince (Character) | - | 1975 |
30% |
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Funny Lady | Bobby Moore (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Elevator | Marvin Ellis (Character) | - | 1974 |
67% |
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The Legend of Hell House | Benjamin Franklin Fischer (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Arnold | Robert (Character) | $23.6K | 1973 |
36% |
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Caesar (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Henry Sawyer (Character) | - | 1973 |
80% |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Acres (Character) | - | 1972 |
80% |
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Frank Gass (Character) | - | 1972 |
52% |
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Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Tam Lin | Director | - | 1971 |
67% |
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Mr. Jelk (Character) | - | 1971 |
76% |
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Escape From the Planet of the Apes | Cornelius (Character) | - | 1971 |
8% |
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Pretty Maids All in a Row | Mr. Proffer (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terror in the Sky | Dr. Ralph Baird (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Albert Soames (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Taste of Evil | Dr. Michael Lomas (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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Night Gallery | Jeremy Evans (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Cult of the Damned | Santoro (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Hello Down There | Nate Ashbury (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midas Run | Wister (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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Five Card Stud | Nick Evers (Character) | - | 1968 |
86% |
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Planet of the Apes | Dr. Cornelius (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Cool Ones | Tony Krum (Character) | - | 1967 |
50% |
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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Bullwhip Griffin (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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It! | Arthur Pimm (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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Cricket on the Hearth | Unknown (Voice) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet |
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The Defector | Agent Adams (Character) | - | 1966 |
70% |
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Lord Love a Duck | Alan 'Mollymauk' Musgrave (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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The Third Day | Oliver Parsons (Character) | - | 1965 |
29% |
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Inside Daisy Clover | Walter Baines (Character) | - | 1965 |
47% |
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The Loved One | D.J. Jr. (Character) | - | 1965 |
42% |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told | Matthew (Character) | - | 1965 |
94% |
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That Darn Cat! | Gregory Benson (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shock Treatment | Martin Ashley (Character) | - | 1964 |
56% |
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Cleopatra | Caesar Augustus (Octavian) (Character) | - | 1963 |
84% |
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The Longest Day | Pvt. Morris (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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The Power and the Glory | Mestizo (Character) | - | 1961 |
86% |
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Midnight Lace | Malcolm (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tempest | Ariel (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Steel Fist | Eric Kardin (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer Shark | Ted White (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Timber | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Midnight | Scott Jordan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tuna Clipper | Alec MacLennan (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kidnapped | David Balfour (Character) | - | 1948 |
87% |
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Macbeth | Malcolm (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rocky | Chris Hammond (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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Holiday in Mexico | Stanley Owen (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Ken McLaughlin (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet |
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Molly and Me | Jimmy Graham (Character) | - | 1945 |
80% |
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The White Cliffs of Dover | Young John Ashwood II (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet |
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The Keys of the Kingdom | Francis Chisholm as a Boy (Character) | - | 1944 |
94% |
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Lassie Come Home | Joe Carraclough (Character) | - | 1943 |
86% |
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My Friend Flicka | Ken McLaughlin (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet |
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Son of Fury | Benjamin (As a Boy) (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On the Sunny Side | Hugh Aylesworth (Character) | - | 1942 |
100% |
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The Pied Piper | Ronnie Cavanaugh (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Confirm or Deny | Albert Perkins (Character) | - | 1941 |
93% |
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How Green Was My Valley | Huw Morgan, Youngest Son (Character) | - | 1941 |
93% |
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Man Hunt | Vaner (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just William | Ginger (Character) | - | 1940 |
TV
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43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Maurice Gillette (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Edward St. John V (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Around the World in 80 Days | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 1989 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Gordon Fairchild (Guest Star) | 1985 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Wives | Jason Swandle (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Bon Chance Louie (Character) | 1982-1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Disney's Wonderful World | Gregory Benson (Character) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
100% | 80% | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1974-1976 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Jonathan Willoway (Character) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Moulton (Guest Star) | 1975 |
55% | 86% | Planet of the Apes | Galen (Character) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoop Sisters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Jamie McMillan (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Phil Sandler (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Columbo | Roger Stanford (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walt Disney's Disneyland | Bullwhip Griffin (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Ollie Olds (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Danny Kaye Show | Guest | 1967 |
72% | 78% | Batman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Dwight Franklin (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1964 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Sam Conrad (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alcoa Hour | Max (Character) | 1957 |