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Roddy McDowall

 
General Information (Roddy McDowall)
  
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Mostly Credited As: Roddy McDowall
Sometimes Credited As: Roddy McDowell
Roddy MacDowall
Birth Name: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
Date Of Birth: September 17, 1928 (Age 70)
Country Of Birth: United Kingdom
Birth Place: Herne Hill, London, England
Date Of Death: October 03, 1998
Cause Of Death: Lung Cancer (Studio City, CA)

By 1977, Roddy McDowall was signed to play the starring role of Jonathan Willoway in NBC-TV's science-fantasy series, "The Fantastic Journey."
He portrayed a scientist, rejected by peers in the 1960s, who fled the United States, only to disappear over the Sea of Japan. He was later discovered in a time zone peopled by alien beings and their android slaves in the episode "Beyond the Mountain."
McDowall was also starring in "NBC's Best Seller The Rhinemann Exchange. " His numerous guest starring roles were in such series as "Police Woman," "McMillan," "McCloud", '"Columbo" and Ellery Queen."
This was McDowall's second television series role. He portrayed Galen in "Planet of the Apes," after starring in four of the "Apes" motion pictures.
McDowall began his film career at the age of 8 in the British film "Scruffy," and appeared in 16 more movies before coming to the United Stales. His first American film was "Man Hunt" in 1941, and his career as a "child star" continued
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Roddy McDowall TV Appearances
  
Main cast 
Show: MGM: When the Lion Roars(1992)As: Himself
Show: An Inconvenient Woman(1991)As: Cyril Rathbone
Show: Camp Candy(1989)As: Various -- [Voice]
Show: Bridges to Cross(1986)As: Norman Parks
Show: Alice in Wonderland(1985)As: The March Hare
Show: Hollywood Wives(1985)As: Jason Swandle
Show: Tales of the Gold Monkey(1982)As: Bon Chance Louie
Show: The Martian Chronicles(1980)As: Father Stone
Show: The Fantastic Journey(1977)As: Dr. Jonathan Willoway
Show: The Rhinemann Exchange(1977)As: Bobby Ballard
Show: Planet of the Apes(1974)As: Galen
Episode Cast Credits 
Show: Superman (1996) (1996) 
  • Knight Time 03x02: (Oct/10/1998) Voiced The Mad Hatter 
Show: The New Batman Adventures (1997) 
  • Animal Act 02x04: (Sep/26/1998) Voiced The Mad Hatter 
  • Over The Edge 01x11: (May/23/1998) Voiced The Mad Hatter 
Show: Gargoyles (1994) 
  • The New Olympians 02x37: (Feb/14/1996) Voiced Proteus 
Show: The Tick (1994) (1994) 
  • The Tick vs. the Breadmaster 01x05: (Oct/08/1994) Voiced The Breadmaster 
Show: Batman: The Animated Series (1992) 
  • Trial 02x09: (May/16/1994) Voiced The Mad Hatter 
  • The Worry Men 02x05: (Sep/16/1993) Voiced The Mad Hatter 
  • Perchance To Dream 01x26: (Oct/19/1992) Voiced The Mad Hatter 
  • Mad As A Hatter 01x24: (Oct/12/1992) Voiced Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter 
Show: Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993) 
  • Enter the Madkat 01x12: (Nov/27/1993) Voiced Madkat (Lenny Ringtail) 
Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) 
  • Jeff Goldblum, Roddy McDowall, Belly 01x19: (Oct/07/1993) As Himself, [Interviewees]
Show: This Is Your Life (UK) (1955) 
  • Roddy McDowell 33x22: (Mar/03/1993) As Himself 
Show: Quantum Leap (1989) 
  • A Leap For Lisa - June 25, 1957 04x22: (May/20/1992) As Edward St. John V, [Special Guest Stars]
Show: The New Lassie (1989) 
  • A Will And A Way 02x23: (Feb/15/1992) As Andrew W. Leeds 
  • Leeds, The Judge 02x04: (Sep/21/1991) As Andrew W. Leeds 
  • Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast, Lunch And Dinner? 01x13: (Sep/08/1990) As Andrew Leeds 
Show: Matlock (1986) 
  • The Starlet 03x12: (Feb/28/1989) As Don Mosher 
  • The Chef 01x14: (Jan/06/1987) As Christopher Hoyt 
Show: Murder, She Wrote (1984) 
  • Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble 05x13: (Feb/19/1989) As Gordon Fairchild 
  • School for Scandal 02x04: (Oct/20/1985) As Alger Kenyon 
Show: Hotel (1983) 
  • Intimate Strangers 02x01: (Sep/26/1984) As Anthony Spears 
Show: Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) 
  • Rapunzel 02x01: (Feb/05/1983) Voiced Narrator 
Show: Fantasy Island (1977) (1978) 
• 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Saturday May 12th, 1979)
  • The Angel's Triangle / Natchez Bound 06x04: (Nov/06/1982) As Christopher Lantree 
  • The Devil and Mr. Roarke / Ziegfeld Girls / Kid Corey Rides Again 05x02: (Oct/17/1981) As Mephistopheles 
  • The Devil and Mandy Breem / The Millionaire 04x01: (Oct/25/1980) As Mephistopheles the Devil 
  • The Chain Gang / The Boss 03x05: (Oct/20/1979) As Gary Pointer 
Show: Here's Boomer (1980) 
  • Boomer and Miss 21st Century (1) 02x01: (Dec/07/1980) As Milo 
Show: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) 
  • Planet of the Slave Girls (2) 01x04: (Sep/27/1979) As Governor Saroyan 
  • Planet of the Slave Girls (1) 01x03: (Sep/27/1979) As Governor Saroyan 
Show: Trapper John, M.D. (1979) 
  • Trapper John, M.D. 01x01: (Sep/23/1979) As Reverend Barnaby Box 
Show: Sweepstakes (1979) 
  • Episode 4 01x04: (Feb/16/1979) As Theodore 
Show: Wonder Woman (1976) 
  • The Fine Art of Crime 03x04: (Oct/13/1978) As Henry Roberts 
  • The Man Who Made Volcanoes 02x09: (Nov/18/1977) As Professor Chapman 
Show: The Carol Burnett Show (1967) (1967) 
• 5 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Saturday March 16th, 1974)
  • with Ken Berry and Roddy McDowall 11x15: (Jan/08/1978) As Himself 
  • with Roddy McDowall 10x06: (Oct/30/1976) As Himself 
  • with Roddy McDowall 09x08: (Nov/08/1975) As Himself 
  • with Roddy McDowall and Bernadette Peters 08x21: (Mar/15/1975) As Himself 
Show: Harry O (1974) 
  • The Mysterious Case of Lester and Dr. Fong 02x21: (Mar/18/1976) As Arnold Applequist 
Show: Ellery Queen (1975) 
  • The Adventure of the Black Falcon 01x12: (Jan/04/1976) As The Amazing Armitage 
Show: Police Woman (1974) 
  • Pawns of Power 02x01: (Sep/12/1975) As Moulton 
Show: The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973) 
  • The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney 02x01: (Mar/18/1974) As Himself 
Show: Barnaby Jones (1973) 
  • See Some Evil...Do Some Evil 01x09: (Apr/08/1973) As Stanley Lambert 
Show: McCloud (1970) 
  • The Park Avenue Rustlers 03x03: (Dec/24/1972) As Phil Sandler 
Show: Mission: Impossible (1966) (1966) 
  • The Puppet 07x13: (Dec/22/1972) As Leo Ostro 
Show: The Rookies (1972) 
  • Dirge for Sunday 01x08: (Oct/30/1972) As Fenner 
Show: Ironside (1967) 
  • Murder Impromptu 05x07: (Nov/02/1971) As unknown 
Show: Night Gallery (1970) 
  • Night Gallery (Nov/08/1969) As Jeremy 
Show: Journey to the Unknown (1968) 
  • The Killing Bottle 01x17: (Jan/30/1969) As Rollo Verdew 
Show: The Name of the Game (1968) 
  • The White Birch 01x11: (Nov/29/1968) As Unknown 
Show: The Felony Squad (1966) 
  • The Flip Side of Fear (2) 02x19: (Jan/11/1968) As Ollie Olds 
  • The Flip Side of Fear (1) 02x18: (Jan/04/1968) As Ollie Olds 
Show: Hallmark Hall Of Fame (1951) 
  • St. Joan 17x01: (Dec/04/1967) As Dauphin 
  • The Tempest 09x04: (Feb/03/1960) As Ariel 
  • The Good Fairy 05x05: (Feb/05/1956) As guest star 
Show: The Invaders (1967) 
  • The Experiment 01x02: (Jan/17/1967) As Lloyd Lindstrom 
Show: Batman (1966) 
  • While Gotham City Burns (2) 01x30: (Apr/21/1966) As The Bookworm 
  • The Bookworm Turns (1) 01x29: (Apr/20/1966) As The Bookworm 
Show: Run for Your Life (1965) 
  • Don't Count on Tomorrow 01x25: (Mar/28/1966) As Gyula Bognar 
Show: Ben Casey (1961) 
  • When I am Grown to Man's Estate 04x19: (Feb/08/1965) As Dwight Franklin 
Show: Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963) 
  • The Wine-Dark Sea 02x11: (Dec/31/1964) As Robert Benson 
Show: Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (1963) 
  • Mr. Biddle's Crime Wave 02x08: (Dec/04/1964) As Arthur Biddle 
Show: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) 
  • See the Monkey Dance 03x05: (Nov/09/1964) As George 
  • The Gentleman Caller 02x24: (Apr/10/1964) As Gerald Musgrove 
Show: Arrest and Trial (1963) 
  • Journey Into Darkness 01x13: (Dec/08/1963) As Paul LeDoux 
Show: Naked City (1958) 
  • The Fault in Our Stars 02x20: (Mar/22/1961) As Donnie Benton 
Show: The Twilight Zone (1959) 
  • People Are Alike All Over 01x25: (Mar/25/1960) As Sam Conrad 
Show: Playhouse 90 (1956) 
  • Heart of Darkness 03x07: (Nov/06/1958) As Marlow 
Show: Matinee Theater (1955) 
  • Washington Square 03x134: (Jun/12/1958) As Morris Townsend 
  • White-Headed Boy 02x178: (Jun/12/1957) As guest star 
  • Talk You of Killing 02x133: (Apr/04/1957) As guest star 
  • The Vicarious Years 02x128: (Mar/28/1957) As guest star 
Show: Kraft Television Theatre (1947) (1947) 
  • The Last of the Belles 11x34: (Jun/04/1958) As Andy McKenna 
  • A Night of Rain 10x31: (Apr/24/1957) As guest star 
  • Emma 08x09: (Nov/24/1954) As Elton 
  • Philip Goes Forth 05x18: (Jan/09/1952) As guest star 
Show: General Electric Theater (1953) 
  • O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun 04x35: (Jun/03/1956) As Leprechaun 
Show: The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) 
  • Bill Haley & His Comets / Jack Palance/ Christopher Plummer / Roddy McDowall 08x48: (Aug/07/1955) As Himself 
Show: Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (1950) 
  • Great Expectations: the Reality (Part 2) 05x43: (Jun/21/1954) As guest star 
  • Great Expectations: the Promise (Part 1) 05x42: (Jun/14/1954) As guest star 
  • When We are Married 02x22: (Jul/02/1951) As guest star 
Show: The Lux Video Theatre (1950) 
  • Salad Days 02x36: (Apr/28/1952) As Bellamy Partridge 
  • The Blues Street 02x17: (Dec/17/1951) As Pete 
Show: Flying High (1978) 
  • Eye Opener 01x15: (Unaired) As Joe 
 
Roddy McDowall Crew Credits
  
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Roddy McDowall Trivia
  
Roddy's Star on the Walk of Fame for his contributions to Television is located at 6630 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
 
In 1964, Roddy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his appearance in the Arrest and Trial (1963) episode "Journey into Darkness."
 
In 1983, Roddy was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for: Class of 1984 (1982).
 
In 1986, Roddy won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for: Fright Night (1985).
 
Roddy was one of the few child stars who actually had a more successful career as an adult than as a child.
 
Roddy's final stage appearance was as "Ebenezer Scrooge" in the New York City production of A Christmas Carol in 1997. He alternated performances with Hal Linden.
 
Roddy won Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for The Fighting Cock.
 
Roddy became a close, life-long friend with Peggy Ann Garner while filming The Pied Piper with her in 1941.
 
Roddy was the one who introduced Carol Lawrence to Robert Goulet. In fact, she jokingly said that McDowell was responsible for her's and Goulet's first child.
 
Roddy was an accomplished ballroom dancer, he won both the Charleston and Cha-Cha contests on the Arthur Murray Party TV show in the 1950s.
 
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Roddy McDowall Quotes
  
Roddy McDowall: (On his roles as a child actor) I really liked Lassie, but that horse, Flicka, was a nasty animal with a terrible disposition. All the Flickas — all six of them — were awful.
 
Roddy McDowall: My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.
 
Roddy McDowall: Intellectually I'd love to play "Stanley Kowalski" in A Streetcar Named Desire … Can't you just imagine me down in the streets yelling 'Stella! Stella!' God, the critics would have a lot of fun with that one.
 
 
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