Roddy McDowall

Real name
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
Date of birth (location)
17 September 1928,
Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Date of death (details)
3 October 1998,
Studio City, California, USA. (cancer)

Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director

Actor filmography
(1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s)

  1. Great Sex (1999)
  2. Bug's Life, A (1998) (voice) .... Mr. Soil
    ... aka Bugs (1997) (USA: working title)
  3. Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo, The (1997) .... King Murphy
    ... aka Jungle Book 2: Mowgli and Baloo (1997)
    ... aka Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo (1997)
  4. Something to Believe In (1997)
  5. Dead Man's Island (1996) (TV) .... Trevor Dunnaway
  6. Unlikely Angel (1996) (TV) .... Saint Peter
  7. Fatally Yours (1995) (V)
  8. Grass Harp, The (1995) .... Amos Legrand
  9. It's My Party (1995) .... Damian Knowles
  10. Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995) .... Thomas
  11. Star Hunter (1995) (V) .... Riecher
  12. Unknown Origin (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Henry Lazarus
    ... aka Alien Within, The (1995) (TV)
  13. Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994) (TV) .... Jeremy Sennet
  14. Color of Evening, The (1994) .... Henry Seaton
  15. Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
  16. Angel 4: Undercover (1993) .... Geoffrey Kagen
    ... aka Angel 4: Assault with a Deadly Weapon (1993)
  17. Heads (1993) (TV) .... Fibris Drake
  18. Sidney Sheldon's The Sands of Time (1992) (TV)
  19. Double Trouble (1992) .... Phillip Chamberlin
  20. Magical World of Chuck Jones, The (1992)
  21. Deadly Game (1991) (TV) .... Doctor Aaron
  22. Earth Angel (1991) (TV) .... Mr. Tatum
  23. Gusanos no llevan bufanda, Los (1991)
    ... aka Naked Target, The (1991) (USA)
  24. Inconvenient Woman, An (1991) (TV) .... Cyril Rathbone
  25. Carmilla (1990) .... Inspector Amos
  26. Going Under (1990) .... Secretary Neighbor
    ... aka Dive (1990) (USA: working title)
  27. Shakma (1990) .... Sorenson
    ... aka Nemesis (1990)


  28. Fright Night Part II (1989) .... Peter Vincent
  29. "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I) (mini) TV Series
  30. Big Picture, The (1989) .... Judge
  31. Cutting Class (1989) .... Mr. Dante
  32. Heroes Stand Alone (1989)
  33. Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988) .... Minister
  34. Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)
  35. Wind in the Willows, The (1987) (TV) .... Rat
  36. Dead of Winter (1987) .... Mr. Murray
  37. Overboard (1987) .... Andrew
  38. "Bridges to Cross" (1986) TV Series .... Norman Parks
  39. GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986) (voice) .... Nuggit
  40. "Hollywood Wives" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Jason Swandle
  41. Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) .... March Hare
    ... aka Alice Through the Looking Glass (1985) (TV) (video title)
  42. Fright Night (1985) .... Peter Vincent
  43. Zany Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1984) (TV)
  44. This Girl for Hire (1983) (TV) .... Manfred Hayes
  45. "Tales of the Gold Monkey" (1982) TV Series .... Bon Chance Louis
  46. Class of 1984 (1982) .... Terry Corrigan
  47. Evil Under the Sun (1982) .... Rex Brewster
  48. Mae West (1982) (TV) .... Rene Valentine
  49. Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) .... Gillespie
  50. Million Dollar Face, The (1981) (TV)
  51. "Martian Chronicles, The" (1980) (mini) TV Series .... Father Stone
  52. Memory of Eva Ryker, The (1980) (TV)


  53. Black Hole, The (1979) (voice) .... V.I.N.CENT
  54. Circle of Iron (1979) .... White Robe
    ... aka Silent Flute, The (1979)
  55. Hart to Hart (1979) (TV)
  56. Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) .... Franz Fritz
  57. Return of the King (1979) (TV) .... Samwise Gamgee
  58. Scavenger Hunt (1979) .... Jenkins
  59. Cat from Outer Space, The (1978) .... Mr. Stallwood
  60. Immigrants, The (1978) (TV)
  61. Laserblast (1978) .... Doctor Mellon
  62. Rabbit Test (1978) .... Dr. Melton
  63. Thief of Baghdad, The (1978) (TV) .... Hasan
  64. "Fantastic Journey, The" (1977) TV Series .... Jonathan Willoway
  65. "Rhinemann Exchange, The" (1977) (mini) TV Series .... Bobby Ballard
  66. Sixth and Main (1977) .... Skateboard
  67. Embryo (1976) .... Riley
    ... aka Created to Kill (1976)
  68. Flood! (1976) (TV) .... Mr. Franklin
  69. Mean Johnny Barrows (1976) .... Tony Da Vinci
  70. Funny Lady (1975) .... Bobby Moore
  71. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974) (uncredited) .... George Stanton
  72. "Planet of the Apes" (1974) TV Series .... Galen
  73. Back to the Planet of the Apes (1974) (TV) .... Galen
  74. Elevator, The (1974) (TV) .... Marvin Ellis
  75. Legend of Hell House, The (1973) .... Benjamin Franklin Fischer
  76. Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) .... Caeser
    ... aka Colonization of the Planet of the Apes (1973)
  77. Arnold (1973) .... Robert
  78. Miracle on 34th Street (1973) (TV) .... Doctor Henry Sawyer
  79. Poseidon Adventure, The (1972) .... Acres
  80. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) .... Caesar
  81. Columbo: Short Fuse (1972) (TV) .... Roger Stanford
  82. Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The (1972) .... Frank Gass
  83. What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) (TV) .... Albert Soames
  84. Taste of Evil, A (1971) (TV) .... Doctor Lomas
  85. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) .... Mr. Jelk
  86. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) .... Cornelius
  87. Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) .... Proffer
  88. Terror in the Sky (1971) (TV)
  89. Cult of the Damned (1970) .... Santoro
    ... aka Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1970)


  90. Night Gallery (1969) (TV) .... Jeremy
  91. Hello Down There (1969) .... Nate Ashbury
    ... aka Sub-A-Dub-Dub (1969)
  92. Midas Run (1969) .... Wister
    ... aka Run on Gold, A (1969)
  93. 5 Card Stud (1968) .... Nick Evers
  94. Planet of the Apes (1968) .... Dr. Cornelius
    ... aka Monkey Planet (1968)
  95. Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, The (1967) .... Eric "Bullwhip" Griffin
  96. Cool Ones, The (1967) .... Tony Krum
    ... aka Cool Baby, Cool! (1967)
  97. It (1967) (as Roddy MacDowall) .... Arthur Pimm
    ... aka Anger of the Golem (1967)
    ... aka Curse of the Golem (1967)
  98. Defector, The (1966) .... Agent Adam
    ... aka Defector: Karate-Kickboxer (1966) (West Germany)
    ... aka Espion, L' (1966)
    ... aka Lautlose Waffen (1966)
  99. Lord Love a Duck (1966) .... Alan "Mollymauk" Musgrave
  100. Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965) .... Matthew
  101. Inside Daisy Clover (1965) .... Walter Baines
  102. Loved One, The (1965) .... D.J. Jr.
  103. That Darn Cat! (1965) .... Gregory Benson
  104. Third Day, The (1965) .... Oliver Parsons
  105. Shock Treatment (1964) .... Martin Ashley
  106. Cleopatra (1963) .... Caesar Augustus (Octavian)
  107. Longest Day, The (1962) .... Private Morris
  108. Midnight Lace (1960) .... Malcolm
  109. Subterraneans, The (1960) .... Yuri Gilgoric
  110. Tempest, The (1960) .... Ariel


  111. Steel Fist, The (1952) .... Eric
  112. Killer Shark (1950) .... Ted White
  113. Big Timber (1950) .... Jimmy
    ... aka Tall Timber (1950)
  114. Everybody's Dancin' (1950)


  115. Black Midnight (1949) .... Scott Jordan
  116. Tuna Clipper (1949) .... Alec
  117. Kidnapped (1948) .... David Balfour
  118. Macbeth (1948) .... Malcolm
  119. Rocky (1948) .... Roddy
  120. Holiday in Mexico (1946) .... Stanley Owen
  121. Molly and Me (1945) .... Jimmy Graham
  122. Thunderhead - Son of Flicka (1945) .... Ken McLaughlin
  123. Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944) .... Young Francis Chisholm
  124. White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944) .... Young John Ashwood II
  125. Lassie Come Home (1943) .... Joe Carraclough
  126. My Friend Flicka (1943) .... Ken McLaughlin
  127. On the Sunny Side (1942) .... Hugh Aylesworth
  128. Pied Piper, The (1942) .... Ronnie Cavanaugh
  129. Son of Fury (1942) .... Young Benjamin Blake
    ... aka Story of Benjamin Blake, The (1942)
  130. How Green Was My Valley (1941) .... Huw
  131. Confirm or Deny (1941) .... Albert Perkins
  132. Man Hunt (1941) .... Vaner The Cabin Boy
  133. This England (1941) .... Hugo
    ... aka Our Heritage (1941)
  134. You Will Remember (1941) .... Young Bob Slater
  135. Outsider, The (1940) .... Boy
  136. Saloon Bar (1940) .... Boy


  137. Convict 99 (1939) (uncredited) .... Jimmy
  138. Dead Man's Shoes (1939) .... Boy
  139. Dirt (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  140. His Brother's Keeper (1939) .... Boy
  141. Just William (1939) .... Ginger
  142. Murder Will Out (1939)
  143. Poison Pen (1939) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  144. Hey! Hey! USA (1938) (uncredited) .... Urchin on Dock
  145. I See Ice (1938) .... Boy
  146. John Halifax (1938) .... Boy
    ... aka John Halifax, Gentleman (1938)
  147. Murder in the Family (1938) .... Peter Osborne
  148. Sarah Siddons (1938) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  149. Scruffy (1938) .... Boy
  150. Yellow Sands (1938)


Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director

Producer filmography

  1. Overboard (1987) (executive)


Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director

Director filmography

  1. Tam Lin (1971)
    ... aka Ballad of Tam-Lin, The (1971)
    ... aka Devil's Widow, The (1971) (USA)
    ... aka Devil's Woman, The (1971)

Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director

Notable TV guest appearances

  1. "Pinky and the Brain" (1995) playing "Snowball"(voice) in episode: "Brainwashed: Part 3: Wash Harder" (episode # 4.64) 9/16/1998
  2. "Pinky and the Brain" (1995) playing "Snowball"(voice) in episode: "Brainwashed: Part 2: I Am Not A Hat" (episode # 4.63) 9/15/1998
  3. "Superman" (1996) playing "Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter"(voice) in episode: "Knight Time" 1998
  4. "Remember WENN" (1996) playing "Giles Aldwych" in episode: "Don't Act Like That" (episode # 2.4) 12/7/1996
  5. "Duckman" (1994) playing "Akers"(voice) in episode: "Apocalypse Not" (episode # 3.7) 2/24/1996
  6. "Gargoyles" (1994) playing "Proteus"(voice) in episode: "New Olympians, The" (episode # 2.37) 2/14/1996
  7. "Pinky and the Brain" (1995) playing "Snowball" in episode: "Snowball" 1996
  8. "Dream On" (1990) playing "Bob Jeffers" in episode: "Depth Be Not Proud" 6/16/1993
  9. "Quantum Leap" (1989) playing "Edward St. John V" in episode: "Leap For Lisa, A: June 25, 1957" (episode # 4.22) 5/20/1992
  10. "Matlock" (1986) playing "Don Mosher" in episode: "Starlet, The" 1989
  11. "Wizard, The" (1986) playing "Voice of H.E.N.R.I." in episode: "H.E.N.R.I. VIII" 3/14/1987
  12. "Matlock" (1986) playing "Christopher Hoyt" in episode: "Chef, The" 1987
  13. "Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Alger Kenyon" in episode: "School for Scandal" (episode # 2.4) 10/20/1985
  14. "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979) playing "Governor Siroyan" in episode: "Planet of the Slave Girls" 1979
  15. "Wonder Woman" (1976) playing "Henry Roberts" in episode: "Fine Art Of Crime, The" (episode # 3.3) 10/13/1978
  16. "Wonder Woman" (1976) playing "Professor Chapman" in episode: "Man Who Made Volcanos, The" (episode # 2.9) 11/18/1977
  17. "Harry O" (1974) playing "Arnold Applequist" in episode: "Mysterious Case of Lester & Dr Fong, The" (episode # 2.21) 3/18/1976
  18. "McMillan and Wife" (1971) playing "Jamie McMillan" 1973
  19. "Mission: Impossible" (1966) playing "Leo Ostro" in episode: "Puppet, The" (episode # 7.13) 12/22/1972
  20. "McCloud" (1970) in episode: "Park Avenue Rustlers, The" 1972
  21. "Night Gallery" (1970) playing "Jeremy" in episode: "Cemetery, The" (episode # 0.1) 11/8/1969
  22. "It Takes a Thief" (1968) in episode: "Boom at the Top" (episode # 2.19) 2/25/1969
  23. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) in episode: "Fatal Mistake, The" 11/30/1966
  24. "Batman" (1966) playing "The Bookworm" in episode: "While Gotham City Burns" (episode # 1.30) 4/21/1966
  25. "Batman" (1966) playing "The Bookworm" in episode: "Bookworm Turns, The" (episode # 1.29) 4/20/1966
  26. "Combat!" (1962) playing "Murfee" in episode: "Long Walk, The" (episode # 3.13) 12/15/1964
  27. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) in episode: "Mr. Biddle's Crime Wave" 12/4/1964
  28. "Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The" (1962) in episode: "Gentleman Caller, The" 4/10/1964
  29. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963) in episode: "Wake Up, Darling" 2/21/1964
  30. "Eleventh Hour, The" (1962) in episode: "Only Remaining Copy in the British Museum, The" 2/12/1964
  31. "Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The" (1962) playing "George" in episode: "See the Monkey Dance" 1964
  32. "Arrest and Trial" (1963) in episode: "Journey into Darkness" (episode # 1.13) 12/8/1963
  33. "Naked City" (1958) in episode: "Fault in Our Stars, The" (episode # 2.20) 3/22/1961
  34. "Twilight Zone, The" (1959) playing "Sam Conrad" in episode: "People are Alike All Over" (episode # 1.24) 3/25/1960
  35. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1952) in episode: "Tempest, The" 2/3/1960
  36. "DuPont Show of the Month, The" (1957) in episode: "Billy Budd" 5/25/1959
  37. "Oldsmobile Music Theatre" (1959) in episode: "Too Bad About Sheila Troy" 4/16/1959
  38. "United States Steel Hour, The" (1953) in episode: "Night of Betrayal" 3/25/1959
  39. "Playhouse 90" (1956) in episode: "Heart of Darkness" 11/6/1958
  40. "Suspicion" (1957) in episode: "Imposter, The" 7/14/1958
  41. "Matinee Theater" (1955) in episode: "Washington Square" 6/12/1958
  42. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "Last of the Belles, The" 6/4/1958
  43. "Suspicion" (1957) in episode: "Woman with Red Hair, The" 5/5/1958
  44. "Alcoa Hour, The" (1955) in episode: "He's for Me" (episode # 2.21) 7/21/1957
  45. "Matinee Theater" (1955) in episode: "White-Headed Boy" 6/12/1957
  46. "Matinee Theater" (1955) in episode: "Rain in the Morning" 6/5/1957
  47. "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951) in episode: "Treasure Hunters, The" (episode # 6.11) 5/26/1957
  48. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "Night of Rain, A" 4/24/1957
  49. "Matinee Theater" (1955) in episode: "Talk You of Killing?" 4/4/1957
  50. "Matinee Theater" (1955) in episode: "Vicarious Years, The" 3/28/1957
  51. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) in episode: "Michael and Mary" 12/27/1956
  52. "Kaiser Aluminum Hour, The" (1956) in episode: "Gwyneth" 12/18/1956
  53. "General Electric Theater" (1953) in episode: "O'Hoolihan and the Leprechaun" 6/3/1956
  54. "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951) in episode: "In the Days of Our Youth" (episode # 5.11) 5/20/1956
  55. "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" (1953) in episode: "Walk in the Wilderness, A" 3/5/1956
  56. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1952) in episode: "Good Fairy, The" 2/5/1956
  57. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "Emma" 11/24/1954
  58. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "Shop at Sly Corner, The" 10/21/1954
  59. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "Great Expectations" 6/14/1954
  60. "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1950) in episode: "My Client, McDuff" 4/6/1954
  61. "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (1951) in episode: "Buy Me Blue Ribbons" (episode # 3.12) 2/28/1954
  62. "Campbell Playhouse" (1952) in episode: "Shy One, The" 1/22/1954
  63. "Medallion Theatre" (1953) in episode: "Suitable Marriage, A" 1/2/1954
  64. "Broadway Television Theatre" (1952) in episode: "It Pays to Advertise" 10/13/1952
  65. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) in episode: "Salad Days" 4/28/1952
  66. "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in episode: "Philip Goes Forth" 1/9/1952
  67. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950) in episode: "Blues Street, The" 12/17/1951
  68. "Celanese Theatre" (1951) in episode: "Ah, Wilderness!" 10/3/1951
  69. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) in episode: "When We Are Married" 7/2/1951
  70. "Family Theatre" (1951) in episode: "Hill Number One" 3/25/1951
  71. "Batman: Gotham Knights" (1997) playing "Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter"(voice) in episode: "Animal Act"
  72. "Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles" (1996) playing "Proteus"(voice) in episode: "Seeing Isn't Beleiving"
  73. "Burke's Law" (1994)
  74. "Batman: The Animated Series" (1992) playing "Jervis Tetch/The Mad Hatter"
  75. "Invaders, The" (1967) playing "Lloyd Lindstrom" in episode: "Experiment, The"


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