Roddy McDowall

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Man Hunt (1941): Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders…; A Fritz Lang–directed thriller set in Europe just prior to World War II – the first of the German exile's four anti–Nazi films, and…
Lassie Come Home (1943): Dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Crisp…; Brilliant emotional manipulation for all the family, with the impoverished parents of Roddy McDowall forced to sell their beloved Collie, who…
White Cliffs of Dover, The (1944): Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Roddy McDowall, Irene Dunne…; Patriotic sentiment up full–bore, this extended saga of English–American fraternising over both World Wars, has Irene Dunne and family…
Keys of the Kingdom, The (1944): Dir. John M. Stahl
Feat. Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price…; Quietly powerful drama about a devout Catholic priest (played by a young Gregory Peck) who travels to China to establish a parish. Through…
My Friend Flicka (1945): Dir. Harold Schuster
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson; Rancher lad Roddy McDowall is finally allowed a horse of his own, but chooses a wild, unmanageable colt, whose trust he only slowly, and painfully,…
Macbeth (1948): Dir. Orson Welles
Feat. Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Roddy McDowall; An expressionistic version of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, with Welles in the title role. Shot quickly and on the cheap, this is notoriously…
Midnight Lace (1960): Dir. David Miller
Feat. Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin…; Suave thriller with a strong dramatic performance for Day who plays a newly–wed in Paris taunted and pursued by a stalker.
Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965): Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia…; Not the greatest movie ever made, however one might get a kick out of spotting all the famous faces in this reverant, picturesque epic about the life…
That Darn Cat! (1965): Dir. Robert Stevenson
Feat. Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine…; One of the very best Disney live–action comedies, has Hayley Mills and her Siamese cat help solve a bank–robbery and kidnapping case.…
Loved One, The (1965): Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer…; Satirical take on the funeral business in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery. Doing for funerals what that DR…
Defector, The (1966): Dir. Raoul Levy
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Hardy Kruger, Macha Meril…; Thriller about an American physicist who is blackmailed by the CIA into travelling to East Germany, where he must acquire a microfilm from a…
Invaders, The (TV Series) (1967-1968): Feat. Roy Thinnes, Diane Baker, J.D. Cannon…; After a close encounter with an alien spacecraft, architect David Vincent (Roy Thinnes) tries to persuade a skeptical world that…
Planet of the Apes (1968): Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
Feat. Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall; Classic sci–fi is a perfect blend of high entertainment and thought–provoking allegory. Charlton Heston and his band of…
Planet of the Apes Box Set (Planet of the Apes, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of) (1968-1973): Feat. Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter…
Cult of the Damned (Angel, Angel, Down We Go) (1970): Dir. Robert Thom
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Jordan Christopher, Roddy McDowall…; Low budget 'acid movie' from Nicolson/Arkoff productions. Like much of their output, most of the hippy cast and crew seem totally out of it.
Ballad of Tam-Lin, The (The Devil's Widow) (1970): Dir. Roddy McDowall
Feat. Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Cyril Cusack…; The only film that prolific acting great Roddy McDowall ever directed is this British folk horror based on the Celtic legend Tam Lin. Legendary…
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971): Dir. Don Taylor
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter; Second sequel brings the Apes back in time to contemporary LA, where the dominant human race exploit the simians. The gimmick makes it hard to…
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Roddy McDowall; The fourth in the series prefaces the original as enslaved Apes revolt against the humans. Worthwhile for those wishing to fill in the gaps of the…
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973): Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins, Severn Darden; Tired final film in the saga is a chronological prequel to the original that also tries to patch up loose ends of the other chapters. Still…
Legend of Hell House, The (1973): Dir. John Hough
Feat. Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill…; Hoary British haunted house yarn based on Richard Matheson’s novel has four ‘experts’ (a skeptical physicist and his wife, a medium…
Planet of the Apes (TV Series) (1974): Dir. Various, Don Weis, Arnold Laven
Feat. Roddy McDowall, James Naughton, Booth Colman; Continuing the ‘APES’ sequence of movies, this entertainingly fills–out the initial conceit. Roddy McDowall crosses over to the…
Embryo (1976): Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd…; Stillborn bio–horror in which Rock Hudson's scientist discovers how to mature a fetus into a human female adult in just a few days, but the…
Rhinemann Exchange, The (TV Mini-Series) (1977): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. Stephen Collins, Larry Hagman, Roddy McDowall…; Vintage spy thriller follows a US intelligence agent (Collins) on a mission to oversee the exchange of high–altitude gyroscope plans. A little…
Fantastic Journey, The (TV Series) (1977): Feat. Jared Martin, Ike Eisenmann, Carl Franklin…; A short–lived but influential 70's sci–fi show about a team of protagonists who jump from one time zone to the next, encountering bizarre…
Circle Of Iron (The Silent Flute) (1978): Dir. Richard Moore
Feat. David Carradine, Christopher Lee, Roddy McDowall; Bizarre 80s fantasy tells the story of a young fighter who seeks a spiritual identity through martial arts, and goes on a quest to find the legendary…
Martian Chronicles, The (TV Mini-series) (1979): Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Rock Hudson, Bernie Casey, Gayle Hunnicutt…; Sluggish adaptation of the famed Ray Bradbury short stories concerning mankind's first expedition and attempted conquest of Mars. Adapted by Richard…
Evil Under the Sun (1981): Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely…; Murder at a resort hotel, with Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. An all–star cast and top production values, with sun and sea…
Fright Night (1985): Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall…; Terrific vampire satire in which a boy becomes highly suspicious of his new neighbours, led by a suave Chris Sarandon. The superb make–up…
Overboard (1987): Dir. Garry Marshall
Feat. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Roddy McDowall; Cute and fluffy antics, with a snooty Goldie Hawn suffering amnesia and, being taken–in by ship–repairer Kurt Russell and his chaotic…
Going Hollywood - The War Years (1987): Dir. Julian Schlossberg
Feat. Vivian Blaine, Dane Clark, Jackie Cooper…; A glance back at Hollywood attitudes, movies and stars during the WW2 years 1941–1945. Compromising movie clips, newsreel footage and…
Fright Night Part 2 (1988): Dir. Tommy Lee Wallace
Feat. Roddy McDowall, William Ragsdale, Traci Lind…; William Ragsdale returns as Charley Brewster, now a college freshman who is tormented by the undead sister of the vampire from the first film. While…
Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini-series) (1989): Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Peter Ustinov…; Mostly delightful version of Jules Verne's light adventure yarn, in which Phileas Fogg (Brosnan) attempts the titular feat for a bet. More complete…
Cutting Class (1989): Dir. Rospo Pallenberg
Feat. Brad Pitt, Donovan Leitch, Jill Schoelen…; Late–80s, high–school set slasher that (semi–)parodies the genre is best known for featuring a young Brad Pitt. While mediocre as a…

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