Roddy McDowall Biography

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Born in London, Roddy McDowall's dream was to be a movie star. When World War II broke out, his mother moved the family to the U.S and Roddy landed a role in the Oscar winning film ‘How Green Was My Valley’. Roles in ‘Lassie Come Home’ and 'My Friend Flicka' led to a series of successful stage productions. A prolific actor, Roddy stared in over 150 movies including ‘Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Evil Under The Sun’. An avid collector of Hollywood memorabilia, he also published five books of his own photography, before his death in 1998.

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Roddy enjoyed photography and collecting film memorabilia. His favourite possession was a fat, tattered history of the cinema crammed with autographs.

 

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    "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".

     

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      A Bug's Life (1998)
      Something to Believe In (1998)
      Loss of Faith (1997)
      Batman: Gotham Knights (1997)
      The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
      Unlikely Angel (1996)
      Dead Man's Island (1996)
      It's My Party (1996)
      Fatally Yours (1995)
      Star Hunter (1995)
      Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
      The Grass Harp (1995)
      The Alien Within (1995)
      The Color of Evening (1994)
      Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
      The Red Planet (1994)
      Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994)
      Angel 4: Undercover (1993)
      Heads (1993)
      Sidney Sheldon's The Sands of Time (1992)
      Batman (1992)
      Double Trouble (1992)
      Gusanos no llevan bufanda, Los (1992)
      Darkwing Duck (1991)
      Deadly Game (1991)
      An Inconvenient Woman (1991)
      Earth Angel (1991)
      Pirates of Darkwater (1991)
      Carmilla (1990)
      Going Under (1990)
      Shakma (1990)
      Heroes Stand Alone (1989)
      Nightmare Classics (1989)
      The Big Picture (1989)
      Cutting Class (1989)
      Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
      Fright Night Part II (1989)
      Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
      Remo Williams (1988)
      Overboard (1987)
      The Wind in the Willows (1987)
      Dead of Winter (1987)
      Bridges to Cross (1986)
      GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (1986)
      Zoo Ship (1985)
      Alice in Wonderland (1985)
      Fright Night (1985)
      Hollywood Wives (1985)
      The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
      This Girl for Hire (1983)
      Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982)
      Class of 1984 (1982)
      Mae West (1982)
      Evil Under the Sun (1982)
      Back to the Planet of the Apes (1981)
      Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1981)
      The Million Dollar Face (1981)
      Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
      The Return of the King (1980)
      The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
      The Martian Chronicles (1980)
      Scavenger Hunt (1979)
      The Black Hole (1979)
      Hart to Hart (1979)
      Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
      Circle of Iron (1978)
      The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
      The Immigrants (1978)
      The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
      Rabbit Test (1978)
      Laserblast (1978)
      The Fantastic Journey (1977)
      Mowgli's Brothers (1977)
      Sixth and Main (1977)
      The Rhinemann Exchange
      Flood! (1976)
      Embryo (1976)
      Mean Johnny Barrows (1976)
      The White Seal (1975)
      Funny Lady (1975)
      Planet of the Apes (1974)
      Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
      Black Day for Bluebeard (1974)
      The Elevator (1974)
      Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
      Arnold (1973)
      Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
      The Legend of Hell House (1973)
      The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
      The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
      Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
      Columbo: Short Fuse (1972)
      What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)
      A Taste of Evil (1971)
      Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
      Terror in the Sky (1971)
      Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
      Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
      Journey to Murder (1971)
      Night Gallery (1969)
      Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
      Hello Down There (1969)
      Midas Run (1969)
      5 Card Stud (1968)
      The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
      Planet of the Apes (1968)
      Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
      The Cool Ones (1967)
      The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
      It! (1966)
      The Defector (1966)
      Lord Love a Duck (1966)
      Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
      That Darn Cat! (1965)
      The Loved One (1965)
      The Third Day (1965)
      The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
      Shock Treatment (1964)
      Cleopatra (1963)
      The Longest Day (1962)
      The Power and the Glory (1961)
      Midnight Lace (1960)
      The Subterraneans (1960)
      The Tempest (1960)
      The Steel Fist (1952)
      Big Timber (1950)
      Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
      Killer Shark (1950)
      Black Midnight (1949)
      Tuna Clipper (1949)
      Kidnapped (1948)
      Macbeth (1948)
      Rocky (1948)
      Holiday in Mexico (1946)
      Thunderhead - Son of Flicka (1945)
      Molly and Me (1945)
      The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
      The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
      My Friend Flicka (1943)
      Lassie Come Home (1943)
      The Pied Piper (1942)
      On the Sunny Side (1942)
      Son of Fury (1942)
      Confirm or Deny (1941)
      How Green Was My Valley (1941)
      This England (1941)
      Man Hunt (1941)
      You Will Remember (1941)
      Saloon Bar (1940)
      Just William (1940)
      Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
      The Outsider (1940)
      Murder Will Out (1940)
      His Brother's Keeper (1940)
      Poison Pen (1940)
      Convict 99 (1939)
      Dirt (1939)
      Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
      I See Ice (1938)
      John Halifax (1938)
      Murder in the Family (1938)
      Sarah Siddons (1938)
      Scruffy (1938)
      Yellow Sands (1938)

       

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