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Acting

Roddy McDowall

Career: Active from 1938 to 2001, busiest in 1971 and 1980 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles: 72
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Pied Piper
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 147 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Roddy McDowall Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.0, average 5.4
Psychological
4.9, average 5.5
Biographical
0.4, average 1.0
Melancholy
4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 9
Social Commentary 7
Psychological Thriller 6
Nostalgic 6
Historical Drama 6
Family-Friendly 6
Eccentric Characters 5
Supernatural Mystery 4
Mystery 3
Dark Comedy 3
Class Conflict 3
Cult Classic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

233

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Return of Captain Sinbad

as Narrator

1990s

46 titles · average score 63

Obsessed with Vertigo

70

as Narrator (Voice)

Unlikely Angel

64

as Saint Peter

Dead Man's Island

50

as Trevor Dunnaway

Star Hunter

28

as Riecher

The Alien Within

38

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

27

as Dr. Lasky

The Evil Inside Me

as Pauly

Double Trouble

45

as Phillip Chamberlin

Earth Angel

56

as Mr. Tatum

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

as Narrator (voice)

Shakma

49

as Sorenson

The Color of Evening

57

as Henry Seaton

1980s

42 titles · average score 61

Fright Night Part 2

50

as Peter Vincent

Dead of Winter

63

as Mr. Murray

Overboard

60

as Andrew

Fright Night

72

as Peter Vincent

The Wind in the Willows

66

as Ratty (voice)

Class of 1984

61

as Terry Corrigan

Evil Under the Sun

72

as Rex Brewster

Tales of the Gold Monkey

77

TV show · as "Bon Chance" Louie

The Martian Chronicles

68

TV show · as Father Stone

The Return of the King

60

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Back to the Planet of the Apes

54

as Galen

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

53

as Galen

1970s

58 titles · average score 58

The Thief of Baghdad

52

as Hasan

Planet of the Apes

64

TV show · as Galen

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

42

as Caesar

The Legend of Hell House

65

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

54

as Caesar

The Poseidon Adventure

74

as Acres

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

67

as Cornelius

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

66

as Mr. Jelk

A Taste of Evil

62

as Dr. Michael Lomas

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

as Albert Soames

Columbo

83

TV show · as Roger Stanford

The Ballad of Tam Lin

46

Director

1960s

40 titles · average score 61

Night Gallery

73

as Jeremy Evans

Planet of the Apes

82

as Cornelius

5 Card Stud

61

as Nick Evers

It!

54

as Arthur Pimm

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

53

as Bullwhip Griffin

Cricket on the Hearth

53

as Cricket Crocket (voice)

The Cool Ones

46

as Tony Krum

Lord Love a Duck

66

as Alan Musgrave

The Third Day

44

as Oliver Parsons

That Darn Cat!

77

as Gregory Benson

Shock Treatment

67

as Martin Ashley

The Tempest

71

as Ariel

1950s

16 titles · average score 74

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Sam Conrad

Heart of Darkness

as Charles Marlow

Naked City

69

TV show · as Donnie Benton

The Big Country

81

as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Suspicion

71

TV show

as Waiter

Matinee Theater

TV show

The Steel Fist

as Eric Kardin

Killer Shark

54

as Ted White

Big Timber

as Jimmy

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Gerald Forbes / Pip

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Pete / Bellamy Partridge

1940s

24 titles · average score 71

Macbeth

73

as Malcolm

Rocky

as Chris Hammond

Kidnapped

64

as David Balfour

Holiday in Mexico

53

as Stanley Owen

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

67

as Ken McLaughlin

The White Cliffs of Dover

72

as John Ashwood II as a Boy

The Keys of the Kingdom

75

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Lassie Come Home

78

as Joe Carraclough

My Friend Flicka

77

as Ken McLaughlin

On the Sunny Side

67

as Hugh Aylesworth

The Pied Piper

86

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

How Green Was My Valley

83

as Huw Morgan

1930s

6 titles · average score 65

Poison Pen

66

as Choirboy

The Outsider

as Cured Child

Murder in the Family

as Peter Osborne

Hey! Hey! USA

62

as Boy

I See Ice

as Boy on train

Convict 99

68

as Jimmy