Roddy McDowall
Actor
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…
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.…
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…
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.