Roddy McDowall is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer British born on 17 september 1928 at London (United-kingdom)
Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall participated to
119 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
9 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Actor
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Directed by Irwin Allen,
Ronald NeameOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
AdventureThemes La fin du monde,
Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
American disaster films,
Films about seafaring accidents or incidentsActors Gene Hackman,
Ernest Borgnine,
Adam Baldwin,
Red Buttons,
Carol Lynley,
Roddy McDowallRoles Acres
Rating70%
The SS Poseidon, an ocean liner slated for retirement and scrapping, makes her way across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from New York City to Athens. Despite protests from Captain Harrison, who fears for the ship's safety, the representative of her new owners, Mr. Linarcos, insists that she make full speed towards her destination to save money, preventing her from taking on additional ballast., 4h8
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
Darryl F. Zanuck,
Rouben MamoulianOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Historical,
Peplum,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Politique,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Children's films,
Films about royaltyActors Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton,
Rex Harrison,
Roddy McDowall,
Martin Landau,
Hume CronynRoles Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Rating70%
After the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey, Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
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Directed by Franklin J. SchaffnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionThemes Films about animals,
Films about computing,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Psychologie,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Time travel films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about apes,
Political films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Arme nucléaire,
Disaster films,
LobotomieActors Charlton Heston,
Roddy McDowall,
Maurice Evans,
Kim Hunter,
James Whitmore,
James DalyRoles Cornelius
Rating79%
Astronauts Taylor (Charlton Heston), Landon (Robert Gunner), Dodge (Jeff Burton) and Stewart are in deep hibernation when their spaceship crashes in a lake on an unknown planet after a long near-light speed voyage, during which, due to time dilation, the crew ages only 18 months. As the ship sinks, Taylor finds Stewart dead and her body desiccated. They throw an inflatable raft from the ship and climb down into it; before departing the ship, Taylor notes that the date is November 25, AD 3978, approximately two millennia after their departure in 1972. Once ashore, Dodge performs a soil test and pronounces the soil incapable of sustaining life.
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Directed by Robert Stevenson,
Joseph L. McEveety,
Arthur J. VitarelliOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Spy,
CrimeThemes Films about animals,
Films about cats,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Hayley Mills,
Dean Jones,
Dorothy Provine,
Roddy McDowall,
Neville Brand,
Frank GorshinRoles Gregory Benson
Rating66%
"Darn Cat" or "DC" is a wily, adventurous Siamese tomcat who lives with two young women, suburbanite sisters Ingrid "Inkie" (Dorothy Provine) and Patricia "Patti" Randall (Hayley Mills), whose parents are traveling abroad at the time of the story., 1h46
Directed by Tom HollandOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Fantastic,
Comedy,
Horror comedy,
HorrorThemes Films about magic and magicians,
Vampires in film,
Comedy horror filmsActors Chris Sarandon,
William Ragsdale,
Amanda Bearse,
Stephen Geoffreys,
Roddy McDowall,
Jonathan StarkRoles Peter Vincent
Rating70%
Charley Brewster loves traditional Gothic horror films. He stays up late to watch the horror movie TV series Fright Night, which is hosted by his hero, Peter Vincent, a former movie vampire hunter., 1h35
Directed by Chuck Roberson,
Ted PostOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Adventure,
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionThemes Films about animals,
Films about computing,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Films about religion,
Time travel films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about apes,
Political films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Arme nucléaire,
Disaster filmsActors James Franciscus,
Kim Hunter,
Maurice Evans,
David Watson,
Roddy McDowall,
Linda HarrisonRoles Cornelius (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating60%
Following the events of Planet of the Apes, time-displaced astronaut Taylor (Charlton Heston) and the mute Nova (Linda Harrison) are riding on horseback through the desert of the Forbidden Zone. Without warning, fire shoots up from the ground and deep chasms open. Confused by the strange phenomenon, Taylor investigates a cliff wall and disappears before Nova's eyes., 1h53
Directed by Robert Stevenson,
Christopher Hibler,
Arthur J. VitarelliOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Musical,
AnimationThemes Films about animals,
Films about magic and magicians,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Association football films,
Witches in film,
Musical films,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Angela Lansbury,
David Tomlinson,
Cindy O'Callaghan,
Roddy McDowall,
Sam Jaffe,
John EricsonRoles Mr. Jelk
Rating69%
The three Rawlins children, Charlie, Carrie, and Paul are evacuated from London during The Blitz to the remote village of Pepperinge Eye. They are placed in the reluctant care of Miss Eglantine Price, a reclusive woman who agrees to the arrangement temporarily. The children attempt to run away back to London, but change their minds after observing Miss Price attempting to fly on a broomstick. Miss Price reveals she is learning witchcraft through a correspondence school with hopes of using her spells in the British war effort, and offers the children a transportation spell in exchange for their silence. Miss Price casts the spell on a knob that the youngest child, Paul, has removed from the bed in the children’s shared bedroom, and she adds that only Paul can activate the spell.
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Directed by John FordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Films about the labor movement,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Walter Pidgeon,
Irving Pichel,
Maureen O'Hara,
Anna Lee,
Donald Crisp,
Roddy McDowallRoles Huw Morgan
Rating76%
The film opens with a monologue by an older Huw Morgan (voice by Irving Pichel): "I am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear when she went to the market. And I'm going from my valley. And this time, I shall never return." The valley and its villages are now blackened by the coal mines that fill the area., 1h44
Directed by Norman Tokar,
Arthur J. VitarelliOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Comic science fictionThemes Films about animals,
Comedy science fiction films,
Films about cats,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Ronnie Schell,
Ken Berry,
Sandy Duncan,
Harry Morgan,
Roddy McDowall,
McLean StevensonRoles Mr. Stallwood
Rating59%
An unidentified flying object makes an emergency landing on Earth and is taken into custody by the United States government. The occupant of the "flying saucer" turns out to be a strange cat-like alien named Zunar-J-5/9 Doric-4-7. Since the Mother Ship cannot send a rescue party before it leaves the solar system, the cat sets about investigating how to repair the ship himself. Using a special collar that amplifies telekinetic and telepathic abilities, he follows the military to the Energy Research Laboratory (or E.R.L.), where they hope to learn how the UFO's power source works. One of the lab's scientists, Dr. Frank Wilson, attracts the cat's attention when his theory on the power source, while ridiculed by the rest of the staff, is actually on the right track.
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