Most Recent Role: voice of Dr. Hugh Trevor on Godzilla: The Series
Alias Name(s): Roddy McDowell, Roddy MacDowall
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Birthday: 9-17-1928
Birth Name: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude MacDowall
Date of Death: 10-3-1998
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
Alias Name(s): Roddy McDowell, Roddy MacDowall
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Herne Hill, London, England, UK
Birthday: 9-17-1928
Birth Name: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude MacDowall
Date of Death: 10-3-1998
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
Actor, photographer. Born Roderick McDowall, on September 17, 1928, in London, England. He was the only son of Thomas McDowall, a merchant seaman, and his wife, Winifred. As a child, Roddy appeared in a slew of British films, including Yellow Sands (1938) and Just William (1939).
In 1940, Roddy moved to America, with his mother and sister, to escape the World War II bombing of London. Thomas...
Most Recent Appearance
DeadLoch
Saturday 6 February 1999 on FOX
H.E.A.T. journeys to Loch Ness Lake in Scotland, in order to search for Nessie, the famed Loch Ness Monster herself. This is because the Loch Ness Monster has eschewed her usual shy ways in order to inexplicably attack a Scottish scientific institute. But Nick and his team soon find out that the...
Roddy's Star on the Walk of Fame for his contributions to Television is located at 6630 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
(edit) In 1964, Roddy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his appearance in the Arrest and Trial (1963) episode Journey into Darkness.
(edit) In 1983, Roddy was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
for: Class of 1984 (1982).
(edit) In 1986, Roddy won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
for: Fright Night (1985).
(edit) Roddy was one of the few child stars who actually had a more successful career as an adult than as a child. (edit)
(edit) In 1964, Roddy was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his appearance in the Arrest and Trial (1963) episode Journey into Darkness.
(edit) In 1983, Roddy was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
for: Class of 1984 (1982).
(edit) In 1986, Roddy won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
for: Fright Night (1985).
(edit) Roddy was one of the few child stars who actually had a more successful career as an adult than as a child. (edit)
Roddy: I absolutely adore movies. Even bad ones. I don't like pretentious ones, but a good bad movie, you must admit, is great.
(edit)
Roddy: My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.
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Other Appearances
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Bridges to Cross
Norman Parks |
Planet of the Apes
Galen |
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Tales of the Gold Monkey
Bon Chance Louie |
The Fantastic Journey
Jonathan Willaway |
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The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Himself (1975) |
The Martian Chronicles
Father Stone |
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Fantasy Island
Gary Pointer |
Pinky and the Brain
voice of Snowball |
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The Carol Burnett Show
himself |
The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Himself |
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Alcoa Hour
He's For Me Max |
A Man Called Sloane
Night Of The Wizard Manfred Baranoff |
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Arrest and Trial
Journey Into Darkness Paul DeLoux |
Barnaby Jones
See Some Evil, Do Some Evil Stanley Lambert |
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Batman (1966)
The Bookworm Turns The Bookworm |
Batman (1966)
While Gotham City Burns The Bookworm |
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Bridges to Cross
From the TV movie of the same name. Suzanne Pleshette resumes her role as Tracy "Bridges" working with her ex-husband Peter "Cross" (Nicolas Surovy). The two both work as reporters for the same... more
Planet of the Apes
Astronauts Alan Virdon and Pete Burke are thrown 1100 years forward in time to 3085 AD to find evolved apes have become the dominant species and humans their apathetic slaves. Feared by the ape... more Tales of the Gold Monkey
The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed... more The Fantastic Journey
A scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean headed by Dr Paul Jordan becomes lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island. In the pilot episode they meet Varian, a man from... more The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Welcome to The Hollywood Squares guide at TV Tome. After 2 failed multi-star games ( People Will Talk and The Celebrity Game ), Game show executive producers Merrill Heatter and Bob... more The Martian Chronicles
Welcome to The Martian Chronicles guide at TV.com. This miniseries centers around explorers from Earth that visit Mars in the future. It is not typical science fiction fare and has themes of... more
From the TV movie of the same name. Suzanne Pleshette resumes her role as Tracy "Bridges" working with her ex-husband Peter "Cross" (Nicolas Surovy). The two both work as reporters for the same... more
Planet of the ApesAstronauts Alan Virdon and Pete Burke are thrown 1100 years forward in time to 3085 AD to find evolved apes have become the dominant species and humans their apathetic slaves. Feared by the ape... more Tales of the Gold Monkey
The adventures of seaplane pilot and soldier of fortune Jake Cutter in the South Pacific of 1938. Jake, a former Flying Tigers pilot, made his home on the island of Boragora along with his one-eyed... more The Fantastic Journey
A scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean headed by Dr Paul Jordan becomes lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island. In the pilot episode they meet Varian, a man from... more The Hollywood Squares (1966)
Welcome to The Hollywood Squares guide at TV Tome. After 2 failed multi-star games ( People Will Talk and The Celebrity Game ), Game show executive producers Merrill Heatter and Bob... more The Martian Chronicles
Welcome to The Martian Chronicles guide at TV.com. This miniseries centers around explorers from Earth that visit Mars in the future. It is not typical science fiction fare and has themes of... more
