Want to know the best Roddy McDowall movies? How about the worst Roddy McDowall movies? Curious about Roddy McDowall box office grosses or which Roddy McDowall movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Roddy McDowall movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Roddy McDowall (1928-1998) English-American actor, voice artist and film director. His career lasted an amazing 60 years. His IMDb page shows 262 acting credits from 1938-1999. This page will rank 65 Roddy McDowall movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. His many television appearances, his early British movies, his Monogram movies and movies not released in North American theaters were not were not included in the rankings. This comes from a request made by Søren. Sorry it took so long.
Roddy McDowall Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Roddy McDowall Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Roddy McDowall movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Roddy McDowall movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Roddy McDowall movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Roddy McDowall movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Roddy McDowall movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Roddy McDowall movie won.
- Sort Roddy McDowall movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Roddy McDowall
1. Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London in 1928.
2. Roddy McDowall was a child model as a baby. At the age of 10 he was already appearing in movies….he would remain making movies the rest of his life.
3. Roddy McDowall was lifelong friends with Elizabeth Taylor. They both starred in 1943’s Lassie Come Home. Taylor referred to him as the one friend she had to whom she confided everything, and who was always understanding.
4. Roddy McDowall was never nominated for an Oscar®. He did receive a Best Supporting Golden Globe® nomination for 1963’s Cleopatra.
5. A clerical error on the part of 20th Century-Fox cost Roddy McDowall a likely Oscar® nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Caesar Augustus Octavian in 1963’s Cleopatra. The studio erroneously listed him as a leading player rather than a supporting one. When 20th Century-Fox asked the Academy to correct the error, it refused, saying the ballots already were at the printer.
6. Roddy McDowall was never married and did not have any children.
7. In 1974, the FBI raided Roddy McDowall’s home and seized his collection of films and television series in the course of an investigation into film piracy and copyright infringement. His collection consisted of 160 16-mm prints and more than 1,000 video cassettes, at a time before the era of commercial videotapes, when there was no legal aftermarket for films. McDowall had purchased Errol Flynn’s home cinema films and transferred them all to tape for longer-lasting archival storage. No charges were filed.
8. Roddy McDowall played the chimpanzee archaeologist Cornelius in 4 of the first 5 Planet of the Apes movies. He did not appear in 1970’s Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
9. Roddy McDowall liked wearing his Planet of the Apes makeup when he left the set. He would drive home with his make-up on, and shock some of the other drivers on the freeway. That would be worth seeing.
10. Check out Roddy McDowall’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time
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Roddy McDowell, was the # 35 most connected actor of the 1960’s, and the # 46 most connected of the 1970’s.
Added and commented on Steve’s latest You Tube video on Roddy McDowall.
“Mr. McDowall had a very long and very successful career. Overall I have seen 25 of his movies….but only 21 of the ones listed. Our Roddy page ranks 67 movies compared to your 40. Favorites include #4 Keys to the Kingdom (kid role for him) #23 Overboard…a very funny movie…Roddy has some good moments in a supporting role. #3 The Longest Day (one of many stars in that one) #2 Planet of the Apes….one of Roddy’s best roles. #6 Fright Night…saw this one in theaters….he played a great ham actor….so much better than the recent remake. #30 Inside Daisy Clover….good movie…looks awesome….but more than a little depressing. #25 5 Card Stud….fun western with good roles for Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum. I like all the “Ape” movies….but none are as good as the first one. Good video voted up and shared on our Roddy page.”