Roddy McDowall
29 titles
Filmography
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The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
(1967)A Boston debutante joins the San Francisco gold rush with her brother and Griffin, their British butler.

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
(1971)A trio of super-Intelligent apes from the future creates paranoia amongst 20th century humans.

Lord Love a Duck
(1966)Roddy McDowell, Tuesday Weld, Harvey Korman and Ruth Gordon star in this deliciously offbeat comedy that satirizes 1960s Southern California teen culture.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
(1972)A talking chimpanzee in the distant future leads his fellow apes in a revolution.

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
(1973)An ape civilization trying to live peacefully with human beings.

Planet of the Apes
(1968)A U.S. spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding the spacemen in a world dominated by apes.

The Legend of Hell House
(1973)A group of psychic investigators steel their nerves and make ready to visit Hell House, an old haunted mansion which has already seen off one team of researchers. Entering its foreboding walls, they determine to reveal the house's secrets - but they will have to broach the very limits of madness before they do so.

Unlikely Angel
(1996)When a selfish country music star meets an untimely end, she cannot enter Heaven unless she reunites a widower and his children in time for Christmas.

Dead of Winter
(1987)When she lands a role on a film set at an isolated mansion in upstate New York, a struggling actress’ quest for stardom becomes a fight for survival.

Mean Johnny Barrows
(1975)Former NFL star Fred Williamson (making his debut as a director) is Johnny Barrows, a soldier dishonorably discharged from the army. He returns home to encounter racism, violence, and an escalating mafia war. Naturally, a man with Barrows' rough background is hired as a mob enforcer. This brutal, blazing, blasting epic also stars Roddy McDowell, Stuart Whitman, and Elliot Gould.

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
(2024)This talk is given by Edward O'Donnell of College of the Holy Cross.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
(1971)In 1940 an eccentric young English spinster becomes an apprentice witch. With the help of three children and her unwitting mentor, she finds a magic spell on the legendary Isle of Naboombu, then uses it to rout a band of German commandos intent on invading England.

Class of 1984
(1982)A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
(2024)Directed by Nanette Burstein, this intimate and revealing documentary offers an unprecedented exploration into the life of Hollywood's quintessential star, Elizabeth Taylor, through her own words. With extraordinary access to Taylor's personal archives, including hours of newly unearthed audio interviews and clips from her iconic roles, the film challenges audiences to reconsider the legacy of a complex woman who navigated lifelong fame and public scrutiny on a global stage. Following the life of a megastar who defied an era's expectations by portraying strong-willed women onscreen, Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes offers a nuanced portrait of vulnerability and strength of one of cinema's most enduring icons.

Earth Angel
(1991)Teenager and prom queen Angela only wants to party, giving no thought to her future. After falling for her tutor, Wayne, and hoping to turn over a new leaf, Angela asks him to be her date to the prom. Her boyfriend, Duke, forces her to accompany him after he learns of the news, and the couple gets into an accident from which Angela doesn't emerge alive. Angela unexpectedly finds herself stuck in purgatory. When a familiar departed guidance counselor informs Angela that she hasn't done what it takes to enter heaven, she must return to Earth in order to perform the perfect deed that'll earn her her keep.

Fright Night
(1985)Horror movie buff Charley Brewster seeks the aid of Hollywood ghoul hunter Peter Vincent after he discovers that his suave new neighbor is a vampire.

Evil Under the Sun
(1982)The case of a phony diamond sends Agatha Christie's Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, to an exclusive island resort when a famous actress is murdered.

5 Card Stud
(1968)After a cardsharp is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging. Who will be killed next and who is responsible? Is it one of the original party seeking to cover their accursed deed, or perhaps the mysterious Rev Jonathan Rudd, who has recently arrived in town?

Funny Lady
(1975)FUNNY LADY resumes several years after FUNNY GIRL and chronicles Fanny Brice's (Barbra Streisand) relationship, both personal and professional, with her second husband, showman Billy Rose (James Caan). However, Brice's first husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif) reappears from out of the past and throws her personal and professional life into turmoil.

Shakma
(1990)Shakma, the baboon subject of a university experiment, goes on a frenzied killing rampage. The world's most aggressive primate just got mad.