Editing Roddy McDowall (section)

==Career==
===British films===
After appearing as a child model as a baby, McDowall appeared in several films as a boy. After winning an acting prize in a school play at age nine, he started appearing in films: ''[[Murder in the Family]]'' (1938), ''[[I See Ice]]'' (1938) with [[George Formby]], ''[[John Halifax (film)|John Halifax]]'' (1938), and ''[[Scruffy (1938 film)|Scruffy]]'' (1938).<ref name=Gotlieb>{{cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/archives-cc/app/details.php?id=8239&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fphpbin%2Farchives-cc%2Fapp%2Fbrowse.php%3Fletter%3DM%26sort_column%3Dcomposite_name%26sort_direction%3DASC%26per_page%3D10%26offset%3D55%26set_page%3Dnext |title=McDowall, Roddy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909004948/http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/archives-cc/app/details.php?id=8239&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fphpbin%2Farchives-cc%2Fapp%2Fbrowse.php%3Fletter%3DM%26sort_column%3Dcomposite_name%26sort_direction%3DASC%26per_page%3D10%26offset%3D55%26set_page%3Dnext |archive-date=9 September 2014 |work=Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center |publisher=Boston University}}</ref>

McDowall appeared in ''[[Convict 99]]'' (1938) and ''[[Hey! Hey! USA]]'' (1938) with [[Will Hay]], ''[[Yellow Sands (film)|Yellow Sands]]'' (1938), ''[[The Outsider (1939 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1939), ''[[Murder Will Out (1939 film)|Murder Will Out]]'' (1939), ''[[Dead Man's Shoes (1940 film)|Dead Man's Shoes]]'' (1940), ''[[Just William (film)|Just William]]'' (1940), ''[[Saloon Bar]]'' (1940), ''[[You Will Remember]]'' (1941), and ''[[This England (film)|This England]]'' (1941).

===Early US films===
McDowall's family moved to the United States in 1940 after the outbreak of [[World War II]]. He became a naturalized United States citizen on 9 December 1949,<ref name=Gotlieb/> and lived in the United States for the rest of his life.

McDowall served in the U.S. Army Reserves, and after basic training,  was assigned to the 67th Armored Infantry Battalion [[13th Armored Division (United States)|13th Armored Division]] of the [[U.S. Army]]'s [[Organized Reserve Corps]]  headquartered in Los Angeles. Later, he was assigned to the 63rd Infantry Division, when in 1952, the 13th Armored Division was reflagged into the 63rd Infantry Division. McDowall served from 1946 to 1954, spanning from the end of World War II to the end of the [[Korean War]].<ref name="xmoppet">[https://www.xmoppet.org/perstats/perstats.html Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall at] xmoppet.org. Retrieved 9 December 2021.</ref> He later served in the [[77th Sustainment Brigade|77th Infantry Division]] from 1960 to 1962.<ref name="xmoppet" />

McDowall's American film career began with a part in the 1941 thriller ''[[Man Hunt (1941 film)|Man Hunt]]'', directed by [[Fritz Lang]]. It was made by [[20th Century Fox]], which also produced McDowall's next film ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941), where he met and became lifelong friends with actress [[Maureen O'Hara]]. The film won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], and McDowall's role as Huw Morgan made him a household name.<ref name="Gotlieb" /> Fox put him in another war film, ''[[Confirm or Deny]]'' (1941), then he played [[Tyrone Power]]'s character as a boy in ''[[Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake]]'' (1942).

===Stardom===
[[File:Lassie Come Home.jpg|thumb|McDowall in ''Lassie Come Home'' (1943)]]
Fox promoted McDowall to top billing for ''[[On the Sunny Side (1942 film)|On the Sunny Side]]'' (1942). He was billed second to [[Monty Woolley]] in ''[[The Pied Piper (1942 film)|The Pied Piper]]'' (1942), playing a war orphan, then he had top billing again for an adaptation of ''[[My Friend Flicka (film)|My Friend Flicka]]'' (1942). [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] borrowed McDowall for the star role in ''[[Lassie Come Home]]'' (1943), a film that introduced [[Elizabeth Taylor]], an actress who became another lifelong friend. MGM kept him on to play a leading role in ''[[The White Cliffs of Dover (1944 film)|The White Cliffs of Dover]]'' (1944). Back at Fox, he played [[Gregory Peck]]'s character as a young man in ''[[The Keys of the Kingdom (film)|The Keys of the Kingdom]]'' (1944). In 1944, exhibitors voted McDowall the number-four "Star of Tomorrow".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26044148|title=SAGA OF THE HIGH SEAS|newspaper=[[The Mercury]]|location=Hobart, Tasmania|date=11 November 1944|access-date=24 April 2012|page=9|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Fox gave McDowall another starring vehicle with ''Thunderhead – Son of Flicka'' (1945). The studio reunited him with Woolley in ''[[Molly and Me]]'' (1945), which was made as an attempt to turn [[Gracie Fields]] into a Hollywood star. McDowall returned to MGM to support [[Walter Pidgeon]] in ''[[Holiday in Mexico]]'' (1946).

===Theatre===
McDowall turned to the theatre, taking the title role of ''[[Young Woodley (play)|Young Woodley]]'' in a [[summer stock]] production in [[Westport, Connecticut]], in July 1946.<ref>{{cite news|title=Roddy McDowall as guest|date=11 July 1946|work=The Christian Science Monitor|id={{ProQuest|515875397}}}}</ref> In 1947, he played [[Malcolm III of Scotland|Malcolm]] in [[Orson Welles]]'s stage production of ''[[Macbeth]]'' in Salt Lake City, and he played the same role in the actor-director's [[Macbeth (1948 film)|film version]] in 1948.<ref name=Gotlieb/>

===Monogram Pictures===
[[File:Roland Winters and Roddy McDowall - Killer Shark 04.jpg|thumb|McDowall and [[Roland Winters]] in ''[[Killer Shark]]'' (1950)]]
McDowall then signed a three-year contract with [[Monogram Pictures]], a low-budget studio that welcomed established stars, to make two films a year.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Schallert, E.|title=DRAMA AND FILM.|date=12 March 1947|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|165760532}}}}</ref>

McDowall starred in seven films for Monogram, for which he also worked as associate producer: ''[[Rocky (1948 film)|Rocky]]'' (1948), a boy-and-dog story directed by [[Phil Karlson]]; ''[[Kidnapped (1948 film)|Kidnapped]]'' (1948), an adaptation of the [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] story, wherein he played David Balfour, directed by [[William Beaudine]]; ''[[Tuna Clipper]]'' (1949), a fishing tale, again directed by Beaudine; ''[[Black Midnight (film)|Black Midnight]]'' (1949), a horse story directed by [[Budd Boetticher]]; ''[[Killer Shark]]'' (1950), a shark-hunting tale, again with Boetticher; ''[[Big Timber (1950 film)|Big Timber]]'' (1950), as a logger; and ''[[The Steel Fist]]'' (1952), an anticommunist drama.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tuna Fisherman Role Will Star McDowall |last=Schallert |first=Edwin |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=22 May 1948 |page=7}}</ref>

===1950s: Television and theatre===
McDowall left Hollywood to move to New York City. He began appearing on television, notably shows such as ''[[Celanese Theatre]]'', ''[[Broadway Television Theatre]]'', ''[[Medallion Theatre]]'', ''[[Campbell Summer Soundstage]]'', ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]'', ''[[Encounter (1958 TV series)|Encounter]]'', ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' (including an adaptation of ''[[Great Expectations]]'', in which he played Pip), ''[[The Elgin Hour]]'', ''[[Ponds Theater]]'', ''[[General Electric Theater]]'', ''[[The Kaiser Aluminum Hour]]'', ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'', ''[[Goodyear Playhouse]]'', ''[[The Alcoa Hour]]'', ''[[Kraft Theatre]]'', ''[[Matinee Theatre]]'', ''[[Suspicion (American TV series)|Suspicion]]'', ''[[Playhouse 90]]'' (in an adaptation of ''[[Heart of Darkness]]''), ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'', ''[[The DuPont Show of the Month]]'' (an adaptation of ''[[Billy Budd]]''), and ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' (the episode "[[People Are Alike All Over]]").

McDowall also had significant success on the Broadway stage. He was in a production of ''[[Misalliance (play)|Misalliance]]'' (1953) that ran for 130 performances and which McDowall said "broke the mould" in how he was judged as an actor.<ref>{{cite news|author=Steinmetz, J. |date=10 February 1987|title=RODDY MCDOWALL'S BEST FRIEND: CAMERA|work=Chicago Tribune|id={{ProQuest|291006412}}}}</ref>

He followed it with ''Escapade'' (1953) with [[Carroll Baker]] and [[Brian Aherne]]; [[Ira Levin]]'s ''[[No Time for Sergeants]] '' (1955–57), which was a huge hit;<ref>{{cite news|title=Roddy McDowall, stage actor|date=21 September 1955|work=The Christian Science Monitor|id={{ProQuest|509302561}}}}</ref> ''Diary of a Scoundrel'' (1956); and ''Good as Gold'' (1957).

He had a big critical success with ''[[Compulsion (play)|Compulsion]]'' (1957–58) based on [[Leopold and Loeb]] – although McDowall was not cast in the [[Compulsion (1959 film)|film version]]. He followed it with ''Handful of Fire'' (1958), [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Look After Lulu!]]'' (1959), and [[Peter Brook]]'s ''[[The Fighting Cock]]'' (1960). The latter earned him a [[Tony Award]].

===1960: Return to Hollywood===
[[File:Richard Burton Roddy McDowall Camelot 1963.JPG|thumb|McDowall as Mordred with [[Richard Burton]] in the Broadway musical ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' (1960)]]
McDowall was in another big Broadway hit when he played Mordred in the musical ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' (1960–63) with [[Julie Andrews]] and [[Richard Burton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/roddy-mcdowall-68284|title=Roddy McDowall – Broadway Cast & Staff &#124; IBDB|website=ibdb.com}}</ref>

He played [[Ariel (The Tempest)|Ariel]] in a TV production of ''[[The Tempest]]'' (1960) with Richard Burton and [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Television: 'the tempest'|author=J. G.|date=4 February 1960|work=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|115172815}}}}</ref> then appeared in his first film in almost a decade, ''[[The Subterraneans (film)|The Subterraneans]]'' (1960). He followed it with ''[[Midnight Lace]]'' (1960).

McDowall continued to work on television in shows such as ''Sunday Showcase'', ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]'', and ''[[The Play of the Week]]''. He was in a TV production of ''[[The Power and the Glory]]'' (1961) with [[Laurence Olivier]], [[George C. Scott]], and [[Julie Harris]].

In 1963, McDowall appeared as [[Octavian]] in the film production of ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'', which starred Elizabeth Taylor. While filming in Europe, he appeared in Fox's war film ''[[The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day]]'' (1962). He continued to guest-star on television series such as ''[[Arrest and Trial]]'', ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'', ''[[Combat!]]'', ''[[Ben Casey]]'', ''[[Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)|Twelve O'Clock High]]'', ''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]'', and ''[[The Invaders]]'', and appeared as a special guest villain as the  [[Bookworm (character)|Bookworm]] on ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''.

He had supporting roles in Fox's ''[[Shock Treatment (1964 film)|Shock Treatment]]'' (1964) and United Artists' ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965). He was third-billed in ''[[The Third Day (1965 film)|The Third Day]]'' (1965) and received billing as a member of the ensemble cast in ''[[The Loved One (film)|The Loved One]]'' (1965). McDowall went to Disney for ''[[That Darn Cat!]]'' (1965) and had a role in ''[[Inside Daisy Clover]]'' (1965).

McDowall was given a starring role in ''[[Lord Love a Duck]]'' (1966). He also appeared in ''[[The Defector (film)|The Defector]]'' (1966) and returned briefly to Broadway for ''The Astrakhan Coat'' (1967).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/production/the-astrakhan-coat-helen-hayes-theatre-vault-0000004496|title=The Astrakhan Coat (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theatre, 1967) &#124; Playbill}}</ref>

Disney gave him the starring role in ''[[The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin]]'' (1967) and he was top-billed in ''[[The Cool Ones]]'' (1967) and ''[[It! (1967 film)|It!]]'' (1967). He was in a TV production of ''Saint Joan''<!--TV movie, IMDB tt0062226--> (1967) and provided the voice for ''[[Cricket on the Hearth]]'' (1967). He guest-starred in the series ''[[The Felony Squad]]''.

[[File:Planet of the Apes cast 1974.JPG|thumb|McDowall in full costume, with co-stars [[Ron Harper (actor)|Ron Harper]] (front) and [[James Naughton]] (back), in the ''[[Planet of the Apes (TV series)|Planet of the Apes]]'' TV series (1974)]]
In 1968, McDowall appeared in one of his most memorable roles when he was cast in ''[[Planet of the Apes (1968 film)|Planet of the Apes]]'' as the ape Cornelius. He appeared in three sequels and a TV spin-off from the film.

He was Prince John in ''The Legend of Robin Hood'' (1968) for TV, and appeared in ''[[5 Card Stud]]'' (1968), ''[[Journey to the Unknown]]'', ''[[It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief]]'', ''[[Midas Run]]'' (1969), ''[[Hello Down There]]'' (1969), ''[[Angel, Angel, Down We Go]]'' (1969), ''[[Night Gallery]]'' (1969), ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]'', and ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''.

===1970s===
McDowall made his debut and only effort as director with ''[[The Ballad of Tam Lin]]'' (1970).<ref>{{cite news|author=Reed, R.|date=28 November 1971|title=Roddy McDowall: Survival of the fittest|work=Chicago Tribune|id={{ProQuest|169150031}}}}</ref>

As an actor, he was in ''[[Pretty Maids All in a Row]]'' (1971). McDowall was not in the first ''Apes'' sequel, but was in the second, ''[[Escape from the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1971). He was in the television film ''[[Terror in the Sky]]'' (1971), ''[[What's a Nice Girl Like You...?]]'' (1971), and ''[[A Taste of Evil]]'' (1971), and Disney's ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' (1971).

He guest-starred on ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]'', ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]'', ''[[Columbo]]'' (1972, "Short Fuse"), ''[[The Delphi Bureau]]'', ''[[The Rookies]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'', and ''[[McCloud (TV series)|McCloud]]''.

McDowall made his third ''Apes'' film with 1972's ''[[Conquest of the Planet of the Apes]]''. He had supporting roles in ''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film)|The Poseidon Adventure]]'' (1972), and starred in a pilot that did not go to series, ''[[Topper Returns]]'' (1973) and ''[[The Legend of Hell House]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite news|author=Haber, J.|date=9 December 1973|title=Superfan roddy, everybody's turn-on|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|157355170}}}}</ref>

His final ''Apes'' film was ''[[Battle for the Planet of the Apes]]'' (1973). He also appeared in ''[[McMillan & Wife]]'', ''[[Love, American Style]]'', ''[[Arnold (film)|Arnold]]'' (1973), a remake of ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1973), ''[[The Elevator (1974 film)|The Elevator]]'' (1974), ''[[The Snoop Sisters]]'' also (1974), and an uncredited appearance as a grocery-store manager in the film ''[[Dirty Mary Crazy Larry]]''.

He starred in the short-lived TV spin-off series of ''[[Planet of the Apes (TV series)|Planet of the Apes]]'' (1974). During a guest appearance on ''The Carol Burnett Show'', he came onstage in his ''Planet of the Apes'' makeup and performed a love duet with Burnett.<ref>[http://pota.goatley.com/burnett.html ''The Carol Burnett Show'' with Roddy McDowall], 14 March 2017</ref>

Asked about his career in a 1975 interview, McDowall said, "I just hope to keep working and in interesting things."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Movie talk with roddy McDowall|author=D. S.|date=21 August 1975|work=The Christian Science Monitor|id={{ProQuest|511800731}}}}</ref>

===Late 1970s===
For the rest of the 1970s, McDowall alternated between features, TV films, and TV series. His features included ''[[Funny Lady]]'' (1975), ''[[Mean Johnny Barrows]]'' (1976), ''[[Embryo (film)|Embryo]]'' (1976), ''[[Sixth and Main]]'' (1977), ''[[Laserblast]]'' (1978), ''[[Rabbit Test (film)|Rabbit Test]]'' (1978), ''[[The Cat from Outer Space]]'' (1978) for Disney, ''[[Circle of Iron]]'' (1978), ''[[Scavenger Hunt]]'' (1979), ''[[Nutcracker Fantasy]]'' (1979) (doing voice-over for the English-language edition), and Disney's ''[[The Black Hole (1979 film)|The Black Hole]]'' (1979) in which he voiced one of the robot roles.

His TV-series appearances included ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'', ''[[Mowgli's Brothers (TV special)|Mowgli's Brothers]]'', ''[[Harry O]]'', ''[[The Feather and Father Gang]]'', ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', ''[[Flying High (TV series)|Flying High]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[$weepstake$]]'', ''[[Supertrain]]'', ''[[Hart to Hart]]'', ''[[A Man Called Sloane]]'', ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' (the pilot episode), ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' ("[[Planet of the Slave Girls]]"), and ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''. He also had a regular role in the short-lived science-fiction series ''[[The Fantastic Journey]]'' (1977).

His TV-film appearances included ''[[Flood!]]'' (1977), ''[[The Rhinemann Exchange#Television adaptation|The Rhinemann Exchange]]'' (1978), ''[[The Immigrants#Television adaptation|The Immigrants]]'' (1978), and ''[[The Thief of Baghdad (1978 film)|The Thief of Baghdad]]'' (1978).

===Early 1980s===
McDowall's TV film /miniseries work in the 1980s included ''[[The Martian Chronicles (miniseries)|The Martian Chronicles]]'' (1980), ''[[The Memory of Eva Ryker]]'' (1980), ''[[The Return of the King (1980 film)|The Return of the King]]'' (1980) (on which he did voice over work), ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' (1980),''The Million Dollar Face'' (1981), ''Judgement Day'' (1981), ''Twilight Theatre'' (1982), ''[[Mae West (film)|Mae West]]'' (1982), ''This Girl for Hire'' (1983), ''[[The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1984), ''London and Davis in New York'' (1984), ''[[Hollywood Wives (miniseries)|Hollywood Wives]]'' (1985), and ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' (1985).

His TV series included ''Boomer and Miss 21st Century'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' (several times), ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]'', ''[[Tales of the Gold Monkey]]'' (a series regular), ''Small and Frye'', ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]'', and ''[[George Burns Comedy Week]]''.

McDowall's features included ''[[Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen]]'' (1981), ''[[Evil Under the Sun (film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'' (1982), ''[[Class of 1984]]'' (1984), and the cult-classic horror ''[[Fright Night]]'' (1985).

===Voice-over work and late 1980s===
McDowall had voice-over roles in ''Zoo Ship'' (1985), ''[[GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]'' (1986), and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1987 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' (1987), and TV series including ''[[Bridges to Cross]]'' (1986) (in which McDowall was a regular), ''[[The Wizard (TV series)|The Wizard]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'', and ''[[Nightmare Classics]]''; his TV films included ''[[Remo Williams: The Prophecy]]'' and ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (miniseries)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1989).

In 1987, he had supporting roles in ''[[Dead of Winter (film)|Dead of Winter]]'' and ''[[Overboard (1987 film)|Overboard]]'', on which he also served as executive producer. His other features included ''[[Doin' Time on Planet Earth]]'' (1988), ''[[Fright Night Part 2]]'' (1989), ''[[The Big Picture (1989 film)|The Big Picture]]'' (1989), ''[[Cutting Class]]'' (1989), and ''[[Heroes Stand Alone]]'' (1989).

In 1989, he said, "I feel as [[Henry Fonda]] did that every job I get may be my last. I'm one of those creatures born to be working. I feel better when I'm working. I don't like it when I'm not working and I've never worked as much as I want to."<ref>{{cite news|author=Champlin, C.|date=19 October 1989|title=Roddy McDowall pulls out all the F-stops|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|280917936}}}}</ref>

===1990s===
[[File:Roddy McDowall 1997.jpg|thumb|McDowall in 1997]]
McDowall's 1990s work included ''The Color of Evening'' (1990), ''[[Shakma]]'' (1990), ''[[Going Under (1991 film)|Going Under]]'' (1990), ''[[An Inconvenient Woman#Television adaptation|An Inconvenient Woman]]'' (1991), ''Earth Angel'' (1991), ''Deadly Game'' (1991), ''The Naked Target'' (1992), ''[[Double Trouble (1992 film)|Double Trouble]]'' (1992), ''[[The New Lassie]]'' (1992), ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' (A Leap for Lisa) (1992), ''The Evil Inside Me'' (1993), ''I Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampaire'' (1993 audio book), ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'', ''[[Heads (film)|Heads]]'' (1994), ''Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is'' (1994), ''[[Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance]]'' (1994), ''[[Burke's Law (1994 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'', ''Angel 4: Undercover'' (1994), ''[[The Alien Within]]'' (1995), ''[[The Grass Harp (film)|The Grass Harp]]'' (1995), ''[[Last Summer in the Hamptons]]'' (1995), ''Bullet Hearts'' (1996), ''[[Star Hunter]]'' (1996), ''[[It's My Party (film)|It's My Party]]'' (1996), ''[[Tracey Takes On...]]'', ''[[Dead Man's Island]]'', ''[[Remember WENN]]'', ''[[Unlikely Angel]]'' (1996), ''[[The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo]]'' (1997), ''[[Something to Believe In (film)|Something to Believe In]]'' (1998), and ''Loss of Faith'' (1998).

He voiced the [[Mad Hatter (DC Comics)|Mad Hatter]] in the [[DC Animated Universe]]. He also did voice work for ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'' (1991–92), ''Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas'' (1992), ''Camp Candy'', ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]'' (1992), ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' (1992), ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]'', ''[[Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron]]'', ''[[Red Planet (miniseries)|Red Planet]]'', ''[[The Tick (1994 TV series)|The Tick]]'', ''Galaxy Beat'', ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'', ''[[Duckman]]'', ''[[Pinky and the Brain]]'', ''[[A Bug's Life]]'', and ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]''.

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1993, when he was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] at the [[Pacific Design Center]] in West Hollywood.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

In 1997, McDowall hosted the MGM Musicals Tribute at [[Carnegie Hall]].

===Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences===
McDowall served for several years in various capacities on the board of governors of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], the organization that presents the [[Academy Awards]] (Oscars), and on the selection committee for the [[Kennedy Center]] Awards. He was chairman of the Actors' Branch for five terms. He was elected president of the Academy Foundation in 1998, the year that he died. He worked to support the Motion Pictures Retirement Home, where a rose garden named in his honour was officially dedicated on 9 October 2001; it remains a part of the campus.<ref name="xmpoppet.org">{{cite news|url=http://www.xmoppet.org/other/rosegarden.html|title=A Tribute to Roddy McDowall|work= The Roddy McDowall Memorial Rose Garden|date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

===Photographer and author===
McDowall received recognition as a photographer, working with ''[[Look (American magazine)|Look]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Collier's]]'', and ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]''. His work includes a cover story on [[Mae West]] for ''Life'' and the cover of the 1964 [[Barbra Streisand]] album, ''[[The Third Album (Barbra Streisand album)|The Third Album]]''. He took the photograph when Streisand performed on ''[[The Judy Garland Show]]'' in October 1963.

He published five books of photographs, each featuring photos and profile interviews of his celebrity friends interviewing each other, such as [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Judy Holliday]], [[Maureen O'Hara]], [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Lauren Bacall]], and others. It started with ''Double Exposure'' in 1968.<ref>McDowall, Roddy. ''[https://www.amazon.com/Double-Exposure-Roddy-McDowall/dp/0688100627 Double Exposure]''; William Morrow & Co; 2 edition: 1 November 1990; {{ISBN|978-0688100629}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Brady, J.|date=13 December 1992|title=Roddy McDowall|newspaper=The Washington Post|id={{ProQuest|140574938}}}}</ref>