Biography Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend
TV-14
TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Biography

Roddy McDowall: Hollywood's Best Friend

TV-14

TV Episode | 50 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This documentary from the award-winning series "A&E Biography" shows us the life of actor and photographer Roddy McDowall. The focus lies on his early days as a child star. It was produced before McDowall's death.

Writer

Victoria Price

Composer

Tom Jenkins

Editor

Laurie House

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 8, 1998

Release date

Oct 8, 1998 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 22 wins & 43 nominations

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Carol Burnett Self Self See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Andy Griffith Self Self See fewer	The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Charlton Heston Self Self See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Kim Hunter Self Self See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Frances Klamt Self (as Frances Klamt Willis) Self (as Frances Klamt Willis) See fewer	Biography (1987)
Bob LeMond Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Meet Millie (1952)
Leonard Maltin Self Self See fewer	Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Roddy McDowall Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fright Night (1985)
Virginia McDowall Self Self See fewer	The Fan (1949)
Dickie Moore Self (as Dick Moore) Self (as Dick Moore) See fewer	Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
Maureen O'Hara Self Self See fewer	The Quiet Man (1952)
Dolly Parton Self Self See fewer	The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
Jane Powell Self Self See fewer	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Joan Rivers Self Self See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)