19th Annual Academy Awards

March 13, 1947, Shrine Civic Auditorium

The Master of Ceremonies was Jack Benny.

16th Annual Emmy Awards

May 25, 1964, Hollywood Palladium and the Music Hall of the Texas Pavilion at the World's Fair in New York

Host was Joey Bishop.

47th Annual Academy Awards

April 8, 1975, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

Ms and Masters of Ceremony were Sammy Davis, Jr., Bob Hope, Shirley MacLaine, and Frank Sinatra.

Roddy McDowall and Brenda Vaccaro did the presentation for the Foreign Language Film Award.

25th Anniversary International Emmy Awards

November 24, 1997, New York Hilton, New York

The gala was hosted by Peter Ustinov with such presenters as Armande Assante, Soprano Kathleen Battle,

Richard Belzer, Fran Drescher, Jennifer Grey, Marilu Henner, Roddy McDowall, Michael Nouri, Milo O'Shea,

Cliff Robertson, and the Bananas in Pajamas.

Book Reviews

Nazimova: A Biography

Author - Gavin Lambert

1997

Review was not published

Business Ventures

Arthur (Discotheque)

1965-1970, Manhattan, New York

Co-owners were Sybil Burton Christopher, Edward Vilella and Roddy McDowall.

Four franchises were spun-off:  Los Angeles, CA (which RM also invested in with Natalie Wood);

Detroit, MI; Dallas, TX; and San Francisco, CA.

Benefits/Charity Events

Ninth Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition

December 1 & 2, 1997, Virginia Theatre, New York

A fundraising event for BC/EFA (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Chorus members from Broadway and Off-Broadway shows perform routines from the theatre's

biggest hits. Hal Linden and Roddy McDowall from "A Christmas Carol" appeared as

Siamese twin Scrooges, joined at the hip in an hilarious send-up of "Sideshow."

"All-Star Salute" to Elaine Steinbeck

April 4, 1998, Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, New York

This benefit was a tribute to Elaine Steinbeck's lifelong commitment to the theater and the naming

of the "Elaine Steinbeck Stage."

Some invited celebrity guests performed on stage - Bruce Springsteen, Adolph Green, Betty Comden,

Gary Sinise, Frank Galati, and Roddy McDowall, among others.

RM performed a monologue of Iago's from "Othello."

Comic Books

True Comics

Junior Advisory Editor - Roddy McDowall

1942 - 1950?

Concerts

Puck and the Fairy

Scythia's ship concert

Virginia and Roddy McDowall did a performance from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

September 1940

A Shakespeare Cabaret

Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA

Roddy McDowall danced/sang with Jean Simmons.

1973

Tubby the Tuba

Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA

Fourth of July Family Fireworks Picnic Concert

Roddy McDowall narrated this comical tale with musical accompaniment.

Calvin Simmons conducted.

July 4, 1975

Baltimore Symphony

Conductor - David Zinman

Featured Tchaikovsky's "Days of Delight, Days of Despair"

Readings on Tchaikovsky's life by Roddy McDowall.

July 20, 1989

Michigan Opera Theatre

Detroit Opera House

Featured, among other opera figures, Luciano Pavarotti

Emcees Roddy McDowall and Ron Raines.

April 21, 1996

Carnegie Hall Celebrates the Glorious MGM Musicals

Presented as part of the "american Popular Song Celebration" series

Featured were June Allyson, Page Cavanaugh, Cyd Charisse, Betty Comden, Arlene Dahl,

Gloria DeHaven, Betty Garrett, Kathryn Grayson, Adolph Green, Skitch Henderson,

Celeste Holm, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Ann Miller, Donald O'Connor, Mickey Rooney,

Julie Wilson, Stan Chandler, David Engel, Steven Freeman, and Larry Raben.

Roddy McDowall and Michael Feinstein hosted.

July 15-16, 1997

Cruise Ship Entertainment

Cruise With The Stars

Sponsored by the Theatre Guild of New York

A two-week cruise, aboard the Stellas Solaris of Royal Olympic

Cruises, from Ft. Lauderdale to Brazil and then up the Amazon River.

Featured performances by Patricia Neal, Cliff Robertson,

Zoe Caldwell, Gena Rowlands, Lee Roy Reams, and Roddy McDowall.

Activities included sketches from musical shows, informal talks

by the actors and actresses, parties, theater performances and films.

January 2 - 16, 1997

Queen Elizabeth II Cruise

Roddy McDowall and Mariette Hartley performed "Love Letters."

Southampton, England to New York, NY

June 1, 1998

Festivals

4th Annual Cinemusic Festival

Roddy McDowall hosted an evening celebrating the career of Julie Andrews.

Gstaad, Switzerland

March, 1998

Film Screening Events

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Screening of the newly restored film version.

Angela Lansbury and Roddy McDowall discuss the making of the musical.

A.M.P.A.S. Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, Los Angeles, California

September 27, 1996

Peter and the Wolf

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences salute animator Chuck Jones

Hosted by Roddy McDowall

Discussions with the film's creators including Kirstie Alley, Lloyd Bridges

and Ross Mallinger.

Academy Plaza Theatre, Los Angeles, California

March 27, 1997

Lord Love a Duck

John Springer's Forgotten Films to Remember series

Q & A session with Roddy McDowall

Players Club, New York City, New York

April 13, 1997

Planet of the Apes 30th Anniversary

Screening of the fully restored and THX-certified film version.

Hosted by American Movie Classics and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Roddy McDowall did an introduction.

A.M.P.A.S. Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, Los Angeles, California

August 27, 1998

Interactive Programs

"Disney/Pixar's Active Play, A Bug's Life" CD-ROM ©1998

Activity - You Can Make-Your-Own Puppet Show!

Mr. Soil(Roddy McDowall) interacts with the viewer by reading back the puppet

story they created. He also helps remind the viewer, when making the puppets, what the

puppet does in their story.

"Disney/Pixar's Action Game, A Bug's Life" CD-ROM ©1998

Training Level

Mr. Soil(Roddy McDowall) is the ant who teaches all the other ants on the training level.

Interviews

"Conversations With . . ."  series

Interview - style conversation with Terrence McNally on Bay Street Theatre's stage.

Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York

August 5, 1997

American Movie Classics, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, and U.S. Zoos

celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original film, "Planet of the Apes."

Roddy McDowall was photographed and interviewed at these promotional visits:

Bronx Zoo, New York City, New York, August 31, 1998

Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, California, September 3, 1998

Modeling

At age 5 Roddy McDowall did advertisements for breakfast cereals, Rice Krispies;

English laundry soap, Persil; and toothpaste, Colgate.

Readings

Great Writers Series V: Movies in Literature

Roddy McDowall did a reading from Christopher Isherwood's novel, "Prater Violet".

Met Theater, Hollywood, California

1994

Gregory Peck Reading Series

Reading selection from Christopher Isherwood's novel, "Prater Violet" and joined Genevieve

Bujold in a scene from George Bernard Shaw's "St. Joan."

Central Library of the Los Angeles Public Library, Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles, California

May 11, 1996

Tours

MGM's Woodrow Wilson Tour

Motion picture publicity tour encompassing 9 cities which included

San Francisco and Chicago.

1944 - 1945

Book-on-Tape Tour

"Old Doc Methuselah" for Bridge Audio

Encompassed New York, Chicago, Toronto, Washington, Philadelphia,

Nashville, and Atlanta.

May 1992

National Film Registry Tour

Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and Turner Classic Movies.

Roddy McDowall and Dr. James H. Billington introduce classic movie series.

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

September 19 - 22, 1996

An Afternoon/Evening with Roddy McDowall

Lecture and Photograph Presentation on/by Roddy McDowall

Polk Theater, Lakeland, FL

South Florida Community College, Avon Park, FL

Maxwell King Center, Melbourne, FL

Kings Point Theater, Sun City Center, FL

Wilson Center for the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota, FL

Richard B. Baumgardner Center, Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL

January 16 - 23, 1998

Tributes

A Tribute to John Chambers [makeup artist]

Special guests included Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, and others.

Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland Hills, CA

September 13, 1997

Video Cassettes

Going Hollywood: The War Years  aka Going Home

Roddy McDowall is an interviewee.

1987

MGM - Greatest Moments - A Video Sampler

Hosted by Roddy McDowall

1987

CPR Review For Health Care Professionals

Annotation by Roddy McDowall

Learning Resource Center Film and Video Collection

Medical Director - Archer S. Gordon; Executive Producer - David Adams

1992

Meet Me in St. Louis

50th Anniversary Edition which included a "making of" documentary.

Hosted by Roddy McDowall

1994

Obessed With Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece

AMC Original Production included with the restored version of VERTIGO

Narrated by Roddy McDowall

1996

Star Power: The Creation of United Artists

A ClassicVision Entertainment Inc. production.

Roddy McDowall narrates this documentary on the history of United Artists.

Distributed by Unapix/Miramar Entertainment

Released 1998

Legendary Ladies of the Silver Screen

VHS tape collection which includes the films:

"The Devil and Miss Jones"

"Guest Wife"

"Letter from an Unknown Woman"

"The Ballad of Tam Lin"

"Diary of a Chambermaid"

"The Private Affairs of Bel Ami"

Roddy McDowall gives introductions and background on each film including his own.

  Republic Pictures 1998

World War II Contributions

American Red Cross/National War Fund(Bond) Drive Campaign

Cross-country tour March-April 1943

which included the cities: Dallas, Kansas City, Toronto, Canada; Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toledo,

Salt Lake City, and others.

Hollywood Canteen

Founded by Bette Davis & John Garfield

Roddy McDowall was a busboy in the LA chapter.

Wednesdays & Saturdays 1943 - 45