Roddy McDowall

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q283988: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Midnight Lace (1960); Batman (TV series, 1966-68) (1966); Planet of the Apes (1968); [unnamed John Ford film].

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Planet of the Apes (2001): 2 lines

  1. contrast (inversion) · through Planet of the Apes (1968), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch.
    “They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Planet of the Apes (1968), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original.
    “Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

The Munsters (TV series) (1964): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Batman (TV series, 1966-68) (1966), which they acted in: Batman (TV series, 1966-68) ⇒ The Munsters (TV series) (the host's read). Batman premiering and eating the Munsters' timeslot is why that show tanked.
    “And it was because Batman premiered and immediately Munsters like tank.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:03:01 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (1989): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Batman (TV series, 1966-68) (1966), which they acted in: Batman (TV series, 1966-68) ⇒ The Simpsons (the host's read). The Radioactive Man parody mirrors the fate of old Batman actors doing car-dealership appearances in costume.
    “that's the kind of thing that the Simpsons parodies, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:50:45 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (4) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (beat it at the Oscars): Roddy McDowall → Citizen Kane. Griffin says he used to think the Roddy McDowall film shouldn't have beaten Citizen Kane, then saw it and changed his mind.
    “oh, that's the movie that shouldn't have beaten Season K.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 2:20:28 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (acting credit): Donald Crisp → Roddy McDowall. Crisp played Roddy McDowall's dad in a John Ford film and won an Academy Award.
    “And he plays Roddy McDowell's dad in the great John Ford movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:56:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.