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Cast:Roddy McDowall
1928 to 1998
British and American actor, photographer and film director
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Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
A cricket seeks to rescue a poor toymaker and his blind daughter from an exploitative miser.
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1967
12/18/1967
TV-G
TV Movie Animated
60 minutes
Rankin Bass
A
Genre:
Adventure
Comedy
Director(s):
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
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Cast:

Danny Thomas / Self /  Caleb (voice)
Marlo Thomas / Bertha (voice)
Ed Ames / Edward (voice)
Hans Conried / Tackleton (voice)
Abbe Lane / Moll (voice)
Paul Frees / Messanger /  Uriah /  Captain /  Toy Elephant (voice)
The Norman Luboff Choir / Themselves (singing voice)
Roddy McDowall / Cricket Crocket (voice)
Trivia: Based on a children's fairy tale written by Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote "The Cricket on the Hearth" and it was first published Dec. 20, 1845. It was one of more than two-dozen Christmas stories he wrote.
Cricket on the Hearth  (1967)



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Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is. /// Remake of the original film. / A department store Santa tries to convince a little girl who doesn't believe in Santa Claus that he is Santa Claus, and winds up going on trial to prove who he is.
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1973
12/14/1973
Approved
TV Movie
100 minutes
A
Genre:
Drama
Family
Fantasy
Director(s):
Fielder Cook
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Cast:

Sebastian Cabot / Kris Kringle
Jane Alexander / Karen Walker
David Hartman / Bill Schaffner
Suzanne Davidson / Susan Walker
Jim Backus / Shellhammer
Roddy McDowall / Dr. Sawyer
Tom Bosley / Judge Harper
David Doyle / Mr. Macy
Ellen Weston / Celeste
Roland Winters / Mr. Gimbel



Miracle on 34th Street  (1973)



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George Burns Comedy Week (1985)
Christmas Carol II - The Sequel      S1.E12
One year later and we see how Ebenezer's changes have impacted his friends and family. A hilarious twist on a well known tale!
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1985
12/11/1985
Approved
TV Series Episode
A
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Cast:

George Burns / Self - Hosted by
James Whitmore / Ebenezer Scrooge
Roddy McDowall / Bob Cratchet
Samantha Eggar / Mrs. Cratchet
Ed Begley Jr. / Tiny Timothy
James Widdoes / Fred
Conrad Janis / Baker
Carolyn Seymour / Unknown
Paul Benedict / Jacob Marley
Severn Darden / Spirit Two



George Burns Comedy Week (1985)



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Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1991)
An angel named Timmy with help of a dog and mouse tries to give a less fortunate Boy and Girl A Teddy bear and doll for Christmas.
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1991
12/22/1991
Approved
Video Animated
23 minutes
A
Genre:
Family
Director(s):
Rick Reinert
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Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Dom DeLuise / Nicodemus (voice)
Don Knotts / Titus (voice)
Roddy McDowall / Narrator (voice)
Zachary Bostrom / Timmy (voice)
Julia Dimattia / Snowflake (voice)
Billy O'Sullivan / Baruch (voice)
Ziad LeFlore / Simon (voice)
Jaclyn Bernstein / Unknown (voice)
Grant Gelt / Harold (voice)
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas  (1991)



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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
En route from New York City to Greece on New Year's Eve, majestic passenger ship the S.S. Poseidon is overtaken by a tidal wave. With the captain (Leslie Nielsen) dead, surviving passengers, including the passionate Rev. Scott (Gene Hackman), band together in the ship's ballroom. The group struggles to avert fires, flooding, structural instability and mechanical malfunctions as they make their way through a maze of ladders and tunnels in their desperate attempt to escape a watery grave.
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1972
12/13/1972
PG
Film
117 minutes
B
Genre:
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
Director(s):
Ronald Neame
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Christmas Elements:

Cast:

Gene Hackman / Reverend Scott
Ernest Borgnine / Mike Rogo
Red Buttons / James Martin
Carol Lynley / Nonnie Parry
Roddy McDowall / Acres
Stella Stevens / Linda Rogo
Shelley Winters / Belle Rosen
Jack Albertson / Manny Rosen
Pamela Sue Martin / Susan Shelby
Arthur O'Connell / Chaplain



The Poseidon Adventure  (1972)



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The Legend of Hell House (1973)
A physicist, his wife and two mediums are hired to investigate the Belasco House, where 27 guests had inexplicably died in 1927, along with most of a team of paranormal investigators that was sent in the early 1950s. /// A group of researchers spend the week of Christmas in a haunted English mansion in which previous investigators were killed 20 years earlier.
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1973
06/15/1973
PG
Film
95 minutes
B
Genre:
Horror
Director(s):
John Hough
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Cast:

Pamela Franklin / Florence Tanner
Roddy McDowall / Ben Fischer
Clive Revill / Dr. Barrett
Gayle Hunnicutt / Ann /  Ann Barrett
Roland Culver / Mr. Deutsch
Peter Bowles / Hanley
Michael Gough / Emeric Belasco
The Legend of Hell House  (1973)



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Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
Clara finds herself in a magical world where her toys have come to life but must fight the evil mice who threaten the kingdom before she can return home.
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1979
07/06/1979
G
Film
82 minutes
B
Genre:
Family
Fantasy
Musical
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Cast:

Michele Lee / Narrator (voice)
Melissa Gilbert / Clara (voice)
Lurene Tuttle / Aunt Gerda (voice)
Christopher Lee / Uncle Drosselmeyer /  Street Singer /  The Puppeteer /  The Watchmaker (voice)
Jo Anne Worley / Queen Morphia (voice)
Ken Sansom / Chamberlain /  The Poet Wiseman (voice)
Dick Van Patten / King Goodwin (voice)
Roddy McDowall / Franz /  Fritz (voice)
Mitchel Gardner / The Indian Wiseman /  The Viking Wiseman (voice)
Jack Angel / The Chinese Wiseman /  The Executioner /  Gar (voice)



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Unlikely Angel (1996)
Dolly Parton portrays a country-music performer who meets an untimely demise, but cannot enter heaven until she performs a good deed back on Earth: to reunite a workaholic widower with his children for Christmas.
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1996
12/17/1996
Not Rated
TV Movie
95 minutes
B
Genre:
Comedy
Fantasy
Director(s):
Michael Switzer
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Cast:

Dolly Parton / Ruby Diamond
Roddy McDowall / Saint Peter
Brian Kerwin / Ben Bartilson
Allison Mack / Sarah Bartilson
Eli Marienthal / Matthew Bartilson
Shelly Lenna Bauerly / Angel in Choir
Ricki Dale / Secretary
Maria del Mar / Allison
Matt Lincoln / Tree Farm Worker
James Lurie / Maitre'd



Unlikely Angel  (1996)



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Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic (2004)
Interviews with the cast, photos and film clips are used to make this film which was lovingly narrated by Roddy McDowell.
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2004
04/06/2004
Approved
Video
30 minutes
C
Genre:
Documentary
Director(s):
Scott Benson
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Cast:

Roddy McDowall / Narrator
Margaret O'Brien / Self
Barbara Saltzman / Self
Lucille Bremer / Self
Dorothy Raye / Self
Vincente Minnelli / Self (archive footage)
Liza Minnelli / Self (voice)
Hugh Martin / Self
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic  (2004)



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