Best known initially as the cute little kid who did those Jack In The Box commercials, Rodney went on to do a variety of other commercials. His "cuteness factor" landed him guest appearances on all of the hottest TV shows in the early 70s and gave him the opportunity to work with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.

Rodney told VH1 that Michael Jackson befriended him around 1973 when he was about 5 and Jackson was about 15. He said Jackson lost interest by the time Off the Wall was released in 1979.