Roddy McDowall
Acting
- Born
- September 17, 1928
- Died
- October 3, 1998 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 279
- Links
- IMDb
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was an English-American actor, director, and photographer. He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the spin-off television series.
Known for
Filmography
- 2024
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science FictionSelf (archive footage)Movie - 2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)Movie - 2023
Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf (archive footage)Movie - 2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Movie - 2001
The Return of Captain SinbadNarratorMovie - 2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelfMovie - 2000
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'Self (archive footage)Movie - 2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesSelfMovie
- 1999
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen AngelMovie - 1999Keepers of the FrameHimselfMovie
- 1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren BacallSelfMovie
- 1998
Behind the Planet of the ApesSelf - HostMovie - 1998Loss of FaithHenry StokesMovie
- 1998
A Bug's LifeMr. Soil (voice)Movie - 1998
Something to Believe InGamblerMovie - 1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United ArtistsNarrator (voice)Movie - 1998
Louise Brooks: Looking for LuluHimself - Actor / FriendMovie - 1998
Beyond TitanicSelfMovie - 1998
Godzilla: The SeriesShow - 1997
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & BalooKing MurphyMovie - 1997
Obsessed with VertigoNarrator (Voice)Movie - 1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest LadySelfMovie - 1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughSelfMovie - 1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelfMovie - 1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet HeroSelfMovie - 1997
Vincent Price: The Versatile VillainSelfMovie - 1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelfMovie - 1997Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the JungleSnowball (voice)Movie
- 1997
The New Batman AdventuresMad Hatter (voice)Show - 1996
It's My PartyDamian KnowlesMovie - 1996
Star HunterRiecherMovie - 1996
The Grass HarpAmos LegrandMovie - 1996
Unlikely AngelSaint PeterMovie - 1996
Dead Man's IslandTrevor DunnawayMovie - 1996
Superman: The Animated SeriesMad Hatter (voice)Show - 1996
Remember WENNGiles AldwychShow - 1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerSelfMovie - 1995
The Alien WithinDr. Henry LazarusMovie - 1995
Last Summer in the HamptonsThomasMovie - 1995
Pinky and the BrainSnowball (voice)Show - 1994
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven DanceDr. LaskyMovie - 1994
The Story of LassieSelfMovie - 1994
Angel 4: UndercoverGeoffrey KagenMovie - 1994
HeadsFibris DrakeMovie - 1994
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American ClassicNarrator (voice)Movie - 1994
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsJeremy SennetMovie - 1994
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillSelfMovie - 1994
GargoylesProteus (voice)Show - 1994
Burke's LawMaurice GilletteShow - 1994
DuckmanAkers (voice)Show - 1994
The TickThe Breadmaster (voice)Show - 1993
The Evil Inside MePaulyMovie - 1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical SquadronMadkat (voice)Show - 1992
The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelfMovie - 1992
The Sands of TimeAlan TuckerMovie - 1992
The Naked TargetErnest PeabodyMovie - 1992
Double TroublePhillip ChamberlinMovie - 1992
MGM: When the Lion RoarsShow - 1992
Batman: The Animated SeriesMad Hatter (voice)Show - 1991
Deadly GameDr. AaronMovie - 1991
Earth AngelMr. TatumMovie - 1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis HopperSelfMovie
- 1991
Going UnderSecretary NeighborMovie - 1991Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments ChristmasNarrator (voice)Movie
- 1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War IISelfMovie
- 1991
The Pirates of Dark WaterNiddler (voice)Show - 1991
An Inconvenient WomanCyril RathboneShow - 1991
The Legend of Prince ValiantShow - 1991
Darkwing DuckSir Quackmire Mallard (voice)Show - 1990
ShakmaSorensonMovie - 1990
The Color of EveningHenry SeatonMovie - 1990
Dream OnBob JeffersShow - 1989
Cutting ClassMr. DanteMovie - 1989
CarmillaInspector AmosMovie - 1989
The Big PictureJudgeMovie - 1989
Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusSelfMovie - 1989Hollywood on HorsesSelfMovie
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)Movie
- 1989
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver ScreenSelfMovie - 1989
The New LassieShow - 1989
Nightmare ClassicsInspector AmosShow - 1989
Around the World in 80 DaysMcBainesShow - 1989
Quantum LeapEdward St. John VShow - 1988
Fright Night Part 2Peter VincentMovie - 1988Remo Williams: The ProphecyChiunMovie
- 1988
Doin' Time on Planet EarthMinisterMovie - 1987
OverboardAndrewMovie - 1987
Dead of WinterMr. MurrayMovie - 1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelfMovie - 1987
BiographySelfShow - 1986
GoBots: Battle of the Rock LordsNuggit (voice)Movie - 1986
MatlockChristopher Hoyt, Don MosherShow - 1986Bridges to CrossShow
- 1986
The WizardShow - 1985
Fright NightPeter VincentMovie - 1985
Alice in WonderlandMarch HareShow - 1985
Hollywood WivesJason SwandleShow - 1985
George Burns Comedy WeekBob CratchitShow - 1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodPrince JohnMovie - 1984
Murder, She WroteDr. Alger Kenyon, PHD, Gordon FairchildShow - 1983
This Girl for HireManfred HayesMovie - 1983
RapunzelNarratorMovie - 1983
The Wind in the WillowsRatty (voice)Movie - 1982
Evil Under the SunRex BrewsterMovie - 1982
Class of 1984Terry CorriganMovie - 1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Rex BrewsterMovie - 1982
Twilight TheatreSelf - HostMovie - 1982
Mae WestRene ValentineMovie - 1982
Hollywood’s ChildrenSelf (Narrator)Movie - 1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadySelfMovie - 1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey"Bon Chance" LouieShow - 1982
Faerie Tale TheatreNarrator (voice)Show - 1982
HotelAnthony SpearsShow - 1981
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenGillespieMovie - 1981
The Million Dollar FaceDerek KenyonMovie - 1981
Here's BoomerShow - 1980
The Return of the KingSamwise Gamgee (voice)Movie - 1980
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesGalenMovie - 1980
Farewell to the Planet of the ApesGalenMovie - 1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesGalenMovie - 1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesGalenMovie - 1980
Back to the Planet of the ApesGalenMovie - 1980
The Memory of Eva RykerMacFarlandMovie - 1980
The Martian ChroniclesFather StoneShow - 1979
Scavenger HuntJenkinsMovie - 1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry MarshallChuck the Robot (voice)Movie
- 1979
The Black HoleV.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)Movie - 1979
Hart to HartDr. PetersonMovie - 1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave GirlsGovernor SaroyanMovie - 1979
Trapper John, M.D.Show - 1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyGovernor SaroyanShow - 1979$weepstake$TheodoreShow
- 1979
SupertrainBenjamin Warren TalcottShow - 1978
Circle of IronWhite RobeMovie - 1978
LaserblastDoctor MellonMovie - 1978
The Cat from Outer SpaceMr. StallwoodMovie - 1978
Rabbit TestGypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C FishbineMovie - 1978
The Thief of BaghdadHasanMovie - 1978
Flying HighShow - 1978
Fantasy IslandMephistopheles, Richard SimmonsShow - 1978
The ImmigrantsMark LevyShow - 1977
Flood!Mr. FranklinMovie - 1977
Sixth and MainSkateboardMovie - 1977
The Fantastic JourneyDr. Jonathan WillowayMovie - 1977
The Rhinemann ExchangeBobby BallardShow - 1977
The Love BoatFred BeeryShow - 1977
The Fantastic JourneyDr. Jonathan WillawayShow - 1976
Mowgli's BrothersMowgli (voice)Movie - 1976
EmbryoFrank RileyMovie - 1976
That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)Movie - 1976
It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)Movie - 1975
Funny LadyBobby MooreMovie - 1975
The White SealNarrator/ White SealMovie - 1975
Mean Johnny BarrowsTony Da VinceMovie - 1975
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate PortraitSelfMovie - 1975
Wonder WomanHenry Roberts, Professor Arthur ChapmanShow - 1975
Ellery QueenShow - 1974
Dirty Mary Crazy LarryGeorge Stanton (uncredited)Movie - 1974
The ElevatorMarvin EllisMovie - 1974
Planet of the ApesGalenShow - 1974
Harry OShow - 1974
Police WomanMoultonShow - 1973
Battle for the Planet of the ApesCaesarMovie - 1973
The Legend of Hell HouseBenjamin Franklin FischerMovie - 1973
ArnoldRobertMovie - 1973
Miracle on 34th StreetDr. SawyerMovie - 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...SelfShow - 1973
Barnaby JonesStanley LambertShow - 1973
The Snoop SistersLionel StandishShow - 1972
The Poseidon AdventureAcresMovie - 1972
Conquest of the Planet of the ApesCaesarMovie - 1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanFrank GassMovie - 1972
CorkyHarassed SalesmanMovie - 1972
Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)Movie - 1972
The RookiesShow - 1972
Delphi BureauHaroldShow - 1971
Escape from the Planet of the ApesCorneliusMovie - 1971
Bedknobs and BroomsticksMr. JelkMovie - 1971
Pretty Maids All in a RowMr. ProfferMovie - 1971
A Taste of EvilDr. Michael LomasMovie - 1971
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?Albert SoamesMovie - 1971
Terror in the SkyDr. Ralph BairdMovie - 1971
Journey to MurderRollo VerdewMovie - 1971
ColumboRoger StanfordShow - 1971
Great PerformancesSelfShow - 1970
McCloudPhil SandlerShow - 1969
Hello Down ThereNate AshburyMovie - 1969
Angel, Angel, Down We GoSantoroMovie - 1969
Night GalleryJeremy EvansMovie - 1969
Midas RunWisterMovie - 1969
Love, American StyleHowardShow - 1968
Planet of the ApesCorneliusMovie - 1968
5 Card StudNick EversMovie - 1968
The Legend of Robin HoodPrince JohnMovie - 1968
Journey to the UnknownRollo VerdewShow - 1968
The Name of the GamePhilip Saxon, Early McCorleyShow - 1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip GriffinBullwhip GriffinMovie - 1967
It!Arthur PimmMovie - 1967
Cricket on the HearthCricket Crocket (voice)Movie - 1967
The Cool OnesTony KrumMovie - 1967
Saint JoanCharles, The DauphinMovie - 1967
IronsideShow - 1967
The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest, Self - Guest / Various CharactersShow - 1967
The InvadersLloyd LindstromShow - 1966
The DefectorAgent AdamsMovie - 1966
Inside Daisy CloverWalter BainesMovie - 1966
Lord Love a DuckAlan MusgraveMovie - 1966
BatmanThe BookwormShow - 1966
Felony SquadShow - 1966
Mission: ImpossibleLeo OstroShow - 1965
The Greatest Story Ever ToldMatthewMovie - 1965
That Darn Cat!Gregory BensonMovie - 1965
The Loved OneD.J. Jr.Movie - 1965
The Third DayOliver ParsonsMovie - 1965
Run for Your LifeGyula BognarShow - 1964
Shock TreatmentMartin AshleyMovie - 1963
CleopatraOctavian - Caesar AugustusMovie - 1963
The Power and the GloryMestizoMovie - 1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreRobert 'Professor' BensonShow - 1963
Arrest and TrialShow - 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreArthur Biddle, Harry CarlinShow
- 1963
The Danny Kaye ShowSelfShow - 1962
The Longest DayPvt. MorrisMovie - 1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSelfShow - 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfShow - 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourGeorge, Gerald MusgroveShow - 1961
Ben CaseyShow - 1960
Midnight LaceMalcolmMovie - 1960
The TempestArielMovie - 1960
The SubterraneansYuri GilgoricMovie - 1959
The Twilight ZoneSam ConradShow - 1958
The Big CountryHannassey Watchman (uncredited)Movie - 1958
Heart of DarknessCharles MarlowMovie - 1958
Naked CityDonnie BentonShow - 1957
SuspicionShow - 1956THe Good FairyWaiterMovie
- 1955
Matinee TheaterShow - 1953
General Electric TheaterLeprechaunShow - 1952
The Steel FistEric KardinMovie - 1951
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and InspirationPvt. Huntington (The Professor)Movie - 1951
Hallmark Hall of FameShow - 1950
Killer SharkTed WhiteMovie - 1950
Everybody's Dancin'Roddy McDowallMovie - 1950
Big TimberJimmyMovie - 1950
Lux Video TheatrePete, Bellamy PartridgeShow - 1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsGerald Forbes, PipShow - 1949
Tuna ClipperAlec MacLennanMovie - 1949
Black MidnightScott JordanMovie - 1948
KidnappedDavid BalfourMovie - 1948
RockyChris HammondMovie - 1948
MacbethMalcolmMovie - 1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfShow - 1947
Kraft Television TheatreMr. EltonShow - 1946
Holiday in MexicoStanley OwenMovie - 1945
Thunderhead: Son of FlickaKen McLaughlinMovie - 1945
Molly and MeJimmy GrahamMovie - 1944
The Keys of the KingdomFrancis Chisholm, as a boyMovie - 1944
The White Cliffs of DoverJohn Ashwood II as a BoyMovie - 1944
Golden Globe AwardsSelfShow - 1943
Lassie Come HomeJoe CarracloughMovie - 1943
My Friend FlickaKen McLaughlinMovie - 1942
The Pied PiperRonnie CavanaughMovie - 1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeBenjamin - as a BoyMovie - 1942
On the Sunny SideHugh AylesworthMovie - 1941
Man HuntVanerMovie - 1941
How Green Was My ValleyHuw MorganMovie - 1941
Confirm or DenyAlbert PerkinsMovie - 1941
This EnglandHugoMovie - 1941
You Will RememberYoung Bob SlaterMovie - 1940Just WilliamGingerMovie
- 1940
Saloon BarBoyMovie - 1940His Brother’s KeeperBoyMovie
- 1939
Poison PenChoirboyMovie - 1939
The OutsiderCured ChildMovie - 1938Murder in the FamilyPeter OsborneMovie
- 1938
Convict 99JimmyMovie - 1938
I See IceBoy on trainMovie - 1938
Hey! Hey! USABoyMovie