Person

Roddy McDowall

Acting · 1928–1998 · London, England, UK

Biography

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

2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesSelf (archive footage)
2024Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science FictionSelf (archive footage)
2023Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf
2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2001The Return of Captain SinbadNarrator
2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'Self (archive footage)
2000Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmSelf
2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesSelf
1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999Keepers of the FrameHimself
1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren BacallSelf
1998A Bug's LifeMr. Soil (voice)
1998Loss of FaithHenry Stokes
1998Godzilla: The Series
1998Beyond TitanicSelf
1998Behind the Planet of the ApesSelf - Host
1998Something to Believe InGambler
1998Louise Brooks: Looking for LuluHimself - Actor / Friend
1998Star Power: The Creation Of United ArtistsNarrator (voice)
1997Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the JungleSnowball (voice)
1997Vincent Price: The Versatile VillainSelf
1997Obsessed with VertigoNarrator (Voice)
1997The New Batman AdventuresMad Hatter (voice)
1997The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & BalooKing Murphy
1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf
1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest LadySelf
1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet HeroSelf
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsSelf
1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughSelf
1996Unlikely AngelSaint Peter
1996The Grass HarpAmos Legrand
1996Superman: The Animated SeriesMad Hatter (voice)
1996It's My PartyDamian Knowles
1996Dead Man's IslandTrevor Dunnaway
1996Remember WENNGiles Aldwych
1996Star HunterRiecher
1995Last Summer in the HamptonsThomas
1995Pinky and the BrainSnowball (voice)
1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerSelf
1995The Alien WithinDr. Henry Lazarus
1994GargoylesProteus (voice)
1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillSelf
1994The TickThe Breadmaster (voice)
1994The Story of LassieSelf
1994Angel 4: UndercoverGeoffrey Kagen
1994Mirror Mirror 2: Raven DanceDr. Lasky
1994DuckmanAkers (voice)
1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsJeremy Sennet
1994HeadsFibris Drake
1994Burke's LawMaurice Gillette
1994Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American ClassicNarrator (voice)
1993SWAT Kats: The Radical SquadronMadkat (voice)
1993The Evil Inside MePauly
1992The Sands of TimeAlan Tucker
1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesSelf
1992Batman: The Animated SeriesMad Hatter (voice)
1992MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992Double TroublePhillip Chamberlin
1992The Naked TargetErnest Peabody
1991Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments ChristmasNarrator (voice)
1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War IISelf
1991The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991Going UnderSecretary Neighbor
1991Deadly GameDr. Aaron
1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis HopperSelf
1991An Inconvenient WomanCyril Rathbone
1991Earth AngelMr. Tatum
1991The Pirates of Dark WaterNiddler (voice)
1990ShakmaSorenson
1990The Color of EveningHenry Seaton
1990Dream OnBob Jeffers
1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver ScreenSelf
1989Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusSelf
1989The Big PictureJudge
1989CarmillaInspector Amos
1989The New Lassie
1989Nightmare ClassicsInspector Amos
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf (voice)
1989Cutting ClassMr. Dante
1989Around the World in 80 DaysMcBaines
1989Quantum LeapEdward St. John V
1989Hollywood on HorsesSelf
1988Doin' Time on Planet EarthMinister
1988Remo Williams: The ProphecyChiun
1988Fright Night Part 2Peter Vincent
1987OverboardAndrew
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987BiographySelf
1987Dead of WinterMr. Murray
1986The Wizard
1986Bridges to Cross
1986GoBots: Battle of the Rock LordsNuggit (voice)
1986MatlockChristopher Hoyt
1985Alice in WonderlandMarch Hare
1985George Burns Comedy WeekBob Cratchit
1985Fright NightPeter Vincent
1985Hollywood WivesJason Swandle
1984Murder, She WroteDr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodPrince John
1983The Wind in the WillowsRatty (voice)
1983RapunzelNarrator
1983This Girl for HireManfred Hayes
1982Tales of the Gold Monkey"Bon Chance" Louie
1982Faerie Tale TheatreNarrator (voice)
1982HotelAnthony Spears
1982Class of 1984Terry Corrigan
1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982Mae WestRene Valentine
1982Evil Under the SunRex Brewster
1982Hollywood’s ChildrenSelf (Narrator)
1982Twilight TheatreSelf - Host
1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Self / Rex Brewster
1981Here's Boomer
1981The Million Dollar FaceDerek Kenyon
1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenGillespie
1980Farewell to the Planet of the ApesGalen
1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesGalen
1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesGalen
1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesGalen
1980Back to the Planet of the ApesGalen
1980The Return of the KingSamwise Gamgee (voice)
1980The Memory of Eva RykerMacFarland
1980The Martian ChroniclesFather Stone
1979Scavenger HuntJenkins
1979The Black HoleV.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave GirlsGovernor Saroyan
1979Trapper John, M.D.
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyGovernor Saroyan
1979Hart to HartDr. Peterson
1979SupertrainBenjamin Warren Talcott
1979$weepstake$Theodore
1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry MarshallChuck the Robot (voice)
1978The ImmigrantsMark Levy
1978The ImmigrantsMark Levy
1978Flying High
1978Circle of IronWhite Robe
1978The Cat from Outer SpaceMr. Stallwood
1978Rabbit TestGypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
1978LaserblastDoctor Mellon
1978Fantasy IslandMephistopheles
1978The Thief of BaghdadHasan
1977The Love BoatFred Beery
1977Sixth and MainSkateboard
1977Flood!Mr. Franklin
1977The Rhinemann ExchangeBobby Ballard
1977The Fantastic JourneyDr. Jonathan Willoway
1977The Fantastic JourneyDr. Jonathan Willaway
1976EmbryoFrank Riley
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
1976It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)
1976Mowgli's BrothersMowgli (voice)
1975Mean Johnny BarrowsTony Da Vince
1975Wonder WomanHenry Roberts
1975Ellery Queen
1975The White SealNarrator/ White Seal
1975Funny LadyBobby Moore
1975Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate PortraitSelf
1974Planet of the ApesGalen
1974Police WomanMoulton
1974Harry O
1974Dirty Mary Crazy LarryGeorge Stanton (uncredited)
1974The ElevatorMarvin Ellis
1973The Snoop SistersLionel Standish
1973Miracle on 34th StreetDr. Sawyer
1973ArnoldRobert
1973Battle for the Planet of the ApesCaesar
1973The Legend of Hell HouseBenjamin Franklin Fischer
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self
1973Barnaby JonesStanley Lambert
1972The Poseidon AdventureAcres
1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanFrank Gass
1972Delphi BureauHarold
1972The Rookies
1972Conquest of the Planet of the ApesCaesar
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1972CorkyHarassed Salesman
1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...?Albert Soames
1971A Taste of EvilDr. Michael Lomas
1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksMr. Jelk
1971Terror in the SkyDr. Ralph Baird
1971ColumboRoger Stanford
1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesCornelius
1971Pretty Maids All in a RowMr. Proffer
1971Great PerformancesSelf
1971Journey to MurderRollo Verdew
1970The Ballad of Tam LinDirector
1970McCloudPhil Sandler
1969Night GalleryJeremy Evans
1969Love, American StyleHoward
1969Angel, Angel, Down We GoSantoro
1969Hello Down ThereNate Ashbury
1969Midas RunWister
1968Journey to the UnknownRollo Verdew
1968The Name of the GamePhilip Saxon
19685 Card StudNick Evers
1968The Legend of Robin HoodPrince John
1968Planet of the ApesCornelius
1967Cricket on the HearthCricket Crocket (voice)
1967Saint JoanCharles, The Dauphin
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest
1967It!Arthur Pimm
1967The Cool OnesTony Krum
1967Ironside
1967The Adventures of Bullwhip GriffinBullwhip Griffin
1967The InvadersLloyd Lindstrom
1966The DefectorAgent Adams
1966Mission: ImpossibleLeo Ostro
1966Felony Squad
1966Lord Love a DuckAlan Musgrave
1966Inside Daisy CloverWalter Baines
1966BatmanThe Bookworm
1965That Darn Cat!Gregory Benson
1965The Loved OneD.J. Jr.
1965Run for Your LifeGyula Bognar
1965The Third DayOliver Parsons
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldMatthew
1964Shock TreatmentMartin Ashley
1963Kraft Suspense TheatreRobert 'Professor' Benson
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreArthur Biddle
1963The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
1963Arrest and Trial
1963CleopatraOctavian - Caesar Augustus
1963The Power and the GloryMestizo
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Longest DayPvt. Morris
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourGeorge
1961Ben Casey
1960Midnight LaceMalcolm
1960The SubterraneansYuri Gilgoric
1960The TempestAriel
1959The Twilight ZoneSam Conrad
1958Heart of DarknessCharles Marlow
1958Naked CityDonnie Benton
1958The Big CountryHannassey Watchman (uncredited)
1957Suspicion
1955Matinee Theater
1953General Electric TheaterLeprechaun
1952The Steel FistEric Kardin
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and InspirationPvt. Huntington (The Professor)
1950Lux Video TheatrePete
1950Big TimberJimmy
1950Everybody's Dancin'Roddy McDowall
1950Killer SharkTed White
1950Robert Montgomery PresentsGerald Forbes
1949Black MidnightScott Jordan
1949Tuna ClipperAlec MacLennan
1948KidnappedDavid Balfour
1948MacbethMalcolm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948RockyChris Hammond
1947Kraft Television TheatreMr. Elton
1946Holiday in MexicoStanley Owen
1945Molly and MeJimmy Graham
1945Thunderhead: Son of FlickaKen McLaughlin
1944The Keys of the KingdomFrancis Chisholm, as a boy
1944The White Cliffs of DoverJohn Ashwood II as a Boy
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf
1943Lassie Come HomeJoe Carraclough
1943My Friend FlickaKen McLaughlin
1942The Pied PiperRonnie Cavanaugh
1942On the Sunny SideHugh Aylesworth
1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeBenjamin - as a Boy
1941Confirm or DenyAlbert Perkins
1941How Green Was My ValleyHuw Morgan
1941This EnglandHugo
1941Man HuntVaner
1941You Will RememberYoung Bob Slater
1940Saloon BarBoy
1940Just WilliamGinger
1940His Brother’s KeeperBoy
1939Poison PenChoirboy
1939The OutsiderCured Child
1938Hey! Hey! USABoy
1938Convict 99Jimmy
1938I See IceBoy on train
1938Murder in the FamilyPeter Osborne

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