Roddy McDowall
Acting • Born 1928-09-17 – Died 1998-10-03
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.
Filmography
285 credits
Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1968
Cornelius
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie • 1972
Acres
The Return of the King
Movie • 1980
Samwise Gamgee (voice)
Lassie Come Home
Movie • 1943
Joe Carraclough
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1971
Cornelius
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1972
Caesar
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1973
Caesar
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie • 1965
Matthew
Evil Under the Sun
Movie • 1982
Rex Brewster
The Defector
Movie • 1966
Agent Adams
Overboard
Movie • 1987
Andrew
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Movie • 1967
Bullwhip Griffin
5 Card Stud
Movie • 1968
Nick Evers
Cutting Class
Movie • 1989
Mr. Dante
That Darn Cat!
Movie • 1965
Gregory Benson
Class of 1984
Movie • 1982
Terry Corrigan
Scavenger Hunt
Movie • 1979
Jenkins
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Movie • 1982
Self / Rex Brewster
Man Hunt
Movie • 1941
Vaner
Fright Night
Movie • 1985
Peter Vincent
It!
Movie • 1967
Arthur Pimm
Cleopatra
Movie • 1963
Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Circle of Iron
Movie • 1978
White Robe
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie • 1971
Mr. Jelk
It's My Party
Movie • 1996
Damian Knowles
The Longest Day
Movie • 1962
Pvt. Morris
Midnight Lace
Movie • 1960
Malcolm
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Movie • 1972
Frank Gass
Murder in the Family
Movie • 1938
Peter Osborne
Hello Down There
Movie • 1969
Nate Ashbury
Star Hunter
Movie • 1996
Riecher
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Movie • 1999
Shakma
Movie • 1990
Sorenson
How Green Was My Valley
Movie • 1941
Huw Morgan
The Legend of Hell House
Movie • 1973
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
The Loved One
Movie • 1965
D.J. Jr.
Deadly Game
Movie • 1991
Dr. Aaron
The Grass Harp
Movie • 1996
Amos Legrand
Funny Lady
Movie • 1975
Bobby Moore
Laserblast
Movie • 1978
Doctor Mellon
The White Seal
Movie • 1975
Narrator/ White Seal
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1998
Self - Host
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Movie • 1981
Gillespie
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie • 1944
Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Fright Night Part 2
Movie • 1988
Peter Vincent
Inside Daisy Clover
Movie • 1966
Walter Baines
Cricket on the Hearth
Movie • 1967
Cricket Crocket (voice)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Movie • 1974
George Stanton (uncredited)
The Cat from Outer Space
Movie • 1978
Mr. Stallwood
Convict 99
Movie • 1938
Jimmy
My Friend Flicka
Movie • 1943
Ken McLaughlin
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
Movie • 1997
King Murphy
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
John Ashwood II as a Boy
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Movie • 1971
Mr. Proffer
Dead of Winter
Movie • 1987
Mr. Murray
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Movie • 1945
Ken McLaughlin
Lord Love a Duck
Movie • 1966
Alan Musgrave
Mowgli's Brothers
Movie • 1976
Mowgli (voice)
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Galen
Mean Johnny Barrows
Movie • 1975
Tony Da Vince
The Pied Piper
Movie • 1942
Ronnie Cavanaugh
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Movie • 1994
Dr. Lasky
Corky
Movie • 1972
Harassed Salesman
Confirm or Deny
Movie • 1941
Albert Perkins
Carmilla
Movie • 1989
Inspector Amos
Rabbit Test
Movie • 1978
Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
Shock Treatment
Movie • 1964
Martin Ashley
Unlikely Angel
Movie • 1996
Saint Peter
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie • 2000
Self
Kidnapped
Movie • 1948
David Balfour
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Movie • 1969
Santoro
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Killer Shark
Movie • 1950
Ted White
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Movie • 1995
Self
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie • 2001
Self (archive footage)
The Tempest
Movie • 1960
Ariel
The Third Day
Movie • 1965
Oliver Parsons
The Power and the Glory
Movie • 1963
Mestizo
Embryo
Movie • 1976
Frank Riley
Holiday in Mexico
Movie • 1946
Stanley Owen
The Story of Lassie
Movie • 1994
Self
The Alien Within
Movie • 1995
Dr. Henry Lazarus
The Thief of Baghdad
Movie • 1978
Hasan
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie • 1984
Prince John
Arnold
Movie • 1973
Robert
Flood!
Movie • 1977
Mr. Franklin
Twilight Theatre
Movie • 1982
Self - Host
Angel 4: Undercover
Movie • 1994
Geoffrey Kagen
Loss of Faith
Movie • 1998
Henry Stokes
A Taste of Evil
Movie • 1971
Dr. Michael Lomas
The Cool Ones
Movie • 1967
Tony Krum
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Movie • 1992
Self
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Movie • 1995
Thomas
Obsessed with Vertigo
Movie • 1997
Narrator (Voice)
The Subterraneans
Movie • 1960
Yuri Gilgoric
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Movie • 1971
Albert Soames
The Elevator
Movie • 1974
Marvin Ellis
Terror in the Sky
Movie • 1971
Dr. Ralph Baird
This England
Movie • 1941
Hugo
Tuna Clipper
Movie • 1949
Alec MacLennan
Dead Man's Island
Movie • 1996
Trevor Dunnaway
The Big Country
Movie • 1958
Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
Mae West
Movie • 1982
Rene Valentine
Earth Angel
Movie • 1991
Mr. Tatum
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Movie • 1997
Self
Rocky
Movie • 1948
Chris Hammond
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Movie • 1991
Self
Heads
Movie • 1994
Fibris Drake
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie • 1942
Benjamin - as a Boy
The Sands of Time
Movie • 1992
Alan Tucker
The Naked Target
Movie • 1992
Ernest Peabody
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
Movie • 1994
Narrator (voice)
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1973
Dr. Sawyer
Everybody's Dancin'
Movie • 1950
Roddy McDowall
Black Midnight
Movie • 1949
Scott Jordan
Saint Joan
Movie • 1967
Charles, The Dauphin
Poison Pen
Movie • 1939
Choirboy
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Movie • 1997
Self
I See Ice
Movie • 1938
Boy on train
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
Movie • 1988
Chiun
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie • 1997
Self
Just William
Movie • 1940
Ginger
The Steel Fist
Movie • 1952
Eric Kardin
A Bug's Life
Movie • 1998
Mr. Soil (voice)
Molly and Me
Movie • 1945
Jimmy Graham
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Movie • 1997
Self
The Big Picture
Movie • 1989
Judge
Saloon Bar
Movie • 1940
Boy
Journey to Murder
Movie • 1971
Rollo Verdew
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Movie • 1994
Jeremy Sennet
Double Trouble
Movie • 1992
Phillip Chamberlin
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Galen
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Galen
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Galen
Hey! Hey! USA
Movie • 1938
Boy
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Movie • 1979
Chuck the Robot (voice)
The Immigrants
Movie • 1978
Mark Levy
Macbeth
Movie • 1948
Malcolm
The Million Dollar Face
Movie • 1981
Derek Kenyon
Going Under
Movie • 1991
Secretary Neighbor
His Brother’s Keeper
Movie • 1940
Boy
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Movie • 1997
Self
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Movie • 1980
Galen
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Movie • 1975
Self
The Black Hole
Movie • 1979
V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Movie • 1980
MacFarland
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Movie • 1989
Self
Night Gallery
Movie • 1969
Jeremy Evans
Something to Believe In
Movie • 1998
Gambler
On the Sunny Side
Movie • 1942
Hugh Aylesworth
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie • 1998
Narrator (voice)
This Girl for Hire
Movie • 1983
Manfred Hayes
Big Timber
Movie • 1950
Jimmy
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Movie • 1986
Nuggit (voice)
The Color of Evening
Movie • 1990
Henry Seaton
Keepers of the Frame
Movie • 1999
Himself
Sixth and Main
Movie • 1977
Skateboard
It's Showtime
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Movie • 1998
Himself - Actor / Friend
Midas Run
Movie • 1969
Wister
You Will Remember
Movie • 1941
Young Bob Slater
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Movie • 1988
Minister
Rapunzel
Movie • 1983
Narrator
Heart of Darkness
Movie • 1958
Charles Marlow
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (Narrator)
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Movie • 1991
Narrator (voice)
The Return of Captain Sinbad
Movie • 2001
Narrator
The Evil Inside Me
Movie • 1993
Pauly
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Movie • 1997
Self
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Movie • 1994
Self
Hart to Hart
Movie • 1979
Dr. Peterson
Hollywood on Horses
Movie • 1989
Self
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1983
Ratty (voice)
The Outsider
Movie • 1939
Cured Child
Beyond Titanic
Movie • 1998
Self
The Fantastic Journey
Movie • 1977
Dr. Jonathan Willoway
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie • 1989
Self (voice)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie • 1987
Self
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Movie • 1991
Self
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Movie • 1951
Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Movie • 1999
Self
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Movie • 2000
Self
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Movie • 1979
Governor Saroyan
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1989
Self
The Legend of Robin Hood
Movie • 1968
Prince John
The Martian Chronicles
Movie • 1980
Father Stone
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
Movie • 1997
Snowball (voice)
Planet of the Apes
TV • 1974
Galen
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
TV • 1993
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Robert 'Professor' Benson
Matlock
TV • 1986
Christopher Hoyt
Batman
TV • 1966
The Bookworm
Gargoyles
TV • 1994
Proteus (voice)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Governor Saroyan
The Martian Chronicles
TV • 1980
Father Stone
Naked City
TV • 1958
Donnie Benton
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Pirates of Dark Water
TV • 1991
Niddler (voice)
Tales of the Gold Monkey
TV • 1982
"Bon Chance" Louie
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Mad Hatter (voice)
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Henry Roberts
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Leprechaun
The New Batman Adventures
TV • 1997
Mad Hatter (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Sam Conrad
Ironside
TV • 1967
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Harry O
TV • 1974
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Gyula Bognar
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Pete
Here's Boomer
TV • 1981
The New Lassie
TV • 1989
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
MGM: When the Lion Roars
TV • 1992
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Gerald Forbes
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Flying High
TV • 1978
Bridges to Cross
TV • 1986
The Rhinemann Exchange
TV • 1977
Bobby Ballard
Alice in Wonderland
TV • 1985
March Hare
An Inconvenient Woman
TV • 1991
Cyril Rathbone
Hollywood Wives
TV • 1985
Jason Swandle
Nightmare Classics
TV • 1989
Inspector Amos
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Mad Hatter (voice)
Columbo
TV • 1971
Roger Stanford
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Gordon Fairchild
Pinky and the Brain
TV • 1995
Snowball (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Around the World in 80 Days
TV • 1989
McBaines
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Edward St. John V
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Bellamy Partridge
Godzilla: The Series
TV • 1998
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Pip
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
George
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Philip Saxon
The New Batman Adventures
TV • 1997
The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Ariel
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
The Dauphin
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Maurice Gillette
The Wizard
TV • 1986
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Howard
The Legend of Prince Valiant
TV • 1991
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
TV • 1967
Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Lloyd Lindstrom
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Fred Beery
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Early McCorley
Dream On
TV • 1990
Bob Jeffers
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Stanley Lambert
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Arthur Biddle
The Snoop Sisters
TV • 1973
Lionel Standish
Suspicion
TV • 1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Gerald Musgrove
The Danny Kaye Show
TV • 1963
Self
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Mr. Elton
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self
Hotel
TV • 1982
Anthony Spears
Remember WENN
TV • 1996
Giles Aldwych
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Moulton
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Harry Carlin
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Leo Ostro
Duckman
TV • 1994
Akers (voice)
$weepstake$
TV • 1979
Theodore
The Fantastic Journey
TV • 1977
Dr. Jonathan Willaway
Delphi Bureau
TV • 1972
Harold
Biography
TV • 1987
Self
Matlock
TV • 1986
Don Mosher
McCloud
TV • 1970
Phil Sandler
George Burns Comedy Week
TV • 1985
Bob Cratchit
Fantasy Island
TV • 1978
Mephistopheles