Acting
Roddy McDowall
Born 17 September 1928 in London, England, UK · Died 3 October 1998
280 credits
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
Acting 275
- 2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science FictionFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Paul Newman: The RestlessFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2001The Return of Captain SinbadFilmNarrator
- 2000Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmFilmSelf
- 2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesFilmSelf
- 1999Keepers of the FrameFilmHimself
- 1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren BacallFilmSelf
- 1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen AngelFilm
- 1998A Bug's LifeFilmMr. Soil (voice)
- 1998Godzilla: The SeriesSeries
- 1998Behind the Planet of the ApesFilmSelf - Host
- 1998Louise Brooks: Looking for LuluFilmHimself - Actor / Friend
- 1998Beyond TitanicFilmSelf
- 1998Something to Believe InFilmGambler
- 1998Loss of FaithFilmHenry Stokes
- 1998Star Power: The Creation Of United ArtistsFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1997The New Batman AdventuresSeriesMad Hatter (voice)
- 1997The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & BalooFilmKing Murphy
- 1997Obsessed with VertigoFilmNarrator (Voice)
- 1997Vincent Price: The Versatile VillainFilmSelf
- 1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsFilmSelf
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineFilmSelf
- 1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughFilmSelf
- 1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest LadyFilmSelf
- 1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet HeroFilmSelf
- 1997Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the JungleFilmSnowball (voice)
- 1996Superman: The Animated SeriesSeriesMad Hatter (voice)
- 1996It's My PartyFilmDamian Knowles
- 1996The Grass HarpFilmAmos Legrand
- 1996Remember WENNSeriesGiles Aldwych
- 1996Unlikely AngelFilmSaint Peter
- 1996Star HunterFilmRiecher
- 1996Dead Man's IslandFilmTrevor Dunnaway
- 1995Pinky and the BrainSeriesSnowball (voice)
- 1995Last Summer in the HamptonsFilmThomas
- 1995The Alien WithinFilmDr. Henry Lazarus
- 1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerFilmSelf
- 1994GargoylesSeriesProteus (voice)
- 1994DuckmanSeriesAkers (voice)
- 1994The TickSeriesThe Breadmaster (voice)
- 1994Burke's LawSeriesMaurice Gillette
- 1994Mirror Mirror 2: Raven DanceFilmDr. Lasky
- 1994Angel 4: UndercoverFilmGeoffrey Kagen
- 1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsFilmJeremy Sennet
- 1994HeadsFilmFibris Drake
- 1994The Story of LassieFilmSelf
- 1994Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American ClassicFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillFilmSelf
- 1993SWAT Kats: The Radical SquadronSeriesMadkat (voice)
- 1993The Evil Inside MeFilmPauly
- 1992Batman: The Animated SeriesSeriesMad Hatter (voice)
- 1992Double TroubleFilmPhillip Chamberlin
- 1992MGM: When the Lion RoarsSeries
- 1992The Naked TargetFilmErnest Peabody
- 1992The Magical World of Chuck JonesFilmSelf
- 1992The Sands of TimeFilmAlan Tucker
- 1991Darkwing DuckSeriesSir Quackmire Mallard (voice)
- 1991The Pirates of Dark WaterSeriesNiddler (voice)
- 1991The Legend of Prince ValiantSeries
- 1991Earth AngelFilmMr. Tatum
- 1991Going UnderFilmSecretary Neighbor
- 1991An Inconvenient WomanSeriesCyril Rathbone
- 1991Deadly GameFilmDr. Aaron
- 1991Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments ChristmasFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis HopperFilmSelf
- 1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War IIFilmSelf
- 1990Dream OnSeriesBob Jeffers
- 1990ShakmaFilmSorenson
- 1990The Color of EveningFilmHenry Seaton
- 1989Quantum LeapSeriesEdward St. John V
- 1989Around the World in 80 DaysSeriesMcBaines
- 1989Cutting ClassFilmMr. Dante
- 1989The Big PictureFilmJudge
- 1989The New LassieSeries
- 1989Nightmare ClassicsSeriesInspector Amos
- 1989CarmillaFilmInspector Amos
- 1989Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusFilmSelf
- 1989Hollywood on HorsesFilmSelf
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreFilmSelf (voice)
- 1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver ScreenFilmSelf
- 1988Fright Night Part 2FilmPeter Vincent
- 1988Doin' Time on Planet EarthFilmMinister
- 1988Remo Williams: The ProphecyFilmChiun
- 1987OverboardFilmAndrew
- 1987BiographySeriesSelf
- 1987Dead of WinterFilmMr. Murray
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilmSelf
- 1986MatlockSeriesChristopher Hoyt, Don Mosher
- 1986The WizardSeries
- 1986GoBots: Battle of the Rock LordsFilmNuggit (voice)
- 1986Bridges to CrossSeries
- 1985Fright NightFilmPeter Vincent
- 1985Alice in WonderlandSeriesMarch Hare
- 1985Hollywood WivesSeriesJason Swandle
- 1985George Burns Comedy WeekSeriesBob Cratchit
- 1984Murder, She WroteSeriesDr. Alger Kenyon, PHD, Gordon Fairchild
- 1984The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodFilmPrince John
- 1983The Wind in the WillowsFilmRatty (voice)
- 1983This Girl for HireFilmManfred Hayes
- 1983RapunzelFilmNarrator
- 1982Evil Under the SunFilmRex Brewster
- 1982Class of 1984FilmTerry Corrigan
- 1982Faerie Tale TheatreSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 1982Tales of the Gold MonkeySeries"Bon Chance" Louie
- 1982Mae WestFilmRene Valentine
- 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'FilmSelf / Rex Brewster
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadyFilmSelf
- 1982Hollywood’s ChildrenFilmSelf (Narrator)
- 1982Twilight TheatreFilmSelf - Host
- 1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenFilmGillespie
- 1981Here's BoomerSeries
- 1981The Million Dollar FaceFilmDerek Kenyon
- 1980The Return of the KingFilmSamwise Gamgee (voice)
- 1980The Martian ChroniclesSeriesFather Stone
- 1980Back to the Planet of the ApesFilmGalen
- 1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesFilmGalen
- 1980Farewell to the Planet of the ApesFilmGalen
- 1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesFilmGalen
- 1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesFilmGalen
- 1980The Memory of Eva RykerFilmMacFarland
- 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturySeriesGovernor Saroyan
- 1979The Black HoleFilmV.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.Series
- 1979Scavenger HuntFilmJenkins
- 1979SupertrainSeriesBenjamin Warren Talcott
- 1979Hart to HartFilmDr. Peterson
- 1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry MarshallFilmChuck the Robot (voice)
- 1979$weepstake$SeriesTheodore
- 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave GirlsFilmGovernor Saroyan
- 1978Fantasy IslandSeriesMephistopheles, Richard Simmons
- 1978The Cat from Outer SpaceFilmMr. Stallwood
- 1978LaserblastFilmDoctor Mellon
- 1978Circle of IronFilmWhite Robe
- 1978Rabbit TestFilmGypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
- 1978Flying HighSeries
- 1978The Thief of BaghdadFilmHasan
- 1978The ImmigrantsSeriesMark Levy
- 1977The Love BoatSeriesFred Beery
- 1977The Fantastic JourneySeriesDr. Jonathan Willaway
- 1977Flood!FilmMr. Franklin
- 1977The Rhinemann ExchangeSeriesBobby Ballard
- 1977The Fantastic JourneyFilmDr. Jonathan Willoway
- 1977Sixth and MainFilmSkateboard
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm(archive footage)
- 1976EmbryoFilmFrank Riley
- 1976Mowgli's BrothersFilmMowgli (voice)
- 1976It's ShowtimeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1975Wonder WomanSeriesHenry Roberts, Professor Arthur Chapman
- 1975Ellery QueenSeries
- 1975Funny LadyFilmBobby Moore
- 1975Mean Johnny BarrowsFilmTony Da Vince
- 1975The White SealFilmNarrator/ White Seal
- 1975Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate PortraitFilmSelf
- 1974Police WomanSeriesMoulton
- 1974Planet of the ApesSeriesGalen
- 1974Dirty Mary Crazy LarryFilmGeorge Stanton (uncredited)
- 1974Harry OSeries
- 1974The ElevatorFilmMarvin Ellis
- 1973Battle for the Planet of the ApesFilmCaesar
- 1973Barnaby JonesSeriesStanley Lambert
- 1973The Legend of Hell HouseFilmBenjamin Franklin Fischer
- 1973ArnoldFilmRobert
- 1973The Snoop SistersSeriesLionel Standish
- 1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...SeriesSelf
- 1973Miracle on 34th StreetFilmDr. Sawyer
- 1972Conquest of the Planet of the ApesFilmCaesar
- 1972The Poseidon AdventureFilmAcres
- 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanFilmFrank Gass
- 1972The RookiesSeries
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactoryFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1972Delphi BureauSeriesHarold
- 1972CorkyFilmHarassed Salesman
- 1971ColumboSeriesRoger Stanford
- 1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesFilmCornelius
- 1971Great PerformancesSeriesSelf
- 1971Bedknobs and BroomsticksFilmMr. Jelk
- 1971Pretty Maids All in a RowFilmMr. Proffer
- 1971A Taste of EvilFilmDr. Michael Lomas
- 1971Terror in the SkyFilmDr. Ralph Baird
- 1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...?FilmAlbert Soames
- 1971Journey to MurderFilmRollo Verdew
- 1970McCloudSeriesPhil Sandler
- 1969Love, American StyleSeriesHoward
- 1969Night GalleryFilmJeremy Evans
- 1969Hello Down ThereFilmNate Ashbury
- 1969Angel, Angel, Down We GoFilmSantoro
- 1969Midas RunFilmWister
- 1968Planet of the ApesFilmCornelius
- 1968The Name of the GameSeriesEarly McCorley, Philip Saxon
- 19685 Card StudFilmNick Evers
- 1968Journey to the UnknownSeriesRollo Verdew
- 1968The Legend of Robin HoodFilmPrince John
- 1967IronsideSeries
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest, Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1967The InvadersSeriesLloyd Lindstrom
- 1967The Adventures of Bullwhip GriffinFilmBullwhip Griffin
- 1967It!FilmArthur Pimm
- 1967Cricket on the HearthFilmCricket Crocket (voice)
- 1967The Cool OnesFilmTony Krum
- 1967Saint JoanFilmCharles, The Dauphin
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleSeriesLeo Ostro
- 1966BatmanSeriesThe Bookworm
- 1966Inside Daisy CloverFilmWalter Baines
- 1966Felony SquadSeries
- 1966Lord Love a DuckFilmAlan Musgrave
- 1966The DefectorFilmAgent Adams
- 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldFilmMatthew
- 1965That Darn Cat!FilmGregory Benson
- 1965Run for Your LifeSeriesGyula Bognar
- 1965The Loved OneFilmD.J. Jr.
- 1965The Third DayFilmOliver Parsons
- 1964Shock TreatmentFilmMartin Ashley
- 1963CleopatraFilmOctavian - Caesar Augustus
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreSeriesArthur Biddle, Harry Carlin
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreSeriesRobert 'Professor' Benson
- 1963The Danny Kaye ShowSeriesSelf
- 1963Arrest and TrialSeries
- 1963The Power and the GloryFilmMestizo
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeriesGeorge, Gerald Musgrove
- 1962The Longest DayFilmPvt. Morris
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf
- 1961Ben CaseySeries
- 1960Midnight LaceFilmMalcolm
- 1960The SubterraneansFilmYuri Gilgoric
- 1960The TempestFilmAriel
- 1959The Twilight ZoneSeriesSam Conrad
- 1958The Big CountryFilmHannassey Watchman (uncredited)
- 1958Naked CitySeriesDonnie Benton
- 1958Heart of DarknessFilmCharles Marlow
- 1957SuspicionSeries
- 1956THe Good FairyFilmWaiter
- 1955Matinee TheaterSeries
- 1953General Electric TheaterSeriesLeprechaun
- 1952The Steel FistFilmEric Kardin
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesAriel, The Dauphin
- 1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and InspirationFilmPvt. Huntington (The Professor)
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesGerald Forbes, Pip
- 1950Lux Video TheatreSeriesBellamy Partridge, Pete
- 1950Killer SharkFilmTed White
- 1950Everybody's Dancin'FilmRoddy McDowall
- 1950Big TimberFilmJimmy
- 1949Black MidnightFilmScott Jordan
- 1949Tuna ClipperFilmAlec MacLennan
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf
- 1948MacbethFilmMalcolm
- 1948KidnappedFilmDavid Balfour
- 1948RockyFilmChris Hammond
- 1947Kraft Television TheatreSeriesMr. Elton
- 1946Holiday in MexicoFilmStanley Owen
- 1945Molly and MeFilmJimmy Graham
- 1945Thunderhead: Son of FlickaFilmKen McLaughlin
- 1944The Keys of the KingdomFilmFrancis Chisholm, as a boy
- 1944The White Cliffs of DoverFilmJohn Ashwood II as a Boy
- 1943Lassie Come HomeFilmJoe Carraclough
- 1943My Friend FlickaFilmKen McLaughlin
- 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeFilmBenjamin - as a Boy
- 1942The Pied PiperFilmRonnie Cavanaugh
- 1942On the Sunny SideFilmHugh Aylesworth
- 1941How Green Was My ValleyFilmHuw Morgan
- 1941Man HuntFilmVaner
- 1941This EnglandFilmHugo
- 1941Confirm or DenyFilmAlbert Perkins
- 1941You Will RememberFilmYoung Bob Slater
- 1940Saloon BarFilmBoy
- 1940Just WilliamFilmGinger
- 1940His Brother’s KeeperFilmBoy
- 1939Poison PenFilmChoirboy
- 1939The OutsiderFilmCured Child
- 1938Hey! Hey! USAFilmBoy
- 1938Convict 99FilmJimmy
- 1938I See IceFilmBoy on train
- 1938Murder in the FamilyFilmPeter Osborne
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