
Roddy McDowall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 17, 1928
- Died
- October 3, 1998 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
The Return of the King
Movie · as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Paul Newman: The Restless
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Return of Captain Sinbad
Movie · as Narrator

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Movie · as Self

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Movie · as Self

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Movie
Keepers of the Frame
Movie · as Himself
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Movie · as Self

Behind the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Self - Host
Loss of Faith
Movie · as Henry Stokes

A Bug's Life
Movie · as Mr. Soil (voice)

Something to Believe In
Movie · as Gambler

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Movie · as Himself - Actor / Friend

Beyond Titanic
Movie · as Self

Godzilla: The Series
TV · 1 ep

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
Movie · as King Murphy

Obsessed with Vertigo
Movie · as Narrator (Voice)

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Movie · as Self

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Movie · as Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Movie · as Self

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Movie · as Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Movie · as Self
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
Movie · as Snowball (voice)

The New Batman Adventures
TV · as Mad Hatter (voice) · 2 eps

It's My Party
Movie · as Damian Knowles

Star Hunter
Movie · as Riecher

The Grass Harp
Movie · as Amos Legrand

Unlikely Angel
Movie · as Saint Peter

Dead Man's Island
Movie · as Trevor Dunnaway

Superman: The Animated Series
TV · as Mad Hatter (voice) · 1 ep

Remember WENN
TV · as Giles Aldwych · 1 ep

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Movie · as Self

The Alien Within
Movie · as Dr. Henry Lazarus

Last Summer in the Hamptons
Movie · as Thomas

Pinky and the Brain
TV · as Snowball (voice) · 7 eps

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Movie · as Dr. Lasky

The Story of Lassie
Movie · as Self

Angel 4: Undercover
Movie · as Geoffrey Kagen

Heads
Movie · as Fibris Drake

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Movie · as Jeremy Sennet

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Movie · as Self

Gargoyles
TV · as Proteus (voice) · 2 eps

Burke's Law
TV · as Maurice Gillette · 1 ep

Duckman
TV · as Akers (voice) · 1 ep

The Tick
TV · as The Breadmaster (voice) · 1 ep

The Evil Inside Me
Movie · as Pauly

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
TV · as Madkat (voice) · 1 ep

The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Movie · as Self

The Sands of Time
Movie · as Alan Tucker

The Naked Target
Movie · as Ernest Peabody

Double Trouble
Movie · as Phillip Chamberlin

MGM: When the Lion Roars
TV · 3 eps

Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Mad Hatter (voice) · 4 eps

Deadly Game
Movie · as Dr. Aaron

Earth Angel
Movie · as Mr. Tatum
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Movie · as Self

Going Under
Movie · as Secretary Neighbor
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Movie · as Self

The Pirates of Dark Water
TV · as Niddler (voice) · 3 eps

An Inconvenient Woman
TV · as Cyril Rathbone · 2 eps

The Legend of Prince Valiant
TV · 1 ep

Darkwing Duck
TV · as Sir Quackmire Mallard (voice) · 1 ep

Shakma
Movie · as Sorenson

The Color of Evening
Movie · as Henry Seaton

Dream On
TV · as Bob Jeffers · 1 ep

Cutting Class
Movie · as Mr. Dante

Carmilla
Movie · as Inspector Amos

The Big Picture
Movie · as Judge

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Movie · as Self
Hollywood on Horses
Movie · as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie · as Self (voice)

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self

The New Lassie
TV · 3 eps

Nightmare Classics
TV · as Inspector Amos · 4 eps

Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as McBaines · 3 eps

Quantum Leap
TV · as Edward St. John V · 1 ep

Fright Night Part 2
Movie · as Peter Vincent
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
Movie · as Chiun

Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Movie · as Minister

Overboard
Movie · as Andrew

Dead of Winter
Movie · as Mr. Murray

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self

Biography
TV · as Self · 1 ep

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Movie · as Nuggit (voice)

Matlock
TV · as Christopher Hoyt, Don Mosher · 1 ep
Bridges to Cross
TV · 6 eps

The Wizard
TV · 1 ep

Fright Night
Movie · as Peter Vincent

Alice in Wonderland
TV · as March Hare · 2 eps

Hollywood Wives
TV · as Jason Swandle · 3 eps

George Burns Comedy Week
TV · as Bob Cratchit · 1 ep

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie · as Prince John

Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD, Gordon Fairchild · 1 ep

This Girl for Hire
Movie · as Manfred Hayes

Rapunzel
Movie · as Narrator

The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Ratty (voice)

Evil Under the Sun
Movie · as Rex Brewster

Class of 1984
Movie · as Terry Corrigan

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Movie · as Self / Rex Brewster

Twilight Theatre
Movie · as Self - Host

Mae West
Movie · as Rene Valentine

Hollywood’s Children
Movie · as Self (Narrator)

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Movie · as Self

Tales of the Gold Monkey
TV · as "Bon Chance" Louie · 22 eps

Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Hotel
TV · as Anthony Spears · 1 ep

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Movie · as Gillespie

The Million Dollar Face
Movie · as Derek Kenyon

Here's Boomer
TV · 1 ep

The Return of the King
Movie · as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Galen

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Galen

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Galen

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Galen

Back to the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Galen

The Memory of Eva Ryker
Movie · as MacFarland

The Martian Chronicles
TV · as Father Stone · 3 eps

Scavenger Hunt
Movie · as Jenkins
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Movie · as Chuck the Robot (voice)

The Black Hole
Movie · as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

Hart to Hart
Movie · as Dr. Peterson

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Movie · as Governor Saroyan

Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · as Governor Saroyan · 2 eps
$weepstake$
TV · as Theodore · 1 ep

Supertrain
TV · as Benjamin Warren Talcott · 1 ep

Circle of Iron
Movie · as White Robe

Laserblast
Movie · as Doctor Mellon

The Cat from Outer Space
Movie · as Mr. Stallwood

Rabbit Test
Movie · as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

The Thief of Baghdad
Movie · as Hasan

Flying High
TV · 1 ep

Fantasy Island
TV · as Mephistopheles, Richard Simmons · 1 ep

The Immigrants
TV · as Mark Levy · 2 eps

Flood!
Movie · as Mr. Franklin

Sixth and Main
Movie · as Skateboard

The Fantastic Journey
Movie · as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

The Rhinemann Exchange
TV · as Bobby Ballard · 3 eps

The Love Boat
TV · as Fred Beery · 1 ep

The Fantastic Journey
TV · as Dr. Jonathan Willaway · 8 eps

Mowgli's Brothers
Movie · as Mowgli (voice)

Embryo
Movie · as Frank Riley

That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)

It's Showtime
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Funny Lady
Movie · as Bobby Moore

The White Seal
Movie · as Narrator/ White Seal

Mean Johnny Barrows
Movie · as Tony Da Vince

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Movie · as Self

Wonder Woman
TV · as Henry Roberts, Professor Arthur Chapman · 1 ep

Ellery Queen
TV · 1 ep

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Movie · as George Stanton (uncredited)

The Elevator
Movie · as Marvin Ellis

Planet of the Apes
TV · as Galen · 14 eps

Harry O
TV · 1 ep

Police Woman
TV · as Moulton · 1 ep

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Caesar

The Legend of Hell House
Movie · as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

Arnold
Movie · as Robert

Miracle on 34th Street
Movie · as Dr. Sawyer

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Barnaby Jones
TV · as Stanley Lambert · 1 ep

The Snoop Sisters
TV · as Lionel Standish · 1 ep

The Poseidon Adventure
Movie · as Acres

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Caesar

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Movie · as Frank Gass

Corky
Movie · as Harassed Salesman

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Rookies
TV · 1 ep

Delphi Bureau
TV · as Harold · 1 ep

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Cornelius

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Movie · as Mr. Jelk

Pretty Maids All in a Row
Movie · as Mr. Proffer

A Taste of Evil
Movie · as Dr. Michael Lomas

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Movie · as Albert Soames

Terror in the Sky
Movie · as Dr. Ralph Baird

Journey to Murder
Movie · as Rollo Verdew

Columbo
TV · as Roger Stanford · 1 ep

Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep

McCloud
TV · as Phil Sandler · 1 ep

Hello Down There
Movie · as Nate Ashbury

Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Movie · as Santoro

Night Gallery
Movie · as Jeremy Evans

Midas Run
Movie · as Wister

Love, American Style
TV · as Howard · 1 ep

Planet of the Apes
Movie · as Cornelius

5 Card Stud
Movie · as Nick Evers

The Legend of Robin Hood
Movie · as Prince John

Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Rollo Verdew · 1 ep

The Name of the Game
TV · as Philip Saxon, Early McCorley · 1 ep

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Movie · as Bullwhip Griffin

It!
Movie · as Arthur Pimm

Cricket on the Hearth
Movie · as Cricket Crocket (voice)

The Cool Ones
Movie · as Tony Krum

Saint Joan
Movie · as Charles, The Dauphin

Ironside
TV · 1 ep

The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Various Characters · 3 eps

The Invaders
TV · as Lloyd Lindstrom · 1 ep

The Defector
Movie · as Agent Adams

Inside Daisy Clover
Movie · as Walter Baines

Lord Love a Duck
Movie · as Alan Musgrave

Batman
TV · as The Bookworm · 2 eps

Felony Squad
TV · 2 eps

Mission: Impossible
TV · as Leo Ostro · 1 ep

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Matthew

That Darn Cat!
Movie · as Gregory Benson

The Loved One
Movie · as D.J. Jr.

The Third Day
Movie · as Oliver Parsons

Run for Your Life
TV · as Gyula Bognar · 1 ep

Shock Treatment
Movie · as Martin Ashley

Cleopatra
Movie · as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

The Power and the Glory
Movie · as Mestizo

Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Robert 'Professor' Benson · 1 ep

Arrest and Trial
TV · 1 ep
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Arthur Biddle, Harry Carlin · 1 ep

The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Longest Day
Movie · as Pvt. Morris

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as George, Gerald Musgrove · 1 ep

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

Midnight Lace
Movie · as Malcolm

The Tempest
Movie · as Ariel

The Subterraneans
Movie · as Yuri Gilgoric

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Sam Conrad · 1 ep

The Big Country
Movie · as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Heart of Darkness
Movie · as Charles Marlow

Naked City
TV · as Donnie Benton · 1 ep

Suspicion
TV · 2 eps
THe Good Fairy
Movie · as Waiter

Matinee Theater
TV · 4 eps

General Electric Theater
TV · as Leprechaun · 1 ep

The Steel Fist
Movie · as Eric Kardin

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Movie · as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Ariel, The Dauphin · 1 ep

Killer Shark
Movie · as Ted White

Everybody's Dancin'
Movie · as Roddy McDowall

Big Timber
Movie · as Jimmy

Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Pete, Bellamy Partridge · 1 ep

Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Gerald Forbes, Pip · 1 ep

Tuna Clipper
Movie · as Alec MacLennan

Black Midnight
Movie · as Scott Jordan

Kidnapped
Movie · as David Balfour

Rocky
Movie · as Chris Hammond

Macbeth
Movie · as Malcolm

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Mr. Elton · 1 ep

Holiday in Mexico
Movie · as Stanley Owen

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Movie · as Ken McLaughlin

Molly and Me
Movie · as Jimmy Graham

The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie · as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie · as John Ashwood II as a Boy

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Lassie Come Home
Movie · as Joe Carraclough

My Friend Flicka
Movie · as Ken McLaughlin

The Pied Piper
Movie · as Ronnie Cavanaugh

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Movie · as Benjamin - as a Boy

On the Sunny Side
Movie · as Hugh Aylesworth

Man Hunt
Movie · as Vaner

How Green Was My Valley
Movie · as Huw Morgan

Confirm or Deny
Movie · as Albert Perkins

This England
Movie · as Hugo

You Will Remember
Movie · as Young Bob Slater
Just William
Movie · as Ginger

Saloon Bar
Movie · as Boy
His Brother’s Keeper
Movie · as Boy

Poison Pen
Movie · as Choirboy

The Outsider
Movie · as Cured Child
Murder in the Family
Movie · as Peter Osborne

Convict 99
Movie · as Jimmy

I See Ice
Movie · as Boy on train

Hey! Hey! USA
Movie · as Boy






