Roddy McDowall
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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
Credits
A Bug's Life (1998)
as Mr. Soil (voice)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
as Cornelius
The Longest Day (1962)
as Pvt. Morris
Cleopatra (1963)
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
as Acres
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
as Cornelius
Fright Night (1985)
as Peter Vincent
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
as Caesar
Overboard (1987)
as Andrew
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Caesar
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
as Rex Brewster
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Mr. Jelk
Class of 1984 (1982)
as Terry Corrigan
The Defector (1966)
as Agent Adams
The Black Hole (1979)
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
as Peter Vincent
The Big Country (1958)
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
as Huw Morgan
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Matthew
The Return of the King (1980)
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
That Darn Cat! (1965)
as Gregory Benson
Macbeth (1948)
as Malcolm
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
as Mr. Stallwood
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
as George Stanton (uncredited)
Cutting Class (1989)
as Mr. Dante
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Frank Gass
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
Lassie Come Home (1943)
as Joe Carraclough
Funny Lady (1975)
as Bobby Moore
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Amos Legrand
The Big Picture (1989)
as Judge
The Loved One (1965)
as D.J. Jr.
Double Trouble (1992)
as Phillip Chamberlin
5 Card Stud (1968)
as Nick Evers
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
as Bullwhip Griffin
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
as Jenkins
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
as Mr. Proffer
Man Hunt (1941)
as Vaner
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Gillespie
Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
as Walter Baines
Night Gallery (1969)
as Jeremy Evans
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as Hasan
It's My Party (1996)
as Damian Knowles
Dead of Winter (1987)
as Mr. Murray
Unlikely Angel (1996)
as Saint Peter
Beyond Titanic (1998)
as Self
Midnight Lace (1960)
as Malcolm
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Shakma (1990)
as Sorenson
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as MacFarland
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self
Flood! (1977)
as Mr. Franklin
Circle of Iron (1978)
as White Robe
It! (1967)
as Arthur Pimm
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Benjamin - as a Boy
Laserblast (1978)
as Doctor Mellon
Going Under (1991)
as Secretary Neighbor
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
as Self - Host
This England (1941)
as Hugo
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
Hello Down There (1969)
as Nate Ashbury
Poison Pen (1939)
as Choirboy
Hart to Hart (1979)
as Dr. Peterson
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
as Self
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Angel 4: Undercover (1994)
as Geoffrey Kagen
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
as Ratty (voice)
The Fantastic Journey (1977)
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
Dead Man's Island (1996)
as Trevor Dunnaway
This Girl for Hire (1983)
as Manfred Hayes
Rapunzel (1983)
as Narrator
Earth Angel (1991)
as Mr. Tatum
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979)
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
as Self
Rabbit Test (1978)
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
as Dr. Sawyer
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
as Self
Mae West (1982)
as Rene Valentine
Embryo (1976)
as Frank Riley
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Actor
Obsessed with Vertigo (1997)
as Narrator (Voice)
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
as King Murphy
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Deadly Game (1991)
as Dr. Aaron
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994)
as Jeremy Sennet
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Lord Love a Duck (1966)
as Alan Musgrave
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000)
as Self
The Story of Lassie (1994)
as Self
Carmilla (1989)
as Inspector Amos
The Power and the Glory (1963)
as Mestizo
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)
as Albert Soames
A Taste of Evil (1971)
as Dr. Michael Lomas
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
Star Hunter (1996)
as Riecher
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
as Nuggit (voice)
The Cool Ones (1967)
as Tony Krum
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Thomas
My Friend Flicka (1943)
as Ken McLaughlin
Twilight Theatre (1982)
as Self - Host
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
The White Seal (1975)
as Narrator/ White Seal
Terror in the Sky (1971)
as Dr. Ralph Baird
Confirm or Deny (1941)
as Albert Perkins
Rocky (1948)
as Chris Hammond
Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
as Minister
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
as Self (Narrator)
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
as Prince John
Midas Run (1969)
as Wister
The Pied Piper (1942)
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
as Prince John
Killer Shark (1950)
as Ted White
The Million Dollar Face (1981)
as Derek Kenyon
Something to Believe In (1998)
as Gambler
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)
as Self / Rex Brewster
Saloon Bar (1940)
as Boy
The Subterraneans (1960)
as Yuri Gilgoric
The Sands of Time (1992)
as Alan Tucker
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
as Self
Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
as Santoro
The Elevator (1974)
as Marvin Ellis
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
as Self
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Hugh Aylesworth
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
as Mowgli (voice)
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
as Self
Shock Treatment (1964)
as Martin Ashley
Arnold (1973)
as Robert
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989)
as Self
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
as Dr. Lasky
The Color of Evening (1990)
as Henry Seaton
The Alien Within (1995)
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
Big Timber (1950)
as Jimmy
Holiday in Mexico (1946)
as Stanley Owen
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)
Actor
Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
as Tony Da Vince
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997)
as Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
as Self
The Third Day (1965)
as Oliver Parsons
Heads (1994)
as Fibris Drake
Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
as Roddy McDowall
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
as Self
Just William (1940)
as Ginger
Heart of Darkness (1958)
as Charles Marlow
I See Ice (1938)
as Boy on train
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
as Ken McLaughlin
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
as Boy
Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988)
as Chiun
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Loss of Faith (1998)
as Henry Stokes
The Evil Inside Me (1993)
as Pauly
His Brother’s Keeper (1940)
as Boy
Kidnapped (1948)
as David Balfour
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle (1997)
as Snowball (voice)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls (1979)
as Governor Saroyan
The Outsider (1939)
as Cured Child
Black Midnight (1949)
as Scott Jordan
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
as Self
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (1991)
as Self
The Tempest (1960)
as Ariel
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951)
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait (1975)
as Self
The Naked Target (1992)
as Ernest Peabody
Molly and Me (1945)
as Jimmy Graham
Saint Joan (1967)
as Charles, The Dauphin
Convict 99 (1938)
as Jimmy
Sixth and Main (1977)
as Skateboard
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997)
as Self
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall (1999)
as Self
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
You Will Remember (1941)
as Young Bob Slater
Hollywood on Horses (1989)
as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
as Himself - Actor / Friend
Tuna Clipper (1949)
as Alec MacLennan
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
as Himself
The Steel Fist (1952)
as Eric Kardin
Murder in the Family (1938)
as Peter Osborne
Corky (1972)
as Harassed Salesman
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Journey to Murder (1971)
as Rollo Verdew
The Return of Captain Sinbad (2001)
as Narrator