
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

Overboard (1987)
as Andrew

Fright Night (1985)
as Peter Vincent

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
as Acres

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
as Cornelius

Evil Under the Sun (1982)
as Rex Brewster

Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Caesar

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
as Caesar

The Big Country (1958)
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

The Black Hole (1979)
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
as Peter Vincent

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Matthew

Funny Lady (1975)
as Bobby Moore

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Mr. Jelk

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
as Huw Morgan

Class of 1984 (1982)
as Terry Corrigan

Scavenger Hunt (1979)
as Jenkins

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
as George Stanton (uncredited)

The Defector (1966)
as Agent Adams

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Frank Gass

The Legend of Hell House (1973)
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

5 Card Stud (1968)
as Nick Evers

Double Trouble (1992)
as Phillip Chamberlin

That Darn Cat! (1965)
as Gregory Benson

Cutting Class (1989)
as Mr. Dante

The Return of the King (1980)
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Lassie Come Home (1943)
as Joe Carraclough

Night Gallery (1969)
as Jeremy Evans

The Loved One (1965)
as D.J. Jr.

The Big Picture (1989)
as Judge

The Grass Harp (1996)
as Amos Legrand

Macbeth (1948)
as Malcolm

Man Hunt (1941)
as Vaner

Shakma (1990)
as Sorenson

The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
as Mr. Stallwood

Midnight Lace (1960)
as Malcolm

It! (1967)
as Arthur Pimm

Earth Angel (1991)
as Mr. Tatum

Dead of Winter (1987)
as Mr. Murray

It's My Party (1996)
as Damian Knowles

Rabbit Test (1978)
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

Circle of Iron (1978)
as White Robe

Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
as Walter Baines

The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Mae West (1982)
as Rene Valentine

Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
as Self - Host

Going Under (1991)
as Secretary Neighbor

Angel 4: Undercover (1994)
as Geoffrey Kagen

Star Hunter (1996)
as Riecher

Laserblast (1978)
as Doctor Mellon

Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
as Mr. Proffer

The Cool Ones (1967)
as Tony Krum

The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as Hasan

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
as Bullwhip Griffin

Lord Love a Duck (1966)
as Alan Musgrave

Midas Run (1969)
as Wister

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
as King Murphy

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Gillespie

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self

Carmilla (1989)
as Inspector Amos

Flood! (1977)
as Mr. Franklin

That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
as Nuggit (voice)

It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)

Poison Pen (1939)
as Choirboy

The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
as Self

Deadly Game (1991)
as Dr. Aaron

Hello Down There (1969)
as Nate Ashbury

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as John Ashwood II as a Boy

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Benjamin - as a Boy

The Fantastic Journey (1977)
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

The Pied Piper (1942)
as Ronnie Cavanaugh

The Power and the Glory (1963)
as Mestizo

Dead Man's Island (1996)
as Trevor Dunnaway

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)

The Sands of Time (1992)
as Alan Tucker

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Actor

Hart to Hart (1979)
as Dr. Peterson

The Third Day (1965)
as Oliver Parsons

The Immigrants (1978)
as Mark Levy

Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
as Prince John
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)

The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as MacFarland

Shock Treatment (1964)
as Martin Ashley

Saloon Bar (1940)
as Boy

Unlikely Angel (1996)
as Saint Peter

Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Thomas

The Wind in the Willows (1983)
as Ratty (voice)

Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
as Minister

Arnold (1973)
as Robert

Terror in the Sky (1971)
as Dr. Ralph Baird

Big Timber (1950)
as Jimmy

I See Ice (1938)
as Boy on train

Kidnapped (1948)
as David Balfour

Twilight Theatre (1982)
as Self - Host

Corky (1972)
as Harassed Salesman
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
as Self

This England (1941)
as Hugo

Molly and Me (1945)
as Jimmy Graham

Saint Joan (1967)
as Charles, The Dauphin

Obsessed with Vertigo (1997)
as Narrator (Voice)

Hollywood’s Children (1982)
as Self (Narrator)

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
as Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
as Self

Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979)
as Chuck the Robot (voice)

Confirm or Deny (1941)
as Albert Perkins

The Subterraneans (1960)
as Yuri Gilgoric

Beyond Titanic (1998)
as Self

The Steel Fist (1952)
as Eric Kardin

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen

Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self

Heads (1994)
as Fibris Drake

Journey to Murder (1971)
as Rollo Verdew

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait (1975)
as Self

The Elevator (1974)
as Marvin Ellis

This Girl for Hire (1983)
as Manfred Hayes
Hollywood on Horses (1989)
as Self

My Friend Flicka (1943)
as Ken McLaughlin

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen

Embryo (1976)
as Frank Riley

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997)
as Self

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
as Self
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000)
as Self

Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
as Roddy McDowall

The Evil Inside Me (1993)
as Pauly

The Alien Within (1995)
as Dr. Henry Lazarus

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
as Ken McLaughlin

Convict 99 (1938)
as Jimmy

The Naked Target (1992)
as Ernest Peabody

Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
as Santoro
Loss of Faith (1998)
as Henry Stokes

Rocky (1948)
as Chris Hammond

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
as Dr. Lasky

Heart of Darkness (1958)
as Charles Marlow

A Taste of Evil (1971)
as Dr. Michael Lomas

The White Seal (1975)
as Narrator/ White Seal

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994)
as Jeremy Sennet

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
as Self

What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)
as Albert Soames

Sixth and Main (1977)
as Skateboard

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)
Actor

Killer Shark (1950)
as Ted White

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951)
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
as Self

Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
as Dr. Sawyer

The Million Dollar Face (1981)
as Derek Kenyon

The Story of Lassie (1994)
as Self

The Color of Evening (1990)
as Henry Seaton
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (1991)
as Self
Just William (1940)
as Ginger

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
as Himself - Actor / Friend

Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
as Tony Da Vince

The Outsider (1939)
as Cured Child
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
as Himself

You Will Remember (1941)
as Young Bob Slater
Murder in the Family (1938)
as Peter Osborne

Tuna Clipper (1949)
as Alec MacLennan

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
as Self
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle (1997)
as Snowball (voice)

Rapunzel (1983)
as Narrator

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls (1979)
as Governor Saroyan

On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Hugh Aylesworth

Black Midnight (1949)
as Scott Jordan

Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
as Boy

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)

Holiday in Mexico (1946)
as Stanley Owen
His Brother’s Keeper (1940)
as Boy

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)
as Self / Rex Brewster

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Narrator (voice)

The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
as Prince John

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction (2024)
as Self (archive footage)

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997)
as Self

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989)
as Self

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
as Self

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988)
as Chiun

Something to Believe In (1998)
as Gambler

Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
as Mowgli (voice)
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall (1999)
as Self

The Tempest (1960)
as Ariel

The Return of Captain Sinbad (2001)
as Narrator





