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