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
Planet of the Apes (1968)
as Cornelius
A Bug's Life (1998)
as Mr. Soil (voice)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
as Acres
Cleopatra (1963)
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Fright Night (1985)
as Peter Vincent
Overboard (1987)
as Andrew
The Longest Day (1962)
as Pvt. Morris
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
as Caesar
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Caesar
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
as Cornelius
Funny Lady (1975)
as Bobby Moore
Macbeth (1948)
as Malcolm
The Big Country (1958)
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Mr. Jelk
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
as Peter Vincent
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
as Rex Brewster
It! (1967)
as Arthur Pimm
Shakma (1990)
as Sorenson
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
as George Stanton (uncredited)
It's My Party (1996)
as Damian Knowles
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Matthew
Flood! (1977)
as Mr. Franklin
The Black Hole (1979)
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
Class of 1984 (1982)
as Terry Corrigan
This England (1941)
as Hugo
Beyond Titanic (1998)
as Self
The Return of the King (1980)
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
Poison Pen (1939)
as Choirboy
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
as Self
The Defector (1966)
as Agent Adams
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
as Huw Morgan
5 Card Stud (1968)
as Nick Evers
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
as Self
That Darn Cat! (1965)
as Gregory Benson
Night Gallery (1969)
as Jeremy Evans
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
The Big Picture (1989)
as Judge
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
Hello Down There (1969)
as Nate Ashbury
Dead Man's Island (1996)
as Trevor Dunnaway
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
as Mr. Stallwood
Angel 4: Undercover (1994)
as Geoffrey Kagen
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
as Benjamin - as a Boy
Rocky (1948)
as Chris Hammond
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Frank Gass
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971)
as Albert Soames
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Carmilla (1989)
as Inspector Amos
Midnight Lace (1960)
as Malcolm
This Girl for Hire (1983)
as Manfred Hayes
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
A Taste of Evil (1971)
as Dr. Michael Lomas
The Story of Lassie (1994)
as Self
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
as Bullwhip Griffin
The Legend of Robin Hood (1968)
as Prince John
Lassie Come Home (1943)
as Joe Carraclough
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
as Gillespie
Cutting Class (1989)
as Mr. Dante
Dead of Winter (1987)
as Mr. Murray
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988)
as Chiun
The White Seal (1975)
as Narrator/ White Seal
Double Trouble (1992)
as Phillip Chamberlin
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
Obsessed with Vertigo (1997)
as Narrator (Voice)
On the Sunny Side (1942)
as Hugh Aylesworth
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
as Jenkins
The Loved One (1965)
as D.J. Jr.
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
as Mr. Proffer
Laserblast (1978)
as Doctor Mellon
The Grass Harp (1996)
as Amos Legrand
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
as King Murphy
The Evil Inside Me (1993)
as Pauly
Circle of Iron (1978)
as White Robe
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as Hasan
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)
Actor
Inside Daisy Clover (1966)
as Walter Baines
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
THe Good Fairy (1956)
as Waiter
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (2000)
as Self
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle (1997)
as Snowball (voice)
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
as Self - Host
Hey! Hey! USA (1938)
as Boy
The Return of the King (—)
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
My Friend Flicka (1943)
as Ken McLaughlin
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
as Minister
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
I See Ice (1938)
as Boy on train
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994)
as Dr. Lasky
Unlikely Angel (1996)
as Saint Peter
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980)
as MacFarland
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self (voice)
Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
as Tony Da Vince
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
Back to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Man Hunt (1941)
as Vaner
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Star Hunter (1996)
as Riecher
The Return of Captain Sinbad (2001)
as Narrator
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)
as Self / Rex Brewster
Going Under (1991)
as Secretary Neighbor
Mae West (1982)
as Rene Valentine
Something to Believe In (1998)
as Gambler
Lord Love a Duck (1966)
as Alan Musgrave
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
as Nuggit (voice)
Earth Angel (1991)
as Mr. Tatum
Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995)
as Thomas
Embryo (1976)
as Frank Riley
Rabbit Test (1978)
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
The Pied Piper (1942)
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
The Wind in the Willows (1983)
as Ratty (voice)
The Power and the Glory (1963)
as Mestizo
Hart to Hart (1979)
as Dr. Peterson
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
as Himself
Twilight Theatre (1982)
as Self - Host
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979)
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969)
as Santoro
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill (1994)
as Self
Arnold (1973)
as Robert
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994)
as Jeremy Sennet
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980)
as Galen
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
as Self
Heads (1994)
as Fibris Drake
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait (1975)
as Self
The Sands of Time (1992)
as Alan Tucker
The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992)
as Self
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
as Self
The Tempest (1960)
as Ariel
The Color of Evening (1990)
as Henry Seaton
Hollywood on Horses (1989)
as Self
The Steel Fist (1952)
as Eric Kardin
The Elevator (1974)
as Marvin Ellis
The Naked Target (1992)
as Ernest Peabody
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
as Ken McLaughlin
The Alien Within (1995)
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989)
as Self
Confirm or Deny (1941)
as Albert Perkins
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984)
as Prince John
Midas Run (1969)
as Wister
Just William (1940)
as Ginger
The Cool Ones (1967)
as Tony Krum
The Fantastic Journey (1977)
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
Loss of Faith (1998)
as Henry Stokes
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
as Self
Terror in the Sky (1971)
as Dr. Ralph Baird
The Subterraneans (1960)
as Yuri Gilgoric
Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
as Dr. Sawyer
The Million Dollar Face (1981)
as Derek Kenyon
Killer Shark (1950)
as Ted White
Tuna Clipper (1949)
as Alec MacLennan
His Brother’s Keeper (1940)
as Boy
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
as Himself - Actor / Friend
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero (1997)
as Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
as Self
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1997)
as Self
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000)
as Self
Convict 99 (1938)
as Jimmy
Rapunzel (1983)
as Narrator
The Third Day (1965)
as Oliver Parsons
Holiday in Mexico (1946)
as Stanley Owen
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
as Self (Narrator)
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II (1991)
as Self
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration (1951)
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic (1994)
as Narrator (voice)
Corky (1972)
as Harassed Salesman
Molly and Me (1945)
as Jimmy Graham
Murder in the Family (1938)
as Peter Osborne
Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
as Mowgli (voice)
Saloon Bar (1940)
as Boy
Black Midnight (1949)
as Scott Jordan
Shock Treatment (1964)
as Martin Ashley
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls (1979)
as Governor Saroyan
Journey to Murder (1971)
as Rollo Verdew
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall (1999)
as Self
Kidnapped (1948)
as David Balfour
You Will Remember (1941)
as Young Bob Slater
Everybody's Dancin' (1950)
as Roddy McDowall
The Outsider (1939)
as Cured Child
Deadly Game (1991)
as Dr. Aaron
Big Timber (1950)
as Jimmy
Heart of Darkness (1958)
as Charles Marlow
Saint Joan (1967)
as Charles, The Dauphin
Sixth and Main (1977)
as Skateboard