Roddy McDowall

Known for: Acting
Born: September 17, 1928, London, England, UK
Died: October 3, 1998
Movies: 193

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.0

A Bug's Life

1998

7.7

Planet of the Apes

1968

7.1

Fright Night

1985

6.4

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

6.2

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

5.7

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

7.2

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

7.6

The Longest Day

1962

6.9

Overboard

1987

7.0

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

1970

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Director

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