Roddy McDowall

Known for: Acting

Born: 1928-09-17 – 1998-10-03 (aged 70)

From: London, England, UK

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.

Filmography (277)

MOVIE★ 6.9
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.4
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.7
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
The Return of Captain Sinbad
2001
as Narrator
MOVIE
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
as Self
MOVIE
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
MOVIE★ 10.0
Keepers of the Frame
1999
as Himself
MOVIE★ 10.0
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Bug's Life
1998
as Mr. Soil (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Loss of Faith
1998
as Henry Stokes
TV★ 7.9
Godzilla: The Series
1998
MOVIE★ 8.3
Beyond Titanic
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 5.0
Something to Believe In
1998
as Gambler
MOVIE★ 7.4
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
as Himself - Actor / Friend
MOVIE★ 10.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
1997
as Snowball (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
as Narrator (Voice)
TV★ 8.0
The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Mad Hatter (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997
as King Murphy
MOVIE★ 7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Unlikely Angel
1996
as Saint Peter
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Grass Harp
1996
as Amos Legrand
TV★ 7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Mad Hatter (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
It's My Party
1996
as Damian Knowles
MOVIE★ 5.1
Dead Man's Island
1996
as Trevor Dunnaway
TV★ 7.8
Remember WENN
1996
as Giles Aldwych
MOVIE★ 4.6
Star Hunter
1996
as Riecher
MOVIE★ 5.8
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
as Thomas
TV★ 7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Snowball (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.3
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Alien Within
1995
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
TV★ 8.1
Gargoyles
1994
as Proteus (voice)
MOVIE
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
as Self
TV★ 7.4
The Tick
1994
as The Breadmaster (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Story of Lassie
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.1
Angel 4: Undercover
1994
as Geoffrey Kagen
MOVIE★ 4.0
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994
as Dr. Lasky
TV★ 7.2
Duckman
1994
as Akers (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
as Jeremy Sennet
MOVIE★ 3.0
Heads
1994
as Fibris Drake
TV★ 6.8
Burke's Law
1994
as Maurice Gillette
MOVIE★ 7.0
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
1994
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.0
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
as Madkat (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Evil Inside Me
1993
as Pauly
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Sands of Time
1992
as Alan Tucker
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
as Self
TV★ 8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Mad Hatter (voice)
TV★ 7.9
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
MOVIE★ 4.8
Double Trouble
1992
as Phillip Chamberlin
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Naked Target
1992
as Ernest Peabody
MOVIE★ 5.9
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991
as Self
TV★ 6.7
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
MOVIE★ 3.9
Going Under
1991
as Secretary Neighbor
MOVIE★ 5.9
Deadly Game
1991
as Dr. Aaron
MOVIE
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
TV★ 5.8
An Inconvenient Woman
1991
as Cyril Rathbone
MOVIE★ 5.4
Earth Angel
1991
as Mr. Tatum
TV★ 7.6
The Pirates of Dark Water
1991
as Niddler (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Shakma
1990
as Sorenson
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Color of Evening
1990
as Henry Seaton
TV★ 7.0
Dream On
1990
as Bob Jeffers
MOVIE
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Big Picture
1989
as Judge
MOVIE★ 5.8
Carmilla
1989
as Inspector Amos
TV★ 7.1
The New Lassie
1989
TV★ 7.3
Nightmare Classics
1989
as Inspector Amos
MOVIE
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Cutting Class
1989
as Mr. Dante
TV★ 6.8
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as McBaines
TV★ 8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
as Edward St. John V
MOVIE★ 4.7
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988
as Minister
MOVIE★ 4.8
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
1988
as Chiun
MOVIE★ 6.4
Fright Night Part 2
1988
as Peter Vincent
MOVIE★ 6.8
Overboard
1987
as Andrew
MOVIE★ 6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Biography
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dead of Winter
1987
as Mr. Murray
TV★ 7.0
The Wizard
1986
TV★ 7.5
Bridges to Cross
1986
MOVIE★ 7.4
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
as Nuggit (voice)
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Christopher Hoyt
TV★ 6.7
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as March Hare
TV★ 8.0
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
as Bob Cratchit
MOVIE★ 7.0
Fright Night
1985
as Peter Vincent
TV★ 4.7
Hollywood Wives
1985
as Jason Swandle
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
as Prince John
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Ratty (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Rapunzel
1983
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.0
This Girl for Hire
1983
as Manfred Hayes
TV★ 7.5
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
as "Bon Chance" Louie
TV★ 8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
as Anthony Spears
MOVIE★ 6.4
Class of 1984
1982
as Terry Corrigan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mae West
1982
as Rene Valentine
MOVIE★ 6.9
Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Rex Brewster
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (Narrator)
MOVIE
Twilight Theatre
1982
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
as Self / Rex Brewster
TV★ 6.2
Here's Boomer
1981
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Derek Kenyon
MOVIE★ 5.2
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Gillespie
MOVIE★ 6.4
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Galen
MOVIE★ 7.5
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Galen
MOVIE★ 7.5
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Galen
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Galen
MOVIE★ 6.0
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Galen
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Return of the King
1980
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
as MacFarland
TV★ 6.9
The Martian Chronicles
1980
as Father Stone
MOVIE★ 5.6
Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Jenkins
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Black Hole
1979
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979
as Governor Saroyan
TV★ 6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
TV★ 7.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Governor Saroyan
MOVIE★ 7.5
Hart to Hart
1979
as Dr. Peterson
TV★ 5.6
Supertrain
1979
as Benjamin Warren Talcott
TV
$weepstake$
1979
as Theodore
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Immigrants
1978
as Mark Levy
TV
The Immigrants
1978
as Mark Levy
TV★ 6.3
Flying High
1978
MOVIE★ 5.5
Circle of Iron
1978
as White Robe
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
as Mr. Stallwood
MOVIE★ 4.5
Rabbit Test
1978
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
MOVIE★ 3.4
Laserblast
1978
as Doctor Mellon
TV★ 6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
as Mephistopheles
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Hasan
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Fred Beery
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sixth and Main
1977
as Skateboard
MOVIE★ 5.1
Flood!
1977
as Mr. Franklin
TV★ 6.5
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
as Bobby Ballard
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
TV★ 6.2
The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Dr. Jonathan Willaway
MOVIE★ 4.8
Embryo
1976
as Frank Riley
MOVIE★ 7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Mowgli's Brothers
1976
as Mowgli (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
as Tony Da Vince
TV★ 7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
as Henry Roberts
TV★ 7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
MOVIE★ 6.4
The White Seal
1975
as Narrator/ White Seal
MOVIE★ 5.3
Funny Lady
1975
as Bobby Moore
MOVIE★ 5.7
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Planet of the Apes
1974
as Galen
TV★ 6.4
Police Woman
1974
as Moulton
TV★ 5.2
Harry O
1974
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
as George Stanton (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Elevator
1974
as Marvin Ellis
TV★ 7.5
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Lionel Standish
MOVIE★ 7.0
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Dr. Sawyer
MOVIE★ 5.3
Arnold
1973
as Robert
MOVIE★ 5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as Caesar
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Legend of Hell House
1973
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Stanley Lambert
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Acres
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Frank Gass
TV★ 8.0
Delphi Bureau
1972
as Harold
TV★ 6.9
The Rookies
1972
MOVIE★ 6.2
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
as Caesar
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Corky
1972
as Harassed Salesman
MOVIE★ 6.3
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
as Albert Soames
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Taste of Evil
1971
as Dr. Michael Lomas
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Mr. Jelk
MOVIE★ 7.1
Terror in the Sky
1971
as Dr. Ralph Baird
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Roger Stanford
MOVIE★ 6.4
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Cornelius
MOVIE★ 5.8
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
as Mr. Proffer
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Journey to Murder
1971
as Rollo Verdew
TV★ 7.2
McCloud
1970
as Phil Sandler
MOVIE★ 6.5
Night Gallery
1969
as Jeremy Evans
TV★ 6.2
Love, American Style
1969
as Howard
MOVIE★ 4.8
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969
as Santoro
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hello Down There
1969
as Nate Ashbury
MOVIE★ 4.7
Midas Run
1969
as Wister
TV★ 7.0
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Rollo Verdew
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Philip Saxon
MOVIE★ 6.2
5 Card Stud
1968
as Nick Evers
MOVIE
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
as Prince John
MOVIE★ 7.7
Planet of the Apes
1968
as Cornelius
MOVIE★ 5.3
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Saint Joan
1967
as Charles, The Dauphin
TV★ 7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.2
It!
1967
as Arthur Pimm
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Cool Ones
1967
as Tony Krum
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Bullwhip Griffin
TV★ 6.9
The Invaders
1967
as Lloyd Lindstrom
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Defector
1966
as Agent Adams
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Leo Ostro
TV★ 6.5
Felony Squad
1966
MOVIE★ 5.7
Lord Love a Duck
1966
as Alan Musgrave
MOVIE★ 5.6
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
as Walter Baines
TV★ 7.3
Batman
1966
as The Bookworm
MOVIE★ 6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965
as Gregory Benson
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Loved One
1965
as D.J. Jr.
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Gyula Bognar
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Third Day
1965
as Oliver Parsons
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Matthew
MOVIE★ 6.8
Shock Treatment
1964
as Martin Ashley
TV★ 6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Robert 'Professor' Benson
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Arthur Biddle
TV★ 7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
TV★ 8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
MOVIE★ 7.1
Cleopatra
1963
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Power and the Glory
1963
as Mestizo
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Longest Day
1962
as Pvt. Morris
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as George
TV★ 5.9
Ben Casey
1961
MOVIE★ 6.6
Midnight Lace
1960
as Malcolm
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Subterraneans
1960
as Yuri Gilgoric
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Tempest
1960
as Ariel
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Sam Conrad
MOVIE
Heart of Darkness
1958
as Charles Marlow
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Donnie Benton
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Big Country
1958
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
TV★ 6.2
Suspicion
1957
TV★ 5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Leprechaun
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Steel Fist
1952
as Eric Kardin
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
MOVIE★ 4.8
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Pete
MOVIE★ 10.0
Big Timber
1950
as Jimmy
MOVIE★ 10.0
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
as Roddy McDowall
MOVIE★ 6.4
Killer Shark
1950
as Ted White
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Gerald Forbes
MOVIE★ 6.5
Black Midnight
1949
as Scott Jordan
MOVIE★ 7.8
Tuna Clipper
1949
as Alec MacLennan
MOVIE★ 6.7
Kidnapped
1948
as David Balfour
MOVIE★ 7.3
Macbeth
1948
as Malcolm
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rocky
1948
as Chris Hammond
TV★ 7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Mr. Elton
MOVIE★ 6.7
Holiday in Mexico
1946
as Stanley Owen
MOVIE★ 6.7
Molly and Me
1945
as Jimmy Graham
MOVIE★ 6.6
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
as Ken McLaughlin
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
MOVIE★ 6.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Joe Carraclough
MOVIE★ 5.9
My Friend Flicka
1943
as Ken McLaughlin
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Pied Piper
1942
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
MOVIE★ 7.0
On the Sunny Side
1942
as Hugh Aylesworth
MOVIE★ 7.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Benjamin - as a Boy
MOVIE★ 4.8
Confirm or Deny
1941
as Albert Perkins
MOVIE★ 7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Huw Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.9
This England
1941
as Hugo
MOVIE★ 6.9
Man Hunt
1941
as Vaner
MOVIE★ 7.0
You Will Remember
1941
as Young Bob Slater
MOVIE★ 7.0
Saloon Bar
1940
as Boy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Just William
1940
as Ginger
MOVIE★ 8.0
His Brother’s Keeper
1940
as Boy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Poison Pen
1939
as Choirboy
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Outsider
1939
as Cured Child
MOVIE★ 7.2
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Boy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Convict 99
1938
as Jimmy
MOVIE★ 6.5
I See Ice
1938
as Boy on train
MOVIE★ 9.0
Murder in the Family
1938
as Peter Osborne