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