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