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Name
Roddy McDowall

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1928-09-17

Deathday
1998-10-03 (70 years old)

Place of Birth
London, England, UK

Biography

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

Movies

Tv Shows

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

1974 Planet of the Apes ( 14 episodes ) as Galen
1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
1993 SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron ( 1 episode ) as Madkat (voice)
1972 The Rookies ( 1 episode )
1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode )
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Robert 'Professor' Benson
1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Christopher Hoyt
1966 Batman ( 2 episodes ) as The Bookworm
1994 Gargoyles ( 2 episodes ) as Proteus (voice)
1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ( 2 episodes ) as Governor Saroyan
1980 The Martian Chronicles ( 3 episodes ) as Father Stone
1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Donnie Benton
1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1991 The Pirates of Dark Water ( 3 episodes ) as Niddler (voice)
1982 Tales of the Gold Monkey ( 22 episodes ) as "Bon Chance" Louie
1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode )
1996 Superman: The Animated Series ( 1 episode ) as Mad Hatter (voice)
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
1975 Wonder Woman ( 1 episode ) as Henry Roberts
1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Leprechaun
1997 The New Batman Adventures ( 2 episodes ) as Mad Hatter (voice)
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode )
1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Sam Conrad
1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
1966 Felony Squad ( 2 episodes )
1974 Harry O ( 1 episode )
1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Gyula Bognar
1968 Journey to the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Rollo Verdew
1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Pete
1981 Here's Boomer ( 1 episode )
1989 The New Lassie ( 3 episodes )
1955 Matinee Theater ( 4 episodes )
1961 Ben Casey ( 1 episode )
1975 Ellery Queen ( 1 episode )
1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars ( 3 episodes )
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Forbes
1973 The American Film Institute Salute to ... ( 1 episode ) as Self
1978 Flying High ( 1 episode )
1986 Bridges to Cross ( 6 episodes )
1977 The Rhinemann Exchange ( 3 episodes ) as Bobby Ballard
1985 Alice in Wonderland ( 2 episodes ) as March Hare
1991 An Inconvenient Woman ( 2 episodes ) as Cyril Rathbone
1985 Hollywood Wives ( 3 episodes ) as Jason Swandle
1989 Nightmare Classics ( 4 episodes ) as Inspector Amos
1992 Batman: The Animated Series ( 4 episodes ) as Mad Hatter (voice)
1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Roger Stanford
1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Gordon Fairchild
1995 Pinky and the Brain ( 7 episodes ) as Snowball (voice)
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1989 Around the World in 80 Days ( 3 episodes ) as McBaines
1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Edward St. John V
1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Bellamy Partridge
1998 Godzilla: The Series ( 1 episode )
1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 2 episodes ) as Pip
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as George
1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Philip Saxon
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Ariel
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as The Dauphin
1994 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Maurice Gillette
1986 The Wizard ( 1 episode )
1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Howard
1991 The Legend of Prince Valiant ( 1 episode )
1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1967 The Carol Burnett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Lloyd Lindstrom
1977 The Love Boat ( 1 episode ) as Fred Beery
1968 The Name of the Game ( 1 episode ) as Early McCorley
1990 Dream On ( 1 episode ) as Bob Jeffers
1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Stanley Lambert
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Arthur Biddle
1973 The Snoop Sisters ( 1 episode ) as Lionel Standish
1957 Suspicion ( 2 episodes )
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Musgrove
1963 The Danny Kaye Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Elton
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1982 Hotel ( 1 episode ) as Anthony Spears
1996 Remember WENN ( 1 episode ) as Giles Aldwych
1947 Kraft Television Theatre ( 1 episode )
1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Moulton
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Harry Carlin
1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Leo Ostro
1994 Duckman ( 1 episode ) as Akers (voice)
1979 $weepstake$ ( 1 episode ) as Theodore
1977 The Fantastic Journey ( 8 episodes ) as Dr. Jonathan Willaway
1972 Delphi Bureau ( 1 episode ) as Harold
1987 Biography ( 1 episode ) as Self
1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Don Mosher
1970 McCloud ( 1 episode ) as Phil Sandler
1985 George Burns Comedy Week ( 1 episode ) as Bob Cratchit
1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Mephistopheles
1978 The Immigrants ( 2 episodes ) as Mark Levy
1979 Supertrain ( 1 episode ) as Benjamin Warren Talcott
1975 Wonder Woman ( 1 episode ) as Professor Arthur Chapman
1994 The Tick ( 1 episode ) as The Breadmaster (voice)
1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Richard Simmons
1991 Darkwing Duck ( 1 episode ) as Sir Quackmire Mallard (voice)

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