Roddy McDowall
Born in London, England, UK — Sep 17 1928• Died Oct 03 1998
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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.
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Roddy McDowall's Credits
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Murder, She Wrote
Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
Columbo
Roger Stanford
Great Performances
Self
Quantum Leap
Edward St. John V
Mission: Impossible
Leo Ostro
Batman: The Animated Series
Mad Hatter (voice)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
George
Ironside
Batman
The Bookworm
The Love Boat
Fred Beery
The Twilight Zone
Sam Conrad
Love, American Style
Howard
Robert Montgomery Presents
Gerald Forbes
Fantasy Island
Mephistopheles
Naked City
Donnie Benton
Matlock
Christopher Hoyt
Matinee Theater
Hotel
Anthony Spears
Police Woman
Moulton
Ben Casey
Superman: The Animated Series
Mad Hatter (voice)
Duckman
Akers (voice)
The Name of the Game
Philip Saxon
Gargoyles
Proteus (voice)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Robert 'Professor' Benson
The Rookies
The Invaders
Lloyd Lindstrom
Barnaby Jones
Stanley Lambert
McCloud
Phil Sandler
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator (voice)
Trapper John, M.D.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Governor Saroyan
Felony Squad
Harry O
Kraft Television Theatre
Mr. Elton
Run for Your Life
Gyula Bognar
Remember WENN
Giles Aldwych
Ellery Queen
Wonder Woman
Henry Roberts
Dream On
Bob Jeffers
The New Batman Adventures
Mad Hatter (voice)
Arrest and Trial
Burke's Law
Maurice Gillette
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Suspicion
Biography
Self
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Lux Video Theatre
Pete
A Bug's Life
Mr. Soil (voice)
Planet of the Apes
Cornelius
Pinky and the Brain
Snowball (voice)
Godzilla: The Series
$weepstake$
Theodore
Here's Boomer
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Madkat (voice)
Tales of the Gold Monkey
"Bon Chance" Louie
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Cleopatra
Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Planet of the Apes
Galen
Journey to the Unknown
Flying High
The Pirates of Dark Water
Niddler (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Matthew
The Fantastic Journey
Dr. Jonathan Willaway
The Wizard
Overboard
Andrew
George Burns Comedy Week
Bob Cratchit
The Poseidon Adventure
Acres
Delphi Bureau
Harold
The New Lassie
The Snoop Sisters
Lionel Standish
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
The Longest Day
Pvt. Morris
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Caesar
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
Nightmare Classics
Inspector Amos
Fright Night
Peter Vincent
The Big Country
Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
Evil Under the Sun
Rex Brewster
Around the World in 80 Days
McBaines
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Mr. Jelk
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Hollywood Wives
Jason Swandle
General Electric Theater
Leprechaun
The Martian Chronicles
Father Stone
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Cornelius
The Black Hole
V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
Fright Night Part 2
Peter Vincent
An Inconvenient Woman
Cyril Rathbone
Dead of Winter
Mr. Murray
How Green Was My Valley
Huw Morgan
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Return of the King
Samwise Gamgee (voice)
Cutting Class
Mr. Dante
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
Macbeth
Malcolm
The Memory of Eva Ryker
MacFarland
The Big Picture
Judge
Hello Down There
Nate Ashbury
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Funny Lady
Bobby Moore
The Rhinemann Exchange
Bobby Ballard
Circle of Iron
White Robe
The Legend of Hell House
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
That Darn Cat!
Gregory Benson
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Gillespie
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
The Loved One
D.J. Jr.
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
George Stanton (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
John Ashwood II as a Boy
Double Trouble
Phillip Chamberlin
Scavenger Hunt
Jenkins
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Frank Gass
Flood!
Mr. Franklin
5 Card Stud
Nick Evers
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Bullwhip Griffin
Bridges to Cross
Midnight Lace
Malcolm
Laserblast
Doctor Mellon
The Grass Harp
Amos Legrand
Midas Run
Wister
The Third Day
Oliver Parsons
Going Under
Secretary Neighbor
Class of 1984
Terry Corrigan
It!
Arthur Pimm
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Jeremy Sennet
The Cat from Outer Space
Mr. Stallwood
Shakma
Sorenson
It's My Party
Damian Knowles
Rabbit Test
Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
The Keys of the Kingdom
Francis Chisholm, as a boy
The Thief of Baghdad
Hasan
The Pied Piper
Ronnie Cavanaugh
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Benjamin - as a Boy
Earth Angel
Mr. Tatum
Twilight Theatre
Self - Host
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Rex Brewster
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
King Murphy
The Fantastic Journey
Dr. Jonathan Willoway
The Alien Within
Dr. Henry Lazarus
The Tempest
Ariel
Hollywood on Horses
Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Obsessed with Vertigo
Narrator (Voice)
Man Hunt
Vaner
Miracle on 34th Street
Dr. Sawyer
Lassie Come Home
Joe Carraclough
Carmilla
Inspector Amos
Rapunzel
Narrator
The Immigrants
Mark Levy
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
The Power and the Glory
Mestizo
Dead Man's Island
Trevor Dunnaway
Inside Daisy Clover
Walter Baines
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Nuggit (voice)
A Taste of Evil
Dr. Michael Lomas
Terror in the Sky
Dr. Ralph Baird
Night Gallery
Jeremy Evans
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Self
The Cool Ones
Tony Krum
Black Midnight
Scott Jordan
This England
Hugo
Embryo
Frank Riley
Heads
Fibris Drake
Mae West
Rene Valentine
Big Timber
Jimmy
On the Sunny Side
Hugh Aylesworth
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Star Hunter
Riecher
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Ken McLaughlin
Behind the Planet of the Apes
Self - Host
Poison Pen
Choirboy
Hart to Hart
Dr. Peterson
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Galen
Kidnapped
David Balfour
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Prince John
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
Dr. Lasky
Beyond Titanic
Self
Rocky
Chris Hammond
Shock Treatment
Martin Ashley
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Thomas
This Girl for Hire
Manfred Hayes
Confirm or Deny
Albert Perkins
The Elevator
Marvin Ellis
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Himself - Actor / Friend
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Galen
Molly and Me
Jimmy Graham
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Self (archive footage)
The Sands of Time
Alan Tucker
Arnold
Robert
Holiday in Mexico
Stanley Owen
Deadly Game
Dr. Aaron
Cricket on the Hearth
Cricket Crocket (voice)
Corky
Harassed Salesman
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Minister
Killer Shark
Ted White
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Albert Soames
Angel 4: Undercover
Geoffrey Kagen
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Mr. Proffer
Tuna Clipper
Alec MacLennan
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Directing
The Million Dollar Face
Derek Kenyon
The White Seal
Narrator/ White Seal
My Friend Flicka
Ken McLaughlin
Saint Joan
Charles, The Dauphin
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Galen
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Galen
Sixth and Main
Skateboard
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self
The Defector
Agent Adams
Unlikely Angel
Saint Peter
I See Ice
Boy on train
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Self (archive footage)
The Wind in the Willows
Ratty (voice)
The Outsider
Cured Child
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
Hey! Hey! USA
Boy
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Chuck the Robot (voice)
The Steel Fist
Eric Kardin
Just William
Ginger
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Self
Mowgli's Brothers
Mowgli (voice)
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Self
Something to Believe In
Gambler
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Galen
Hollywood’s Children
Self (Narrator)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Governor Saroyan
Lord Love a Duck
Alan Musgrave
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Self
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Narrator (voice)
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Self
The Subterraneans
Yuri Gilgoric
The Naked Target
Ernest Peabody
The Story of Lassie
Self
The Legend of Robin Hood
Prince John
Murder in the Family
Peter Osborne
Mean Johnny Barrows
Tony Da Vince
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
Narrator (voice)
Saloon Bar
Boy
The Color of Evening
Henry Seaton
Heart of Darkness
Charles Marlow
The Evil Inside Me
Pauly
His Brother’s Keeper
Boy
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Journey to Murder
Rollo Verdew
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Self
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Santoro
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Self
Loss of Faith
Henry Stokes
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Narrator (voice)
Keepers of the Frame
Himself
Convict 99
Jimmy
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
Chiun
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Self
The Martian Chronicles
Father Stone
Everybody's Dancin'
Roddy McDowall
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
Self
You Will Remember
Young Bob Slater
The Return of Captain Sinbad
Narrator
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Self
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
Snowball (voice)