Roddy McDowall
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-09-17
Day of Death
1998-10-03 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Roddy McDowall
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
Acting
(2024)
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
The Return of Captain Sinbad
as Narrator
(2000)
(2000)
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
(1999)
Keepers of the Frame
as Himself
(1999)
(1999)
(1998)
A Bug's Life
as Mr. Soil (voice)
(1998)
Loss of Faith
as Henry Stokes
(1998)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - Host
(1998)
Beyond Titanic
as Self
(1998)
Something to Believe In
as Gambler
(1998)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Narrator (voice)
(1998)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Himself - Actor / Friend
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
as King Murphy
(1997)
(1997)
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Narrator (Voice)
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
Star Hunter
as Riecher
(1996)
The Grass Harp
as Amos Legrand
(1996)
Dead Man's Island
as Trevor Dunnaway
(1996)
It's My Party
as Damian Knowles
(1996)
Unlikely Angel
as Saint Peter
(1995)
The Alien Within
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
(1995)
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Thomas
(1995)
(1994)
Angel 4: Undercover
as Geoffrey Kagen
(1994)
Heads
as Fibris Drake
(1994)
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Dr. Lasky
(1994)
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Jeremy Sennet
(1994)
The Story of Lassie
as Self
(1994)
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Narrator (voice)
(1994)
(1993)
The Evil Inside Me
as Pauly
(1992)
The Sands of Time
as Alan Tucker
(1992)
(1992)
The Naked Target
as Ernest Peabody
(1992)
Double Trouble
as Phillip Chamberlin
(1991)
Going Under
as Secretary Neighbor
(1991)
Earth Angel
as Mr. Tatum
(1991)
Deadly Game
as Dr. Aaron
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
Shakma
as Sorenson
(1990)
The Color of Evening
as Henry Seaton
(1989)
Cutting Class
as Mr. Dante
(1989)
(1989)
The Big Picture
as Judge
(1989)
(1989)
(1989)
Carmilla
as Inspector Amos
(1989)
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
(1988)
Fright Night Part 2
as Peter Vincent
(1988)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Minister
(1988)
(1987)
The Wind in the Willows
as Ratty (voice)
(1987)
Overboard
as Andrew
(1987)
Dead of Winter
as Mr. Murray
(1987)
(1986)
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Nuggit (voice)
(1985)
Fright Night
as Peter Vincent
(1984)
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
(1983)
Rapunzel
as Narrator
(1983)
This Girl for Hire
as Manfred Hayes
(1982)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (Narrator)
(1982)
Mae West
as Rene Valentine
(1982)
Class of 1984
as Terry Corrigan
(1982)
Evil Under the Sun
as Rex Brewster
(1982)
Twilight Theatre
as Self - Host
(1982)
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Rex Brewster
(1981)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Gillespie
(1981)
The Million Dollar Face
as Derek Kenyon
(1980)
The Return of the King
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
(1980)
(1980)
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as MacFarland
(1980)
(1980)
Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1980)
(1980)
(1979)
Scavenger Hunt
as Jenkins
(1979)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
(1979)
The Black Hole
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
(1979)
Hart to Hart
as Dr. Peterson
(1979)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Governor Saroyan
(1978)
The Immigrants
as Mark Levy
(1978)
Rabbit Test
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
(1978)
Laserblast
as Doctor Mellon
(1978)
The Cat from Outer Space
as Mr. Stallwood
(1978)
The Thief of Baghdad
as Hasan
(1978)
Circle of Iron
as White Robe
(1977)
The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
(1977)
Sixth and Main
as Skateboard
(1977)
Flood!
as Mr. Franklin
(1976)
Embryo
as Frank Riley
(1976)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1976)
Mowgli's Brothers
as Mowgli (voice)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1975)
(1975)
Funny Lady
as Bobby Moore
(1975)
The White Seal
as Narrator/ White Seal
(1975)
Mean Johnny Barrows
as Tony Da Vince
(1974)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as George Stanton (uncredited)
(1974)
The Elevator
as Marvin Ellis
(1973)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
(1973)
Arnold
as Robert
(1973)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Dr. Sawyer
(1973)
The Legend of Hell House
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
(1972)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
(1972)
Corky
as Harassed Salesman
(1972)
The Poseidon Adventure
as Acres
(1972)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Frank Gass
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1971)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
(1971)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Mr. Jelk
(1971)
Journey to Murder
as Rollo Verdew
(1971)
Terror in the Sky
as Dr. Ralph Baird
(1971)
A Taste of Evil
as Dr. Michael Lomas
(1971)
Pretty Maids All in a Row
as Mr. Proffer
(1971)
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
as Albert Soames
(1969)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
as Santoro
(1969)
Midas Run
as Wister
(1969)
Hello Down There
as Nate Ashbury
(1969)
Night Gallery
as Jeremy Evans
(1968)
Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
(1968)
5 Card Stud
as Nick Evers
(1968)
The Legend of Robin Hood
as Prince John
(1967)
Saint Joan
as Charles, The Dauphin
(1967)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Bullwhip Griffin
(1967)
It!
as Arthur Pimm
(1967)
Cricket on the Hearth
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
(1967)
The Cool Ones
as Tony Krum
(1966)
Lord Love a Duck
as Alan Musgrave
(1966)
Inside Daisy Clover
as Walter Baines
(1966)
The Defector
as Agent Adams
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Matthew
(1965)
The Loved One
as D.J. Jr.
(1965)
That Darn Cat!
as Gregory Benson
(1965)
The Third Day
as Oliver Parsons
(1964)
Shock Treatment
as Martin Ashley
(1963)
Cleopatra
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
(1963)
The Power and the Glory
as Mestizo
(1962)
The Longest Day
as Pvt. Morris
(1960)
The Tempest
as Ariel
(1960)
Midnight Lace
as Malcolm
(1960)
The Subterraneans
as Yuri Gilgoric
(1958)
The Big Country
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
(1958)
Heart of Darkness
as Charles Marlow
(1952)
The Steel Fist
as Eric Kardin
(1951)
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
(1950)
Killer Shark
as Ted White
(1950)
Everybody's Dancin'
as Roddy McDowall
(1950)
Big Timber
as Jimmy
(1949)
Tuna Clipper
as Alec MacLennan
(1949)
Black Midnight
as Scott Jordan
(1948)
Kidnapped
as David Balfour
(1948)
Macbeth
as Malcolm
(1948)
Rocky
as Chris Hammond
(1946)
Holiday in Mexico
as Stanley Owen
(1945)
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
(1945)
Molly and Me
as Jimmy Graham
(1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
(1944)
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
(1943)
Lassie Come Home
as Joe Carraclough
(1943)
My Friend Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
(1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Benjamin - as a Boy
(1942)
The Pied Piper
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
(1942)
On the Sunny Side
as Hugh Aylesworth
(1941)
Man Hunt
as Vaner
(1941)
You Will Remember
as Young Bob Slater
(1941)
Confirm or Deny
as Albert Perkins
(1941)
How Green Was My Valley
as Huw Morgan
(1941)
This England
as Hugo
(1940)
His Brother’s Keeper
as Boy
(1940)
Just William
as Ginger
(1940)
Saloon Bar
as Boy
(1939)
The Outsider
as Cured Child
(1939)
Poison Pen
as Choirboy
(1938)
Convict 99
as Jimmy
(1938)
I See Ice
as Boy on train
(1938)
Murder in the Family
as Peter Osborne
(1938)
Hey! Hey! USA
as Boy
Crew
(1987)
Overboard
Executive Producer
(1970)
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Director
(1950)
Big Timber
Associate Producer
(1950)
Killer Shark
Associate Producer
(1949)
Black Midnight
Associate Producer