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Roddy McDowall

Actor

Born: September 17, 1928 · London, England, UK
Died: October 3, 1998 (age 70)

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

A Bug's Life
November 25, 1998
Planet of the Apes
February 7, 1968
Fright Night
August 2, 1985
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
May 20, 1971
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
June 29, 1972
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
June 15, 1973
The Poseidon Adventure
December 1, 1972
The Longest Day
September 25, 1962
Overboard
December 16, 1987
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
October 7, 1971
Cleopatra
June 12, 1963
The Black Hole
December 19, 1979

Acting192

2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
2024Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction as Self (archive footage)
2023Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2001The Return of Captain Sinbad as Narrator
2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self (archive footage)
2000Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self
2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies as Self
1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

Keepers of the Frame as Himself

1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall as Self

1998A Bug's Life as Mr. Soil (voice)

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1998Loss of Faith as Henry Stokes
1998Beyond Titanic as Self
1998Behind the Planet of the Apes as Self - Host
1998Something to Believe In as Gambler
1998Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu as Himself - Actor / Friend
1998Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Narrator (voice)
1997Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle as Snowball (voice)
1997Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
1997Obsessed with Vertigo as Narrator (Voice)
1997The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo as King Murphy
1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self
1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Self
1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Self
1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self
1996Unlikely Angel as Saint Peter
1996The Grass Harp as Amos Legrand
1996It's My Party as Damian Knowles
1996Dead Man's Island as Trevor Dunnaway
1996Star Hunter as Riecher
1995Last Summer in the Hamptons as Thomas
1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Self
1995The Alien Within as Dr. Henry Lazarus
1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill as Self
1994The Story of Lassie as Self
1994Angel 4: Undercover as Geoffrey Kagen
1994Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance as Dr. Lasky
1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is as Jeremy Sennet
1994Heads as Fibris Drake
1994Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic as Narrator (voice)
1993The Evil Inside Me as Pauly
1992The Sands of Time as Alan Tucker
1992The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
1992Double Trouble as Phillip Chamberlin
1992The Naked Target as Ernest Peabody
1991Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas as Narrator (voice)
1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II as Self
1991Going Under as Secretary Neighbor
1991Deadly Game as Dr. Aaron
1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self
1991Earth Angel as Mr. Tatum
1990Shakma as Sorenson
1990The Color of Evening as Henry Seaton
1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen as Self
1989Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius as Self
1989The Big Picture as Judge
1989Carmilla as Inspector Amos
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self (voice)
1989Cutting Class as Mr. Dante
1989Hollywood on Horses as Self
1988Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Minister
1988Remo Williams: The Prophecy as Chiun
1988Fright Night Part 2 as Peter Vincent
1987Overboard as Andrew
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987Dead of Winter as Mr. Murray
1986GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Nuggit (voice)
1985Fright Night as Peter Vincent
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Prince John
1983The Wind in the Willows as Ratty (voice)
1983Rapunzel as Narrator
1983This Girl for Hire as Manfred Hayes
1982Class of 1984 as Terry Corrigan
1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as Self
1982Mae West as Rene Valentine
1982Evil Under the Sun as Rex Brewster
1982Hollywood’s Children as Self (Narrator)
1982Twilight Theatre as Self - Host
1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' as Self / Rex Brewster
1981The Million Dollar Face as Derek Kenyon
1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Gillespie
1980Farewell to the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980Back to the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980The Return of the King as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
1980The Memory of Eva Ryker as MacFarland
1979Scavenger Hunt as Jenkins
1979The Black Hole as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls as Governor Saroyan
1979Hart to Hart as Dr. Peterson
1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall as Chuck the Robot (voice)
1978Circle of Iron as White Robe
1978The Cat from Outer Space as Mr. Stallwood
1978Rabbit Test as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
1978Laserblast as Doctor Mellon
1978The Thief of Baghdad as Hasan
1977Sixth and Main as Skateboard
1977Flood! as Mr. Franklin
1977The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1976Embryo as Frank Riley
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1976Mowgli's Brothers as Mowgli (voice)
1975Mean Johnny Barrows as Tony Da Vince
1975The White Seal as Narrator/ White Seal
1975Funny Lady as Bobby Moore
1975Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait as Self
1974Dirty Mary Crazy Larry as George Stanton (uncredited)
1974The Elevator as Marvin Ellis
1973Miracle on 34th Street as Dr. Sawyer
1973Arnold as Robert
1973Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
1973The Legend of Hell House as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
1972The Poseidon Adventure as Acres
1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Frank Gass
1972Conquest of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1972Corky as Harassed Salesman
1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...? as Albert Soames
1971A Taste of Evil as Dr. Michael Lomas
1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Mr. Jelk
1971Terror in the Sky as Dr. Ralph Baird
1971Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Cornelius
1971Pretty Maids All in a Row as Mr. Proffer
1971Journey to Murder as Rollo Verdew
1969Night Gallery as Jeremy Evans
1969Angel, Angel, Down We Go as Santoro
1969Hello Down There as Nate Ashbury
1969Midas Run as Wister
19685 Card Stud as Nick Evers
1968The Legend of Robin Hood as Prince John
1968Planet of the Apes as Cornelius
1967Cricket on the Hearth as Cricket Crocket (voice)
1967Saint Joan as Charles, The Dauphin
1967It! as Arthur Pimm
1967The Cool Ones as Tony Krum
1967The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin as Bullwhip Griffin
1966The Defector as Agent Adams
1966Lord Love a Duck as Alan Musgrave
1966Inside Daisy Clover as Walter Baines
1965That Darn Cat! as Gregory Benson
1965The Loved One as D.J. Jr.
1965The Third Day as Oliver Parsons
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as Matthew
1964Shock Treatment as Martin Ashley
1963Cleopatra as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
1963The Power and the Glory as Mestizo
1962The Longest Day as Pvt. Morris
1960Midnight Lace as Malcolm
1960The Subterraneans as Yuri Gilgoric
1960The Tempest as Ariel
1958Heart of Darkness as Charles Marlow
1958The Big Country as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
1956THe Good Fairy as Waiter
1952The Steel Fist as Eric Kardin
1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
1950Big Timber as Jimmy
1950Everybody's Dancin' as Roddy McDowall
1950Killer Shark as Ted White
1949Black Midnight as Scott Jordan
1949Tuna Clipper as Alec MacLennan
1948Kidnapped as David Balfour
1948Macbeth as Malcolm
1948Rocky as Chris Hammond
1946Holiday in Mexico as Stanley Owen
1945Molly and Me as Jimmy Graham
1945Thunderhead: Son of Flicka as Ken McLaughlin
1944The Keys of the Kingdom as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
1944The White Cliffs of Dover as John Ashwood II as a Boy
1943Lassie Come Home as Joe Carraclough
1943My Friend Flicka as Ken McLaughlin
1942The Pied Piper as Ronnie Cavanaugh
1942On the Sunny Side as Hugh Aylesworth
1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Benjamin - as a Boy
1941Confirm or Deny as Albert Perkins
1941How Green Was My Valley as Huw Morgan
1941This England as Hugo
1941Man Hunt as Vaner
1941You Will Remember as Young Bob Slater
1940Saloon Bar as Boy
1940Just William as Ginger
1940His Brother’s Keeper as Boy
1939Poison Pen as Choirboy
1939The Outsider as Cured Child
1938Hey! Hey! USA as Boy
1938Convict 99 as Jimmy
1938I See Ice as Boy on train
1938Murder in the Family as Peter Osborne

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1987Overboard Executive Producer
1970The Ballad of Tam Lin Director
1950Big Timber Associate Producer
1950Killer Shark Associate Producer
1949Black Midnight Associate Producer