Roddy McDowall

Acting

Born: 1928-09-17 in London, England, UK

Died: 1998-10-03

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.

Acting

Planet of the Apes

Cornelius

The Poseidon Adventure

Acres

The Return of the King

Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Lassie Come Home

Joe Carraclough

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Cornelius

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Caesar

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Caesar

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Matthew

Evil Under the Sun

Rex Brewster

The Defector

Agent Adams

Overboard

Andrew

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Bullwhip Griffin

5 Card Stud

Nick Evers

Cutting Class

Mr. Dante

That Darn Cat!

Gregory Benson

Class of 1984

Terry Corrigan

Scavenger Hunt

Jenkins

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

Self / Rex Brewster

Man Hunt

Vaner

Fright Night

Peter Vincent

It!

Arthur Pimm

Cleopatra

Octavian - Caesar Augustus

Circle of Iron

White Robe

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Mr. Jelk

It's My Party

Damian Knowles

The Longest Day

Pvt. Morris

Midnight Lace

Malcolm

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Frank Gass

Murder in the Family

Peter Osborne

Hello Down There

Nate Ashbury

Star Hunter

Riecher

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Shakma

Sorenson

How Green Was My Valley

Huw Morgan

The Legend of Hell House

Benjamin Franklin Fischer

The Loved One

D.J. Jr.

Deadly Game

Dr. Aaron

The Grass Harp

Amos Legrand

Funny Lady

Bobby Moore

Laserblast

Doctor Mellon

The White Seal

Narrator/ White Seal

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Self - Host

The Keys of the Kingdom

Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Gillespie

Fright Night Part 2

Peter Vincent

Inside Daisy Clover

Walter Baines

Cricket on the Hearth

Cricket Crocket (voice)

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

George Stanton (uncredited)

Convict 99

Jimmy

The Cat from Outer Space

Mr. Stallwood

My Friend Flicka

Ken McLaughlin

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

King Murphy

The White Cliffs of Dover

John Ashwood II as a Boy

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Mr. Proffer

Dead of Winter

Mr. Murray

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

Ken McLaughlin

Lord Love a Duck

Alan Musgrave

Mowgli's Brothers

Mowgli (voice)

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Mean Johnny Barrows

Tony Da Vince

The Pied Piper

Ronnie Cavanaugh

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

Dr. Lasky

Corky

Harassed Salesman

Confirm or Deny

Albert Perkins

Carmilla

Inspector Amos

Rabbit Test

Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

Shock Treatment

Martin Ashley

Unlikely Angel

Saint Peter

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Self

Kidnapped

David Balfour

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

Santoro

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Killer Shark

Ted White

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Self

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

The Tempest

Ariel

The Third Day

Oliver Parsons

The Power and the Glory

Mestizo

Embryo

Frank Riley

Holiday in Mexico

Stanley Owen

The Story of Lassie

Self

The Alien Within

Dr. Henry Lazarus

The Thief of Baghdad

Hasan

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Prince John

Arnold

Robert

Flood!

Mr. Franklin

Twilight Theatre

Self - Host

Angel 4: Undercover

Geoffrey Kagen

Loss of Faith

Henry Stokes

A Taste of Evil

Dr. Michael Lomas

The Cool Ones

Tony Krum

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Self

Last Summer in the Hamptons

Thomas

Obsessed with Vertigo

Narrator (Voice)

The Subterraneans

Yuri Gilgoric

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

Albert Soames

The Elevator

Marvin Ellis

Terror in the Sky

Dr. Ralph Baird

This England

Hugo

Tuna Clipper

Alec MacLennan

Dead Man's Island

Trevor Dunnaway

The Big Country

Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Mae West

Rene Valentine

Earth Angel

Mr. Tatum

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Self

Rocky

Chris Hammond

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

Self

Heads

Fibris Drake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Benjamin - as a Boy

The Sands of Time

Alan Tucker

The Naked Target

Ernest Peabody

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic

Narrator (voice)

Miracle on 34th Street

Dr. Sawyer

Everybody's Dancin'

Roddy McDowall

Black Midnight

Scott Jordan

Saint Joan

Charles, The Dauphin

Poison Pen

Choirboy

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Self

I See Ice

Boy on train

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

Chiun

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self

Just William

Ginger

The Steel Fist

Eric Kardin

A Bug's Life

Mr. Soil (voice)

Molly and Me

Jimmy Graham

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Self

The Big Picture

Judge

Saloon Bar

Boy

Journey to Murder

Rollo Verdew

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Jeremy Sennet

Double Trouble

Phillip Chamberlin

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

Self (archive footage)

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Hey! Hey! USA

Boy

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

Chuck the Robot (voice)

The Immigrants

Mark Levy

Macbeth

Malcolm

The Million Dollar Face

Derek Kenyon

Going Under

Secretary Neighbor

His Brother’s Keeper

Boy

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

Self

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

Self

The Black Hole

V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

The Memory of Eva Ryker

MacFarland

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Self

Night Gallery

Jeremy Evans

Something to Believe In

Gambler

On the Sunny Side

Hugh Aylesworth

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Narrator (voice)

This Girl for Hire

Manfred Hayes

Big Timber

Jimmy

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

Nuggit (voice)

The Color of Evening

Henry Seaton

Keepers of the Frame

Himself

Sixth and Main

Skateboard

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage)

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Himself - Actor / Friend

Midas Run

Wister

You Will Remember

Young Bob Slater

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Self (archive footage)

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Minister

Rapunzel

Narrator

Heart of Darkness

Charles Marlow

Hollywood’s Children

Self (Narrator)

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

Narrator (voice)

The Return of Captain Sinbad

Narrator

The Evil Inside Me

Pauly

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Self

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Self

Hart to Hart

Dr. Peterson

Hollywood on Horses

Self

The Wind in the Willows

Ratty (voice)

The Outsider

Cured Child

Beyond Titanic

Self

The Fantastic Journey

Dr. Jonathan Willoway

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self (voice)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

Self

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

Self

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

Self

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls

Governor Saroyan

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Self

The Legend of Robin Hood

Prince John

The Martian Chronicles

Father Stone

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Self (archive footage)

Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle

Snowball (voice)

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Planet of the Apes

Cornelius

The Poseidon Adventure

Acres

The Return of the King

Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Lassie Come Home

Joe Carraclough

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Cornelius

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Caesar

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Caesar

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Matthew

Evil Under the Sun

Rex Brewster

The Defector

Agent Adams

Overboard

Andrew

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Bullwhip Griffin

5 Card Stud

Nick Evers

Cutting Class

Mr. Dante

That Darn Cat!

Gregory Benson

Class of 1984

Terry Corrigan

Scavenger Hunt

Jenkins

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

Self / Rex Brewster

Man Hunt

Vaner

Fright Night

Peter Vincent

It!

Arthur Pimm

Cleopatra

Octavian - Caesar Augustus

Circle of Iron

White Robe

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Mr. Jelk

It's My Party

Damian Knowles

The Longest Day

Pvt. Morris

Midnight Lace

Malcolm

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Frank Gass

Murder in the Family

Peter Osborne

Hello Down There

Nate Ashbury

Star Hunter

Riecher

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Shakma

Sorenson

How Green Was My Valley

Huw Morgan

The Legend of Hell House

Benjamin Franklin Fischer

The Loved One

D.J. Jr.

Deadly Game

Dr. Aaron

The Grass Harp

Amos Legrand

Funny Lady

Bobby Moore

Laserblast

Doctor Mellon

The White Seal

Narrator/ White Seal

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Self - Host

The Keys of the Kingdom

Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Gillespie

Fright Night Part 2

Peter Vincent

Inside Daisy Clover

Walter Baines

Cricket on the Hearth

Cricket Crocket (voice)

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

George Stanton (uncredited)

Convict 99

Jimmy

The Cat from Outer Space

Mr. Stallwood

My Friend Flicka

Ken McLaughlin

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

King Murphy

The White Cliffs of Dover

John Ashwood II as a Boy

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Mr. Proffer

Dead of Winter

Mr. Murray

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

Ken McLaughlin

Lord Love a Duck

Alan Musgrave

Mowgli's Brothers

Mowgli (voice)

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Mean Johnny Barrows

Tony Da Vince

The Pied Piper

Ronnie Cavanaugh

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

Dr. Lasky

Corky

Harassed Salesman

Confirm or Deny

Albert Perkins

Carmilla

Inspector Amos

Rabbit Test

Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

Shock Treatment

Martin Ashley

Unlikely Angel

Saint Peter

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Self

Kidnapped

David Balfour

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

Santoro

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

Killer Shark

Ted White

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Self

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

The Tempest

Ariel

The Third Day

Oliver Parsons

The Power and the Glory

Mestizo

Embryo

Frank Riley

Holiday in Mexico

Stanley Owen

The Story of Lassie

Self

The Alien Within

Dr. Henry Lazarus

The Thief of Baghdad

Hasan

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Prince John

Arnold

Robert

Flood!

Mr. Franklin

Twilight Theatre

Self - Host

Angel 4: Undercover

Geoffrey Kagen

Loss of Faith

Henry Stokes

A Taste of Evil

Dr. Michael Lomas

The Cool Ones

Tony Krum

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Self

Last Summer in the Hamptons

Thomas

Obsessed with Vertigo

Narrator (Voice)

The Subterraneans

Yuri Gilgoric

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

Albert Soames

The Elevator

Marvin Ellis

Terror in the Sky

Dr. Ralph Baird

This England

Hugo

Tuna Clipper

Alec MacLennan

Dead Man's Island

Trevor Dunnaway

The Big Country

Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Mae West

Rene Valentine

Earth Angel

Mr. Tatum

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Self

Rocky

Chris Hammond

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

Self

Heads

Fibris Drake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Benjamin - as a Boy

The Sands of Time

Alan Tucker

The Naked Target

Ernest Peabody

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic

Narrator (voice)

Miracle on 34th Street

Dr. Sawyer

Everybody's Dancin'

Roddy McDowall

Black Midnight

Scott Jordan

Saint Joan

Charles, The Dauphin

Poison Pen

Choirboy

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Self

I See Ice

Boy on train

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

Chiun

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self

Just William

Ginger

The Steel Fist

Eric Kardin

A Bug's Life

Mr. Soil (voice)

Molly and Me

Jimmy Graham

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Self

The Big Picture

Judge

Saloon Bar

Boy

Journey to Murder

Rollo Verdew

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Jeremy Sennet

Double Trouble

Phillip Chamberlin

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

Self (archive footage)

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Hey! Hey! USA

Boy

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

Chuck the Robot (voice)

The Immigrants

Mark Levy

Macbeth

Malcolm

The Million Dollar Face

Derek Kenyon

Going Under

Secretary Neighbor

His Brother’s Keeper

Boy

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

Self

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Galen

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

Self

The Black Hole

V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

The Memory of Eva Ryker

MacFarland

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Self

Night Gallery

Jeremy Evans

Something to Believe In

Gambler

On the Sunny Side

Hugh Aylesworth

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Narrator (voice)

This Girl for Hire

Manfred Hayes

Big Timber

Jimmy

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

Nuggit (voice)

The Color of Evening

Henry Seaton

Keepers of the Frame

Himself

Sixth and Main

Skateboard

It's Showtime

Self (archive footage)

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Himself - Actor / Friend

Midas Run

Wister

You Will Remember

Young Bob Slater

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Self (archive footage)

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Minister

Rapunzel

Narrator

Heart of Darkness

Charles Marlow

Hollywood’s Children

Self (Narrator)

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

Narrator (voice)

The Return of Captain Sinbad

Narrator

The Evil Inside Me

Pauly

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Self

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Self

Hart to Hart

Dr. Peterson

Hollywood on Horses

Self

The Wind in the Willows

Ratty (voice)

The Outsider

Cured Child

Beyond Titanic

Self

The Fantastic Journey

Dr. Jonathan Willoway

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self (voice)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

Self

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

Self

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

Self

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls

Governor Saroyan

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Self

The Legend of Robin Hood

Prince John

The Martian Chronicles

Father Stone

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Self (archive footage)

Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle

Snowball (voice)

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Director

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Director

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Director

Other Credits

Big Timber

Associate Producer

Overboard

Executive Producer

Black Midnight

Associate Producer

Killer Shark

Associate Producer

Big Timber

Associate Producer

Overboard

Executive Producer

Black Midnight

Associate Producer

Killer Shark

Associate Producer