Birthday: Sep 17, 1928
Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Roddy McDowall

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Planet of the Apes	Cornelius	1968
The Poseidon Adventure	Acres	1972
The Return of the King	Samwise Gamgee (voice)	1980
Lassie Come Home	Joe Carraclough	1943
Escape from the Planet of the Apes	Cornelius	1971
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	Caesar	1972
Battle for the Planet of the Apes	Caesar	1973
The Greatest Story Ever Told	Matthew	1965
Evil Under the Sun	Rex Brewster	1982
The Defector	Agent Adams	1966
Overboard	Andrew	1987
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin	Bullwhip Griffin	1967
5 Card Stud	Nick Evers	1968
Cutting Class	Mr. Dante	1989
That Darn Cat!	Gregory Benson	1965
Class of 1984	Terry Corrigan	1982
Scavenger Hunt	Jenkins	1979
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'	Self / Rex Brewster	1982
Man Hunt	Vaner	1941
Fright Night	Peter Vincent	1985
It!	Arthur Pimm	1967
Cleopatra	Octavian - Caesar Augustus	1963
Circle of Iron	White Robe	1978
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Mr. Jelk	1971
It's My Party	Damian Knowles	1996
The Longest Day	Pvt. Morris	1962
Midnight Lace	Malcolm	1960
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	Frank Gass	1972
Murder in the Family	Peter Osborne	1938
Hello Down There	Nate Ashbury	1969
Star Hunter	Riecher	1996
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel		1999
Shakma	Sorenson	1990
How Green Was My Valley	Huw Morgan	1941
The Legend of Hell House	Benjamin Franklin Fischer	1973
The Loved One	D.J. Jr.	1965
Deadly Game	Dr. Aaron	1991
The Grass Harp	Amos Legrand	1995
Funny Lady	Bobby Moore	1975
Laserblast	Doctor Mellon	1978
The White Seal	Narrator/ White Seal	1975
Behind the Planet of the Apes	Self - Host	1998
The Keys of the Kingdom	Francis Chisholm, as a boy	1944
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen	Gillespie	1981
Fright Night Part 2	Peter Vincent	1988
Inside Daisy Clover	Walter Baines	1965
Cricket on the Hearth	Cricket Crocket (voice)	1967
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry	George Stanton (uncredited)	1974
The Cat from Outer Space	Mr. Stallwood	1978
Convict 99	Jimmy	1938
My Friend Flicka	Ken McLaughlin	1943
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	King Murphy	1997
The White Cliffs of Dover	John Ashwood II as a Boy	1944
Pretty Maids All in a Row	Mr. Proffer	1971
Dead of Winter	Mr. Murray	1987
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka	Ken McLaughlin	1945
Lord Love a Duck	Alan Musgrave	1966
Mowgli's Brothers	Mowgli (voice)	1976
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes	Galen	1980
Mean Johnny Barrows	Tony Da Vince	1975
The Pied Piper	Ronnie Cavanaugh	1942
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance	Dr. Lasky	1994
Corky	Harassed Salesman	1972
Confirm or Deny	Albert Perkins	1941
Carmilla	Inspector Amos	1989
Rabbit Test	Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine	1978
Shock Treatment	Martin Ashley	1964
Unlikely Angel	Saint Peter	1996
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film	Self	2000
Kidnapped	David Balfour	1948
Angel, Angel, Down We Go	Santoro	1969
Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)	1972
Killer Shark	Ted White	1950
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker	Self	1995
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	2001
The Tempest	Ariel	1960
The Third Day	Oliver Parsons	1965
The Power and the Glory	Mestizo	1963
Embryo	Frank Riley	1976
Holiday in Mexico	Stanley Owen	1946
The Story of Lassie	Self	1994
The Alien Within	Dr. Henry Lazarus	1995
The Thief of Baghdad	Hasan	1978
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	Prince John	1984
Arnold	Robert	1973
Flood!	Mr. Franklin	1977
Twilight Theatre	Self - Host	1982
Angel 4: Undercover	Geoffrey Kagen	1994
Loss of Faith	Henry Stokes	1998
A Taste of Evil	Dr. Michael Lomas	1971
The Cool Ones	Tony Krum	1967
The Magical World of Chuck Jones	Self	1992
Last Summer in the Hamptons	Thomas	1995
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece	Narrator (Voice)	1997
The Subterraneans	Yuri Gilgoric	1960
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?	Albert Soames	1971
The Elevator	Marvin Ellis	1974
Terror in the Sky	Dr. Ralph Baird	1971
This England	Hugo	1941
Tuna Clipper	Alec MacLennan	1949
Dead Man's Island	Trevor Dunnaway	1996
The Big Country	Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)	1958
Mae West	Rene Valentine	1982
Earth Angel	Mr. Tatum	1991
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady	Self	1997
Rocky	Chris Hammond	1948
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper	Self	1991
Heads	Fibris Drake	1994
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake	Benjamin - as a Boy	1942
The Sands of Time	Alan Tucker	1992
The Naked Target	Ernest Peabody	1992
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic	Narrator (voice)	1994
Miracle on 34th Street	Dr. Sawyer	1973
Everybody's Dancin'	Roddy McDowall	1950
Black Midnight	Scott Jordan	1949
Saint Joan	Charles, The Dauphin	1967
Poison Pen	Choirboy	1939
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough	Self	1997
I See Ice	Boy on train	1938
Remo Williams: The Prophecy		1988
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self	1997
Just William	Ginger	1940
The Steel Fist	Eric Kardin	1952
A Bug's Life	Mr. Soil (voice)	1998
Molly and Me	Jimmy Graham	1945
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero	Self	1997
The Big Picture	Judge	1989
Saloon Bar	Boy	1940
Journey to Murder	Rollo Verdew	1971
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is	Jeremy Sennet	1994
Double Trouble	Phillip Chamberlin	1992
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction	Self (archive footage)	2024
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes	Galen	1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes	Galen	1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes	Galen	1980
Hey! Hey! USA	Boy	1938
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall	Chuck the Robot (voice)	1979
The Immigrants	Mark Levy	1978
Macbeth	Malcolm	1948
The Million Dollar Face	Derek Kenyon	1981
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes	Self (archive footage)	2024
Going Under	Secretary Neighbor	1991
His Brother’s Keeper	Boy	1940
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain	Self	1997
Back to the Planet of the Apes	Galen	1980
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait	Self	1975
The Black Hole	V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)	1979
The Memory of Eva Ryker	MacFarland	1980
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius	Self	1989
Night Gallery	Jeremy Evans	1969
Something to Believe In	Gambler	1998
On the Sunny Side	Hugh Aylesworth	1942
That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	1976
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists	Narrator (voice)	1998
This Girl For Hire	Manfred Hayes	1983
Big Timber	Jimmy	1950
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	Nuggit (voice)	1986
The Color of Evening	Henry Seaton	1990
Keepers of the Frame	Himself	1999
Sixth and Main	Skateboard	1977
It's Showtime	Self (archive footage)	1976
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu	Himself - Actor / Friend	1998
Midas Run	Wister	1969
You Will Remember	Young Bob Slater	1941
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'	Self (archive footage)	2000
Doin' Time on Planet Earth	Minister	1988
Rapunzel	Narrator	1983
Heart of Darkness	Charles Marlow	1958
Hollywood’s Children	Self (Narrator)	1982
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas	Narrator (voice)	1991
The Return of Captain Sinbad	Narrator	2001
The Evil Inside Me	Pauly	1993
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years	Self	1997
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill	Self	1994
Hart to Hart	Dr. Peterson	1979
Hollywood on Horses	Self	1989
The Wind in the Willows	Ratty (voice)	1983
The Outsider	Cured Child	1939
Beyond Titanic	Self	1998
The Fantastic Journey	Dr. Jonathan Willoway	1977
Series	Cast	Year
Planet of the Apes	Galen	1974
Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD	1984
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron		1993
The Rookies		1972
Trapper John, M.D.		1979
Kraft Suspense Theatre	Robert 'Professor' Benson	1963
Matlock		1986
Batman	The Bookworm	1966
Gargoyles		1994
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Governor Saroyan	1979
The Martian Chronicles	Father Stone	1980
Naked City	Donnie Benton	1958
The Merv Griffin Show	Self	1962
The Pirates of Dark Water	Niddler (voice)	1991
Hotel		1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey	"Bon Chance" Louie	1982
Arrest and Trial		1963
Superman: The Animated Series	Mad Hatter (voice)	1996
Faerie Tale Theatre	Narrator (voice)	1982
Wonder Woman	Henry Roberts	1975
General Electric Theater	Leprechaun	1953
Mission: Impossible		1966
The New Batman Adventures	Mad Hatter (voice)	1997
Hallmark Hall of Fame		1951
The Twilight Zone	Sam Conrad	1959
Ironside		1967
Camp Candy		1989
Felony Squad		1966
Harry O		1974
Run for Your Life	Gyula Bognar	1965
Police Woman		1974
The Fantastic Journey	Dr. Jonathan Willoway	1977
Journey to the Unknown		1968
Lux Video Theatre	Pete	1950
McCloud		1970
Here's Boomer		1980
The New Lassie		1989
Matinee Theater		1955
Ben Casey		1961
Ellery Queen		1975
MGM: When the Lion Roars		1992
Robert Montgomery Presents	Gerald Forbes	1950
The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	1973
Sweepstakes		1979
Flying High		1978
Bridges to Cross		1986
The Rhinemann Exchange	Bobby Ballard	1977
Alice in Wonderland	March Hare	1985
An Inconvenient Woman	Cyril Rathbone	1991
Hollywood Wives	Jason Swandle	1985
Nightmare Classics	Inspector Amos	1989
Batman: The Animated Series	Mad Hatter (voice)	1992
Columbo	Roger Stanford	1971
Murder, She Wrote	Gordon Fairchild	1984
Night Gallery	Jeremy Evans	1970
Pinky and the Brain	Snowball (voice)	1995
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	1962
Around the World in 80 Days	McBaines	1989
Quantum Leap	Edward St. John V	1989
Lux Video Theatre	Bellamy Partridge	1950
Godzilla: The Series		1998
Robert Montgomery Presents	Pip	1950
The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	1948
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	George	1962
The Name of the Game	Philip Saxon	1968
The New Batman Adventures	The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)	1997
Hart to Hart	Dr. Peterson	1979
Hallmark Hall of Fame	Ariel	1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame	The Dauphin	1951
Burke's Law	Maurice Gillette	1994
The Wizard		1986
Great Performances	Self	1971
Love, American Style	Howard	1969
The Legend of Prince Valiant		1991
The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	1967
The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	1967
The Invaders	Lloyd Lindstrom	1967
The Love Boat	Fred Beery	1977
The Name of the Game	Early McCorley	1968
Dream On	Bob Jeffers	1990
Barnaby Jones	Stanley Lambert	1973
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Arthur Biddle	1963
The Snoop Sisters	Lionel Standish	1973
Suspicion		1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Gerald Musgrove	1962
The Danny Kaye Show	Self	1963
Kraft Television Theatre	Mr. Elton	1947
Golden Globe Awards	Self	1944

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