Roddy McDowall
Acting
1928-09-17 - Present
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.
Credits
A Bug's LifeasMr. Soil (voice)
Planet of the ApesasCornelius
Escape from the Planet of the ApesasCornelius
The Longest DayasPvt. Morris
CleopatraasOctavian - Caesar Augustus
Battle for the Planet of the ApesasCaesar
OverboardasAndrew
Conquest of the Planet of the ApesasCaesar
The Poseidon AdventureasAcres
Fright NightasPeter Vincent
The Greatest Story Ever ToldasMatthew
Bedknobs and BroomsticksasMr. Jelk
The Black HoleasV.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
Evil Under the SunasRex Brewster
The Big CountryasHannassey Watchman (uncredited)
How Green Was My ValleyasHuw Morgan
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost TapesasSelf (archive footage)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanasFrank Gass
The Return of the KingasSamwise Gamgee (voice)
Fright Night Part 2asPeter Vincent
Lassie Come HomeasJoe Carraclough
The Big PictureasJudge
The Cat from Outer SpaceasMr. Stallwood
Class of 1984asTerry Corrigan
That Darn Cat!asGregory Benson
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & BalooasKing Murphy
The Legend of Hell HouseasBenjamin Franklin Fischer
The Loved OneasD.J. Jr.
MacbethasMalcolm
Cutting ClassasMr. Dante
The Grass HarpasAmos Legrand
The Adventures of Bullwhip GriffinasBullwhip Griffin
5 Card StudasNick Evers
Pretty Maids All in a RowasMr. Proffer
Double TroubleasPhillip Chamberlin
The Keys of the KingdomasFrancis Chisholm, as a boy
Mean Johnny BarrowsasTony Da Vince
Midnight LaceasMalcolm
LaserblastasDoctor Mellon
Dirty Mary Crazy LarryasGeorge Stanton (uncredited)
EmbryoasFrank Riley
The White Cliffs of DoverasJohn Ashwood II as a Boy
Circle of IronasWhite Robe
It's My PartyasDamian Knowles
Man HuntasVaner
ShakmaasSorenson
Behind the Planet of the ApesasSelf - Host
Dead of WinterasMr. Murray
That's Entertainment, Part IIas(archive footage)
Funny LadyasBobby Moore
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the ApesasGalen
The Thief of BaghdadasHasan
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin BlakeasBenjamin - as a Boy
It!asArthur Pimm
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 YearsasSelf
Inside Daisy CloverasWalter Baines
The Evil Inside MeasPauly
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodasSelf
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenasGillespie
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven DanceasDr. Lasky
Hollywood: The Dream FactoryasSelf (archive footage)
It's ShowtimeasSelf (archive footage)
Hello Down ThereasNate Ashbury
The DefectorasAgent Adams
Earth AngelasMr. Tatum
Night GalleryasJeremy Evans
Rabbit TestasGypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry MarshallasChuck the Robot (voice)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis HopperasSelf
GoBots: Battle of the Rock LordsasNuggit (voice)
HeadsasFibris Drake
Scavenger HuntasJenkins
RapunzelasNarrator
Going UnderasSecretary Neighbor
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The LineasSelf
The Pied PiperasRonnie Cavanaugh
Mae WestasRene Valentine
Obsessed with VertigoasNarrator (Voice)
Flood!asMr. Franklin
Hey! Hey! USAasBoy
The ImmigrantsasMark Levy
The Zany Adventures of Robin HoodasPrince John
Dead Man's IslandasTrevor Dunnaway
Killer SharkasTed White
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed HollywoodasSelf (archive footage)
Back to the Planet of the ApesasGalen
The Memory of Eva RykerasMacFarland
Hart to HartasDr. Peterson
Heart of DarknessasCharles Marlow
Hollywood’s ChildrenasSelf (Narrator)
Angel 4: UndercoverasGeoffrey Kagen
Molly and MeasJimmy Graham
Louise Brooks: Looking for LuluasHimself - Actor / Friend
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the RoughasSelf
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?asAlbert Soames
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesasSelf
Star HunterasRiecher
The Cool OnesasTony Krum
KidnappedasDavid Balfour
This Girl for HireasManfred Hayes
Farewell to the Planet of the ApesasGalen
Doin' Time on Planet EarthasMinister
Miracle on 34th StreetasDr. Sawyer
Twilight TheatreasSelf - Host
Sixth and MainasSkateboard
My Friend FlickaasKen McLaughlin
The Third DayasOliver Parsons
The Power and the GloryasMestizo
ArnoldasRobert
Last Summer in the HamptonsasThomas
Loss of FaithasHenry Stokes
The White SealasNarrator/ White Seal
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsasJeremy Sennet
The Alien WithinasDr. Henry Lazarus
Lord Love a DuckasAlan Musgrave
The Color of EveningasHenry Seaton
Thunderhead: Son of FlickaasKen McLaughlin
RockyasChris Hammond
Terror in the SkyasDr. Ralph Baird
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreasHimself
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'asSelf / Rex Brewster
A Taste of EvilasDr. Michael Lomas
Angel, Angel, Down We GoasSantoro
The Wind in the WillowsasRatty (voice)
The Magical World of Chuck JonesasSelf
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the ApesasGalen
I See IceasBoy on train
Deadly GameasDr. Aaron
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science FictionasSelf (archive footage)
Shock TreatmentasMartin Ashley
The Sands of TimeasAlan Tucker
Confirm or DenyasAlbert Perkins
The Million Dollar FaceasDerek Kenyon
Harold Lloyd: The Third GeniusasSelf
Journey to MurderasRollo Verdew
Convict 99asJimmy
Cricket on the HearthasCricket Crocket (voice)
On the Sunny SideasHugh Aylesworth
Midas RunasWister
Unlikely AngelasSaint Peter
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest LadyasSelf
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the ApesasGalen
Murder in the FamilyasPeter Osborne
Holiday in MexicoasStanley Owen
The ElevatorasMarvin Ellis
Poison PenasChoirboy
CarmillaasInspector Amos
Star Power: The Creation Of United ArtistsasNarrator (voice)
Saint JoanasCharles, The Dauphin
The TempestasAriel
Beyond TitanicasSelf
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American ClassicasNarrator (voice)
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet HeroasSelf
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'asSelf (archive footage)
Something to Believe InasGambler
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver ScreenasSelf
The Story of LassieasSelf
The Naked TargetasErnest Peabody
His Brother’s KeeperasBoy
The Return of Captain SinbadasNarrator
Keepers of the FrameasHimself
Hollywood on HorsesasSelf
Vincent Price: The Versatile VillainasSelf
CorkyasHarassed Salesman
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and InspirationasPvt. Huntington (The Professor)
The Fantastic JourneyasDr. Jonathan Willoway
The SubterraneansasYuri Gilgoric
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angelas
The OutsiderasCured Child
Intimate Portrait: Lauren BacallasSelf
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments ChristmasasNarrator (voice)
Tuna ClipperasAlec MacLennan
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could KillasSelf
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave GirlsasGovernor Saroyan
Black MidnightasScott Jordan
Remo Williams: The Prophecyas
You Will RememberasYoung Bob Slater
Mary Pickford: A Life on FilmasSelf
The Steel FistasEric Kardin
Big TimberasJimmy
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate PortraitasSelf
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century FilmmakerasSelf
Mowgli's BrothersasMowgli (voice)
This EnglandasHugo
Just WilliamasGinger
Saloon BarasBoy
Everybody's Dancin'asRoddy McDowall
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War IIasSelf