
Roddy McDowall
Born September 17, 1928 · London, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

A Bug's Life

Planet of the Apes

Cleopatra

The Longest Day

Fright Night

Overboard

The Poseidon Adventure

Evil Under the Sun

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

The Big Country

Fright Night Part 2

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

The Defector

Class of 1984

The Black Hole

Macbeth

How Green Was My Valley

The Legend of Hell House

The Return of the King

Paul Newman: The Restless

That's Entertainment, Part II

That Darn Cat!

Funny Lady

The Big Picture

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Lassie Come Home

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Cat from Outer Space

Night Gallery

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Angel 4: Undercover

5 Card Stud

Inside Daisy Clover

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

The Keys of the Kingdom

Midnight Lace

Man Hunt

It's My Party

It!

Double Trouble

Poison Pen

Cutting Class

Shakma

The Grass Harp

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

Scavenger Hunt

The Thief of Baghdad

The Loved One

Beyond Titanic

Obsessed with Vertigo

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Hello Down There

Last Summer in the Hamptons

The White Cliffs of Dover

The Legend of Robin Hood

Flood!

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Circle of Iron

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

It's Showtime

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

My Friend Flicka

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

Earth Angel

The Fantastic Journey

Laserblast

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

Something to Believe In

Mean Johnny Barrows

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

The Sands of Time

Cricket on the Hearth
TV Shows

Murder, She Wrote

Great Performances

Golden Globe Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

Fantasy Island

Ironside

The Twilight Zone

Love, American Style

Batman

Robert Montgomery Presents

Batman: The Animated Series

Matinee Theater

Mission: Impossible

Trapper John, M.D.

Matlock

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Superman: The Animated Series

The Carol Burnett Show

Naked City

Run for Your Life

Hotel

Biography

Suspicion

Barnaby Jones

The Ed Sullivan Show

Ben Casey

The Invaders

Gargoyles

Kraft Television Theatre

Duckman

Police Woman

The Name of the Game

The Rookies

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre

McCloud

Pinky and the Brain

Dream On

The New Batman Adventures

The Danny Kaye Show

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Wonder Woman

Felony Squad

Harry O

Godzilla: The Series

Arrest and Trial

Burke's Law

Ellery Queen

The Tick

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

Remember WENN

The Legend of Prince Valiant

Planet of the Apes

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Flying High

The New Lassie

Here's Boomer

Journey to the Unknown

Around the World in 80 Days

The Wizard

The Pirates of Dark Water

The Fantastic Journey

General Electric Theater

The Snoop Sisters

Alice in Wonderland

The Martian Chronicles

Supertrain

Hallmark Hall of Fame

George Burns Comedy Week

Delphi Bureau

Hollywood Wives

An Inconvenient Woman

The Rhinemann Exchange

MGM: When the Lion Roars

Nightmare Classics

The Immigrants
More Movies

The Wind in the Willows

This England

Going Under

The Pied Piper

This Girl for Hire

Shock Treatment

Embryo

On the Sunny Side

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Dead Man's Island

Rabbit Test

The White Seal

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

The Memory of Eva Ryker

The Subterraneans

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

A Taste of Evil

Midas Run

Hart to Hart

The Elevator

Hollywood’s Children

Miracle on 34th Street

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Lord Love a Duck

The Million Dollar Face

Dead of Winter

The Power and the Glory

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Carmilla

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

The Naked Target

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Mae West

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Rocky

The Story of Lassie

The Evil Inside Me

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

I See Ice

The Immigrants

The Color of Evening

Unlikely Angel

The Cool Ones

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Deadly Game

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

The Third Day

Kidnapped

Terror in the Sky

Holiday in Mexico

Confirm or Deny

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Heart of Darkness

Twilight Theatre

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

The Alien Within

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

Heads

Star Hunter

Journey to Murder

Saloon Bar

Corky

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

The Steel Fist

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

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Big Timber

The Tempest

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

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Arnold

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Black Midnight

Rapunzel

Killer Shark

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Everybody's Dancin'

The Outsider

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

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

Hey! Hey! USA

Tuna Clipper

Mowgli's Brothers

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Molly and Me

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Convict 99

The Return of Captain Sinbad

Sixth and Main

You Will Remember




