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
The Longest Day
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Overboard
Cleopatra
Fright Night
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
The Poseidon Adventure
The Big Country
The Black Hole
Fright Night Part 2
Evil Under the Sun
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Class of 1984
Funny Lady
That Darn Cat!
The Big Picture
The Cat from Outer Space
How Green Was My Valley
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Cutting Class
The Return of the King
Macbeth
The Defector
The Keys of the Kingdom
5 Card Stud
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Double Trouble
Midnight Lace
The Grass Harp
Night Gallery
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
Pretty Maids All in a Row
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
Lassie Come Home
Scavenger Hunt
The Loved One
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
It's My Party
Inside Daisy Clover
The Thief of Baghdad
The Legend of Hell House
That's Entertainment, Part II
Circle of Iron
Unlikely Angel
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
Going Under
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Earth Angel
Angel 4: Undercover
The White Cliffs of Dover
Paul Newman: The Restless
Flood!
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
Man Hunt
Dead of Winter
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Behind the Planet of the Apes
This Girl for Hire
Lord Love a Duck
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Mean Johnny Barrows
Poison Pen
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Last Summer in the Hamptons
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
Shakma
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Miracle on 34th Street
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
The Wind in the Willows
TV Shows
Quantum Leap
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Ironside
Great Performances
Love, American Style
Mission: Impossible
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Batman: The Animated Series
Matinee Theater
Robert Montgomery Presents
The Twilight Zone
Matlock
The Name of the Game
Run for Your Life
Hotel
Batman
The Ed Sullivan Show
Naked City
Police Woman
Trapper John, M.D.
Superman: The Animated Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Ben Casey
Fantasy Island
The Invaders
Gargoyles
Darkwing Duck
Barnaby Jones
Duckman
The Rookies
The New Batman Adventures
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
McCloud
Faerie Tale Theatre
Kraft Television Theatre
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Harry O
Ellery Queen
The Danny Kaye Show
Biography
Arrest and Trial
Felony Squad
Pinky and the Brain
Wonder Woman
Burke's Law
Godzilla: The Series
Dream On
The Tick
Suspicion
Tales of the Gold Monkey
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Remember WENN
Flying High
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Pirates of Dark Water
The Wizard
Planet of the Apes
Supertrain
The Fantastic Journey
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Journey to the Unknown
Around the World in 80 Days
Alice in Wonderland
Here's Boomer
Hollywood Wives
The Snoop Sisters
George Burns Comedy Week
The Martian Chronicles
The New Lassie
General Electric Theater
Delphi Bureau
MGM: When the Lion Roars
The Rhinemann Exchange
Nightmare Classics
An Inconvenient Woman
The Immigrants
More Movies
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Embryo
A Taste of Evil
Rabbit Test
It!
Back to the Planet of the Apes
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Hello Down There
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Midas Run
Cricket on the Hearth
Star Hunter
Dead Man's Island
Mae West
Something to Believe In
The Steel Fist
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Terror in the Sky
The Power and the Glory
This England
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
Laserblast
My Friend Flicka
Hart to Hart
It's Showtime
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
The Color of Evening
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
The Million Dollar Face
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The Cool Ones
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Obsessed with Vertigo
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
The Sands of Time
The Evil Inside Me
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Rocky
Shock Treatment
Beyond Titanic
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
Deadly Game
The Story of Lassie
The Legend of Robin Hood
Holiday in Mexico
The Subterraneans
The Alien Within
Killer Shark
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Carmilla
Sixth and Main
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
Rapunzel
The Third Day
Twilight Theatre
The White Seal
Arnold
On the Sunny Side
Heads
Hollywood’s Children
Hey! Hey! USA
Molly and Me
The Pied Piper
The Naked Target
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
The Outsider
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
I See Ice
Confirm or Deny
Saloon Bar
Journey to Murder
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
Heart of Darkness
Black Midnight
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
Corky
Big Timber
The Elevator
Kidnapped
The Fantastic Journey
You Will Remember
The Tempest
Mowgli's Brothers
Tuna Clipper
Convict 99
Saint Joan
Everybody's Dancin'
