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
