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Roddy McDowall

Born 1928-09-17

Died 1998-10-03

📍 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.

Filmography 266

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

as Self (archive footage)

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

The Return of Captain Sinbad

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

as Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

as Mr. Soil (voice)

Godzilla: The Series

Behind the Planet of the Apes

Something to Believe In

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

as Himself - Actor / Friend

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Narrator (voice)

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

Obsessed with Vertigo

as Narrator (Voice)

The New Batman Adventures

as Mad Hatter (voice)

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

as Amos Legrand

Superman: The Animated Series

as Mad Hatter (voice)

as Damian Knowles

Dead Man's Island

as Trevor Dunnaway

as Giles Aldwych

Last Summer in the Hamptons

Pinky and the Brain

as Snowball (voice)

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

The Alien Within

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

as Proteus (voice)

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

The Story of Lassie

Angel 4: Undercover

as Geoffrey Kagen

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

as Akers (voice)

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

as Jeremy Sennet

as Fibris Drake

as Maurice Gillette

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

as Narrator (voice)

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

as Madkat (voice)

The Evil Inside Me

The Sands of Time

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

Batman: The Animated Series

as Mad Hatter (voice)

MGM: When the Lion Roars

as Phillip Chamberlin

The Naked Target

as Ernest Peabody

The Legend of Prince Valiant

as Secretary Neighbor

An Inconvenient Woman

as Cyril Rathbone

The Pirates of Dark Water

as Niddler (voice)

The Color of Evening

as Henry Seaton

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

The Big Picture

as Inspector Amos

Nightmare Classics

as Inspector Amos

Around the World in 80 Days

as Edward St. John V

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Fright Night Part 2

as Peter Vincent

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

as Nuggit (voice)

as Christopher Hoyt

Alice in Wonderland

George Burns Comedy Week

as Bob Cratchit

as Peter Vincent

Hollywood Wives

as Jason Swandle

Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD

Murder, She Wrote

as Gordon Fairchild

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The Wind in the Willows

as Ratty (voice)

This Girl for Hire

as Manfred Hayes

Tales of the Gold Monkey

as "Bon Chance" Louie

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

as Anthony Spears

as Terry Corrigan

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

as Rene Valentine

Evil Under the Sun

as Rex Brewster

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (Narrator)

Twilight Theatre

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

as Self / Rex Brewster

The Million Dollar Face

as Derek Kenyon

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Back to the Planet of the Apes

The Return of the King

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

The Memory of Eva Ryker

The Martian Chronicles

as Father Stone

as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

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

as Governor Saroyan

Trapper John, M.D.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Governor Saroyan

as Dr. Peterson

as Benjamin Warren Talcott

The Cat from Outer Space

as Mr. Stallwood

as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

as Doctor Mellon

as Mephistopheles

The Thief of Baghdad

as Mr. Franklin

The Rhinemann Exchange

as Bobby Ballard

The Fantastic Journey

as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

The Fantastic Journey

as Dr. Jonathan Willaway

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Mowgli's Brothers

as Mowgli (voice)

Mean Johnny Barrows

as Tony Da Vince

as Henry Roberts

as Professor Arthur Chapman

as Narrator/ White Seal

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

Planet of the Apes

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

as George Stanton (uncredited)

as Marvin Ellis

The Snoop Sisters

as Lionel Standish

Miracle on 34th Street

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

The Legend of Hell House

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Stanley Lambert

The Poseidon Adventure

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

as Harassed Salesman

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

as Albert Soames

A Taste of Evil

as Dr. Michael Lomas

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Terror in the Sky

as Dr. Ralph Baird

as Roger Stanford

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Pretty Maids All in a Row

Great Performances

Journey to Murder

as Rollo Verdew

as Phil Sandler

as Jeremy Evans

Love, American Style

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

Hello Down There

as Nate Ashbury

Journey to the Unknown

The Name of the Game

as Philip Saxon

The Name of the Game

as Early McCorley

The Legend of Robin Hood

Planet of the Apes

Cricket on the Hearth

as Cricket Crocket (voice)

as Charles, The Dauphin

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as Bullwhip Griffin

as Lloyd Lindstrom

Mission: Impossible

Lord Love a Duck

as Alan Musgrave

Inside Daisy Clover

as Walter Baines

as The Bookworm

as Gregory Benson

Run for Your Life

as Gyula Bognar

as Oliver Parsons

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Shock Treatment

as Martin Ashley

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Robert 'Professor' Benson

The Danny Kaye Show

Arrest and Trial

as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

The Power and the Glory

The Merv Griffin Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Longest Day

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Gerald Musgrove

The Subterraneans

as Yuri Gilgoric

The Twilight Zone

Heart of Darkness

as Charles Marlow

as Donnie Benton

The Big Country

as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Matinee Theater

General Electric Theater

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Everybody's Dancin'

as Roddy McDowall

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Gerald Forbes

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Scott Jordan

as Alec MacLennan

as David Balfour

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Chris Hammond

Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

Holiday in Mexico

as Stanley Owen

as Jimmy Graham

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

as Ken McLaughlin

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

The White Cliffs of Dover

as John Ashwood II as a Boy

Golden Globe Awards

Lassie Come Home

as Joe Carraclough

My Friend Flicka

as Ken McLaughlin

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

On the Sunny Side

as Hugh Aylesworth

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Benjamin - as a Boy

Confirm or Deny

as Albert Perkins

How Green Was My Valley

You Will Remember

as Young Bob Slater

as Boy on train