Roddy McDowall

ActorProducerDirectorProduction Sep 17 (died age 70) London, England, UK 1938–2024 (86 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

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.

Known For

Film

A Bug's Life

Mr. Soil (voice)

Film

Planet of the Apes

Cornelius

Film

The Longest Day

Pvt. Morris

Film

Fright Night

Peter Vincent

Film

The Poseidon Adventure

Acres

Film

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Mr. Jelk

Film

Cleopatra

Octavian - Caesar Augustus

Film

Overboard

Andrew

Filmography

Acting (274)

Movies (190)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

2024

as Self (archive footage)

8.1

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Return of Captain Sinbad

2001

as Narrator

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

2000

as Self

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

as Self

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

Keepers of the Frame

1999

as Himself

10.0

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

1999

as Self

A Bug's Life

as Mr. Soil (voice)

Beyond Titanic

as Self

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998

as Self - Host

7.1

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

as Narrator (voice)

Loss of Faith

1998

as Henry Stokes

4.0

Something to Believe In

1998

as Gambler

2.5

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

as Himself - Actor / Friend

7.3

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

1997

as King Murphy

5.7

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997

as Self

6.4

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self

7.5

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997

as Narrator (Voice)

7.0

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

as Self

8.0

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997

as Self

7.2

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

as Self

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

as Self

Dead Man's Island

as Trevor Dunnaway

The Grass Harp

as Amos Legrand

It's My Party

as Damian Knowles

Star Hunter

as Riecher

Unlikely Angel

as Saint Peter

Last Summer in the Hamptons

as Thomas

The Alien Within

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

as Self

Angel 4: Undercover

as Geoffrey Kagen

The Story of Lassie

as Self

Heads

1994

as Fibris Drake

2.2

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

1994

as Dr. Lasky

3.6

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994

as Jeremy Sennet

6.5

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

1994

as Narrator (voice)

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994

as Self

The Evil Inside Me

1993

as Pauly

The Sands of Time

1992

as Alan Tucker

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992

as Self

8.0

Double Trouble

1992

as Phillip Chamberlin

4.7

The Naked Target

1992

as Ernest Peabody

4.2

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

1991

as Narrator (voice)

5.4

Going Under

1991

as Secretary Neighbor

Deadly Game

as Dr. Aaron

Earth Angel

as Mr. Tatum

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

as Self

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1991

as Self

The Color of Evening

as Henry Seaton

Shakma

as Sorenson

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

as Self

The Big Picture

as Judge

Carmilla

as Inspector Amos

Cutting Class

as Mr. Dante

Hollywood on Horses

as Self

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

as Self (voice)

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

as Self

Fright Night Part 2

1988

as Peter Vincent

6.4

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

1988

as Chiun

3.0

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

as Minister

Overboard

as Andrew

Dead of Winter

as Mr. Murray

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

as Self

5.7

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

as Nuggit (voice)

Fright Night

as Peter Vincent

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

as Prince John

5.2

The Wind in the Willows

as Ratty (voice)

Rapunzel

as Narrator

This Girl for Hire

as Manfred Hayes

Evil Under the Sun

as Rex Brewster

Twilight Theatre

as Self - Host

Class of 1984

1982

as Terry Corrigan

6.4

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (Narrator)

Mae West

1982

as Rene Valentine

5.8

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

1982

as Self / Rex Brewster

8.5

The Million Dollar Face

1981

as Derek Kenyon

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

as Gillespie

5.2

The Return of the King

1980

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

6.4

Back to the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Galen

5.9

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Galen

7.4

The Martian Chronicles

1980

as Father Stone

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Galen

7.6

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Galen

7.5

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980

as Galen

6.2

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980

as MacFarland

6.0

The Black Hole

1979

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

5.8

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

1979

as Chuck the Robot (voice)

Scavenger Hunt

as Jenkins

Hart to Hart

as Dr. Peterson

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

1979

as Governor Saroyan

Circle of Iron

as White Robe

Laserblast

as Doctor Mellon

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

as Mr. Stallwood

5.9

Rabbit Test

1978

as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

The Thief of Baghdad

as Hasan

The Immigrants

as Mark Levy

Sixth and Main

as Skateboard

Flood!

1977

as Mr. Franklin

5.0

The Fantastic Journey

1977

as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

Embryo

as Frank Riley

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Mowgli's Brothers

as Mowgli (voice)

Mean Johnny Barrows

as Tony Da Vince

Funny Lady

as Bobby Moore

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

1975

as Self

4.0

The White Seal

1975

as Narrator/ White Seal

6.2

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974

as George Stanton (uncredited)

6.3

The Elevator

1974

as Marvin Ellis

6.0

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

as Caesar

Arnold

as Robert

Miracle on 34th Street

1973

as Dr. Sawyer

6.8

The Legend of Hell House

1973

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

6.6

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

as Caesar

6.2

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

as Acres

7.1

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

as Frank Gass

Corky

as Harassed Salesman

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

as Cornelius

6.4

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

as Mr. Jelk

7.0

Pretty Maids All in a Row

1971

as Mr. Proffer

5.7

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

as Albert Soames

A Taste of Evil

as Dr. Michael Lomas

Terror in the Sky

as Dr. Ralph Baird

Journey to Murder

as Rollo Verdew

Night Gallery

as Jeremy Evans

Midas Run

as Wister

Hello Down There

as Nate Ashbury

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

as Santoro

Planet of the Apes

as Cornelius

5 Card Stud

as Nick Evers

The Legend of Robin Hood

1968

as Prince John

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as Bullwhip Griffin

It!

as Arthur Pimm

Saint Joan

as Charles, The Dauphin

Cricket on the Hearth

1967

as Cricket Crocket (voice)

The Cool Ones

as Tony Krum

The Defector

as Agent Adams

Inside Daisy Clover

as Walter Baines

Lord Love a Duck

as Alan Musgrave

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Matthew

The Loved One

as D.J. Jr.

That Darn Cat!

as Gregory Benson

The Third Day

as Oliver Parsons

Shock Treatment

as Martin Ashley

Cleopatra

as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

7.0

The Power and the Glory

1963

as Mestizo

The Longest Day

as Pvt. Morris

Midnight Lace

as Malcolm

The Tempest

as Ariel

The Subterraneans

as Yuri Gilgoric

The Big Country

as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

7.6

Heart of Darkness

1958

as Charles Marlow

The Steel Fist

1952

as Eric Kardin

5.0

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1951

as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Killer Shark

as Ted White

Everybody's Dancin'

as Roddy McDowall

Big Timber

1950

as Jimmy

Tuna Clipper

as Alec MacLennan

Black Midnight

as Scott Jordan

Macbeth

as Malcolm

Kidnapped

as David Balfour

Rocky

as Chris Hammond

Holiday in Mexico

as Stanley Owen

Molly and Me

as Jimmy Graham

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

1945

as Ken McLaughlin

6.7

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

7.0

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

as John Ashwood II as a Boy

Lassie Come Home

as Joe Carraclough

My Friend Flicka

as Ken McLaughlin

On the Sunny Side

as Hugh Aylesworth

The Pied Piper

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

as Benjamin - as a Boy

7.3

How Green Was My Valley

as Huw Morgan

This England

as Hugo

Man Hunt

as Vaner

You Will Remember

as Young Bob Slater

Confirm or Deny

as Albert Perkins

Just William

as Ginger

Saloon Bar

as Boy

His Brother’s Keeper

as Boy

The Outsider

as Cured Child

Poison Pen

as Choirboy

I See Ice

as Boy on train

Convict 99

as Jimmy

Hey! Hey! USA

as Boy

Murder in the Family

as Peter Osborne

Television (84)

Godzilla: The Series

1998

7.9

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)

8.0

Superman: The Animated Series

1996

as Mad Hatter (voice)

Remember WENN

as Giles Aldwych

Pinky and the Brain

as Snowball (voice)

Gargoyles

as Proteus (voice)

Duckman

as Akers (voice)

Burke's Law

as Maurice Gillette

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993

8.0

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

as Mad Hatter (voice)

8.6

MGM: When the Lion Roars

1992

8.0

The Legend of Prince Valiant

1991

6.5

The Pirates of Dark Water

1991

as Niddler (voice)

7.5

An Inconvenient Woman

as Cyril Rathbone

Dream On

as Bob Jeffers

Quantum Leap

as Edward St. John V

Around the World in 80 Days

as McBaines

Nightmare Classics

as Inspector Amos

The New Lassie

Biography

as Self

Matlock

as Christopher Hoyt

The Wizard

Bridges to Cross

George Burns Comedy Week

1985

as Bob Cratchit

Alice in Wonderland

as March Hare

Hollywood Wives

as Jason Swandle

Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD

Hotel

as Anthony Spears

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

Tales of the Gold Monkey

1982

as "Bon Chance" Louie

7.4

Here's Boomer

1981

5.5

The Martian Chronicles

as Father Stone

Hart to Hart

as Dr. Peterson

Trapper John, M.D.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

as Governor Saroyan

6.9

$weepstake$

1979

as Theodore

Fantasy Island

as Mephistopheles

Flying High

The Love Boat

as Fred Beery

The Fantastic Journey

1977

as Dr. Jonathan Willaway

5.9

The Rhinemann Exchange

as Bobby Ballard

Wonder Woman

as Henry Roberts

Ellery Queen

Police Woman

as Moulton

Harry O

Planet of the Apes

as Galen

Barnaby Jones

as Stanley Lambert

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

The Snoop Sisters

as Lionel Standish

The Rookies

Delphi Bureau

as Harold

Columbo

as Roger Stanford

Great Performances

as Self

McCloud

as Phil Sandler

Night Gallery

as Jeremy Evans

Love, American Style

as Howard

The Name of the Game

as Philip Saxon

Journey to the Unknown

Ironside

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

The Invaders

as Lloyd Lindstrom

Batman

as The Bookworm

Mission: Impossible

as Leo Ostro

Felony Squad

Run for Your Life

as Gyula Bognar

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Arthur Biddle

Arrest and Trial

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Robert 'Professor' Benson

5.3

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Gerald Musgrove

7.8

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Ben Casey

The Twilight Zone

as Sam Conrad

Naked City

as Donnie Benton

Suspicion

Matinee Theater

General Electric Theater

1953

as Leprechaun

6.4

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Gerald Forbes

Lux Video Theatre

as Pete

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Kraft Television Theatre

as Mr. Elton

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Overboard

1987

Executive Producer

6.8

The Ballad of Tam Lin

Director

Killer Shark

Associate Producer

Big Timber

Associate Producer

Black Midnight

1949

Associate Producer

6.0