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