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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 17, 1928
Died
October 3, 1998
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Roddy MacDowall
- Master Roddy McDowall
- Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
- Родді Макдавелл
- Родди Макдауэлл
- رادی مکداول
Roddy McDowall
1.9 Popularity
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
7.9
Self (archive footage)
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
0.0
Narrator
The Return of Captain Sinbad
2001
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
0.0
Self
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
🎬
0.0
Self
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000
0.0
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
🎬
10.0
Himself
Keepers of the Frame
1999
🎬
0.0
Self
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
7.0
Mr. Soil (voice)
A Bug's Life
1998
Credits
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.9
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001
7.2
The Return of Captain Sinbad
as Narrator
2001
0.0
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
2000
0.0
🎬
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
as Self
2000
0.0
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
0.0
🎬
Keepers of the Frame
as Himself
1999
10.0
🎬
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
as Self
1999
0.0
A Bug's Life
as Mr. Soil (voice)
1998
7.0
🎬
Loss of Faith
as Henry Stokes
1998
4.0
Godzilla: The Series
1998
7.9
Beyond Titanic
as Self
1998
7.7
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - Host
1998
7.1
Something to Believe In
as Gambler
1998
2.5
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Himself - Actor / Friend
1998
7.3
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Narrator (voice)
1998
0.0
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
1997
6.4
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Narrator (Voice)
1997
7.0
The New Batman Adventures
as Mad Hatter (voice)
1997
8.0
The New Batman Adventures
as The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)
1997
8.0
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
as King Murphy
1997
5.6
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self
1997
7.5
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self
1997
8.0
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self
1997
0.0
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
1997
7.2
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
1997
6.5
Unlikely Angel
as Saint Peter
1996
5.9
The Grass Harp
as Amos Legrand
1996
5.8
Superman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice)
1996
7.6
It's My Party
as Damian Knowles
1996
6.1
Dead Man's Island
as Trevor Dunnaway
1996
4.7
Remember WENN
as Giles Aldwych
1996
8.0
Star Hunter
as Riecher
1996
4.1
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Thomas
1995
5.5
Pinky and the Brain
as Snowball (voice)
1995
7.7
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self
1995
3.0
The Alien Within
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
1995
2.8
Gargoyles
as Proteus (voice)
1994
8.1
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self
1994
0.0
The Story of Lassie
as Self
1994
0.0
Angel 4: Undercover
as Geoffrey Kagen
1994
3.8
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Dr. Lasky
1994
3.6
Duckman
as Akers (voice)
1994
7.1
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Jeremy Sennet
1994
6.5
Heads
as Fibris Drake
1994
2.2
Burke's Law
as Maurice Gillette
1994
6.7
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Narrator (voice)
1994
0.0
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
8.0
The Evil Inside Me
as Pauly
1993
0.0
The Sands of Time
as Alan Tucker
1992
0.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
1992
8.0
Batman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice)
1992
8.6
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
7.8
Double Trouble
as Phillip Chamberlin
1992
4.7
The Naked Target
as Ernest Peabody
1992
4.2
🎬
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
1991
5.4
🎬
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
as Self
1991
0.0
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
6.5
Going Under
as Secretary Neighbor
1991
3.7
Deadly Game
as Dr. Aaron
1991
5.6
🎬
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self
1991
0.0
An Inconvenient Woman
as Cyril Rathbone
1991
5.2
Earth Angel
as Mr. Tatum
1991
5.0
The Pirates of Dark Water
as Niddler (voice)
1991
7.5
Shakma
as Sorenson
1990
5.3
The Color of Evening
as Henry Seaton
1990
2.0
Dream On
as Bob Jeffers
1990
6.9
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
1989
0.0
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
as Self
1989
7.0
The Big Picture
as Judge
1989
5.8
Carmilla
as Inspector Amos
1989
4.0
The New Lassie
1989
6.7
Nightmare Classics
as Inspector Amos
1989
6.3
🎬
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
1989
0.0
Cutting Class
as Mr. Dante
1989
5.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as McBaines
1989
6.7
Quantum Leap
as Edward St. John V
1989
8.0
🎬
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
1989
3.0
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Minister
1988
3.7
🎬
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
1988
3.0
Fright Night Part 2
as Peter Vincent
1988
6.3
Overboard
as Andrew
1987
6.8
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
5.7
Biography
as Self
1987
6.5
Dead of Winter
as Mr. Murray
1987
6.0
The Wizard
1986
6.8
🎬
Bridges to Cross
1986
6.0
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Nuggit (voice)
1986
6.2
Matlock
as Christopher Hoyt
1986
7.1
Matlock
as Don Mosher
1986
7.1
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
1985
6.8
Fright Night
as Peter Vincent
1985
7.0
Hollywood Wives
as Jason Swandle
1985
4.4
Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Gordon Fairchild
1984
7.5
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
1984
5.2
The Wind in the Willows
as Ratty (voice)
1983
6.0
Rapunzel
as Narrator
1983
5.4
This Girl for Hire
as Manfred Hayes
1983
3.6
Tales of the Gold Monkey
as "Bon Chance" Louie
1982
7.5
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
1982
8.1
Hotel
as Anthony Spears
1982
6.8
Class of 1984
as Terry Corrigan
1982
6.4
Mae West
as Rene Valentine
1982
5.8
Evil Under the Sun
as Rex Brewster
1982
6.9
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (Narrator)
1982
0.0
Twilight Theatre
as Self - Host
1982
0.0
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Rex Brewster
1982
8.5
The Million Dollar Face
as Derek Kenyon
1981
0.0
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Gillespie
1981
5.2
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
1980
5.9
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
1980
7.4
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
1980
7.5
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
1980
7.4
Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
1980
5.5
The Return of the King
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
1980
6.4
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as MacFarland
1980
6.0
Here's Boomer
1980
5.3
The Martian Chronicles
as Father Stone
1980
0.0
The Martian Chronicles
as Father Stone
1980
6.9
Scavenger Hunt
as Jenkins
1979
5.6
The Black Hole
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
1979
5.8
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Governor Saroyan
1979
0.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Governor Saroyan
1979
7.0
Hart to Hart
as Dr. Peterson
1979
10.0
🎬
$weepstake$
as Theodore
1979
0.0
🎬
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
1979
0.0
The Immigrants
as Mark Levy
1978
2.0
Flying High
1978
4.5
Circle of Iron
as White Robe
1978
5.6
The Cat from Outer Space
as Mr. Stallwood
1978
5.9
Rabbit Test
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
1978
4.2
Laserblast
as Doctor Mellon
1978
3.2
The Thief of Baghdad
as Hasan
1978
5.2
The Love Boat
as Fred Beery
1977
6.3
Sixth and Main
as Skateboard
1977
0.0
Flood!
as Mr. Franklin
1977
4.9
The Rhinemann Exchange
as Bobby Ballard
1977
6.1
The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Jonathan Willaway
1977
5.9
The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1977
6.0
Embryo
as Frank Riley
1976
4.6
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
Mowgli's Brothers
as Mowgli (voice)
1976
6.0
Mean Johnny Barrows
as Tony Da Vince
1975
5.5
Wonder Woman
as Henry Roberts
1975
7.0
Ellery Queen
1975
7.4
The White Seal
as Narrator/ White Seal
1975
6.2
Funny Lady
as Bobby Moore
1975
5.2
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
as Self
1975
4.0
Police Woman
as Moulton
1974
6.2
Planet of the Apes
as Galen
1974
6.9
Harry O
1974
4.6
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as George Stanton (uncredited)
1974
6.3
The Elevator
as Marvin Ellis
1974
6.0
The Snoop Sisters
as Lionel Standish
1973
7.2
Miracle on 34th Street
as Dr. Sawyer
1973
6.8
Arnold
as Robert
1973
5.1
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
1973
5.7
The Legend of Hell House
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
1973
6.6
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Barnaby Jones
as Stanley Lambert
1973
6.9
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Frank Gass
1972
6.4
The Poseidon Adventure
as Acres
1972
7.1
Delphi Bureau
as Harold
1972
0.0
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
1972
6.2
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
Corky
as Harassed Salesman
1972
4.0
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
as Albert Soames
1971
5.3
A Taste of Evil
as Dr. Michael Lomas
1971
5.9
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Mr. Jelk
1971
7.0
Terror in the Sky
as Dr. Ralph Baird
1971
6.8
Columbo
as Roger Stanford
1971
8.1
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
1971
6.4
Pretty Maids All in a Row
as Mr. Proffer
1971
5.7
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
Journey to Murder
as Rollo Verdew
1971
0.0
McCloud
as Phil Sandler
1970
7.1
Night Gallery
as Jeremy Evans
1969
6.6
Love, American Style
as Howard
1969
6.1
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
as Santoro
1969
4.4
Hello Down There
as Nate Ashbury
1969
5.7
Midas Run
as Wister
1969
3.6
Journey to the Unknown
1968
6.3
The Name of the Game
as Philip Saxon
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Early McCorley
1968
6.8
5 Card Stud
as Nick Evers
1968
6.2
The Legend of Robin Hood
as Prince John
1968
0.0
Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
1968
7.6
Cricket on the Hearth
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
1967
5.1
Saint Joan
as Charles, The Dauphin
1967
0.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
It!
as Arthur Pimm
1967
6.2
The Cool Ones
as Tony Krum
1967
4.9
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Bullwhip Griffin
1967
6.6
The Invaders
as Lloyd Lindstrom
1967
6.8
The Defector
as Agent Adams
1966
5.5
Mission: Impossible
as Leo Ostro
1966
7.6
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
Lord Love a Duck
as Alan Musgrave
1966
5.6
Inside Daisy Clover
as Walter Baines
1966
5.6
Batman
as The Bookworm
1966
7.3
That Darn Cat!
as Gregory Benson
1965
6.6
The Loved One
as D.J. Jr.
1965
6.2
Run for Your Life
as Gyula Bognar
1965
7.2
The Third Day
as Oliver Parsons
1965
5.8
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Matthew
1965
6.4
Shock Treatment
as Martin Ashley
1964
6.7
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Robert 'Professor' Benson
1963
5.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Arthur Biddle
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Harry Carlin
1963
5.7
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
1963
6.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
7.7
Cleopatra
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
1963
7.0
The Power and the Glory
as Mestizo
1963
0.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Longest Day
as Pvt. Morris
1962
7.6
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Gerald Musgrove
1962
7.8
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Midnight Lace
as Malcolm
1960
6.6
The Subterraneans
as Yuri Gilgoric
1960
4.8
The Tempest
as Ariel
1960
6.0
The Twilight Zone
as Sam Conrad
1959
8.5
Heart of Darkness
as Charles Marlow
1958
0.0
Naked City
as Donnie Benton
1958
5.5
The Big Country
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
1958
7.6
Suspicion
1957
5.9
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
General Electric Theater
as Leprechaun
1953
6.4
The Steel Fist
as Eric Kardin
1952
5.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ariel
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Dauphin
1951
8.6
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
1951
4.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Pete
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Bellamy Partridge
1950
6.3
Big Timber
as Jimmy
1950
0.0
Everybody's Dancin'
as Roddy McDowall
1950
0.0
Killer Shark
as Ted White
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Gerald Forbes
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Pip
1950
5.6
Black Midnight
as Scott Jordan
1949
6.0
Tuna Clipper
as Alec MacLennan
1949
6.5
Kidnapped
as David Balfour
1948
5.5
Macbeth
as Malcolm
1948
7.2
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Rocky
as Chris Hammond
1948
0.0
Kraft Television Theatre
as Mr. Elton
1947
7.5
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5
Holiday in Mexico
as Stanley Owen
1946
6.2
Molly and Me
as Jimmy Graham
1945
6.4
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
1945
6.7
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
1944
7.0
The White Cliffs of Dover
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
1944
6.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2
Lassie Come Home
as Joe Carraclough
1943
6.7
My Friend Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
1943
6.0
The Pied Piper
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
1942
6.8
On the Sunny Side
as Hugh Aylesworth
1942
6.0
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Benjamin - as a Boy
1942
7.2
Confirm or Deny
as Albert Perkins
1941
3.8
How Green Was My Valley
as Huw Morgan
1941
7.3
This England
as Hugo
1941
6.2
Man Hunt
as Vaner
1941
6.9
You Will Remember
as Young Bob Slater
1941
5.0
Saloon Bar
as Boy
1940
6.4
🎬
Just William
as Ginger
1940
6.0
🎬
His Brother’s Keeper
as Boy
1940
0.0
Poison Pen
as Choirboy
1939
6.5
The Outsider
as Cured Child
1939
5.0
Hey! Hey! USA
as Boy
1938
7.0
Convict 99
as Jimmy
1938
6.8
I See Ice
as Boy on train
1938
8.1
🎬
Murder in the Family
as Peter Osborne
1938
0.0