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Roddy McDowall
Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

ActingBorn September 17, 1928Died October 3, 1998 (age 70)London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024Movie
2001Movie
2001Movie
2000
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1999Movie
1998
A Bug's Life

as Mr. Soil (voice)

Movie
1998
Loss of Faith

as Henry Stokes

Movie
1998Movie
1998Movie
1998Movie
1998
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

as Himself - Actor / Friend

Movie
1998Movie
1997Movie
1997
Obsessed with Vertigo

as Narrator (Voice)

Movie
1997
The New Batman Adventures

as Mad Hatter (voice)

TV
1996
Unlikely Angel

as Saint Peter

Movie
1996
The Grass Harp

as Amos Legrand

Movie
1996
Superman: The Animated Series

as Mad Hatter (voice)

TV
1996
It's My Party

as Damian Knowles

Movie
1996
Dead Man's Island

as Trevor Dunnaway

Movie
1996
Remember WENN

as Giles Aldwych

TV
1996
Star Hunter

as Riecher

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Pinky and the Brain

as Snowball (voice)

TV
1995
The Alien Within

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

Movie
1994
Gargoyles

as Proteus (voice)

TV
1994
The Tick

as The Breadmaster (voice)

TV
1994Movie
1994
Angel 4: Undercover

as Geoffrey Kagen

Movie
1994Movie
1994
Duckman

as Akers (voice)

TV
1994
Heads

as Fibris Drake

Movie
1994
Burke's Law

as Maurice Gillette

TV
1993TV
1993Movie
1992
The Sands of Time

as Alan Tucker

Movie
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Mad Hatter (voice)

TV
1992
Double Trouble

as Phillip Chamberlin

Movie
1992
The Naked Target

as Ernest Peabody

Movie
1991Movie
1991
Going Under

as Secretary Neighbor

Movie
1991
Deadly Game

as Dr. Aaron

Movie
1991
An Inconvenient Woman

as Cyril Rathbone

TV
1991
Earth Angel

as Mr. Tatum

Movie
1991
The Pirates of Dark Water

as Niddler (voice)

TV
1990
Shakma

as Sorenson

Movie
1990
The Color of Evening

as Henry Seaton

Movie
1990
Dream On

as Bob Jeffers

TV
1989Movie
1989
Carmilla

as Inspector Amos

Movie
1989
Nightmare Classics

as Inspector Amos

TV
1989
Cutting Class

as Mr. Dante

Movie
1989
Quantum Leap

as Edward St. John V

TV
1989Movie
1988Movie
1988
Fright Night Part 2

as Peter Vincent

Movie
1987
Overboard

as Andrew

Movie
1987
Biography

as Self

TV
1987
Dead of Winter

as Mr. Murray

Movie
1986Movie
1986
Matlock

as Christopher Hoyt

TV
1986
Matlock

as Don Mosher

TV
1985
Alice in Wonderland

as March Hare

TV
1985TV
1985
Fright Night

as Peter Vincent

Movie
1985
Hollywood Wives

as Jason Swandle

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD

TV
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Gordon Fairchild

TV
1984Movie
1983
The Wind in the Willows

as Ratty (voice)

Movie
1983
Rapunzel

as Narrator

Movie
1983
This Girl for Hire

as Manfred Hayes

Movie
1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey

as "Bon Chance" Louie

TV
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1982
Hotel

as Anthony Spears

TV
1982
Class of 1984

as Terry Corrigan

Movie
1982
Mae West

as Rene Valentine

Movie
1982
Evil Under the Sun

as Rex Brewster

Movie
1982
Hollywood’s Children

as Self (Narrator)

Movie
1982
Twilight Theatre

as Self - Host

Movie
1981Movie
1980
The Return of the King

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

Movie
1980Movie
1980
The Martian Chronicles

as Father Stone

TV
1979
Scavenger Hunt

as Jenkins

Movie
1979
The Black Hole

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

Movie
1979TV
1979
Hart to Hart

as Dr. Peterson

Movie
1979
Supertrain

as Benjamin Warren Talcott

TV
1979
$weepstake$

as Theodore

TV
1979Movie
1978
The Immigrants

as Mark Levy

Movie
1978
The Immigrants

as Mark Levy

TV
1978
Circle of Iron

as White Robe

Movie
1978
The Cat from Outer Space

as Mr. Stallwood

Movie
1978
Rabbit Test

as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

Movie
1978
Laserblast

as Doctor Mellon

Movie
1978
Fantasy Island

as Mephistopheles

TV
1978
Fantasy Island

as Richard Simmons

TV
1978Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Fred Beery

TV
1977
Sixth and Main

as Skateboard

Movie
1977
Flood!

as Mr. Franklin

Movie
1977
The Rhinemann Exchange

as Bobby Ballard

TV
1977
The Fantastic Journey

as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

Movie
1977
The Fantastic Journey

as Dr. Jonathan Willaway

TV
1976
Embryo

as Frank Riley

Movie
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

Movie
1976
It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1976
Mowgli's Brothers

as Mowgli (voice)

Movie
1975
Mean Johnny Barrows

as Tony Da Vince

Movie
1975
Wonder Woman

as Henry Roberts

TV
1975
Wonder Woman

as Professor Arthur Chapman

TV
1975
The White Seal

as Narrator/ White Seal

Movie
1975
Funny Lady

as Bobby Moore

Movie
1974TV
1974
Police Woman

as Moulton

TV
1974TV
1974
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

as George Stanton (uncredited)

Movie
1974
The Elevator

as Marvin Ellis

Movie
1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Lionel Standish

TV
1973Movie
1973
Arnold

as Robert

Movie
1973
The Legend of Hell House

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

Movie
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Stanley Lambert

TV
1972Movie
1972
Delphi Bureau

as Harold

TV
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1972
Corky

as Harassed Salesman

Movie
1971Movie
1971
A Taste of Evil

as Dr. Michael Lomas

Movie
1971Movie
1971
Terror in the Sky

as Dr. Ralph Baird

Movie
1971
Columbo

as Roger Stanford

TV
1971Movie
1971TV
1971
Journey to Murder

as Rollo Verdew

Movie
1970
McCloud

as Phil Sandler

TV
1969
Night Gallery

as Jeremy Evans

Movie
1969TV
1969Movie
1969
Hello Down There

as Nate Ashbury

Movie
1969
Midas Run

as Wister

Movie
1968
Journey to the Unknown

as Rollo Verdew

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Philip Saxon

TV
1968
The Name of the Game

as Early McCorley

TV
1968
5 Card Stud

as Nick Evers

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Planet of the Apes

as Cornelius

Movie
1967
Cricket on the Hearth

as Cricket Crocket (voice)

Movie
1967
Saint Joan

as Charles, The Dauphin

Movie
1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

TV
1967
It!

as Arthur Pimm

Movie
1967
The Cool Ones

as Tony Krum

Movie
1967TV
1967Movie
1967
The Invaders

as Lloyd Lindstrom

TV
1966
The Defector

as Agent Adams

Movie
1966TV
1966
Lord Love a Duck

as Alan Musgrave

Movie
1966
Inside Daisy Clover

as Walter Baines

Movie
1966
Batman

as The Bookworm

TV
1965
That Darn Cat!

as Gregory Benson

Movie
1965
The Loved One

as D.J. Jr.

Movie
1965
Run for Your Life

as Gyula Bognar

TV
1965
The Third Day

as Oliver Parsons

Movie
1965Movie
1964
Shock Treatment

as Martin Ashley

Movie
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Robert 'Professor' Benson

TV
1963TV
1963
Cleopatra

as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

Movie
1963Movie
1962
The Longest Day

as Pvt. Morris

Movie
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Gerald Musgrove

TV
1961TV
1960
Midnight Lace

as Malcolm

Movie
1960
The Subterraneans

as Yuri Gilgoric

Movie
1960
The Tempest

as Ariel

Movie
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Sam Conrad

TV
1958
Heart of Darkness

as Charles Marlow

Movie
1958
Naked City

as Donnie Benton

TV
1958
The Big Country

as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Movie
1957TV
1953TV
1952
The Steel Fist

as Eric Kardin

Movie
1951TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Dauphin

TV
1951
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Movie
1950TV
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Bellamy Partridge

TV
1950
Big Timber

as Jimmy

Movie
1950
Everybody's Dancin'

as Roddy McDowall

Movie
1950
Killer Shark

as Ted White

Movie
1950TV
1949
Black Midnight

as Scott Jordan

Movie
1949
Tuna Clipper

as Alec MacLennan

Movie
1948
Kidnapped

as David Balfour

Movie
1948
Macbeth

as Malcolm

Movie
1948
Rocky

as Chris Hammond

Movie
1947TV
1946
Holiday in Mexico

as Stanley Owen

Movie
1945
Molly and Me

as Jimmy Graham

Movie
1945Movie
1944
The Keys of the Kingdom

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Movie
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover

as John Ashwood II as a Boy

Movie
1944TV
1943
Lassie Come Home

as Joe Carraclough

Movie
1943
My Friend Flicka

as Ken McLaughlin

Movie
1942
The Pied Piper

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

Movie
1942
On the Sunny Side

as Hugh Aylesworth

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Confirm or Deny

as Albert Perkins

Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1941
Man Hunt

as Vaner

Movie
1941
You Will Remember

as Young Bob Slater

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Just William

as Ginger

Movie
1940Movie
1939
Poison Pen

as Choirboy

Movie
1939
The Outsider

as Cured Child

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Convict 99

as Jimmy

Movie
1938
I See Ice

as Boy on train

Movie
1938
Murder in the Family

as Peter Osborne

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 17, 1928
Day of DeathOctober 3, 1998
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
Popularity1.8