
Roddy McDowall
Known for Acting · 277 credits
- Born
- 1928-09-17
- Died
- 1998-10-03
- 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
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
TV Shows (85)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Columbo
1971
as Roger Stanford

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD / Gordon Fairchild

The Love Boat
1977
as Fred Beery

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Gerald Forbes / Pip

Great Performances
1971
as Self

Quantum Leap
1989
as Edward St. John V

Ironside
1967

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Arthur Biddle / Harry Carlin

Matlock
1986
as Christopher Hoyt / Don Mosher

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as George / Gerald Musgrove

Batman
1966
as The Bookworm

Mission: Impossible
1966
as Leo Ostro

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Sam Conrad

Love, American Style
1969
as Howard

Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Mad Hatter (voice)

Fantasy Island
1978
as Mephistopheles / Richard Simmons

Matinee Theater
1955

Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Mad Hatter (voice)

Hotel
1982
as Anthony Spears

Naked City
1958
as Donnie Benton

Run for Your Life
1965
as Gyula Bognar

Barnaby Jones
1973
as Stanley Lambert

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Police Woman
1974
as Moulton

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Self - Guest / Various Characters

Gargoyles
1994
as Proteus (voice)

Ben Casey
1961

Duckman
1994
as Akers (voice)

The Invaders
1967
as Lloyd Lindstrom

The Name of the Game
1968
as Philip Saxon / Early McCorley

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

The Rookies
1972

McCloud
1970
as Phil Sandler

Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Mr. Elton

Suspicion
1957

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Robert 'Professor' Benson

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Governor Saroyan
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Pete / Bellamy Partridge

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Narrator (voice)

Felony Squad
1966

Dream On
1990
as Bob Jeffers

The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Mad Hatter (voice)

The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991

Biography
1987
as Self

Harry O
1974

Wonder Woman
1975
as Henry Roberts / Professor Arthur Chapman

Burke's Law
1994
as Maurice Gillette

Ellery Queen
1975

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Pinky and the Brain
1995
as Snowball (voice)

Arrest and Trial
1963

The Tick
1994
as The Breadmaster (voice)

Supertrain
1979
as Benjamin Warren Talcott

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
as Madkat (voice)

Godzilla: The Series
1998

Remember WENN
1996
as Giles Aldwych

Flying High
1978
Movies (192)

Planet of the Apes
1968
as Cornelius

A Bug's Life
1998
as Mr. Soil (voice)

The Longest Day
1962
as Pvt. Morris

Cleopatra
1963
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

Fright Night
1985
as Peter Vincent

The Defector
1966
as Agent Adams

The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Acres

Overboard
1987
as Andrew

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
as Mr. Jelk

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Cornelius

The Big Country
1958
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as Caesar

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
as Caesar

Fright Night Part 2
1988
as Peter Vincent

The Black Hole
1979
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Matthew

How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Huw Morgan

Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Rex Brewster

5 Card Stud
1968
as Nick Evers

Class of 1984
1982
as Terry Corrigan

This England
1941
as Hugo

Macbeth
1948
as Malcolm

It!
1967
as Arthur Pimm

The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Hasan

Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
as Mr. Proffer

Beyond Titanic
1998
as Self

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
as Self (archive footage)

The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

Double Trouble
1992
as Phillip Chamberlin

Angel 4: Undercover
1994
as Geoffrey Kagen

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
as Frank Gass

Funny Lady
1975
as Bobby Moore

Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
as Narrator (Voice)

Poison Pen
1939
as Choirboy

Shakma
1990
as Sorenson

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
as George Stanton (uncredited)

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)

The Cat from Outer Space
1978
as Mr. Stallwood

Night Gallery
1969
as Jeremy Evans

Cutting Class
1989
as Mr. Dante

Dead Man's Island
1996
as Trevor Dunnaway

It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)

Lassie Come Home
1943
as Joe Carraclough

The Big Picture
1989
as Judge

Inside Daisy Clover
1966
as Walter Baines

The Return of the King
1980
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

It's My Party
1996
as Damian Knowles

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
as Albert Soames

The Legend of Hell House
1973
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

The Immigrants
1978
as Mark Levy

Earth Angel
1991
as Mr. Tatum

The Evil Inside Me
1993
as Pauly

That Darn Cat!
1965
as Gregory Benson

A Taste of Evil
1971
as Dr. Michael Lomas

Scavenger Hunt
1979
as Jenkins

Rocky
1948
as Chris Hammond

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Bullwhip Griffin

This Girl for Hire
1983
as Manfred Hayes

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
as Self

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997
as King Murphy

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
as Gillespie

The Grass Harp
1996
as Amos Legrand

Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self

Flood!
1977
as Mr. Franklin

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994
as Dr. Lasky

The Story of Lassie
1994
as Self

Dead of Winter
1987
as Mr. Murray

The Loved One
1965
as D.J. Jr.

Rabbit Test
1978
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982

Circle of Iron
1978
as White Robe

Miracle on 34th Street
1973
as Dr. Sawyer
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
1991
as Narrator (voice)

The Power and the Glory
1963
as Mestizo

On the Sunny Side
1942
as Hugh Aylesworth

Man Hunt
1941
as Vaner

The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
as Prince John

The Fantastic Journey
1977
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

Confirm or Deny
1941
as Albert Perkins

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
as Nuggit (voice)

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self

Laserblast
1978
as Doctor Mellon

The Cool Ones
1967
as Tony Krum

The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as John Ashwood II as a Boy

The Wind in the Willows
1983
as Ratty (voice)

Deadly Game
1991
as Dr. Aaron

Midnight Lace
1960
as Malcolm

Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (Narrator)

Cricket on the Hearth
1967
as Cricket Crocket (voice)

The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
as MacFarland

The Subterraneans
1960
as Yuri Gilgoric
Keepers of the Frame
1999
as Himself

The Alien Within
1995
as Dr. Henry Lazarus

Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
as Tony Da Vince

Going Under
1991
as Secretary Neighbor

Hart to Hart
1979
as Dr. Peterson

Shock Treatment
1964
as Martin Ashley

The White Seal
1975
as Narrator/ White Seal
Loss of Faith
1998
as Henry Stokes

Arnold
1973
as Robert

I See Ice
1938
as Boy on train

The Color of Evening
1990
as Henry Seaton

Hello Down There
1969
as Nate Ashbury

Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969
as Santoro

The Million Dollar Face
1981
as Derek Kenyon

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
as Benjamin - as a Boy

Terror in the Sky
1971
as Dr. Ralph Baird
Hollywood on Horses
1989
as Self
Murder in the Family
1938
as Peter Osborne

Twilight Theatre
1982
as Self - Host

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
as Self

Unlikely Angel
1996
as Saint Peter

Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Boy
Just William
1940
as Ginger

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
as Jeremy Sennet

Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
as Galen

The Third Day
1965
as Oliver Parsons
About Roddy McDowall
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. With 277 credits spanning from 1938 to 2024, Roddy McDowall has appeared in 192 films and 85 TV shows.
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Most Popular Roddy McDowall Movies
- Planet of the Apes (1968) — as Cornelius
- A Bug's Life (1998) — as Mr. Soil (voice)
- The Longest Day (1962) — as Pvt. Morris
- Cleopatra (1963) — as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
- Fright Night (1985) — as Peter Vincent
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