Actor
Roddy McDowall
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
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

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Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

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The Return of Captain Sinbad

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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Acting
2024 -- Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage)
2024 -- Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage)
2001 -- The Return of Captain Sinbad | Narrator
2000 -- Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' | Self (archive footage)
2000 -- Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self
1999 -- Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel |
1999 -- Keepers of the Frame | Himself
1998 -- A Bug's Life | Mr. Soil (voice)
1998 -- Loss of Faith | Henry Stokes
1998 -- Beyond Titanic | Self
1998 -- Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self - Host
1998 -- Something to Believe In | Gambler
1998 -- Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Himself - Actor / Friend
1998 -- Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Narrator (voice)
1997 -- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Self
1997 -- Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece | Narrator (Voice)
1997 -- The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | King Murphy
1997 -- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self
1997 -- Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self
1997 -- Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self
1997 -- Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self
1997 -- Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | Self
1996 -- Unlikely Angel | Saint Peter
1996 -- It's My Party | Damian Knowles
1996 -- Dead Man's Island | Trevor Dunnaway
1996 -- Star Hunter | Riecher
1995 -- Last Summer in the Hamptons | Thomas
1995 -- The Grass Harp | Amos Legrand
1995 -- Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Self
1995 -- The Alien Within | Dr. Henry Lazarus
1994 -- Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self
1994 -- The Story of Lassie | Self
1994 -- Angel 4: Undercover | Geoffrey Kagen
1994 -- Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Dr. Lasky
1994 -- Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Jeremy Sennet
1994 -- Heads | Fibris Drake
1994 -- Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic | Narrator (voice)
1993 -- The Evil Inside Me | Pauly
1992 -- The Sands of Time | Alan Tucker
1992 -- The Magical World of Chuck Jones | Self
1992 -- Double Trouble | Phillip Chamberlin
1992 -- The Naked Target | Ernest Peabody
1991 -- Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas | Narrator (voice)
1991 -- Going Under | Secretary Neighbor
1991 -- Deadly Game | Dr. Aaron
1991 -- Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper | Self
1991 -- Earth Angel | Mr. Tatum
1990 -- Shakma | Sorenson
1990 -- The Color of Evening | Henry Seaton
1989 -- Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | Self
1989 -- The Big Picture | Judge
1989 -- Carmilla | Inspector Amos
1989 -- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Himself
1989 -- Cutting Class | Mr. Dante
1989 -- Hollywood on Horses | Self
1988 -- Doin' Time on Planet Earth | Minister
1988 -- Remo Williams: The Prophecy |
1988 -- Fright Night Part 2 | Peter Vincent
1987 -- Overboard | Andrew
1987 -- Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self
1987 -- Dead of Winter | Mr. Murray
1986 -- GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Nuggit (voice)
1985 -- Fright Night | Peter Vincent
1984 -- The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John
1983 -- The Wind in the Willows | Ratty (voice)
1983 -- Rapunzel | Narrator
1983 -- This Girl For Hire | Manfred Hayes
1982 -- Class of 1984 | Terry Corrigan
1982 -- Mae West | Rene Valentine
1982 -- Evil Under the Sun | Rex Brewster
1982 -- Hollywood’s Children | Self (Narrator)
1982 -- Twilight Theatre | Self - Host
1982 -- The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Rex Brewster
1981 -- The Million Dollar Face | Derek Kenyon
1981 -- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Gillespie
1980 -- Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Galen
1980 -- Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes | Galen
1980 -- Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Galen
1980 -- The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | Galen
1980 -- Back to the Planet of the Apes | Galen
1980 -- The Return of the King | Samwise Gamgee (voice)
1980 -- The Memory of Eva Ryker | MacFarland
1979 -- Scavenger Hunt | Jenkins
1979 -- The Black Hole | V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
1979 -- Hart to Hart | Dr. Peterson
1979 -- Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Chuck the Robot (voice)
1978 -- The Immigrants | Mark Levy
1978 -- Circle of Iron | White Robe
1978 -- The Cat from Outer Space | Mr. Stallwood
1978 -- Rabbit Test | Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
1978 -- Laserblast | Doctor Mellon
1978 -- The Thief of Baghdad | Hasan
1977 -- Flood! | Mr. Franklin
1977 -- The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1977 -- Sixth and Main | Skateboard
1976 -- Embryo | Frank Riley
1976 -- That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage)
1976 -- It's Showtime | Self (archive footage)
1976 -- Mowgli's Brothers | Mowgli (voice)
1975 -- Mean Johnny Barrows | Tony Da Vince
1975 -- The White Seal | Narrator/ White Seal
1975 -- Funny Lady | Bobby Moore
1975 -- Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait | Self
1974 -- Dirty Mary Crazy Larry | George Stanton (uncredited)
1974 -- The Elevator | Marvin Ellis
1973 -- Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Sawyer
1973 -- Arnold | Robert
1973 -- The Legend of Hell House | Benjamin Franklin Fischer
1973 -- Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Caesar
1972 -- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Frank Gass
1972 -- The Poseidon Adventure | Acres
1972 -- Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar
1972 -- Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage)
1972 -- Corky | Harassed Salesman
1971 -- What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Albert Soames
1971 -- A Taste of Evil | Dr. Michael Lomas
1971 -- Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Mr. Jelk
1971 -- Terror in the Sky | Dr. Ralph Baird
1971 -- Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Cornelius
1971 -- Pretty Maids All in a Row | Mr. Proffer
1971 -- Journey to Murder | Rollo Verdew
1969 -- Night Gallery | Jeremy Evans
1969 -- Angel, Angel, Down We Go | Santoro
1969 -- Midas Run | Wister
1969 -- Hello Down There | Nate Ashbury
1968 -- 5 Card Stud | Nick Evers
1968 -- Planet of the Apes | Cornelius
1967 -- Cricket on the Hearth | Cricket Crocket (voice)
1967 -- Saint Joan | Charles, The Dauphin
1967 -- It! | Arthur Pimm
1967 -- The Cool Ones | Tony Krum
1967 -- The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Bullwhip Griffin
1966 -- The Defector | Agent Adams
1966 -- Lord Love a Duck | Alan Musgrave
1965 -- Inside Daisy Clover | Walter Baines
1965 -- That Darn Cat! | Gregory Benson
1965 -- The Loved One | D.J. Jr.
1965 -- The Third Day | Oliver Parsons
1965 -- The Greatest Story Ever Told | Matthew
1964 -- Shock Treatment | Martin Ashley
1963 -- Cleopatra | Octavian - Caesar Augustus
1963 -- The Power and the Glory | Mestizo
1962 -- The Longest Day | Pvt. Morris
1960 -- Midnight Lace | Malcolm
1960 -- The Subterraneans | Yuri Gilgoric
1960 -- The Tempest | Ariel
1958 -- Heart of Darkness | Charles Marlow
1958 -- The Big Country | Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
1952 -- The Steel Fist | Eric Kardin
1950 -- Big Timber | Jimmy
1950 -- Everybody's Dancin' | Roddy McDowall
1950 -- Killer Shark | Ted White
1949 -- Black Midnight | Scott Jordan
1949 -- Tuna Clipper | Alec MacLennan
1948 -- Kidnapped | David Balfour
1948 -- Macbeth | Malcolm
1948 -- Rocky | Chris Hammond
1946 -- Holiday in Mexico | Stanley Owen
1945 -- Molly and Me | Jimmy Graham
1945 -- Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Ken McLaughlin
1944 -- The Keys of the Kingdom | Francis Chisholm, as a boy
1944 -- The White Cliffs of Dover | John Ashwood II as a Boy
1943 -- Lassie Come Home | Joe Carraclough
1943 -- My Friend Flicka | Ken McLaughlin
1942 -- The Pied Piper | Ronnie Cavanaugh
1942 -- On the Sunny Side | Hugh Aylesworth
1942 -- Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Benjamin - as a Boy
1941 -- Confirm or Deny | Albert Perkins
1941 -- How Green Was My Valley | Huw Morgan
1941 -- This England | Hugo
1941 -- Man Hunt | Vaner
1941 -- You Will Remember | Young Bob Slater
1940 -- Saloon Bar | Boy
1940 -- Just William | Ginger
1940 -- His Brother’s Keeper | Boy
1939 -- Poison Pen | Choirboy
1939 -- The Outsider | Cured Child
1938 -- Hey! Hey! USA | Boy
1938 -- Convict 99 | Jimmy
1938 -- I See Ice | Boy on train
1938 -- Murder in the Family | Peter Osborne
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