Roddy McDowall
Department: Acting
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
Planet of the Apes
1968
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Return of the King
1980
Lassie Come Home
1943
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Evil Under the Sun
1982
The Defector
1966
Overboard
1987
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
5 Card Stud
1968
Cutting Class
1989
That Darn Cat!
1965
Class of 1984
1982
Scavenger Hunt
1979
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
Man Hunt
1941
Fright Night
1985
It!
1967
Cleopatra
1963
Circle of Iron
1978
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
It's My Party
1996
The Longest Day
1962
Midnight Lace
1960
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
Murder in the Family
1938
Hello Down There
1969
Star Hunter
1996
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
Shakma
1990
How Green Was My Valley
1941
The Legend of Hell House
1973
The Loved One
1965
Deadly Game
1991
The Grass Harp
1996
Funny Lady
1975
Laserblast
1978
The White Seal
1975
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
Fright Night Part 2
1988
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
Convict 99
1938
My Friend Flicka
1943
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
Dead of Winter
1987
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
Lord Love a Duck
1966
Mowgli's Brothers
1976
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
The Pied Piper
1942
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994
Corky
1972
Confirm or Deny
1941
Carmilla
1989
Rabbit Test
1978
Shock Treatment
1964
Unlikely Angel
1996
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
Kidnapped
1948
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
Killer Shark
1950
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
The Tempest
1960
The Third Day
1965
The Power and the Glory
1963
Embryo
1976
Holiday in Mexico
1946
The Story of Lassie
1994
The Alien Within
1995
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
Arnold
1973
Flood!
1977
Twilight Theatre
1982
Angel 4: Undercover
1994
Loss of Faith
1998
A Taste of Evil
1971
The Cool Ones
1967
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
The Subterraneans
1960
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
The Elevator
1974
Terror in the Sky
1971
This England
1941
Tuna Clipper
1949
Dead Man's Island
1996
The Big Country
1958
Mae West
1982
Earth Angel
1991
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
Rocky
1948
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
Heads
1994
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
The Sands of Time
1992
The Naked Target
1992
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
1994
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
Black Midnight
1949
Saint Joan
1967
Poison Pen
1939
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
I See Ice
1938
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
1988
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
Just William
1940
The Steel Fist
1952
A Bug's Life
1998
Molly and Me
1945
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
The Big Picture
1989
Saloon Bar
1940
Journey to Murder
1971
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
Double Trouble
1992
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
1979
The Immigrants
1978
Macbeth
1948
The Million Dollar Face
1981
Going Under
1991
His Brother’s Keeper
1940
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
The Black Hole
1979
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989
Night Gallery
1969
Something to Believe In
1998
On the Sunny Side
1942
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
This Girl for Hire
1983
Big Timber
1950
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
The Color of Evening
1990
Keepers of the Frame
1999
Sixth and Main
1977
It's Showtime
1976
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
Midas Run
1969
You Will Remember
1941
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988
Rapunzel
1983
Heart of Darkness
1958
Hollywood’s Children
1982
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
1991
The Return of Captain Sinbad
2001
The Evil Inside Me
1993
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
Hart to Hart
1979
Hollywood on Horses
1989
The Wind in the Willows
1983
The Outsider
1939
Beyond Titanic
1998
The Fantastic Journey
1977
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
1991
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
1999
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
The Martian Chronicles
1980
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
1997
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Planet of the Apes
1974
Murder, She Wrote
1984
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
The Rookies
1972
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Matlock
1986
Batman
1966
Gargoyles
1994
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
The Martian Chronicles
1980
Naked City
1958
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Pirates of Dark Water
1991
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
Arrest and Trial
1963
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Wonder Woman
1975
General Electric Theater
1953
The New Batman Adventures
1997
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The Twilight Zone
1959
Ironside
1967
Felony Squad
1966
Harry O
1974
Run for Your Life
1965
Journey to the Unknown
1968
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Here's Boomer
1981
The New Lassie
1989
Matinee Theater
1955
Ben Casey
1961
Ellery Queen
1975
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Flying High
1978
Bridges to Cross
1986
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
Alice in Wonderland
1985
An Inconvenient Woman
1991
Hollywood Wives
1985
Nightmare Classics
1989
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Columbo
1971
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Pinky and the Brain
1995
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Godzilla: The Series
1998
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Name of the Game
1968
The New Batman Adventures
1997
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Burke's Law
1994
The Wizard
1986
Great Performances
1971
Love, American Style
1969
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Invaders
1967
The Love Boat
1977
The Name of the Game
1968
Dream On
1990
Barnaby Jones
1973
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Snoop Sisters
1973
Suspicion
1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Hotel
1982
Remember WENN
1996
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Police Woman
1974
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Mission: Impossible
1966
Duckman
1994
$weepstake$
1979
The Fantastic Journey
1977
Delphi Bureau
1972
Biography
1987
Matlock
1986
McCloud
1970
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
Fantasy Island
1978