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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: London, England, UK, 1928-09-17

Died: 1998-10-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1938	Murder in the Family	Peter Osborne	0
2	1938	I See Ice	Boy on train	81
3	1938	Convict 99	Jimmy	68
4	1938	Hey! Hey! USA	Boy	69
5	1939	The Outsider	Cured Child	50
6	1939	Poison Pen	Choirboy	65
7	1940	His Brother’s Keeper	Boy	0
8	1940	Just William	Ginger	60
9	1940	Saloon Bar	Boy	65
10	1941	You Will Remember	Young Bob Slater	50
11	1941	Man Hunt	Vaner	69
12	1941	This England	Hugo	62
13	1941	How Green Was My Valley	Huw Morgan	73
14	1941	Confirm or Deny	Albert Perkins	38
15	1942	Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake	Benjamin - as a Boy	72
16	1942	On the Sunny Side	Hugh Aylesworth	60
17	1942	The Pied Piper	Ronnie Cavanaugh	68
18	1943	My Friend Flicka	Ken McLaughlin	60
19	1943	Lassie Come Home	Joe Carraclough	67
20	1944	The White Cliffs of Dover	John Ashwood II as a Boy	67
21	1944	The Keys of the Kingdom	Francis Chisholm, as a boy	70
22	1945	Thunderhead: Son of Flicka	Ken McLaughlin	67
23	1945	Molly and Me	Jimmy Graham	62
24	1946	Holiday in Mexico	Stanley Owen	62
25	1948	Rocky	Chris Hammond	0
26	1948	Macbeth	Malcolm	72
27	1948	Kidnapped	David Balfour	55
28	1949	Tuna Clipper	Alec MacLennan	65
29	1949	Black Midnight	Scott Jordan	60
30	1950	Killer Shark	Ted White	58
31	1950	Everybody's Dancin'	Roddy McDowall	0
32	1950	Big Timber	Jimmy	0
33	1951	Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration	Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)	40
34	1952	The Steel Fist	Eric Kardin	50
35	1958	The Big Country	Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)	76
36	1958	Heart of Darkness	Charles Marlow	0
37	1960	The Tempest	Ariel	60
38	1960	The Subterraneans	Yuri Gilgoric	48
39	1960	Midnight Lace	Malcolm	65
40	1962	The Longest Day	Pvt. Morris	76
41	1963	The Power and the Glory	Mestizo	0
42	1963	Cleopatra	Octavian - Caesar Augustus	70
43	1964	Shock Treatment	Martin Ashley	67
44	1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Matthew	64
45	1965	The Third Day	Oliver Parsons	58
46	1965	The Loved One	D.J. Jr.	63
47	1965	That Darn Cat!	Gregory Benson	66
48	1965	Inside Daisy Clover	Walter Baines	57
49	1966	Lord Love a Duck	Alan Musgrave	58
50	1966	The Defector	Agent Adams	55
51	1967	The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin	Bullwhip Griffin	65
52	1967	The Cool Ones	Tony Krum	49
53	1967	It!	Arthur Pimm	62
54	1967	Saint Joan	Charles, The Dauphin	0
55	1967	Cricket on the Hearth	Cricket Crocket (voice)	50
56	1968	Planet of the Apes	Cornelius	76
57	1968	5 Card Stud	Nick Evers	62
58	1969	Hello Down There	Nate Ashbury	59
59	1969	Midas Run	Wister	40
60	1969	Angel, Angel, Down We Go	Santoro	46
61	1969	Night Gallery	Jeremy Evans	71
62	1971	Journey to Murder	Rollo Verdew	0
63	1971	Pretty Maids All in a Row	Mr. Proffer	58
64	1971	Escape from the Planet of the Apes	Cornelius	64
65	1971	Terror in the Sky	Dr. Ralph Baird	68
66	1971	Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Mr. Jelk	70
67	1971	A Taste of Evil	Dr. Michael Lomas	59
68	1971	What's a Nice Girl Like You...?	Albert Soames	53
69	1972	Corky	Harassed Salesman	40
70	1972	Hollywood: The Dream Factory	Self (archive footage)	60
71	1972	Conquest of the Planet of the Apes	Caesar	62
72	1972	The Poseidon Adventure	Acres	71
73	1972	The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean	Frank Gass	65
74	1973	Battle for the Planet of the Apes	Caesar	57
75	1973	The Legend of Hell House	Benjamin Franklin Fischer	67
76	1973	Arnold	Robert	50
77	1973	Miracle on 34th Street	Dr. Sawyer	68
78	1974	The Elevator	Marvin Ellis	60
79	1974	Dirty Mary Crazy Larry	George Stanton (uncredited)	64
80	1975	Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait	Self	40
81	1975	Funny Lady	Bobby Moore	52
82	1975	The White Seal	Narrator/ White Seal	62
83	1975	Mean Johnny Barrows	Tony Da Vince	55
84	1976	Mowgli's Brothers	Mowgli (voice)	60
85	1976	It's Showtime	Self (archive footage)	70
86	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	69
87	1976	Embryo	Frank Riley	46
88	1977	Sixth and Main	Skateboard	0
89	1977	The Fantastic Journey	Dr. Jonathan Willoway	60
90	1977	Flood!	Mr. Franklin	49
91	1978	The Thief of Baghdad	Hasan	52
92	1978	Laserblast	Doctor Mellon	32
93	1978	Rabbit Test	Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine	42
94	1978	The Cat from Outer Space	Mr. Stallwood	59
95	1978	Circle of Iron	White Robe	57
96	1978	The Immigrants	Mark Levy	20
97	1979	Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall	Chuck the Robot (voice)	0
98	1979	Hart to Hart	Dr. Peterson	0
99	1979	The Black Hole	V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)	58
100	1979	Scavenger Hunt	Jenkins	56
101	1980	The Memory of Eva Ryker	MacFarland	60
102	1980	The Return of the King	Samwise Gamgee (voice)	64
103	1980	Back to the Planet of the Apes	Galen	56
104	1980	The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes	Galen	75
105	1980	Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes	Galen	75
106	1980	Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes	Galen	74
107	1980	Farewell to the Planet of the Apes	Galen	59
108	1981	Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen	Gillespie	50
109	1981	The Million Dollar Face	Derek Kenyon	0
110	1982	The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'	Self / Rex Brewster	85
111	1982	Twilight Theatre	Self - Host	0
112	1982	Hollywood’s Children	Self (Narrator)	0
113	1982	Evil Under the Sun	Rex Brewster	69
114	1982	Mae West	Rene Valentine	58
115	1982	Class of 1984	Terry Corrigan	64
116	1983	This Girl for Hire	Manfred Hayes	36
117	1983	Rapunzel	Narrator	54
118	1983	The Wind in the Willows	Ratty (voice)	60
119	1984	The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	Prince John	53
120	1985	Fright Night	Peter Vincent	70
121	1986	GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	Nuggit (voice)	55
122	1987	Dead of Winter	Mr. Murray	60
123	1987	Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood	Self	57
124	1987	Overboard	Andrew	68
125	1988	Fright Night Part 2	Peter Vincent	63
126	1988	Remo Williams: The Prophecy		30
127	1988	Doin' Time on Planet Earth	Minister	35
128	1989	Hollywood on Horses	Self	30
129	1989	Cutting Class	Mr. Dante	50
130	1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre	Himself	0
131	1989	Carmilla	Inspector Amos	40
132	1989	The Big Picture	Judge	59
133	1989	Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius	Self	70
134	1990	The Color of Evening	Henry Seaton	20
135	1990	Shakma	Sorenson	53
136	1991	Earth Angel	Mr. Tatum	52
137	1991	Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper	Self	0
138	1991	Deadly Game	Dr. Aaron	56
139	1991	Going Under	Secretary Neighbor	37
140	1991	Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II	Self	0
141	1991	Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas	Narrator (voice)	54
142	1992	The Naked Target	Ernest Peabody	48
143	1992	Double Trouble	Phillip Chamberlin	47
144	1992	The Magical World of Chuck Jones	Self	80
145	1992	The Sands of Time	Alan Tucker	0
146	1993	The Evil Inside Me	Pauly	0
147	1994	Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic	Narrator (voice)	0
148	1994	Heads	Fibris Drake	22
149	1994	Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is	Jeremy Sennet	62
150	1994	Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance	Dr. Lasky	34
151	1994	Angel 4: Undercover	Geoffrey Kagen	39
152	1994	The Story of Lassie	Self	0
153	1994	Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill	Self	0
154	1995	The Alien Within	Dr. Henry Lazarus	28
155	1995	Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker	Self	40
156	1995	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Thomas	55
157	1996	Star Hunter	Riecher	36
158	1996	Dead Man's Island	Trevor Dunnaway	41
159	1996	It's My Party	Damian Knowles	63
160	1996	The Grass Harp	Amos Legrand	58
161	1996	Unlikely Angel	Saint Peter	59
162	1997	Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough	Self	65
163	1997	Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years	Self	72
164	1997	Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero	Self	0
165	1997	Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady	Self	80
166	1997	Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line	Self	70
167	1997	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	King Murphy	56
168	1997	Obsessed with Vertigo	Narrator (Voice)	70
169	1997	Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain	Self	64
170	1998	Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists	Narrator (voice)	0
171	1998	Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu	Himself - Actor / Friend	73
172	1998	Something to Believe In	Gambler	25
173	1998	Behind the Planet of the Apes	Self - Host	72
174	1998	Beyond Titanic	Self	77
175	1998	Loss of Faith	Henry Stokes	40
176	1998	A Bug's Life	Mr. Soil (voice)	70
177	1999	Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall	Self	0
178	1999	Keepers of the Frame	Himself	100
179	1999	Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel		0
180	2000	Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies	Self	0
181	2000	Mary Pickford: A Life on Film	Self	0
182	2000	Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'	Self (archive footage)	0
183	2001	The Return of Captain Sinbad	Narrator	0
184	2001	Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	72
185	2024	Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction	Self (archive footage)	78
186	2024	Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes	Self (archive footage)	69
187		Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls	Governor Saroyan	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self	72
2	1947	Kraft Television Theatre	Mr. Elton	75
3	1947	Kraft Television Theatre		75
4	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
5	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Gerald Forbes	56
6	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Pip	56
7	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Pete	63
8	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Bellamy Partridge	63
9	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		86
10	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Ariel	86
11	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	The Dauphin	86
12	1953	General Electric Theater	Leprechaun	63
13	1955	Matinee Theater		50
14	1957	Suspicion		59
15	1958	Naked City	Donnie Benton	55
16	1959	The Twilight Zone	Sam Conrad	85
17	1961	Ben Casey		56
18	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	George	78
19	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Gerald Musgrove	78
20	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
21	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
22	1963	Arrest and Trial		77
23	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
24	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Arthur Biddle	57
25	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Harry Carlin	57
26	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Robert 'Professor' Benson	53
27	1965	Run for Your Life	Gyula Bognar	72
28	1966	Batman	The Bookworm	73
29	1966	Felony Squad		64
30	1966	Mission: Impossible	Leo Ostro	76
31	1967	The Invaders	Lloyd Lindstrom	68
32	1967	Ironside		68
33	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest	77
34	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	77
35	1968	The Name of the Game	Philip Saxon	68
36	1968	The Name of the Game	Early McCorley	68
37	1968	Journey to the Unknown		63
38	1969	Love, American Style	Howard	61
39	1970	McCloud		71
40	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
41	1971	Columbo	Roger Stanford	81
42	1972	The Rookies		68
43	1973	Barnaby Jones	Stanley Lambert	69
44	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
45	1973	The Snoop Sisters	Lionel Standish	72
46	1974	Harry O		46
47	1974	Planet of the Apes	Galen	69
48	1974	Police Woman	Moulton	63
49	1975	Ellery Queen		74
50	1975	Wonder Woman	Henry Roberts	70
51	1977	The Fantastic Journey	Dr. Jonathan Willoway	58
52	1977	The Rhinemann Exchange	Bobby Ballard	61
53	1977	The Love Boat	Fred Beery	63
54	1978	Flying High		45
55	1979	Sweepstakes		0
56	1979	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Governor Saroyan	70
57	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
58	1980	The Martian Chronicles	Father Stone	69
59	1980	Here's Boomer		53
60	1982	Hotel	Anthony Spears	68
61	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Narrator (voice)	81
62	1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey	"Bon Chance" Louie	75
63	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD	75
64	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Gordon Fairchild	75
65	1985	Hollywood Wives	Jason Swandle	47
66	1985	Alice in Wonderland	March Hare	69
67	1986	Matlock		71
68	1986	Bridges to Cross		60
69	1986	The Wizard		66
70	1989	Quantum Leap	Edward St. John V	80
71	1989	Around the World in 80 Days	McBaines	66
72	1989	Nightmare Classics	Inspector Amos	63
73	1989	The New Lassie		70
74	1990	Dream On	Bob Jeffers	69
75	1991	The Pirates of Dark Water	Niddler (voice)	74
76	1991	An Inconvenient Woman	Cyril Rathbone	52
77	1991	The Legend of Prince Valiant		60
78	1992	MGM: When the Lion Roars		78
79	1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Mad Hatter (voice)	85
80	1993	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron		80
81	1994	Burke's Law	Maurice Gillette	67
82	1994	Gargoyles	Proteus (voice)	81
83	1995	Pinky and the Brain	Snowball (voice)	77
84	1996	Remember WENN	Giles Aldwych	80
85	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Mad Hatter (voice)	76
86	1997	The New Batman Adventures	Mad Hatter (voice)	80
87	1997	The New Batman Adventures	The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)	80
88	1998	Godzilla: The Series		80