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Roddy McDowall1928 - 1998

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Actor

Popularity

4.5

Famous

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.

Credits

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6.9(8)

1.4

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

2024

Documentary • History • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

7.8(6)

0.2

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.2(11)

0.6

The Return of Captain Sinbad

2001

as Narrator

0(0)

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000

Documentary • Drama

as Self (archive footage)

0(0)

0.2

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.2

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

Documentary

0(0)

0.2

Keepers of the Frame

1999

Documentary

as Himself

10(1)

0.2

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

1999

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.1

A Bug's Life

1998

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Mr. Soil (voice)

7(9,322)

10.9

Loss of Faith

1998

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Henry Stokes

4(3)

0.1

Beyond Titanic

1998

Documentary

as Self

7.7(3)

0.2

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998

Documentary • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Self - Host

7.2(45)

0.7

Something to Believe In

1998

Drama

as Gambler

2.5(2)

0.1

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

Documentary • TV Movie

as Himself - Actor / Friend

7.3(9)

0.2

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0(0)

0.1

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997

Documentary

as Self

6.4(7)

0.1

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997

Documentary

as Narrator (Voice)

7(17)

0.2

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

1997

Adventure • Family

as King Murphy

5.6(32)

1.2

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997

Documentary

as Self

7(1)

0.3

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

Documentary

as Self

8(1)

0.2

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.1

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997

Documentary

as Self

7.2(4)

0.4

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

1997

Documentary

as Self

6.5(2)

0.1

Unlikely Angel

1996

Comedy • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Saint Peter

5.9(16)

The Grass Harp

1996

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Amos Legrand

5.8(32)

0.7

It's My Party

1996

Drama

as Damian Knowles

6.3(35)

1.9

Dead Man's Island

1996

Mystery • Thriller

as Trevor Dunnaway

4.1(4)

0.3

Star Hunter

1996

Action • Horror • Science Fiction

as Riecher

3.6(8)

0.4

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995

Comedy • Drama

as Thomas

5.5(4)

0.4

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

Documentary

as Self

4(2)

0.2

The Alien Within

1995

Horror • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

3(3)

0.3

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.1

The Story of Lassie

1994

Documentary • Family

as Self

0(0)

0.2

Angel 4: Undercover

1994

Action • Crime • Thriller

as Geoffrey Kagen

3.9(16)

0.3

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

1994

Horror

as Dr. Lasky

3.4(18)

0.3

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994

Adventure • Crime • Mystery • TV Movie

as Jeremy Sennet

6.2(10)

0.1

Heads

1994

Comedy • Crime • TV Movie

as Fibris Drake

2.2(4)

0.2

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic

1994

Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

0(0)

0.1

The Evil Inside Me

1993

Horror • Thriller

as Pauly

0(0)

0.4

The Sands of Time

1992

Drama • TV Movie • War

as Alan Tucker

0(0)

0.3

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992

Documentary

as Self

8(2)

0.4

Double Trouble

1992

Action • Comedy

as Phillip Chamberlin

4.7(54)

0.7

The Naked Target

1992

Comedy

as Ernest Peabody

4.8(5)

0.1

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

1991

Animation • Family

as Narrator (voice)

5.4(4)

0.1

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1991

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.1

Going Under

1991

Action • Adventure • Comedy

as Secretary Neighbor

3.7(11)

0.4

Deadly Game

1991

Horror • Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as Dr. Aaron

5.6(7)

0.4

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

0(0)

0.2

Earth Angel

1991

Comedy • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Mr. Tatum

5.2(14)

0.6

Shakma

1990

Horror • Science Fiction

as Sorenson

5.3(88)

0.7

The Color of Evening

1990

Drama • Romance

as Henry Seaton

2(1)

0.2

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

1989

Documentary

as Self

7(3)

0.2

The Big Picture

1989

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Judge

5.8(95)

0.8

Carmilla

1989

Horror • TV Movie

as Inspector Amos

4(2)

0.4

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

Documentary • TV Movie

as Himself

0(0)

0.4

Cutting Class

1989

Comedy • Crime • Horror • Mystery

as Mr. Dante

5(108)

1.1

Hollywood on Horses

1989

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

3(1)

0.4

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988

Comedy

as Minister

3.5(9)

0.2

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

1988

Action • Adventure • Comedy

3(3)

Fright Night Part 2

1988

Comedy • Horror

as Peter Vincent

6.3(403)

1.3

Overboard

1987

Comedy • Romance

as Andrew

6.8(877)

3.8

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987

Documentary • Family • TV Movie

as Self

7.5(4)

0.7

Dead of Winter

1987

Horror • Thriller

as Mr. Murray

6(109)

0.8

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

1986

Animation

as Nuggit (voice)

5.8(5)

0.3

Fright Night

1985

Comedy • Horror

as Peter Vincent

7(1,423)

2.4

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

Comedy

as Prince John

5.3(4)

0.2

The Wind in the Willows

1983

Animation • Drama • Family

as Ratty (voice)

6(10)

0.3

Rapunzel

1983

Family • Fantasy • Romance • TV Movie

as Narrator

5.4(4)

0.3

This Girl For Hire

1983

Comedy • Mystery • TV Movie

as Manfred Hayes

3.6(5)

0.2

Class of 1984

1982

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Terry Corrigan

6.4(374)

1.4

Mae West

1982

Drama • TV Movie

as Rene Valentine

5.8(4)

0.5

Evil Under the Sun

1982

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Rex Brewster

6.9(452)

1.2

Hollywood’s Children

1982

Documentary

as Self (Narrator)

0(0)

0.3

Twilight Theatre

1982

Comedy • TV Movie

as Self - Host

0(0)

0.2

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

1982

Documentary

as Self / Rex Brewster

8.5(2)

0.3

The Million Dollar Face

1981

Drama • TV Movie

as Derek Kenyon

0(0)

0.2

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

Comedy • Mystery • Thriller

as Gillespie

5.1(29)

0.8

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980

Adventure • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as Galen

5.9(12)

0.4

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Adventure • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as Galen

7.4(8)

0.2

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Adventure • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as Galen

7.5(8)

0.2

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

1980

Adventure • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Galen

7.5(10)

0.2

Back to the Planet of the Apes

1980

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as Galen

5.6(20)

0.3

The Return of the King

1980

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

6.4(204)

0.9

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980

Action • Drama • Mystery • TV Movie • War

as MacFarland

6(1)

0.3

Scavenger Hunt

1979

Comedy

as Jenkins

5.6(37)

0.7

The Black Hole

1979

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction

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

5.8(504)

1.6

Hart to Hart

1979

Action • Crime • TV Movie

as Dr. Peterson

0(0)

0.3

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

1979

Documentary

as Chuck the Robot (voice)

0(0)

0.1

The Immigrants

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as Mark Levy

2(1)

0.5

Circle of Iron

1978

Action • Adventure • Fantasy

as White Robe

5.6(58)

0.6

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

Comedy • Family • Science Fiction

as Mr. Stallwood

5.9(139)

0.7

Rabbit Test

1978

Comedy

as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

4.2(20)

0.7

Laserblast

1978

Horror • Science Fiction

as Doctor Mellon

3.2(104)

1.1

The Thief of Baghdad

1978

Adventure • TV Movie

as Hasan

5.2(8)

0.3

Flood!

1977

Action • Adventure • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Mr. Franklin

4.9(13)

0.5

The Fantastic Journey

1977

Adventure • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

6(1)

0.2

Sixth and Main

1977

Drama

as Skateboard

0(0)

0.2

Embryo

1976

Horror • Science Fiction

as Frank Riley

4.6(35)

0.6

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

Documentary • Music

as (archive footage)

6.9(37)

0.6

It's Showtime

1976

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7(1)

0.3

Mowgli's Brothers

1976

Animation

as Mowgli (voice)

6(7)

0.1

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975

Action • Crime • Drama

as Tony Da Vince

5.5(11)

0.9

The White Seal

1975

Animation

as Narrator/ White Seal

6.2(10)

0.3

Funny Lady

1975

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Bobby Moore

5.2(66)

0.4

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

1975

Documentary

as Self

4(2)

0.1

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Crime • Thriller

as George Stanton (uncredited)

6.4(125)

0.5

The Elevator

1974

Crime • TV Movie • Thriller

as Marvin Ellis

6(5)

0.3

Miracle on 34th Street

1973

Comedy • Drama • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Dr. Sawyer

6.8(11)

0.4

Arnold

1973

Comedy • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Robert

5(21)

0.4

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

Action • Science Fiction

as Caesar

5.7(979)

3.6

The Legend of Hell House

1973

Horror • Mystery

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

6.7(254)

0.6

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972

Comedy • Western

as Frank Gass

6.4(157)

0.7

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

Adventure • Drama • Thriller

as Acres

7.1(917)

2.6

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

Action • Science Fiction

as Caesar

6.2(1,004)

3.3

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

Documentary • History

as Self (archive footage)

6(2)

0.4

Corky

1972

Action • Thriller

as Harassed Salesman

4(1)

0.3

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

1971

Comedy • Crime • TV Movie

as Albert Soames

5.3(3)

0.3

A Taste of Evil

1971

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Dr. Michael Lomas

6(20)

0.3

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music

as Mr. Jelk

7(977)

1.8

Terror in the Sky

1971

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Dr. Ralph Baird

6.8(6)

0.3

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Action • Science Fiction

as Cornelius

6.4(1,130)

3.4

Pretty Maids All in a Row

1971

Comedy • Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Proffer

5.8(42)

0.5

Journey to Murder

1971

Horror • Mystery • TV Movie

as Rollo Verdew

0(0)

0.1

Night Gallery

1969

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Jeremy Evans

7.1(18)

0.4

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

1969

Crime • Drama

as Santoro

4.3(9)

0.4

Midas Run

1969

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Romance

as Wister

4(4)

0.3

Hello Down There

1969

Comedy • Music • Science Fiction

as Nate Ashbury

5.9(15)

0.3

5 Card Stud

1968

Mystery • Western

as Nick Evers

6.2(80)

0.7

Planet of the Apes

1968

Action • Adventure • Drama • Science Fiction

as Cornelius

7.6(3,663)

7.2

Cricket on the Hearth

1967

Animation • Family • TV Movie

as Cricket Crocket (voice)

5(20)

0.3

Saint Joan

1967

as Charles, The Dauphin

0(0)

0.1

It!

1967

Horror

as Arthur Pimm

6.2(30)

0.6

The Cool Ones

1967

Comedy

as Tony Krum

4.9(6)

0.4

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

Action • Comedy • Drama • Family • Western

as Bullwhip Griffin

6.5(36)

0.4

The Defector

1966

Drama • Thriller

as Agent Adams

5.5(8)

0.2

Lord Love a Duck

1966

Comedy • Drama

as Alan Musgrave

5.8(25)

0.4

Inside Daisy Clover

1965

Drama • Music • Romance

as Walter Baines

5.7(50)

0.5

That Darn Cat!

1965

Comedy • Crime • Family

as Gregory Benson

6.6(174)

The Loved One

1965

Comedy

as D.J. Jr.

6.3(42)

0.6

The Third Day

1965

Drama • Thriller

as Oliver Parsons

5.8(6)

0.3

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

Drama • History

as Matthew

6.4(202)

3.4

Shock Treatment

1964

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Martin Ashley

6.7(7)

0.2

Cleopatra

1963

Drama • History • Romance

as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

7(782)

4.6

The Power and the Glory

1963

Drama • TV Movie

as Mestizo

0(0)

0.4

The Longest Day

1962

Action • Drama • War

as Pvt. Morris

7.6(961)

3.2

Midnight Lace

1960

Mystery • Thriller

as Malcolm

6.5(118)

0.7

The Subterraneans

1960

Drama

as Yuri Gilgoric

4.8(7)

0.3

The Tempest

1960

Drama • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Ariel

6(0)

0.4

Heart of Darkness

1958

Adventure • Drama • TV Movie

as Charles Marlow

0(0)

0.1

The Big Country

1958

Drama • Romance • Western

as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

7.6(376)

1.7

The Steel Fist

1952

Drama

as Eric Kardin

5(4)

0.1

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1951

Drama • Family

as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

4(7)

0.2

Big Timber

1950

Adventure • Drama

as Jimmy

0(0)

0.2

Everybody's Dancin'

1950

Comedy

as Roddy McDowall

0(0)

0.1

Killer Shark

1950

Adventure

as Ted White

5.8(4)

0.3

Black Midnight

1949

Drama • Western

as Scott Jordan

6(2)

0.1

Tuna Clipper

1949

Drama

as Alec MacLennan

6.5(1)

0.2

Kidnapped

1948

Adventure

as David Balfour

5.5(2)

0.4

Macbeth

1948

Drama

as Malcolm

7.2(167)

0.6

Rocky

1948

Drama • Western

as Chris Hammond

0(0)

0.3

Holiday in Mexico

1946

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Stanley Owen

6.2(4)

0.3

Molly and Me

1945

Comedy

as Jimmy Graham

6.2(11)

0.3

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

1945

Action • Drama • Family • Western

as Ken McLaughlin

6.7(6)

0.2

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

Drama

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

7(48)

0.7

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

Drama • Romance • War

as John Ashwood II as a Boy

6.7(21)

0.5

Lassie Come Home

1943

Adventure • Drama • Family

as Joe Carraclough

6.7(127)

1.1

My Friend Flicka

1943

Action • Adventure • Drama • Family • Western

as Ken McLaughlin

6(16)

0.2

The Pied Piper

1942

Drama • War

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

6.8(13)

0.4

On the Sunny Side

1942

Drama • War

as Hugh Aylesworth

6(1)

0.1

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Benjamin - as a Boy

7.2(14)

0.4

Confirm or Deny

1941

Drama • War

as Albert Perkins

3.8(2)

0.2

How Green Was My Valley

1941

Drama

as Huw Morgan

7.3(410)

1.1

This England

1941

Drama • History • Romance

as Hugo

6.2(3)

0.2

Man Hunt

1941

Thriller • War

as Vaner

6.9(118)

0.9

You Will Remember

1941

Drama • Music

as Young Bob Slater

5(1)

0.1

Saloon Bar

1940

Thriller

as Boy

6.5(4)

0.2

Just William

1940

Comedy

as Ginger

6(1)

0.1

His Brother’s Keeper

1940

Romance

as Boy

0(0)

0.1

Poison Pen

1939

Drama

as Choirboy

6.5(6)

0.3

The Outsider

1939

Drama

as Cured Child

5(2)

0.1

Hey! Hey! USA

1938

Comedy

as Boy

6.9(11)

0.1

Convict 99

1938

Comedy

as Jimmy

6.8(11)

0.3

I See Ice

1938

Comedy

as Boy on train

8.1(4)

0.2

Murder in the Family

1938

Thriller

as Peter Osborne

0(0)

0.1