Roddy McDowall
Acting1928London, England, UK
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
Acting History
2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Return of Captain Sinbad
as Narrator
2000
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - Host
Beyond Titanic
as Self
Loss of Faith
as Henry Stokes
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Himself - Actor / Friend
Something to Believe In
as Gambler
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Narrator (voice)
A Bug's Life
as Mr. Soil (voice)
The New Batman Adventures
TVas The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)• 1 eps
Superman: The Animated Series
TVas Mad Hatter (voice)• 1 eps
1997
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
as King Murphy
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Narrator (Voice)
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
as Snowball (voice)
Biography
TVas Self• 1 eps
1996
The Grass Harp
as Amos Legrand
Unlikely Angel
as Saint Peter
Dead Man's Island
as Trevor Dunnaway
Star Hunter
as Riecher
It's My Party
as Damian Knowles
Pinky and the Brain
TVas Snowball (voice)• 6 eps
Duckman
TVas Akers (voice)• 1 eps
Remember WENN
TVas Giles Aldwych
Gargoyles
TVas Proteus (voice)• 2 eps
1995
The Alien Within
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Thomas
Great Performances
TVas Self• 1 eps
1994
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Dr. Lasky
Angel 4: Undercover
as Geoffrey Kagen
Heads
as Fibris Drake
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Jeremy Sennet
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of Lassie
as Self
Burke's Law
TVas Maurice Gillette• 1 eps
1993
1992
The Sands of Time
as Alan Tucker
Double Trouble
as Phillip Chamberlin
The Naked Target
as Ernest Peabody
Batman: The Animated Series
TVas Mad Hatter (voice)• 4 eps
Quantum Leap
TVas Edward St. John V• 1 eps
1991
Earth Angel
as Mr. Tatum
Deadly Game
as Dr. Aaron
Going Under
as Secretary Neighbor
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
The Pirates of Dark Water
TVas Niddler (voice)
An Inconvenient Woman
TVas Cyril Rathbone
1990
Shakma
as Sorenson
The Color of Evening
as Henry Seaton
1989
Cutting Class
as Mr. Dante
Carmilla
as Inspector Amos
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
The Big Picture
as Judge
Matlock
TVas Don Mosher• 1 eps
Nightmare Classics
TVas Inspector Amos
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD / Gordon Fairchild• 1 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
TVas McBaines
1988
1987
1986
1985
Fright Night
as Peter Vincent
Hollywood Wives
TVas Jason Swandle
George Burns Comedy Week
TVas Bob Cratchit• 1 eps
Alice in Wonderland
TVas March Hare
1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
Hotel
TVas Anthony Spears• 1 eps
1983
Rapunzel
as Narrator
The Wind in the Willows
as Ratty (voice)
This Girl for Hire
as Manfred Hayes
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self• 2 eps
1982
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (Narrator)
Class of 1984
as Terry Corrigan
Twilight Theatre
as Self - Host
Evil Under the Sun
as Rex Brewster
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Rex Brewster
Mae West
as Rene Valentine
Tales of the Gold Monkey
TVas "Bon Chance" Louie
1981
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Gillespie
The Million Dollar Face
as Derek Kenyon
1980
The Return of the King
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as MacFarland
The Martian Chronicles
as Father Stone
Fantasy Island
TVas Mephistopheles• 1 eps
The Martian Chronicles
TVas Father Stone• 3 eps
1979
The Black Hole
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
Scavenger Hunt
as Jenkins
Hart to Hart
as Dr. Peterson
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
as Governor Saroyan
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TVas Governor Saroyan• 2 eps
The Love Boat
TVas Fred Beery• 1 eps
$weepstake$
TVas Theodore
1978
The Cat from Outer Space
as Mr. Stallwood
Circle of Iron
as White Robe
Laserblast
as Doctor Mellon
Rabbit Test
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
The Thief of Baghdad
as Hasan
The Immigrants
as Mark Levy
1977
Sixth and Main
as Skateboard
Flood!
as Mr. Franklin
The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
Wonder Woman
TVas Henry Roberts• 2 eps
The Fantastic Journey
TVas Dr. Jonathan Willaway• 8 eps
The Rhinemann Exchange
TVas Bobby Ballard
1976
Embryo
as Frank Riley
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Mowgli's Brothers
as Mowgli (voice)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Mean Johnny Barrows
as Tony Da Vince
The White Seal
as Narrator/ White Seal
Funny Lady
as Bobby Moore
The Carol Burnett Show
TVas Self - Guest / Various Characters• 2 eps
Police Woman
TVas Moulton• 1 eps
1974
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as George Stanton (uncredited)
The Elevator
as Marvin Ellis
Planet of the Apes
TVas Galen• 14 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
Miracle on 34th Street
as Dr. Sawyer
Arnold
as Robert
The Legend of Hell House
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
Barnaby Jones
TVas Stanley Lambert• 1 eps
Love, American Style
TVas Howard• 1 eps
The Snoop Sisters
TVas Lionel Standish
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
Corky
as Harassed Salesman
The Poseidon Adventure
as Acres
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Frank Gass
Columbo
TVas Roger Stanford• 1 eps
McCloud
TVas Phil Sandler• 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
TVas Leo Ostro• 1 eps
Delphi Bureau
TVas Harold
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
Pretty Maids All in a Row
as Mr. Proffer
A Taste of Evil
as Dr. Michael Lomas
Terror in the Sky
as Dr. Ralph Baird
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
as Albert Soames
Journey to Murder
as Rollo Verdew
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Mr. Jelk
1970
The Name of the Game
TVas Early McCorley• 1 eps
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Director
1969
Hello Down There
as Nate Ashbury
Midas Run
as Wister
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
as Santoro
Night Gallery
as Jeremy Evans
1968
1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Bullwhip Griffin
It!
as Arthur Pimm
Cricket on the Hearth
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
Saint Joan
as Charles, The Dauphin
The Cool Ones
as Tony Krum
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Invaders
TVas Lloyd Lindstrom• 1 eps
1966
The Defector
as Agent Adams
Inside Daisy Clover
as Walter Baines
Lord Love a Duck
as Alan Musgrave
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Harry Carlin• 1 eps
Run for Your Life
TVas Gyula Bognar• 1 eps
Batman
TVas The Bookworm• 2 eps
1965
The Loved One
as D.J. Jr.
That Darn Cat!
as Gregory Benson
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Matthew
The Third Day
as Oliver Parsons
1964
Shock Treatment
as Martin Ashley
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Robert 'Professor' Benson• 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas George / Gerald Musgrove• 1 eps
1963
1962
The Longest Day
as Pvt. Morris
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
Naked City
TVas Donnie Benton• 1 eps
1960
The Tempest
as Ariel
The Subterraneans
as Yuri Gilgoric
Midnight Lace
as Malcolm
The Twilight Zone
TVas Sam Conrad• 1 eps
1958
1954
Robert Montgomery Presents
TVas Pip• 2 eps
1953
General Electric Theater
TVas Leprechaun
1952
The Steel Fist
as Eric Kardin
1951
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas The Dauphin / Ariel
1950
Big Timber
as Jimmy
Everybody's Dancin'
as Roddy McDowall
Killer Shark
as Ted White
Lux Video Theatre
TVas Bellamy Partridge / Pete
Big Timber
Associate Producer
Killer Shark
Associate Producer
1949
1948
1946
Holiday in Mexico
as Stanley Owen
1945
Molly and Me
as Jimmy Graham
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
1944
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
The White Cliffs of Dover
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
1943
Lassie Come Home
as Joe Carraclough
My Friend Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Benjamin - as a Boy
The Pied Piper
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
On the Sunny Side
as Hugh Aylesworth
1941
How Green Was My Valley
as Huw Morgan
Man Hunt
as Vaner
Confirm or Deny
as Albert Perkins
This England
as Hugo
You Will Remember
as Young Bob Slater
1940
1939
The Outsider
as Cured Child
Poison Pen
as Choirboy
1938