Roddy McDowall
September 17, 1928(70 at death)|Died October 3, 1998
London, England, UK|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.
Movies (176)
6.9
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
8.4
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
The Return of Captain Sinbad
2001
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
7.0
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
7.0
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
7.0
A Bug's Life
1998
8.3
Beyond Titanic
1998
7.1
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
5.0
Something to Believe In
1998
7.4
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
10.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
6.4
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
7.1
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
5.7
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997
7.7
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
8.0
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
7.0
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
7.2
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
6.5
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
6.1
Unlikely Angel
1996
5.9
The Grass Harp
1996
6.3
It's My Party
1996
5.6
Dead Man's Island
1996
4.6
Star Hunter
1996
5.8
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
4.3
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
4.3
The Alien Within
1995
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
1994
8.0
The Story of Lassie
1994
4.1
Angel 4: Undercover
1994
4.0
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994
6.6
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
3.0
Heads
1994
7.0
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
1994
7.0
The Evil Inside Me
1993
10.0
The Sands of Time
1992
8.0
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
4.8
Double Trouble
1992
4.7
The Naked Target
1992
3.9
Going Under
1991
5.9
Deadly Game
1991
5.4
Earth Angel
1991
5.4
Shakma
1990
6.0
The Color of Evening
1990
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
1989
7.0
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989
5.9
The Big Picture
1989
5.8
Carmilla
1989
5.1
Cutting Class
1989
4.0
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988
6.4
Fright Night Part 2
1988
6.8
Overboard
1987
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
6.0
Dead of Winter
1987
6.6
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
7.0
Fright Night
1985
6.2
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
6.2
The Wind in the Willows
1983
5.9
Rapunzel
1983
5.0
This Girl for Hire
1983
6.4
Class of 1984
1982
6.0
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
5.8
Mae West
1982
6.9
Evil Under the Sun
1982
9.0
Hollywood’s Children
1982
Twilight Theatre
1982
8.3
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
8.0
The Million Dollar Face
1981
5.1
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
6.4
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.6
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.6
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
7.6
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
6.0
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
6.4
The Return of the King
1980
8.0
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
5.6
Scavenger Hunt
1979
5.8
The Black Hole
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979
8.0
Hart to Hart
1979
6.0
The Immigrants
1978
5.6
Circle of Iron
1978
6.0
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
4.5
Rabbit Test
1978
3.4
Laserblast
1978
5.5
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
8.0
Sixth and Main
1977
5.1
Flood!
1977
6.0
The Fantastic Journey
1977
4.8
Embryo
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.5
It's Showtime
1976
6.1
Mowgli's Brothers
1976
5.6
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
6.4
The White Seal
1975
5.3
Funny Lady
1975
5.7
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
6.4
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
6.5
The Elevator
1974
7.0
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
5.3
Arnold
1973
5.7
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
6.7
The Legend of Hell House
1973
7.1
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
6.5
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
6.2
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
7.3
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
5.5
Corky
1972
6.3
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
6.0
A Taste of Evil
1971
7.0
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
7.1
Terror in the Sky
1971
6.4
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
5.8
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
7.0
Journey to Murder
1971
6.5
Night Gallery
1969
4.8
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969
5.9
Hello Down There
1969
4.7
Midas Run
1969
6.2
5 Card Stud
1968
The Legend of Robin Hood
1968
7.7
Planet of the Apes
1968
5.3
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
10.0
Saint Joan
1967
6.2
It!
1967
5.4
The Cool Ones
1967
6.6
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
5.8
The Defector
1966
5.7
Lord Love a Duck
1966
5.6
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
6.6
That Darn Cat!
1965
6.2
The Loved One
1965
5.6
The Third Day
1965
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
6.8
Shock Treatment
1964
7.1
Cleopatra
1963
9.0
The Power and the Glory
1963
7.6
The Longest Day
1962
6.6
Midnight Lace
1960
5.1
The Subterraneans
1960
7.5
The Tempest
1960
Heart of Darkness
1958
7.6
The Big Country
1958
6.0
The Steel Fist
1952
4.8
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
10.0
Big Timber
1950
10.0
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
6.4
Killer Shark
1950
6.5
Black Midnight
1949
7.8
Tuna Clipper
1949
6.7
Kidnapped
1948
7.3
Macbeth
1948
8.0
Rocky
1948
6.7
Holiday in Mexico
1946
6.7
Molly and Me
1945
6.6
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
7.1
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
6.7
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
6.7
Lassie Come Home
1943
5.9
My Friend Flicka
1943
6.9
The Pied Piper
1942
7.0
On the Sunny Side
1942
7.2
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
4.8
Confirm or Deny
1941
7.3
How Green Was My Valley
1941
6.9
This England
1941
6.9
Man Hunt
1941
7.0
You Will Remember
1941
7.0
Saloon Bar
1940
6.7
Poison Pen
1939
6.0
The Outsider
1939
7.2
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
7.0
Convict 99
1938
6.5
I See Ice
1938
TV Shows (91)
8.0
Godzilla: The Series
1998
8.0
The New Batman Adventures
1997
7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
7.8
Remember WENN
1996
7.7
Pinky and the Brain
1995
8.1
Gargoyles
1994
7.4
The Tick
1994
7.2
Duckman
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
8.0
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
7.9
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
6.7
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
5.8
An Inconvenient Woman
1991
7.6
The Pirates of Dark Water
1991
7.0
Dream On
1990
7.1
The New Lassie
1989
7.3
Nightmare Classics
1989
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
6.7
Biography
1987
7.0
The Wizard
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
7.1
Matlock
1986
6.9
Alice in Wonderland
1985
8.0
George Burns Comedy Week
1985
4.7
Hollywood Wives
1985
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
7.5
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
8.1
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
6.8
Hotel
1982
6.2
Here's Boomer
1981
6.9
The Martian Chronicles
1980
6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
7.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
5.6
Supertrain
1979
The Immigrants
1978
6.3
Flying High
1978
6.5
Fantasy Island
1978
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.5
The Rhinemann Exchange
1977
6.2
The Fantastic Journey
1977
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
7.5
Ellery Queen
1975
6.9
Planet of the Apes
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
5.2
Harry O
1974
7.5
The Snoop Sisters
1973
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
7.0
Barnaby Jones
1973
8.0
Delphi Bureau
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
8.1
Columbo
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.2
McCloud
1970
6.1
Love, American Style
1969
7.0
Journey to the Unknown
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
6.9
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Invaders
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.5
Felony Squad
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
5.7
Naked City
1958
6.2
Suspicion
1957
5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
1944