Birthday
1928/09/17
Day of death
1998/10/03 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
Roddy MacDowall, Master Roddy McDowall, Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall, Родді Макдавелл, Родди Макдауэлл
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.
(1968) Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
(1972) The Poseidon Adventure
as Acres
(1980) The Return of the King
as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
(1943) Lassie Come Home
as Joe Carraclough
(1971) Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Cornelius
(1972) Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
(1973) Battle for the Planet of the Apes
as Caesar
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Matthew
(1982) Evil Under the Sun
as Rex Brewster
(1966) The Defector
as Agent Adams
(1987) Overboard
as Andrew
(1967) The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
as Bullwhip Griffin
(1968) 5 Card Stud
as Nick Evers
(1989) Cutting Class
as Mr. Dante
(1965) That Darn Cat!
as Gregory Benson
(1982) Class of 1984
as Terry Corrigan
(1979) Scavenger Hunt
as Jenkins
(1982) The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Rex Brewster
(1941) Man Hunt
as Vaner
(1985) Fright Night
as Peter Vincent
(1967) It!
as Arthur Pimm
(1963) Cleopatra
as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
(1978) Circle of Iron
as White Robe
(1971) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
as Mr. Jelk
(1996) It's My Party
as Damian Knowles
(1962) The Longest Day
as Pvt. Morris
(1960) Midnight Lace
as Malcolm
(1972) The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Frank Gass
(1938) Murder in the Family
as Peter Osborne
(1969) Hello Down There
as Nate Ashbury
(1996) Star Hunter
as Riecher
(1999) Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
as ---
(1990) Shakma
as Sorenson
(1941) How Green Was My Valley
as Huw Morgan
(1973) The Legend of Hell House
as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
(1965) The Loved One
as D.J. Jr.
(1991) Deadly Game
as Dr. Aaron
(1995) The Grass Harp
as Amos Legrand
(1975) Funny Lady
as Bobby Moore
(1978) Laserblast
as Doctor Mellon
(1975) The White Seal
as Narrator/ White Seal
(1998) Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - Host
(1944) The Keys of the Kingdom
as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
(1981) Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
as Gillespie
(1988) Fright Night Part 2
as Peter Vincent
(1965) Inside Daisy Clover
as Walter Baines
(1967) Cricket on the Hearth
as Cricket Crocket (voice)
(1974) Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
as George Stanton (uncredited)
(1938) Convict 99
as Jimmy
(1978) The Cat from Outer Space
as Mr. Stallwood
(1943) My Friend Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
(1997) The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
as King Murphy
(1944) The White Cliffs of Dover
as John Ashwood II as a Boy
(1971) Pretty Maids All in a Row
as Mr. Proffer
(1987) Dead of Winter
as Mr. Murray
(1945) Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Ken McLaughlin
(1966) Lord Love a Duck
as Alan Musgrave
(1976) Mowgli's Brothers
as Mowgli (voice)
(1980) The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1975) Mean Johnny Barrows
as Tony Da Vince
(1942) The Pied Piper
as Ronnie Cavanaugh
(1994) Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Dr. Lasky
(1972) Corky
as Harassed Salesman
(1941) Confirm or Deny
as Albert Perkins
(1989) Carmilla
as Inspector Amos
(1978) Rabbit Test
as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
(1964) Shock Treatment
as Martin Ashley
(1996) Unlikely Angel
as Saint Peter
(2000) Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
(1948) Kidnapped
as David Balfour
(1969) Angel, Angel, Down We Go
as Santoro
(1972) Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) Killer Shark
as Ted White
(1995) Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self
(2001) Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1960) The Tempest
as Ariel
(1965) The Third Day
as Oliver Parsons
(1963) The Power and the Glory
as Mestizo
(1976) Embryo
as Frank Riley
(1946) Holiday in Mexico
as Stanley Owen
(1994) The Story of Lassie
as Self
(1995) The Alien Within
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
(1978) The Thief of Baghdad
as Hasan
(1984) The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as Prince John
(1973) Arnold
as Robert
(1977) Flood!
as Mr. Franklin
(1982) Twilight Theatre
as Self - Host
(1994) Angel 4: Undercover
as Geoffrey Kagen
(1998) Loss of Faith
as Henry Stokes
(1971) A Taste of Evil
as Dr. Michael Lomas
(1967) The Cool Ones
as Tony Krum
(1992) The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
(1995) Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Thomas
(1997) Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
as Narrator (Voice)
(1960) The Subterraneans
as Yuri Gilgoric
(1971) What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
as Albert Soames
(1974) The Elevator
as Marvin Ellis
(1971) Terror in the Sky
as Dr. Ralph Baird
(1941) This England
as Hugo
(1949) Tuna Clipper
as Alec MacLennan
(1996) Dead Man's Island
as Trevor Dunnaway
(1958) The Big Country
as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
(1982) Mae West
as Rene Valentine
(1991) Earth Angel
as Mr. Tatum
(1997) Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self
(1948) Rocky
as Chris Hammond
(1991) Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self
(1994) Heads
as Fibris Drake
(1942) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Benjamin - as a Boy
(1992) The Sands of Time
as Alan Tucker
(1992) The Naked Target
as Ernest Peabody
(1994) Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Narrator (voice)
(1973) Miracle on 34th Street
as Dr. Sawyer
(1950) Everybody's Dancin'
as Roddy McDowall
(1949) Black Midnight
as Scott Jordan
(1967) Saint Joan
as Charles, The Dauphin
(1939) Poison Pen
as Choirboy
(1997) Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
(1938) I See Ice
as Boy on train
(1988) Remo Williams: The Prophecy
as ---
(1997) Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self
(1940) Just William
as Ginger
(1952) The Steel Fist
as Eric Kardin
(1998) A Bug's Life
as Mr. Soil (voice)
(1945) Molly and Me
as Jimmy Graham
(1997) Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self
(1989) The Big Picture
as Judge
(1940) Saloon Bar
as Boy
(1971) Journey to Murder
as Rollo Verdew
(1994) Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Jeremy Sennet
(1992) Double Trouble
as Phillip Chamberlin
(2024) Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
(1980) Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1980) Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1980) Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1938) Hey! Hey! USA
as Boy
(1979) Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
as Chuck the Robot (voice)
(1978) The Immigrants
as Mark Levy
(1948) Macbeth
as Malcolm
(1981) The Million Dollar Face
as Derek Kenyon
(2024) Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
(1991) Going Under
as Secretary Neighbor
(1940) His Brother’s Keeper
as Boy
(1997) Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
(1980) Back to the Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1975) Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1979) The Black Hole
as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
(1980) The Memory of Eva Ryker
as MacFarland
(1989) Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
as Self
(1969) Night Gallery
as Jeremy Evans
(1998) Something to Believe In
as Gambler
(1942) On the Sunny Side
as Hugh Aylesworth
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1998) Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Narrator (voice)
(1983) This Girl For Hire
as Manfred Hayes
(1950) Big Timber
as Jimmy
(1986) GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
as Nuggit (voice)
(1990) The Color of Evening
as Henry Seaton
(1999) Keepers of the Frame
as Himself
(1977) Sixth and Main
as Skateboard
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Himself - Actor / Friend
(1969) Midas Run
as Wister
(1941) You Will Remember
as Young Bob Slater
(2000) Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Minister
(1983) Rapunzel
as Narrator
(1958) Heart of Darkness
as Charles Marlow
(1982) Hollywood’s Children
as Self (Narrator)
(1991) Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
(2001) The Return of Captain Sinbad
as Narrator
(1993) The Evil Inside Me
as Pauly
(1997) Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
(1994) Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self
(1979) Hart to Hart
as Dr. Peterson
(1989) Hollywood on Horses
as Self
(1983) The Wind in the Willows
as Ratty (voice)
(1939) The Outsider
as Cured Child
(1998) Beyond Titanic
as Self
(1977) The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
(1974) Planet of the Apes
as Galen
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
(1993) SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
as ---
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Robert 'Professor' Benson
(1986) Matlock
as ---
(1966) Batman
as The Bookworm
(1994) Gargoyles
as ---
(1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Governor Saroyan
(1980) The Martian Chronicles
as Father Stone
(1958) Naked City
as Donnie Benton
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1991) The Pirates of Dark Water
as Niddler (voice)
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1982) Tales of the Gold Monkey
as "Bon Chance" Louie
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---
(1996) Superman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice)
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
(1975) Wonder Woman
as Henry Roberts
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Leprechaun
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as ---
(1997) The New Batman Adventures
as Mad Hatter (voice)
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ---
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Sam Conrad
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1989) Camp Candy
as ---
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1965) Run for Your Life
as Gyula Bognar
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1977) The Fantastic Journey
as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
(1968) Journey to the Unknown
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Pete
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1980) Here's Boomer
as ---
(1989) The New Lassie
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1975) Ellery Queen
as ---
(1992) MGM: When the Lion Roars
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Gerald Forbes
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1979) Sweepstakes
as ---
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1986) Bridges to Cross
as ---
(1977) The Rhinemann Exchange
as Bobby Ballard
(1985) Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
(1991) An Inconvenient Woman
as Cyril Rathbone
(1985) Hollywood Wives
as Jason Swandle
(1989) Nightmare Classics
as Inspector Amos
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice)
(1971) Columbo
as Roger Stanford
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Gordon Fairchild
(1970) Night Gallery
as Jeremy Evans
(1995) Pinky and the Brain
as Snowball (voice)
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1989) Around the World in 80 Days
as McBaines
(1989) Quantum Leap
as Edward St. John V
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Bellamy Partridge
(1998) Godzilla: The Series
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Pip
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Philip Saxon
(1997) The New Batman Adventures
as The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)
(1979) Hart to Hart
as Dr. Peterson
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ariel
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as The Dauphin
(1994) Burke's Law
as Maurice Gillette
(1986) The Wizard
as ---
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1969) Love, American Style
as Howard
(1991) The Legend of Prince Valiant
as ---
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
(1967) The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
(1967) The Invaders
as Lloyd Lindstrom
(1977) The Love Boat
as Fred Beery
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Early McCorley
(1990) Dream On
as Bob Jeffers
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Stanley Lambert
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Arthur Biddle
(1973) The Snoop Sisters
as Lionel Standish
(1957) Suspicion
as ---
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Gerald Musgrove
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as Mr. Elton
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self