Actor

Roddy McDowall

Birthday: September 17, 1928

Born in: London, England, UK

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.

Movie Credits

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