Roddy McDowall

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Roddy McDowall

Acting September 17, 1928

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life

7.0 1998 Movie
Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

7.7 1968 Movie
Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series

8.6 1992 TV Show
Columbo

Columbo

8.1 1971 TV Show
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

8.0 1989 TV Show
Fright Night

Fright Night

7.0 1985 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

7.5 1984 TV Show
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

6.4 1971 Movie
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

6.2 1972 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2023
    Paul Newman: The Restless

    Movie Self

  4. 2001
    Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2001
    The Return of Captain Sinbad

    Movie Narrator

  6. 2000
    Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2000
    Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

    Movie Self

  8. 2000
    Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

    Movie Self

  9. 1999
    Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

    Movie

  10. 1999
    Keepers of the Frame

    Movie Himself

  11. 1999
    Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

    Movie Self

  12. 1998
    A Bug's Life

    Movie Mr. Soil (voice)

  13. 1998
    Loss of Faith

    Movie Henry Stokes

  14. 1998
    Godzilla: The Series

    TV show

  15. 1998
    Beyond Titanic

    Movie Self

  16. 1998
    Behind the Planet of the Apes

    Movie Self - Host

More credits
  1. 1998
    Something to Believe In

    Movie Gambler

  2. 1998
    Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

    Movie Himself - Actor / Friend

  3. 1998
    Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  4. 1997
    Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle

    Movie Snowball (voice)

  5. 1997
    Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

    Movie Self

  6. 1997
    Obsessed with Vertigo

    Movie Narrator (Voice)

  7. 1997
    The New Batman Adventures

    TV show Mad Hatter (voice)

  8. 1997
    The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

    Movie King Murphy

  9. 1997
    Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

    Movie Self

  10. 1997
    Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

    Movie Self

  11. 1997
    Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

    Movie Self

  12. 1997
    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Movie Self

  13. 1997
    Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

    Movie Self

  14. 1996
    Unlikely Angel

    Movie Saint Peter

  15. 1996
    The Grass Harp

    Movie Amos Legrand

  16. 1996
    Superman: The Animated Series

    TV show Mad Hatter (voice)

  17. 1996
    It's My Party

    Movie Damian Knowles

  18. 1996
    Dead Man's Island

    Movie Trevor Dunnaway

  19. 1996
    Remember WENN

    TV show Giles Aldwych

  20. 1996
    Star Hunter

    Movie Riecher

  21. 1995
    Last Summer in the Hamptons

    Movie Thomas

  22. 1995
    Pinky and the Brain

    TV show Snowball (voice)

  23. 1995
    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    Movie Self

  24. 1995
    The Alien Within

    Movie Dr. Henry Lazarus