Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

275

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-09-17

Deathday

1998-10-03 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Roddy MacDowall
Master Roddy McDowall
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
Родді Макдавелл
Родди Макдауэлл
رادی مک‌داول

Roddy McDowall

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

7.0%

A Bug's Life

Nov 25, 1998

7.6%

Planet of the Apes

Feb 7, 1968

8.5%

Batman: The Animated Series

Sep 5, 1992

7.0%

Fright Night

Aug 2, 1985

6.4%

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

May 20, 1971

6.2%

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Jun 29, 1972

7.0%

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Oct 7, 1971

5.7%

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Jun 15, 1973

7.6%

The Longest Day

Sep 25, 1962

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.1%

The Poseidon Adventure

Dec 1, 1972

6.8%

Overboard

Dec 16, 1987

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Acting

2024		Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes as Self (archive footage)
2024		Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction as Self (archive footage)

2001		Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2001		The Return of Captain Sinbad as Narrator

2000		Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self (archive footage)
2000		Mary Pickford: A Life on Film as Self

1999		Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999		Keepers of the Frame as Himself

1998		A Bug's Life as Mr. Soil (voice)
1998		Loss of Faith as Henry Stokes
1998		Godzilla: The Series
1998		Beyond Titanic as Self
1998		Behind the Planet of the Apes as Self - Host
1998		Something to Believe In as Gambler
1998		Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu as Himself - Actor / Friend
1998		Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as Narrator (voice)

1997		Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
1997		Obsessed with Vertigo as Narrator (Voice)
1997		The New Batman Adventures as Mad Hatter (voice)
1997		The New Batman Adventures as The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)
1997		The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo as King Murphy
1997		Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self
1997		Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady as Self
1997		Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero as Self
1997		Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years as Self
1997		Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough as Self

1996		Unlikely Angel as Saint Peter
1996		Superman: The Animated Series as Mad Hatter (voice)
1996		It's My Party as Damian Knowles
1996		Dead Man's Island as Trevor Dunnaway
1996		Remember WENN as Giles Aldwych
1996		Star Hunter as Riecher

1995		Last Summer in the Hamptons as Thomas
1995		The Grass Harp as Amos Legrand
1995		Pinky and the Brain as Snowball (voice)
1995		Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Self
1995		The Alien Within as Dr. Henry Lazarus

1994		Gargoyles
1994		Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill as Self
1994		The Story of Lassie as Self
1994		Angel 4: Undercover as Geoffrey Kagen
1994		Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance as Dr. Lasky
1994		Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is as Jeremy Sennet
1994		Heads as Fibris Drake
1994		Burke's Law as Maurice Gillette
1994		Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic as Narrator (voice)

1993		SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993		The Evil Inside Me as Pauly

1992		The Sands of Time as Alan Tucker
1992		The Magical World of Chuck Jones as Self
1992		Batman: The Animated Series as Mad Hatter (voice)
1992		MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992		Double Trouble as Phillip Chamberlin
1992		The Naked Target as Ernest Peabody

1991		Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas as Narrator (voice)
1991		Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II as Self
1991		The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991		Going Under as Secretary Neighbor
1991		Deadly Game as Dr. Aaron
1991		Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self
1991		An Inconvenient Woman as Cyril Rathbone
1991		Earth Angel as Mr. Tatum
1991		The Pirates of Dark Water as Niddler (voice)

1990		Shakma as Sorenson
1990		The Color of Evening as Henry Seaton
1990		Dream On as Bob Jeffers

1989		Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius as Self
1989		The Big Picture as Judge
1989		Carmilla as Inspector Amos
1989		Camp Candy
1989		The New Lassie
1989		Nightmare Classics as Inspector Amos
1989		Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Himself
1989		Cutting Class as Mr. Dante
1989		Around the World in 80 Days as McBaines
1989		Quantum Leap as Edward St. John V
1989		Hollywood on Horses as Self

1988		Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Minister
1988		Remo Williams: The Prophecy
1988		Fright Night Part 2 as Peter Vincent

1987		Overboard as Andrew
1987		Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987		Dead of Winter as Mr. Murray

1986		The Wizard
1986		Bridges to Cross
1986		GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords as Nuggit (voice)
1986		Matlock

1985		Alice in Wonderland as March Hare
1985		Fright Night as Peter Vincent
1985		Hollywood Wives as Jason Swandle

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Gordon Fairchild
1984		The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Prince John

1983		The Wind in the Willows as Ratty (voice)
1983		Rapunzel as Narrator
1983		This Girl For Hire as Manfred Hayes

1982		Tales of the Gold Monkey as "Bon Chance" Louie
1982		Faerie Tale Theatre as Narrator (voice)
1982		Hotel as Anthony Spears
1982		Class of 1984 as Terry Corrigan
1982		Mae West as Rene Valentine
1982		Evil Under the Sun as Rex Brewster
1982		Hollywood’s Children as Self (Narrator)
1982		Twilight Theatre as Self - Host
1982		The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' as Self / Rex Brewster

1981		The Million Dollar Face as Derek Kenyon
1981		Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Gillespie

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
1980		The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980		Back to the Planet of the Apes as Galen
1980		The Return of the King as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
1980		The Memory of Eva Ryker as MacFarland
1980		Here's Boomer
1980		The Martian Chronicles as Father Stone

1979		Scavenger Hunt as Jenkins
1979		The Black Hole as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
1979		Trapper John, M.D.
1979		Hart to Hart as Dr. Peterson
1979		Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Governor Saroyan
1979		Hart to Hart as Dr. Peterson
1979		Sweepstakes
1979		Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall as Chuck the Robot (voice)

1978		The Immigrants as Mark Levy
1978		Flying High
1978		Circle of Iron as White Robe
1978		The Cat from Outer Space as Mr. Stallwood
1978		Rabbit Test as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
1978		Laserblast as Doctor Mellon
1978		The Thief of Baghdad as Hasan

1977		The Love Boat as Fred Beery
1977		Flood! as Mr. Franklin
1977		The Rhinemann Exchange as Bobby Ballard
1977		The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1977		The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1977		Sixth and Main as Skateboard

1976		Embryo as Frank Riley
1976		That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976		It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1976		Mowgli's Brothers as Mowgli (voice)

1975		Mean Johnny Barrows as Tony Da Vince
1975		Wonder Woman as Henry Roberts
1975		Ellery Queen
1975		The White Seal as Narrator/ White Seal
1975		Funny Lady as Bobby Moore
1975		Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait as Self

1974		Planet of the Apes as Galen
1974		Police Woman as Moulton
1974		Harry O
1974		Dirty Mary Crazy Larry as George Stanton (uncredited)
1974		The Elevator as Marvin Ellis

1973		The Snoop Sisters as Lionel Standish
1973		Miracle on 34th Street as Dr. Sawyer
1973		Arnold as Robert
1973		Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
1973		The Legend of Hell House as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1973		Barnaby Jones as Stanley Lambert

1972		The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Frank Gass
1972		The Poseidon Adventure as Acres
1972		The Rookies
1972		Conquest of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar
1972		Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1972		Corky as Harassed Salesman

1971		What's a Nice Girl Like You...? as Albert Soames
1971		A Taste of Evil as Dr. Michael Lomas
1971		Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Mr. Jelk
1971		Terror in the Sky as Dr. Ralph Baird
1971		Columbo as Roger Stanford
1971		Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Cornelius
1971		Pretty Maids All in a Row as Mr. Proffer
1971		Great Performances as Self
1971		Journey to Murder as Rollo Verdew

1970		Night Gallery as Jeremy Evans
1970		McCloud

1969		Night Gallery as Jeremy Evans
1969		Love, American Style as Howard
1969		Angel, Angel, Down We Go as Santoro
1969		Midas Run as Wister
1969		Hello Down There as Nate Ashbury

1968		Journey to the Unknown
1968		The Name of the Game as Philip Saxon
1968		The Name of the Game as Early McCorley
1968		5 Card Stud as Nick Evers
1968		Planet of the Apes as Cornelius

1967		Cricket on the Hearth as Cricket Crocket (voice)
1967		Saint Joan as Charles, The Dauphin
1967		The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
1967		The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967		It! as Arthur Pimm
1967		The Cool Ones as Tony Krum
1967		Ironside
1967		The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin as Bullwhip Griffin
1967		The Invaders as Lloyd Lindstrom

1966		The Defector as Agent Adams
1966		Mission: Impossible
1966		Felony Squad
1966		Lord Love a Duck as Alan Musgrave
1966		Batman as The Bookworm

1965		Inside Daisy Clover as Walter Baines
1965		That Darn Cat! as Gregory Benson
1965		The Loved One as D.J. Jr.
1965		Run for Your Life as Gyula Bognar
1965		The Third Day as Oliver Parsons
1965		The Greatest Story Ever Told as Matthew

1964

Shock Treatment as Martin Ashley

1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre as Robert 'Professor' Benson
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Arthur Biddle
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Harry Carlin
1963		The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963		Arrest and Trial
1963		Cleopatra as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
1963		The Power and the Glory as Mestizo

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		The Longest Day as Pvt. Morris
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as George
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Gerald Musgrove

1961

Ben Casey

1960		Midnight Lace as Malcolm
1960		The Subterraneans as Yuri Gilgoric
1960		The Tempest as Ariel

1959

The Twilight Zone as Sam Conrad

1958		Heart of Darkness as Charles Marlow
1958		The Big Country as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
1958		Naked City as Donnie Benton

1957

Suspicion

1955

Matinee Theater

1953

General Electric Theater as Leprechaun

1952

The Steel Fist as Eric Kardin

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ariel
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as The Dauphin
1951		Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

1950		Lux Video Theatre as Pete
1950		Lux Video Theatre as Bellamy Partridge
1950		Big Timber as Jimmy
1950		Everybody's Dancin' as Roddy McDowall
1950		Killer Shark as Ted White
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Gerald Forbes
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Pip

1949		Black Midnight as Scott Jordan
1949		Tuna Clipper as Alec MacLennan

1948		Kidnapped as David Balfour
1948		Macbeth as Malcolm
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1948		Rocky as Chris Hammond

1947		Kraft Television Theatre as Mr. Elton
1947		Kraft Television Theatre

1946

Holiday in Mexico as Stanley Owen

1945		Molly and Me as Jimmy Graham
1945		Thunderhead: Son of Flicka as Ken McLaughlin

1944		The Keys of the Kingdom as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
1944		The White Cliffs of Dover as John Ashwood II as a Boy
1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self

1943		Lassie Come Home as Joe Carraclough
1943		My Friend Flicka as Ken McLaughlin

1942		The Pied Piper as Ronnie Cavanaugh
1942		On the Sunny Side as Hugh Aylesworth
1942		Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Benjamin - as a Boy

1941		Confirm or Deny as Albert Perkins
1941		How Green Was My Valley as Huw Morgan
1941		This England as Hugo
1941		Man Hunt as Vaner
1941		You Will Remember as Young Bob Slater

1940		Saloon Bar as Boy
1940		Just William as Ginger
1940		His Brother’s Keeper as Boy

1939		Poison Pen as Choirboy
1939		The Outsider as Cured Child

1938		Hey! Hey! USA as Boy
1938		Convict 99 as Jimmy
1938		I See Ice as Boy on train
1938		Murder in the Family as Peter Osborne

Directing

1970

The Ballad of Tam Lin as Director

Production

1987

Overboard as Executive Producer

1950		Big Timber as Associate Producer
1950		Killer Shark as Associate Producer

1949

Black Midnight as Associate Producer