Roddy McDowall

Known for Acting

Roddy McDowall's portrait

Details

Birthday: September 17, 1928

Deathday: October 03, 1998

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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.

Actor

2024

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2001

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001

The Return of Captain Sinbad

2000

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

1999

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999

Keepers of the Frame

1999

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

1998

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998

Loss of Faith

1998

A Bug's Life

1998

Something to Believe In

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

Beyond Titanic

1997

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

1997

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997

Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle

1996

It's My Party

1996

Star Hunter

1996

The Grass Harp

1996

Unlikely Angel

1996

Dead Man's Island

1995

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995

The Alien Within

1995

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1994

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

1994

The Story of Lassie

1994

Angel 4: Undercover

1994

Heads

1994

Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic

1994

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1993

The Evil Inside Me

1992

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992

The Sands of Time

1992

The Naked Target

1992

Double Trouble

1991

Deadly Game

1991

Earth Angel

1991

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

Going Under

1991

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

1991

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1990

Shakma

1990

The Color of Evening

1989

Cutting Class

1989

Carmilla

1989

The Big Picture

1989

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

1989

Hollywood on Horses

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1988

Fright Night Part 2

1988

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

1988

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1987

Overboard

1987

Dead of Winter

1987

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1986

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

1985

Fright Night

1984

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1983

This Girl for Hire

1983

Rapunzel

1983

The Wind in the Willows

1982

Evil Under the Sun

1982

Class of 1984

1982

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

1982

Twilight Theatre

1982

Mae West

1982

Hollywood’s Children

1982

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1981

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981

The Million Dollar Face

1980

The Return of the King

1980

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

1980

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

1980

Back to the Planet of the Apes

1980

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980

The Martian Chronicles

1979

Scavenger Hunt

1979

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

1979

The Black Hole

1979

Hart to Hart

1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls

1978

Circle of Iron

1978

Laserblast

1978

The Cat from Outer Space

1978

Rabbit Test

1978

The Thief of Baghdad

1978

The Immigrants

1977

Flood!

1977

Sixth and Main

1977

The Fantastic Journey

1976

Mowgli's Brothers

1976

Embryo

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

It's Showtime

1975

Funny Lady

1975

The White Seal

1975

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

1974

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974

The Elevator

1973

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

The Legend of Hell House

1973

Arnold

1973

Miracle on 34th Street

1972

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972

Corky

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1971

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971

Pretty Maids All in a Row

1971

A Taste of Evil

1971

What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

1971

Terror in the Sky

1971

Journey to Murder

1969

Hello Down There

1969

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

1969

Night Gallery

1969

Midas Run

1968

Planet of the Apes

1968

5 Card Stud

1968

The Legend of Robin Hood

1967

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

It!

1967

Cricket on the Hearth

1967

The Cool Ones

1967

Saint Joan

1966

The Defector

1966

Inside Daisy Clover

1966

Lord Love a Duck

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

That Darn Cat!

1965

The Loved One

1965

The Third Day

1964

Shock Treatment

1963

Cleopatra

1963

The Power and the Glory

1962

The Longest Day

1960

Midnight Lace

1960

The Tempest

1960

The Subterraneans

1958

The Big Country

1958

Heart of Darkness

1952

The Steel Fist

1951

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1950

Killer Shark

1950

Everybody's Dancin'

1950

Big Timber

1949

Tuna Clipper

1949

Black Midnight

1948

Kidnapped

1948

Rocky

1948

Macbeth

1946

Holiday in Mexico

1945

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

1945

Molly and Me

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

1943

Lassie Come Home

1943

My Friend Flicka

1942

The Pied Piper

1942

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

On the Sunny Side

1941

Man Hunt

1941

How Green Was My Valley

1941

Confirm or Deny

1941

This England

1941

You Will Remember

1940

Just William

1940

Saloon Bar

1940

His Brother’s Keeper

1939

Poison Pen

1939

The Outsider

1938

Murder in the Family

1938

Convict 99

1938

I See Ice

1938

Hey! Hey! USA

Director

1970

The Ballad of Tam Lin