Roddy McDowall

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-09-17 (70 years old)

Deathday

1998-10-03

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

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.

Acting

1968

Planet of the Apes

as Cornelius

1980

The Return of the King

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

1943

Lassie Come Home

as Joe Carraclough

1982

Evil Under the Sun

as Rex Brewster

1966

The Defector

as Agent Adams

1987

Overboard

as Andrew

1967

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

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

1996

It's My Party

as Damian Knowles

1962

The Longest Day

as Pvt. Morris

1960

Midnight Lace

as Malcolm

1938

Murder in the Family

as Peter Osborne

1969

Hello Down There

as Nate Ashbury

1996

Star Hunter

as Riecher

1990

Shakma

as Sorenson

1941

1973

The Legend of Hell House

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

1965

The Loved One

as D.J. Jr.

1991

Deadly Game

as Dr. Aaron

1996

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

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

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)

1978

The Cat from Outer Space

as Mr. Stallwood

1938

Convict 99

as Jimmy

1943

My Friend Flicka

as Ken McLaughlin

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as John Ashwood II as a Boy

1971

1987

Dead of Winter

as Mr. Murray

1945

1966

Lord Love a Duck

as Alan Musgrave

1976

Mowgli's Brothers

as Mowgli (voice)

1975

Mean Johnny Barrows

as Tony Da Vince

1942

The Pied Piper

as Ronnie Cavanaugh

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

1948

Kidnapped

as David Balfour

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1950

Killer Shark

as Ted White

2001

1960

The Tempest

as Ariel

1965

The Third Day

as Oliver Parsons

1976

Embryo

as Frank Riley

1946

Holiday in Mexico

as Stanley Owen

1995

The Alien Within

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

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

1997

Obsessed with Vertigo

as Narrator (Voice)

1960

The Subterraneans

as Yuri Gilgoric

1974

The Elevator

as Marvin Ellis

1971

Terror in the Sky

as Dr. Ralph Baird

1941

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

1948

Rocky

as Chris Hammond

1994

Heads

as Fibris Drake

1992

The Sands of Time

as Alan Tucker

1992

The Naked Target

as Ernest Peabody

1973

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

1938

I See Ice

as Boy on train

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

1989

1940

1971

Journey to Murder

as Rollo Verdew

1992

Double Trouble

as Phillip Chamberlin

1938

1979

1978

The Immigrants

as Mark Levy

1948

Macbeth

as Malcolm

1981

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

1991

Going Under

as Secretary Neighbor

1979

The Black Hole

as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

1980

1969

Night Gallery

as Jeremy Evans

1942

On the Sunny Side

as Hugh Aylesworth

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1983

This Girl for Hire

as Manfred Hayes

1950

Big Timber

as Jimmy

1990

The Color of Evening

as Henry Seaton

1999

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)

1983

Rapunzel

as Narrator

1958

Heart of Darkness

as Charles Marlow

1982

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (Narrator)

1993

1979

Hart to Hart

as Dr. Peterson

1983

The Wind in the Willows

as Ratty (voice)

1939

The Outsider

as Cured Child

1998

1977

The Fantastic Journey

as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

1951

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

Production

1970

1950

Big Timber

as Associate Producer

1987

Overboard

as Executive Producer

1949

Black Midnight

as Associate Producer

1950

Killer Shark

as Associate Producer

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