Roddy McDowall

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 265

Gender Male

Birthday September 17, 1928

Day of Death October 3, 1998 (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

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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

Acting

2024		Elizabeth Taylor: Las cintas perdidas 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		Bichos, una aventura en miniatura as Mr. Soil (voice)
1998		Loss of Faith as Henry Stokes
1998		Godzilla: The Series (1 episode)
1998		Beyond Titanic as Self
1998		Detrás del planeta de los simios as Self - Host
1998		Algo en que creer 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		Obsesionado con Vértigo - Un nuevo comienzo para la obra maestra de Hitchcock as Narrator (Voice)
1997		Las nuevas aventuras de Batman (1 episode) as The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice) (1 episode) as Mad Hatter (voice)
1997		Mowgli y Baloo (El libro de la selva 2) 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		Ángel para todo as Saint Peter
1996		Superman: La serie animada (1 episode) as Mad Hatter (voice)
1996		It's My Party (Fiesta de despedida) as Damian Knowles
1996		Dead Man's Island as Trevor Dunnaway
1996		Remember WENN (1 episode) as Giles Aldwych
1996		Star Hunter, El Cazador de Estrellas as Riecher

1995		Last Summer in the Hamptons as Thomas
1995		El arpa de hierba as Amos Legrand
1995		Pinky y Cerebro (5 episodes) as Snowball (voice)
1995		Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker as Self
1995		Peligro Alien as Dr. Henry Lazarus

1994		Gárgolas (1 episode)
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 (1 episode) as Maurice Gillette
1994		Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic as Narrator (voice)

1993		SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1 episode)
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: La Serie Animada (4 episodes) as Mad Hatter (voice)
1992		MGM: When the Lion Roars (3 episodes)
1992		Vaya par de colegas as Phillip Chamberlin
1992		Los gusanos no llevan bufanda 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		El principe valiente (1 episode)
1991		El submarino chiflado as Secretary Neighbor
1991		Deadly Game as Dr. Aaron
1991		Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self
1991		An Inconvenient Woman (2 episodes) as Cyril Rathbone
1991		Earth Angel as Mr. Tatum
1991		Los piratas de las aguas negras (3 episodes) as Niddler (voice)

1990		Shakma as Sorenson
1990		The Color of Evening as Henry Seaton
1990		Sigue soñando (1 episode) 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 (50 episodes)
1989		The New Lassie (3 episodes)
1989		Nightmare Classics (4 episodes) as Inspector Amos
1989		Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Himself
1989		Clase sangrienta as Mr. Dante
1989		La vuelta al mundo en 80 días (3 episodes) as McBaines
1989		A través del tiempo (1 episode) 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		Noche de miedo II as Peter Vincent

1987		Un mar de líos as Andrew
1987		Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987		Muerte en el invierno as Mr. Murray

1986		The Wizard (1 episode)
1986		Bridges to Cross (6 episodes)
1986		Gobots: La batalla de los Rock Lords as Nuggit (voice)
1986		Matlock (2 episodes)

1985		Alice in Wonderland (2 episodes) as March Hare
1985		Noche de miedo as Peter Vincent
1985		Mujeres de Hollywood (3 episodes) as Jason Swandle

1984		Se ha escrito un crimen (1 episode) as Gordon Fairchild (1 episode) as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
1984		The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Prince John

1983		The Wind in the Willows as Ratty (voice)
1983		Rapunzel as Narrator
1983		Una chica simpática as Manfred Hayes

1982		Cuentos del Mono de oro (22 episodes) as "Bon Chance" Louie
1982		Cuentos de las estrellas (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)
1982		Hotel (1 episode) as Anthony Spears
1982		Curso 1984 as Terry Corrigan
1982		Mae West as Rene Valentine
1982		Muerte bajo el sol 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		La maldición de la reina dragón 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		El retorno del rey as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
1980		Los recuerdos de Eva Ryker as MacFarland
1980		Here's Boomer (1 episode)
1980		Cronicas Marcianas (3 episodes) as Father Stone

1979		Tonto el último as Jenkins
1979		El abismo negro as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
1979		Trapper John, M.D. (1 episode)
1979		Hart y Hart (1 episode) as Dr. Peterson
1979		Buck Rogers, aventuras en el siglo 25 (2 episodes) as Governor Saroyan
1979		Hart to Hart as Dr. Peterson
1979		Sweepstakes (1 episode)
1979		Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall as Chuck the Robot (voice)

1978		The Immigrants as Mark Levy
1978		Flying High (1 episode)
1978		El círculo de hierro as White Robe
1978		El gato que vino del espacio as Mr. Stallwood
1978		Un tipo muy especial as Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
1978		El rayo destructor del planeta desconocido as Doctor Mellon
1978		Las aventuras del ladrón de Bagdad as Hasan

1977		Vacaciones en el mar (1 episode) as Fred Beery
1977		Inundación as Mr. Franklin
1977		The Rhinemann Exchange (3 episodes) as Bobby Ballard
1977		Viaje fantástico (10 episodes) as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1977		The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Jonathan Willoway
1977		Sixth and Main as Skateboard

1976		La criatura infernal as Frank Riley
1976		Hollywood, Hollywood 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		La mujer maravilla (2 episodes) as Henry Roberts
1975		Ellery Queen (1 episode)
1975		The White Seal as Narrator/ White Seal
1975		Funny Lady as Bobby Moore
1975		Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait as Self

1974		La mujer policia (1 episode) as Moulton
1974		El planeta de los Simios (14 episodes) as Galen
1974		Harry O (1 episode)
1974		La indecente Mary y Larry el loco as George Stanton (uncredited)
1974		Pánico en el ascensor as Marvin Ellis

1973		The Snoop Sisters (1 episode) as Lionel Standish
1973		Miracle on 34th Street as Dr. Sawyer
1973		Arnold as Robert
1973		La leyenda de la mansión del infierno as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
1973		La conquista del planeta de los simios as Caesar
1973		The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1 episode) as Self
1973		Barnaby Jones (1 episode) as Stanley Lambert

1972		El juez de la horca as Frank Gass
1972		La aventura del Poseidón as Acres
1972		The Rookies (1 episode)
1972		La rebelión de los simios 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		La Presencia del Diablo as Dr. Michael Lomas
1971		La bruja novata as Mr. Jelk
1971		Terror in the Sky as Dr. Ralph Baird
1971		Colombo (1 episode) as Roger Stanford
1971		Huida del planeta de los simios as Cornelius
1971		Querido profesor as Mr. Proffer
1971		Great Performances (1 episode) as Self
1971		Journey to Murder as Rollo Verdew

1970		Galería nocturna (Night Gallery) (1 episode) as Jeremy Evans
1970		McCloud (1 episode)

1969		Night Gallery as Jeremy Evans
1969		Love, American Style (1 episode) 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 (1 episode)
1968		The Name of the Game (1 episode) as Early McCorley (1 episode) as Philip Saxon
1968		El póker de la muerte as Nick Evers
1968		El planeta de los simios as Cornelius

1967		Cricket on the Hearth as Cricket Crocket (voice)
1967		Saint Joan as Charles, The Dauphin
1967		The Carol Burnett Show (2 episodes) as Self - Guest / Various Characters (3 episodes) as Self - Guest
1967		La estatua viviente as Arthur Pimm
1967		The Cool Ones as Tony Krum
1967		Ironside (1 episode)
1967		Al loro con el oro as Bullwhip Griffin
1967		Los invasores (1 episode) as Lloyd Lindstrom

1966		El desertor as Agent Adams
1966		Misión: imposible (1 episode) as Leo Ostro
1966		Felony Squad (2 episodes)
1966		Todo por amor as Alan Musgrave
1966		Batman (2 episodes) as The Bookworm

1965		La rebelde as Walter Baines
1965		Un gato del FBI as Gregory Benson
1965		Los seres queridos as D.J. Jr.
1965		Run for Your Life (1 episode) as Gyula Bognar
1965		El tercer día as Oliver Parsons
1965		La historia más grande jamás contada as Matthew

1964

as Martin Ashley

1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 episode) as Robert 'Professor' Benson
1963		La hora de los famosos (1 episode) as Harry Carlin (1 episode) as Arthur Biddle
1963		The Danny Kaye Show (1 episode) as Self
1963		Arrest and Trial (1 episode)
1963		Cleopatra as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
1963		The Power and the Glory as Mestizo

1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 episode) as Self
1962		The Merv Griffin Show (3 episodes) as Self
1962		El día más largo as Pvt. Morris
1962		La hora de Alfred Hitchcock (1 episode) as Gerald Musgrove (1 episode) as George

1961

(1 episode)

1960		Un grito en la niebla as Malcolm
1960		The Subterraneans as Yuri Gilgoric
1960		The Tempest as Ariel

1959

(1 episode) as Sam Conrad

1958		Heart of Darkness as Charles Marlow
1958		Naked City (1 episode) as Donnie Benton
1958		Horizontes de grandeza as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

1957

(2 episodes)

1955

(4 episodes)

1953

(1 episode) as Leprechaun

1952

as Eric Kardin

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as The Dauphin (1 episode) as Ariel (1 episode)
1951		Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Bellamy Partridge (1 episode) as Pete
1950		Big Timber as Jimmy
1950		Everybody's Dancin' as Roddy McDowall
1950		Killer Shark as Ted White
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents (2 episodes) as Pip (1 episode) as Gerald Forbes

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 (1 episode) as Self
1948		Rocky as Chris Hammond

1947

(1 episode) (1 episode) as Mr. Elton

1946

as Stanley Owen

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

1944		Las llaves del reino as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
1944		Las rocas blancas de Dover as John Ashwood II as a Boy
1944		Premios Globo de Oro (2 episodes) as Self

1943		Lassie, la cadena invisible as Joe Carraclough
1943		My Friend Flicka as Ken McLaughlin

1942		El flautista de Hamelin as Ronnie Cavanaugh
1942		On the Sunny Side as Hugh Aylesworth
1942		El hijo de la furia as Benjamin - as a Boy

1941		Confirm or Deny as Albert Perkins
1941		¡Qué verde era mi valle! as Huw Morgan
1941		This England as Hugo
1941		El hombre atrapado 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

Production

1987

… Executive Producer

1950		Big Timber … Associate Producer
1950		Killer Shark … Associate Producer

1949

… Associate Producer

Directing

1970

… Director

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