Roddy McDowall

Personal Info

Known For Actor

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

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

Actor

2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

2001
2000
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

as Self (archive footage)

1999
1998
A Bug's Life

as Mr. Soil (voice)

1998
Loss of Faith

as Henry Stokes

1998
1998
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

as Himself - Actor / Friend

1997
The New Batman Adventures

as Mad Hatter (voice)

1997
The New Batman Adventures

as The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)

1996
Unlikely Angel

as Saint Peter

1996
It's My Party

as Damian Knowles

1996
Dead Man's Island

as Trevor Dunnaway

1996
Star Hunter

as Riecher

1996
Superman: The Animated Series

as Mad Hatter (voice)

1995
The Grass Harp

as Amos Legrand

1995
The Alien Within

as Dr. Henry Lazarus

1995
Pinky and the Brain

as Snowball (voice)

1994
Angel 4: Undercover

as Geoffrey Kagen

1994
Heads

as Fibris Drake

1994
Burke's Law

as Maurice Gillette

1993
1992
The Sands of Time

as Alan Tucker

1992
Double Trouble

as Phillip Chamberlin

1992
The Naked Target

as Ernest Peabody

1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Mad Hatter (voice)

1991
Going Under

as Secretary Neighbor

1991
Deadly Game

as Dr. Aaron

1991
Earth Angel

as Mr. Tatum

1991
An Inconvenient Woman

as Cyril Rathbone

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
1989
Carmilla

as Inspector Amos

1989
Cutting Class

as Mr. Dante

1989
Nightmare Classics

as Inspector Amos

1989
Quantum Leap

as Edward St. John V

1988
Fright Night Part 2

as Peter Vincent

1987
Overboard

as Andrew

1987
Dead of Winter

as Mr. Murray

1986
1985
Fright Night

as Peter Vincent

1985
Alice in Wonderland

as The March Hare

1985
Hollywood Wives

as Jason Swandle

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Gordon Fairchild

1983
The Wind in the Willows

as Ratty (voice)

1983
Rapunzel

as Narrator

1983
This Girl For Hire

as Manfred Hayes

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
Tales of the Gold Monkey

as "Bon Chance" Louie

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre

as Narrator (voice)

1982
1981
The Million Dollar Face

as Derek Kenyon

1980
The Return of the King

as Samwise Gamgee (voice)

1980
1980
The Martian Chronicles

as Father Stone

1979
Scavenger Hunt

as Jenkins

1979
The Black Hole

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

1979
Hart to Hart

as Dr. Peterson

1979
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

as Chuck the Robot (voice)

1979
Hart to Hart

as Dr. Peterson

1979
1978
The Immigrants

as Mark Levy

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

1977
Flood!

as Mr. Franklin

1977
Sixth and Main

as Skateboard

1977
The Love Boat

as Fred Beery

1977
The Rhinemann Exchange

as Bobby Ballard

1977
The Fantastic Journey

as Dr. Jonathan Willoway

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
The White Seal

as Narrator/ White Seal

1975
Funny Lady

as Bobby Moore

1975
Wonder Woman

as Henry Roberts

1974
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

as George Stanton (uncredited)

1974
The Elevator

as Marvin Ellis

1974
1973
1973
Arnold

as Robert

1973
The Legend of Hell House

as Benjamin Franklin Fischer

1973
The Snoop Sisters

as Lionel Standish

1973
Barnaby Jones

as Stanley Lambert

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1972
Corky

as Harassed Salesman

1971
1971
A Taste of Evil

as Dr. Michael Lomas

1971
1971
Terror in the Sky

as Dr. Ralph Baird

1971
1971
Journey to Murder

as Rollo Verdew

1971
Columbo

as Roger Stanford

1971
1970
Night Gallery

as Jeremy Evans

1969
Night Gallery

as Jeremy Evans

1969
Midas Run

as Wister

1969
Hello Down There

as Nate Ashbury

1969
1968
5 Card Stud

as Nick Evers

1968
Planet of the Apes

as Cornelius

1968
The Name of the Game

as Philip Saxon

1968
The Name of the Game

as Early McCorley

1967
Cricket on the Hearth

as Cricket Crocket (voice)

1967
Saint Joan

as Charles, The Dauphin

1967
It!

as Arthur Pimm

1967
The Cool Ones

as Tony Krum

1967
1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest

1967
The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1967
The Invaders

as Lloyd Lindstrom

1966
The Defector

as Agent Adams

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
The Third Day

as Oliver Parsons

1965
Run for Your Life

as Gyula Bognar

1964
Shock Treatment

as Martin Ashley

1963
Cleopatra

as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Robert 'Professor' Benson

1962
The Longest Day

as Pvt. Morris

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Gerald Musgrove

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

1953
1952
The Steel Fist

as Eric Kardin

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as The Dauphin

1950
Big Timber

as Jimmy

1950
Everybody's Dancin'

as Roddy McDowall

1950
Killer Shark

as Ted White

1950
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Bellamy Partridge

1950
1949
Black Midnight

as Scott Jordan

1949
Tuna Clipper

as Alec MacLennan

1948
Kidnapped

as David Balfour

1948
Macbeth

as Malcolm

1948
Rocky

as Chris Hammond

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self / Ariel

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

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
1941
Confirm or Deny

as Albert Perkins

1941
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

1939
Poison Pen

as Choirboy

1939
The Outsider

as Cured Child

1938
1938
Convict 99

as Jimmy

1938
I See Ice

as Boy on train

1938
Murder in the Family

as Peter Osborne

Producer

1987
Overboard

as Executive Producer

1950
Big Timber

as Associate Producer

1950
Killer Shark

as Associate Producer

1949
Black Midnight

as Associate Producer

Director

1970