Roddy McDowall

Born

9/17/1928

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.

Known For168 Movies

A Bug's Life
1998
★7.0
Planet of the Apes
1968
★7.7
The Longest Day
1962
★7.6
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
★7.2
Cleopatra
1963
★7.1
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
★6.4
Fright Night
1985
★7.0
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
1972
★6.2
Overboard
1987
★6.8
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
★5.7
The Black Hole
1979
★5.8
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
1971
★7.0
Fright Night Part 2
1988
★6.4
Evil Under the Sun
1982
★6.9
The Big Country
1958
★7.6
The Legend of Hell House
1973
★6.7
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
★6.4
The Defector
1966
★5.8
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
★7.1
Class of 1984
1982
★6.4
Cutting Class
1989
★5.1
How Green Was My Valley
1941
★7.3
The Return of the King
1980
★6.4
Macbeth
1948
★7.3
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
1974
★6.4
That Darn Cat!
1965
★6.6
The Big Picture
1989
★5.9
Funny Lady
1975
★5.3
The Cat from Outer Space
1978
★6.0
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
1972
★6.5
The Loved One
1965
★6.2
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
★6.6
Double Trouble
1992
★4.7
5 Card Stud
1968
★6.3
Scavenger Hunt
1979
★5.6
Lassie Come Home
1943
★6.7
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
★5.5
Pretty Maids All in a Row
1971
★5.9
Night Gallery
1969
★6.6
Midnight Lace
1960
★6.6
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
1992
★8.0
Man Hunt
1941
★6.9
Inside Daisy Clover
1966
★5.6
The Grass Harp
1996
★5.9
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942
★7.2
Unlikely Angel
1996
★6.1
Flood!
1977
★5.1
The Wind in the Willows
1983
★6.2
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024
★6.9
Dead of Winter
1987
★6.2
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
1981
★5.2
Circle of Iron
1978
★5.5
It's Showtime
1976
★7.5
It's My Party
1996
★6.3
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
★8.0
Laserblast
1978
★3.4
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
★6.0
Hello Down There
1969
★5.9
Shakma
1990
★5.5
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
★6.7
Embryo
1976
★4.8
It!
1967
★6.2
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
★7.0
Going Under
1991
★3.9
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998
★7.1
Mowgli's Brothers
1976
★6.1
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
★7.3
This England
1941
★6.9
Beyond Titanic
1998
★8.3
A Taste of Evil
1971
★6.1
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
1997
★5.8
The Fantastic Journey
1977
★6.0
This Girl for Hire
1983
★5.0
My Friend Flicka
1943
★5.9
Miracle on 34th Street
1973
★7.0
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
★7.7
Angel 4: Undercover
1994
★4.1
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
1980
★7.4
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
1994
★6.6
Hart to Hart
1979
★7.5
Poison Pen
1939
★6.7
Rapunzel
1983
★5.9
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
1971
★6.3
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
★6.0
Earth Angel
1991
★5.4
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
1997
★6.5
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
★7.5
Obsessed with Vertigo
1997
★7.1
Deadly Game
1991
★5.9
Killer Shark
1950
★6.4
Lord Love a Duck
1966
★5.7
Mae West
1982
★5.8
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980
★7.3
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
1988
★4.0
Dead Man's Island
1996
★5.1
Star Hunter
1996
★4.6
Cricket on the Hearth
1967
★5.3
Midas Run
1969
★4.7
The Million Dollar Face
1981
★8.0
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001
★7.3
Terror in the Sky
1971
★7.1
Rabbit Test
1978
★4.5
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
★7.2
The Story of Lassie
1994
★8.0
The White Seal
1975
★6.4
Something to Believe In
1998
★5.0
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
1986
★7.4
Last Summer in the Hamptons
1995
★5.8
Carmilla
1989
★5.8
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984
★6.8
Rocky
1948
★8.0
The Color of Evening
1990
★6.0
The Alien Within
1995
★4.3
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
★8.2
Back to the Planet of the Apes
1980
★6.0
The Sands of Time
1992
★10.0
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
1980
★6.3
The Power and the Glory
1963
★9.0
The Cool Ones
1967
★5.4
Holiday in Mexico
1946
★6.7
Hollywood’s Children
1982
★9.0
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
★7.0
Shock Treatment
1964
★6.8
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
1945
★6.6
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
★8.3
Confirm or Deny
1941
★4.8
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
2000
★7.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
★10.0
Saloon Bar
1940
★7.0
On the Sunny Side
1942
★7.0
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
1994
★7.0
Arnold
1973
★5.3
The Subterraneans
1960
★5.1
The Pied Piper
1942
★6.9
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
★5.6
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
★4.8
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
★7.0
The Third Day
1965
★5.6
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969
★4.8
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951
★4.8
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
1980
★7.3
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
1975
★5.7
I See Ice
1938
★6.5
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
1994
★4.0
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
★7.2
Heads
1994
★3.0
The Outsider
1939
★6.0
The Elevator
1974
★6.5
The Evil Inside Me
1993
★7.0
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
★6.4
Big Timber
1950
★10.0
Molly and Me
1945
★6.7
Convict 99
1938
★7.0
Sixth and Main
1977
★8.0
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
★7.4
Kidnapped
1948
★6.7
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
1989
★7.0
The Steel Fist
1952
★6.0
Tuna Clipper
1949
★7.8
Everybody's Dancin'
1950
★7.5
Saint Joan
1967
★10.0
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997
★8.0
The Naked Target
1992
★4.7
Black Midnight
1949
★6.5
The Tempest
1960
★7.5
You Will Remember
1941
★7.0
Journey to Murder
1971
★7.0
Corky
1972
★5.5