Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall , Acting

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.

Personal Info

Know for

Acting

Birthday

September 17 1928

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

The Martian Chronicles

The Legend of Robin Hood

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

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

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

The Fantastic Journey

Beyond Titanic

The Outsider

The Wind in the Willows

Hart to Hart

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

The Evil Inside Me

The Return of Captain Sinbad

Hollywood’s Children

Heart of Darkness

Rapunzel

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

You Will Remember

Midas Run

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

It's Showtime

Sixth and Main

The Color of Evening

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

Big Timber

This Girl for Hire

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

That's Entertainment, Part II

On the Sunny Side

Something to Believe In

Night Gallery

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

The Memory of Eva Ryker

The Black Hole

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

Back to the Planet of the Apes

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

Going Under

The Million Dollar Face

Macbeth

The Immigrants

Hey! Hey! USA

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

Double Trouble

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

Journey to Murder

Saloon Bar

The Big Picture

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

Molly and Me

A Bug's Life

The Steel Fist

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

I See Ice

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Poison Pen

Saint Joan

Black Midnight

Everybody's Dancin'

Miracle on 34th Street

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

The Naked Target

The Sands of Time

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Heads

Rocky

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

Earth Angel

Mae West

The Big Country

Dead Man's Island

Tuna Clipper

This England

Terror in the Sky

The Elevator

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

The Subterraneans

Obsessed with Vertigo

Last Summer in the Hamptons

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

The Cool Ones

A Taste of Evil

Angel 4: Undercover

Twilight Theatre

Flood!

Arnold

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

The Thief of Baghdad

The Alien Within

The Story of Lassie

Holiday in Mexico

Embryo

The Power and the Glory

The Third Day

The Tempest

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Killer Shark

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

Kidnapped

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

Unlikely Angel

Shock Treatment

Rabbit Test

Carmilla

Confirm or Deny

Corky

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

The Pied Piper

Mean Johnny Barrows

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

Mowgli's Brothers

Lord Love a Duck

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

Dead of Winter

Pretty Maids All in a Row

The White Cliffs of Dover

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

My Friend Flicka

The Cat from Outer Space

Convict 99

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

Cricket on the Hearth

Inside Daisy Clover

Fright Night Part 2

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

The Keys of the Kingdom

Behind the Planet of the Apes

The White Seal

Laserblast

Funny Lady

The Grass Harp

Deadly Game

The Loved One

The Legend of Hell House

How Green Was My Valley

Shakma

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

Star Hunter

Hello Down There

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Midnight Lace

The Longest Day

It's My Party

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Circle of Iron

Cleopatra

It!

Fright Night

Man Hunt

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

Scavenger Hunt

Class of 1984

That Darn Cat!

Cutting Class

5 Card Stud

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Overboard

The Defector

Evil Under the Sun

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Lassie Come Home

The Return of the King

The Poseidon Adventure

Planet of the Apes