A Bug's Life1998
As Mr. Soil (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Roddy McDowall
Born
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.
Filmography (192)
Planet of the Apes1968
As Cornelius
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Longest Day1962
As Pvt. Morris
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Cleopatra1963
As Octavian - Caesar Augustus
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Fright Night1985
As Peter Vincent
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Battle for the Planet of the Apes1973
As Caesar
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Overboard1987
As Andrew
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Black Hole1979
As V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971
As Cornelius
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Poseidon Adventure1972
As Acres
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes1972
As Caesar
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Defector1966
As Agent Adams
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Evil Under the Sun1982
As Rex Brewster
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Big Country1958
As Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
As Matthew
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Fright Night Part 21988
As Peter Vincent
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Class of 19841982
As Terry Corrigan
TMDb 6.4 / 10
How Green Was My Valley1941
As Huw Morgan
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Bedknobs and Broomsticks1971
As Mr. Jelk
TMDb 7.0 / 10
That Darn Cat!1965
As Gregory Benson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Cat from Outer Space1978
As Mr. Stallwood
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Legend of Hell House1973
As Benjamin Franklin Fischer
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Big Picture1989
As Judge
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Funny Lady1975
As Bobby Moore
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry1974
As George Stanton (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean1972
As Frank Gass
TMDb 6.5 / 10
5 Card Stud1968
As Nick Evers
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Return of the King1980
As Samwise Gamgee (voice)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Cutting Class1989
As Mr. Dante
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Lassie Come Home1943
As Joe Carraclough
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Flood!1977
As Mr. Franklin
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Keys of the Kingdom1944
As Francis Chisholm, as a boy
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Grass Harp1996
As Amos Legrand
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin1967
As Bullwhip Griffin
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Macbeth1948
As Malcolm
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Scavenger Hunt1979
As Jenkins
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Shakma1990
As Sorenson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
It's My Party1996
As Damian Knowles
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Circle of Iron1978
As White Robe
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Poison Pen1939
As Choirboy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
It!1967
As Arthur Pimm
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Midnight Lace1960
As Malcolm
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Loved One1965
As D.J. Jr.
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Angel 4: Undercover1994
As Geoffrey Kagen
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Going Under1991
As Secretary Neighbor
TMDb 3.9 / 10
Pretty Maids All in a Row1971
As Mr. Proffer
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Double Trouble1992
As Phillip Chamberlin
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Night Gallery1969
As Jeremy Evans
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Dead of Winter1987
As Mr. Murray
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Behind the Planet of the Apes1998
As Self - Host
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Man Hunt1941
As Vaner
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Unlikely Angel1996
As Saint Peter
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Beyond Titanic1998
As Self
TMDb 8.6 / 10
Inside Daisy Clover1966
As Walter Baines
TMDb 5.6 / 10
This Girl for Hire1983
As Manfred Hayes
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The White Cliffs of Dover1944
As John Ashwood II as a Boy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
What's a Nice Girl Like You...?1971
As Albert Soames
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo1997
As King Murphy
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Embryo1976
As Frank Riley
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Paul Newman: The Restless2023
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Rabbit Test1978
As Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough1997
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords1986
As Nuggit (voice)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dead Man's Island1996
As Trevor Dunnaway
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is1994
As Jeremy Sennet
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Lord Love a Duck1966
As Alan Musgrave
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Star Hunter1996
As Riecher
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen1981
As Gillespie
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989
As Self (voice)
Hello Down There1969
As Nate Ashbury
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Thief of Baghdad1978
As Hasan
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Laserblast1978
As Doctor Mellon
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Rocky1948
As Chris Hammond
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mae West1982
As Rene Valentine
TMDb 5.8 / 10
This England1941
As Hugo
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Alien Within1995
As Dr. Henry Lazarus
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Mean Johnny Barrows1975
As Tony Da Vince
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Hart to Hart1979
As Dr. Peterson
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction2024
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Heads1994
As Fibris Drake
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Miracle on 34th Street1973
As Dr. Sawyer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Carmilla1989
As Inspector Amos
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Sands of Time1992
As Alan Tucker
TMDb 10.0 / 10
It's Showtime1976
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Arnold1973
As Robert
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Rapunzel1983
As Narrator
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Midas Run1969
As Wister
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance1994
As Dr. Lasky
TMDb 4.0 / 10
That's Entertainment, Part II1976
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hey! Hey! USA1938
As Boy
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Wind in the Willows1983
As Ratty (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years1997
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Molly and Me1945
As Jimmy Graham
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill1994
As Self
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake1942
As Benjamin - as a Boy
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes1980
As Galen
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Cricket on the Hearth1967
As Cricket Crocket (voice)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Memory of Eva Ryker1980
As MacFarland
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Earth Angel1991
As Mr. Tatum
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Something to Believe In1998
As Gambler
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Evil Inside Me1993
As Pauly
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker1995
As Self
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Heart of Darkness1958
As Charles Marlow
I See Ice1938
As Boy on train
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film2000
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Obsessed with Vertigo1997
As Narrator (Voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Last Summer in the Hamptons1995
As Thomas
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas1991
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Story of Lassie1994
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Legend of Robin Hood1968
As Prince John
Terror in the Sky1971
As Dr. Ralph Baird
TMDb 7.1 / 10
A Taste of Evil1971
As Dr. Michael Lomas
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sixth and Main1977
As Skateboard
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood1984
As Prince John
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood2001
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Doin' Time on Planet Earth1988
As Minister
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Angel, Angel, Down We Go1969
As Santoro
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Power and the Glory1963
As Mestizo
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper1991
As Self
Holiday in Mexico1946
As Stanley Owen
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Murder in the Family
Murder in the Family1938
As Peter Osborne
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists1998
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Deadly Game1991
As Dr. Aaron
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Million Dollar Face1981
As Derek Kenyon
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel1999
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Corky1972
As Harassed Salesman
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Saloon Bar1940
As Boy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes1980
As Galen
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Back to the Planet of the Apes1980
As Galen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Black Midnight1949
As Scott Jordan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hollywood on Horses
Hollywood on Horses1989
As Self
TMDb 4.7 / 10
On the Sunny Side1942
As Hugh Aylesworth
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Pied Piper1942
As Ronnie Cavanaugh
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls1979
As Governor Saroyan
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'1982
As Self / Rex Brewster
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka1945
As Ken McLaughlin
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
Remo Williams: The Prophecy1988
As Chiun
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain1997
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Cool Ones1967
As Tony Krum
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Steel Fist1952
As Eric Kardin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Fantastic Journey1977
As Dr. Jonathan Willoway
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Kidnapped1948
As David Balfour
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall1979
As Chuck the Robot (voice)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The White Seal1975
As Narrator/ White Seal
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'2000
As Self (archive footage)
Keepers of the Frame
Keepers of the Frame1999
As Himself
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Color of Evening1990
As Henry Seaton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Killer Shark1950
As Ted White
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Naked Target1992
As Ernest Peabody
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Twilight Theatre1982
As Self - Host
The Elevator1974
As Marvin Ellis
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Subterraneans1960
As Yuri Gilgoric
TMDb 5.1 / 10
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen1989
As Self
Farewell to the Planet of the Apes1980
As Galen
TMDb 6.3 / 10
My Friend Flicka1943
As Ken McLaughlin
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Outsider1939
As Cured Child
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Convict 991938
As Jimmy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady1997
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hollywood’s Children1982
As Self (Narrator)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies2000
As Self
Just William
Just William1940
As Ginger
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Saint Joan1967
As Charles, The Dauphin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Loss of Faith
Loss of Faith1998
As Henry Stokes
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait1975
As Self
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Mowgli's Brothers1976
As Mowgli (voice)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Journey to Murder1971
As Rollo Verdew
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration1951
As Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle1997
As Snowball (voice)
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic1994
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Third Day1965
As Oliver Parsons
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero1997
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Big Timber1950
As Jimmy
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Tuna Clipper1949
As Alec MacLennan
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Tempest1960
As Ariel
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II1991
As Self
The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes1980
As Galen
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu1998
As Himself - Actor / Friend
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Shock Treatment1964
As Martin Ashley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Return of Captain Sinbad2001
As Narrator
Confirm or Deny1941
As Albert Perkins
TMDb 4.8 / 10
You Will Remember1941
As Young Bob Slater
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius1989
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall1999
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Everybody's Dancin'1950
As Roddy McDowall
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Magical World of Chuck Jones1992
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
His Brother’s Keeper
His Brother’s Keeper1940
As Boy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
THe Good Fairy
THe Good Fairy1956
As Waiter
Filmography and biography: TMDb