Roddy McDowall

from London, England, UK

Artwork for A Bug's LifeImage of 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.

Timeline

2024Aged 96

  • Poster for Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

    Self (archive footage)

2023Aged 95

  • Poster for Paul Newman: The Restless

    Self

2001Aged 73

  • Poster for The Return of Captain Sinbad

    Narrator

  • Poster for Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 72

1999Aged 71

1998Aged 70

  • Poster for Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

    Himself - Actor / Friend

  • Poster for Something to Believe In

    Gambler

  • Poster for Behind the Planet of the Apes

    Self - Host

  • Poster for Beyond Titanic

    Self

  • Loss of Faith

    Henry Stokes

  • Poster for A Bug's Life

    Mr. Soil (voice)

1997Aged 69

1996Aged 68

  • Poster for Star Hunter

    Riecher

  • Poster for Dead Man's Island

    Trevor Dunnaway

  • Poster for It's My Party

    Damian Knowles

  • Poster for The Grass Harp

    Amos Legrand

  • Poster for Unlikely Angel

    Saint Peter

1995Aged 67

  • Poster for The Alien Within

    Dr. Henry Lazarus

  • Poster for Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    Self

  • Poster for Last Summer in the Hamptons

    Thomas

1994Aged 66

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

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Heads

    Fibris Drake

  • Poster for Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

    Jeremy Sennet

  • Poster for Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

    Dr. Lasky

  • Poster for Angel 4: Undercover

    Geoffrey Kagen

  • Poster for The Story of Lassie

    Self

  • Poster for Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

    Self

1993Aged 65

  • Poster for The Evil Inside Me

    Pauly

1992Aged 64

  • Poster for The Naked Target

    Ernest Peabody

  • Poster for Double Trouble

    Phillip Chamberlin

  • Poster for The Magical World of Chuck Jones

    Self

  • Poster for The Sands of Time

    Alan Tucker

1991Aged 63

1990Aged 62

  • Poster for The Color of Evening

    Henry Seaton

  • Poster for Shakma

    Sorenson

1989Aged 61

1988Aged 60

1987Aged 59

  • Poster for Dead of Winter

    Mr. Murray

  • Poster for Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Overboard

    Andrew

1986Aged 58

  • Poster for GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

    Nuggit (voice)

1985Aged 57

  • Poster for Fright Night

    Peter Vincent

1984Aged 56

  • Poster for The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

    Prince John

1983Aged 55

  • Poster for This Girl for Hire

    Manfred Hayes

  • Poster for Rapunzel

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Wind in the Willows

    Ratty (voice)

1982Aged 54

  • Poster for The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

    Self / Rex Brewster

  • Poster for Twilight Theatre

    Self - Host

  • Poster for Hollywood’s Children

    Self (Narrator)

  • Poster for Evil Under the Sun

    Rex Brewster

  • Poster for Mae West

    Rene Valentine

  • Poster for Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Class of 1984

    Terry Corrigan

1981Aged 53

  • Poster for Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

    Gillespie

  • Poster for The Million Dollar Face

    Derek Kenyon

1980Aged 52

  • Poster for The Memory of Eva Ryker

    MacFarland

  • Poster for The Return of the King

    Samwise Gamgee (voice)

  • Poster for Back to the Planet of the Apes

    Galen

  • Poster for The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

    Galen

  • Poster for Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

    Galen

  • Poster for Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

    Galen

  • Poster for Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

    Galen

1979Aged 51

1978Aged 50

  • Poster for The Thief of Baghdad

    Hasan

  • Poster for Laserblast

    Doctor Mellon

  • Poster for Rabbit Test

    Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine

  • Poster for The Cat from Outer Space

    Mr. Stallwood

  • Poster for Circle of Iron

    White Robe

  • Poster for The Immigrants

    Mark Levy

1977Aged 49

  • Poster for The Fantastic Journey

    Dr. Jonathan Willoway

  • Poster for Flood!

    Mr. Franklin

  • Poster for Sixth and Main

    Skateboard

1976Aged 48

  • Poster for Mowgli's Brothers

    Mowgli (voice)

  • Poster for It's Showtime

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for That's Entertainment, Part II

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Embryo

    Frank Riley

1975Aged 47

  • Poster for Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

    Self

  • Poster for Funny Lady

    Bobby Moore

  • Poster for The White Seal

    Narrator/ White Seal

  • Poster for Mean Johnny Barrows

    Tony Da Vince

1974Aged 46

  • Poster for The Elevator

    Marvin Ellis

  • Poster for Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

    George Stanton (uncredited)

1973Aged 45

  • Poster for Battle for the Planet of the Apes

    Caesar

  • Poster for The Legend of Hell House

    Benjamin Franklin Fischer

  • Poster for Arnold

    Robert

  • Poster for Miracle on 34th Street

    Dr. Sawyer

1972Aged 44

  • Poster for Corky

    Harassed Salesman

  • Poster for Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

    Caesar

  • Poster for The Poseidon Adventure

    Acres

  • Poster for The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    Frank Gass

1971Aged 43

  • Poster for Journey to Murder

    Rollo Verdew

  • Poster for Pretty Maids All in a Row

    Mr. Proffer

  • Poster for Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    Cornelius

  • Poster for Terror in the Sky

    Dr. Ralph Baird

  • Poster for Bedknobs and Broomsticks

    Mr. Jelk

  • Poster for A Taste of Evil

    Dr. Michael Lomas

  • Poster for What's a Nice Girl Like You...?

    Albert Soames

1970Aged 42

  • Poster for The Ballad of Tam Lin

    Director

1969Aged 41

  • Poster for Midas Run

    Wister

  • Poster for Hello Down There

    Nate Ashbury

  • Poster for Angel, Angel, Down We Go

    Santoro

  • Poster for Night Gallery

    Jeremy Evans

1968Aged 40

  • Poster for Planet of the Apes

    Cornelius

  • Poster for The Legend of Robin Hood

    Prince John

  • Poster for 5 Card Stud

    Nick Evers

1967Aged 39

  • Poster for The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

    Bullwhip Griffin

  • Poster for The Cool Ones

    Tony Krum

  • Poster for It!

    Arthur Pimm

  • Poster for Saint Joan

    Charles, The Dauphin

  • Poster for Cricket on the Hearth

    Cricket Crocket (voice)

1966Aged 38

  • Poster for Inside Daisy Clover

    Walter Baines

  • Poster for Lord Love a Duck

    Alan Musgrave

  • Poster for The Defector

    Agent Adams

1965Aged 37

  • Poster for The Greatest Story Ever Told

    Matthew

  • Poster for The Third Day

    Oliver Parsons

  • Poster for The Loved One

    D.J. Jr.

  • Poster for That Darn Cat!

    Gregory Benson

1964Aged 36

  • Poster for Shock Treatment

    Martin Ashley

1963Aged 35

  • Poster for The Power and the Glory

    Mestizo

  • Poster for Cleopatra

    Octavian - Caesar Augustus

1962Aged 34

  • Poster for The Longest Day

    Pvt. Morris

1960Aged 32

  • Poster for The Tempest

    Ariel

  • Poster for The Subterraneans

    Yuri Gilgoric

  • Poster for Midnight Lace

    Malcolm

1958Aged 30

  • Poster for The Big Country

    Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Heart of Darkness

    Charles Marlow

1952Aged 24

  • Poster for The Steel Fist

    Eric Kardin

1951Aged 23

  • Poster for Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

    Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)

1950Aged 22

  • Poster for Killer Shark

    Ted White

  • Poster for Everybody's Dancin'

    Roddy McDowall

  • Poster for Big Timber

    Jimmy

1949Aged 21

  • Poster for Tuna Clipper

    Alec MacLennan

  • Poster for Black Midnight

    Scott Jordan

1948Aged 20

  • Poster for Rocky

    Chris Hammond

  • Poster for Macbeth

    Malcolm

  • Poster for Kidnapped

    David Balfour

1946Aged 18

  • Poster for Holiday in Mexico

    Stanley Owen

1945Aged 17

  • Poster for Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

    Ken McLaughlin

  • Poster for Molly and Me

    Jimmy Graham

1944Aged 16

  • Poster for The White Cliffs of Dover

    John Ashwood II as a Boy

  • Poster for The Keys of the Kingdom

    Francis Chisholm, as a boy

1943Aged 15

  • Poster for My Friend Flicka

    Ken McLaughlin

  • Poster for Lassie Come Home

    Joe Carraclough

1942Aged 14

  • Poster for Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Benjamin - as a Boy

  • Poster for On the Sunny Side

    Hugh Aylesworth

  • Poster for The Pied Piper

    Ronnie Cavanaugh

1941Aged 13

  • Poster for You Will Remember

    Young Bob Slater

  • Poster for Man Hunt

    Vaner

  • Poster for This England

    Hugo

  • Poster for How Green Was My Valley

    Huw Morgan

  • Poster for Confirm or Deny

    Albert Perkins

1940Aged 12

1939Aged 11

  • Poster for The Outsider

    Cured Child

  • Poster for Poison Pen

    Choirboy

1938Aged 10

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