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Roddy McDowall

Acting

Born September 17, 1928 · London, England, UK

Died October 3, 1998

Also known as Roddy MacDowall · Master Roddy McDowall · Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 1960
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998as Narrator (voice)

Big Timber

1950as Jimmy

Hollywood’s Children

1982as Self (Narrator)

The Power and the Glory

1963as Mestizo

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Mad Hatter (voice)

The Twilight Zone

1959as Sam Conrad

Beyond Titanic

1998as Self

Gargoyles

1994as Proteus (voice)

Columbo

1971as Roger Stanford

The Story of Lassie

1994as Self

Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993as Madkat (voice)

Quantum Leap

1989as Edward St. John V

Remember WENN

1996as Giles Aldwych

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as George

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997as Self

Superman: The Animated Series

1996as Mad Hatter (voice)

Pinky and the Brain

1995as Snowball (voice)

Planet of the Apes

1968as Cornelius

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self - Guest

The Pirates of Dark Water

1991as Niddler (voice)

Mission: Impossible

1966as Leo Ostro

The Longest Day

1962as Pvt. Morris

The Big Country

1958as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Batman

1966as The Bookworm

How Green Was My Valley

1941as Huw Morgan

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997as Self

McCloud

1970as Phil Sandler

Matlock

1986as Christopher Hoyt

The Poseidon Adventure

1972as Acres

Cleopatra

1963as Octavian - Caesar Augustus

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944as Francis Chisholm, as a boy

A Bug's Life

1998as Mr. Soil (voice)

Dream On

1990as Bob Jeffers

Fright Night

1985as Peter Vincent

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

Wonder Woman

1975as Henry Roberts

Barnaby Jones

1973as Stanley Lambert

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971as Mr. Jelk

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024as Self (archive footage)

Evil Under the Sun

1982as Rex Brewster

The Rookies

1972

Ironside

1967

Man Hunt

1941as Vaner

Overboard

1987as Andrew

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

The Legend of Prince Valiant

1991

Around the World in 80 Days

1989as McBaines

Biography

1987as Self