Acting

Roddy McDowall

Born 1928-09-17 · London, England, UK

Died 1998-10-03

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.

Credits

Newest first

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001
The Return of Captain Sinbad
as Narrator
2001
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
2000
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
as Self
2000
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999
Keepers of the Frame
as Himself
1999
Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall
as Self
1999
A Bug's Life
as Mr. Soil (voice)
1998
Loss of Faith
as Henry Stokes
1998
Godzilla: The Series
1998
Beyond Titanic
as Self
1998
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - Host
1998
Something to Believe In
as Gambler
1998
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Himself - Actor / Friend
1998
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle
as Snowball (voice)
1997
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
1997
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Narrator (Voice)
1997
The New Batman Adventures
as Mad Hatter (voice)
1997
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
as King Murphy
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self
1997
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self
1997
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
1997
Unlikely Angel
as Saint Peter
1996
The Grass Harp
as Amos Legrand
1996
Superman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice)
1996
It's My Party
as Damian Knowles
1996
Dead Man's Island
as Trevor Dunnaway
1996
Remember WENN
as Giles Aldwych
1996
Star Hunter
as Riecher
1996
Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Thomas
1995
Pinky and the Brain
as Snowball (voice)
1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
as Self
1995
The Alien Within
as Dr. Henry Lazarus
1995
Gargoyles
as Proteus (voice)
1994
Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
as Self
1994
The Tick
as The Breadmaster (voice)
1994
The Story of Lassie
as Self
1994
Angel 4: Undercover
as Geoffrey Kagen
1994
Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
as Dr. Lasky
1994
Duckman
as Akers (voice)
1994
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Jeremy Sennet
1994
Heads
as Fibris Drake
1994
Burke's Law
as Maurice Gillette
1994
Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
as Narrator (voice)
1994
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
as Madkat (voice)
1993
The Evil Inside Me
as Pauly
1993
The Sands of Time
as Alan Tucker
1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice)
1992
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Double Trouble
as Phillip Chamberlin
1992
The Naked Target
as Ernest Peabody
1992
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II
as Self
1991
Darkwing Duck
as Sir Quackmire Mallard (voice)
1991
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
Going Under
as Secretary Neighbor
1991
Deadly Game
as Dr. Aaron
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self
1991
An Inconvenient Woman
as Cyril Rathbone
1991
Earth Angel
as Mr. Tatum
1991
The Pirates of Dark Water
as Niddler (voice)
1991
Shakma
as Sorenson
1990
The Color of Evening
as Henry Seaton
1990
Dream On
as Bob Jeffers
1990
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
as Self
1989
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
as Self
1989
The Big Picture
as Judge
1989
Carmilla
as Inspector Amos
1989
The New Lassie
1989
Nightmare Classics
as Inspector Amos
1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self (voice)
1989
Cutting Class
as Mr. Dante
1989