birthday: 1928-09-17

Place of birth: London, England, UK

deathday: 1998-10-03

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.

Planet of the Apes

1968 . movie

The Poseidon Adventure

1972 . movie

The Return of the King

1980 . movie

Lassie Come Home

1943 . movie

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971 . movie

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972 . movie

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973 . movie

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965 . movie

Evil Under the Sun

1982 . movie

The Defector

1966 . movie

Overboard

1987 . movie

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967 . movie

5 Card Stud

1968 . movie

Cutting Class

1989 . movie

That Darn Cat!

1965 . movie

Class of 1984

1982 . movie

Scavenger Hunt

1979 . movie

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

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

1982 . movie

Man Hunt

1941 . movie

Fright Night

1985 . movie

It!

1967 . movie

Cleopatra

1963 . movie

Circle of Iron

1978 . movie

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 . movie

It's My Party

1996 . movie

The Longest Day

1962 . movie

Midnight Lace

1960 . movie

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

1972 . movie

Murder in the Family

1938 . movie

Hello Down There

1969 . movie

Star Hunter

1996 . movie

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999 . movie

Shakma

1990 . movie

How Green Was My Valley

1941 . movie

The Legend of Hell House

1973 . movie

The Loved One

1965 . movie

Deadly Game

1991 . movie

The Grass Harp

1995 . movie

Funny Lady

1975 . movie

Laserblast

1978 . movie

The White Seal

1975 . movie

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998 . movie

The Keys of the Kingdom

1944 . movie

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1981 . movie

Fright Night Part 2

1988 . movie

Inside Daisy Clover

1965 . movie

Cricket on the Hearth

1967 . movie

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974 . movie

Convict 99

1938 . movie

The Cat from Outer Space

1978 . movie

My Friend Flicka

1943 . movie

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

1997 . movie

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944 . movie

Pretty Maids All in a Row

1971 . movie

Dead of Winter

1987 . movie

Thunderhead: Son of Flicka

1945 . movie

Lord Love a Duck

1966 . movie

Mowgli's Brothers

1976 . movie

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes

1980 . movie

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975 . movie

The Pied Piper

1942 . movie

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

1994 . movie

Corky

1972 . movie

Confirm or Deny

1941 . movie

Carmilla

1989 . movie

Rabbit Test

1978 . movie

Shock Treatment

1964 . movie

Unlikely Angel

1996 . movie

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000 . movie

Kidnapped

1948 . movie

Angel, Angel, Down We Go

1969 . movie

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972 . movie

Killer Shark

1950 . movie

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995 . movie

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001 . movie

The Tempest

1960 . movie

The Third Day

1965 . movie

The Power and the Glory

1963 . movie

Embryo

1976 . movie

Holiday in Mexico

1946 . movie

The Story of Lassie

1994 . movie

The Alien Within

1995 . movie

The Thief of Baghdad

1978 . movie

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984 . movie

Arnold

1973 . movie

Flood!

1977 . movie

Twilight Theatre

1982 . movie

Angel 4: Undercover

1994 . movie

Loss of Faith

1998 . movie

A Taste of Evil

1971 . movie

The Cool Ones

1967 . movie

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992 . movie

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995 . movie

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997 . movie

The Subterraneans

1960 . movie

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

1971 . movie

The Elevator

1974 . movie

Terror in the Sky

1971 . movie

This England

1941 . movie

Tuna Clipper

1949 . movie

Dead Man's Island

1996 . movie

The Big Country

1958 . movie

Mae West

1982 . movie

Earth Angel

1991 . movie

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997 . movie

Rocky

1948 . movie

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991 . movie

Heads

1994 . movie

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942 . movie

The Sands of Time

1992 . movie

The Naked Target

1992 . movie

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

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

1994 . movie

Miracle on 34th Street

1973 . movie

Everybody's Dancin'

1950 . movie

Black Midnight

1949 . movie

Saint Joan

1967 . movie

Poison Pen

1939 . movie

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

1997 . movie

I See Ice

1938 . movie

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

1988 . movie

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997 . movie

Just William

1940 . movie

The Steel Fist

1952 . movie

A Bug's Life

1998 . movie

Molly and Me

1945 . movie

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997 . movie

The Big Picture

1989 . movie

Saloon Bar

1940 . movie

Journey to Murder

1971 . movie

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994 . movie

Double Trouble

1992 . movie

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

2024 . movie

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980 . movie

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes

1980 . movie

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes

1980 . movie

Hey! Hey! USA

1938 . movie

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

1979 . movie

The Immigrants

1978 . movie

Macbeth

1948 . movie

The Million Dollar Face

1981 . movie

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024 . movie

Going Under

1991 . movie

His Brother’s Keeper

1940 . movie

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997 . movie

Back to the Planet of the Apes

1980 . movie

Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait

1975 . movie

The Black Hole

1979 . movie

The Memory of Eva Ryker

1980 . movie

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

1989 . movie

Night Gallery

1969 . movie

Something to Believe In

1998 . movie

On the Sunny Side

1942 . movie

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 . movie

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998 . movie

This Girl For Hire

1983 . movie

Big Timber

1950 . movie

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

1986 . movie

The Color of Evening

1990 . movie

Keepers of the Frame

1999 . movie

Sixth and Main

1977 . movie

It's Showtime

1976 . movie

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998 . movie

Midas Run

1969 . movie

You Will Remember

1941 . movie

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000 . movie

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988 . movie

Rapunzel

1983 . movie

Heart of Darkness

1958 . movie

Hollywood’s Children

1982 . movie

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

1991 . movie

The Return of Captain Sinbad

2001 . movie

The Evil Inside Me

1993 . movie

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997 . movie

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994 . movie

Hart to Hart

1979 . movie

Hollywood on Horses

1989 . movie

The Wind in the Willows

1983 . movie

The Outsider

1939 . movie

Beyond Titanic

1998 . movie

The Fantastic Journey

1977 . movie

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989 . movie

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 . movie

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1991 . movie

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration

1951 . movie

Planet of the Apes

1974 . tv

Murder, She Wrote

1984 . tv

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993 . tv

The Rookies

1972 . tv

Trapper John, M.D.

1979 . tv

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 . tv

Matlock

1986 . tv

Batman

1966 . tv

Gargoyles

1994 . tv

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979 . tv

The Martian Chronicles

1980 . tv

Naked City

1958 . tv

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 . tv

The Pirates of Dark Water

1991 . tv

Tales of the Gold Monkey

1982 . tv

Arrest and Trial

1963 . tv

Superman: The Animated Series

1996 . tv

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 . tv

Wonder Woman

1975 . tv

General Electric Theater

1953 . tv

Mission: Impossible

1966 . tv

The New Batman Adventures

1997 . tv

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 . tv

The Twilight Zone

1959 . tv

Ironside

1967 . tv

Camp Candy

1989 . tv

Felony Squad

1966 . tv

Harry O

1974 . tv

Run for Your Life

1965 . tv

The Fantastic Journey

1977 . tv

Journey to the Unknown

1968 . tv

Lux Video Theatre

1950 . tv

McCloud

1970 . tv

Here's Boomer

1980 . tv

The New Lassie

1989 . tv

Matinee Theater

1955 . tv

Ben Casey

1961 . tv

Ellery Queen

1975 . tv

MGM: When the Lion Roars

1992 . tv

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950 . tv

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 . tv

Sweepstakes

1979 . tv

Flying High

1978 . tv

Bridges to Cross

1986 . tv

The Rhinemann Exchange

1977 . tv

Alice in Wonderland

1985 . tv

An Inconvenient Woman

1991 . tv

Hollywood Wives

1985 . tv

Nightmare Classics

1989 . tv

Batman: The Animated Series

1992 . tv

Columbo

1971 . tv

Murder, She Wrote

1984 . tv

Night Gallery

1970 . tv

Pinky and the Brain

1995 . tv

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 . tv

Around the World in 80 Days

1989 . tv

Quantum Leap

1989 . tv

Lux Video Theatre

1950 . tv

Godzilla: The Series

1998 . tv

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950 . tv

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 . tv

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 . tv

The Name of the Game

1968 . tv

The New Batman Adventures

1997 . tv

Hart to Hart

1979 . tv

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 . tv

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 . tv

Burke's Law

1994 . tv

The Wizard

1986 . tv

Great Performances

1971 . tv

Love, American Style

1969 . tv

The Legend of Prince Valiant

1991 . tv

The Carol Burnett Show

1967 . tv

The Carol Burnett Show

1967 . tv

The Invaders

1967 . tv

The Love Boat

1977 . tv

The Name of the Game

1968 . tv

Dream On

1990 . tv

Barnaby Jones

1973 . tv

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 . tv

The Snoop Sisters

1973 . tv

Suspicion

1957 . tv

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 . tv

The Danny Kaye Show

1963 . tv

Kraft Television Theatre

1947 . tv

Golden Globe Awards

1944 . tv

Hotel

1982 . tv

Remember WENN

1996 . tv

Kraft Television Theatre

1947 . tv

Police Woman

1974 . tv

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 . tv