Acting credits
255
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Roddy McDowall
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 178Series: 78Crew credits: 5
TMDB ID: 7505
IMDb ID: nm0001522
Known for: Acting
Born: September 17, 1928
Died: October 3, 1998
Age: 70
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1938 - 2024
Years active: 87
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q283988
Also known as
Roddy MacDowall • Master Roddy McDowall • Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall • Родді Макдавелл • Родди Макдауэлл • رادی مکداول
Other jobs
Associate Producer (3)Director (1)Executive Producer (1)
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.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Roddy McDowall.
6.6
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
8.1
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
7.2
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2001 Movie
The Return of Captain Sinbad
as Narrator
2001 Movie
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
as Self (archive footage)
2000 Movie
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
as Self
2000 Movie
Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
1999 Movie
7.0
A Bug's Life
as Mr. Soil (voice)
1998 Movie
7.7
Beyond Titanic
as Self
1998 Movie
7.1
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - Host
1998 Movie
2.5
Something to Believe In
as Gambler
1998 Movie
7.3
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Himself - Actor / Friend
1998 Movie
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Narrator (voice)
1998 Movie
6.4
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
1997 Movie
7.0
Obsessed with Vertigo
as Narrator (Voice)
1997 Movie
5.6
The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
as King Murphy
1997 Movie
7.5
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self
1997 Movie
8.0
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self
1997 Movie
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
as Self
1997 Movie
7.2
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
as Self
1997 Movie
6.5
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
as Self
1997 Movie
5.9
Unlikely Angel
as Saint Peter
1996 Movie
5.8
The Grass Harp
as Amos Legrand
1996 Movie
6.1
It's My Party
as Damian Knowles
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Roddy McDowall.
7.9
Godzilla: The Series
1 eps
1998 Series
8.0
The New Batman Adventures
as Mad Hatter (voice) • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.6
Superman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice) • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.0
Remember WENN
as Giles Aldwych • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.7
Pinky and the Brain
as Snowball (voice) • 6 eps
1995 Series
8.1
Gargoyles
as Proteus (voice) • 2 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Duckman
as Akers (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.7
Burke's Law
as Maurice Gillette • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.0
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1 eps
1993 Series
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
as Mad Hatter (voice) • 4 eps
1992 Series
8.0
MGM: When the Lion Roars
3 eps
1992 Series
6.5
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1 eps
1991 Series
5.2
An Inconvenient Woman
as Cyril Rathbone • 2 eps
1991 Series
7.5
The Pirates of Dark Water
as Niddler (voice) • 3 eps
1991 Series
6.9
Dream On
as Bob Jeffers • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.7
The New Lassie
3 eps
1989 Series
6.3
Nightmare Classics
as Inspector Amos • 4 eps
1989 Series
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
as McBaines • 3 eps
1989 Series
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Edward St. John V • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.5
Biography
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
6.8
The Wizard
1 eps
1986 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Christopher Hoyt • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare • 2 eps
1985 Series
George Burns Comedy Week
as Bob Cratchit • 1 eps
1985 Series