Sep 17, 1928 - London, England, UK
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.
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| Movie | 1968 | Planet of the Apes | Cornelius | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure | Acres | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Return of the King | Samwise Gamgee (voice) | |
| Movie | 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Joe Carraclough | |
| Movie | 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Cornelius | |
| Movie | 1972 | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | |
| Movie | 1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Matthew | |
| Movie | 1982 | Evil Under the Sun | Rex Brewster | |
| Movie | 1966 | The Defector | Agent Adams | |
| Movie | 1987 | Overboard | Andrew | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Bullwhip Griffin | |
| Movie | 1968 | 5 Card Stud | Nick Evers | |
| Movie | 1989 | Cutting Class | Mr. Dante | |
| Movie | 1965 | That Darn Cat! | Gregory Benson | |
| Movie | 1982 | Class of 1984 | Terry Corrigan | |
| Movie | 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Jenkins | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Rex Brewster | |
| Movie | 1941 | Man Hunt | Vaner | |
| Movie | 1985 | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | |
| Movie | 1967 | It! | Arthur Pimm | |
| Movie | 1963 | Cleopatra | Octavian - Caesar Augustus | |
| Movie | 1978 | Circle of Iron | White Robe | |
| Movie | 1971 | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Mr. Jelk | |
| Movie | 1996 | It's My Party | Damian Knowles | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Longest Day | Pvt. Morris | |
| Movie | 1960 | Midnight Lace | Malcolm | |
| Movie | 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Frank Gass | |
| Movie | 1938 | Murder in the Family | Peter Osborne | |
| Movie | 1969 | Hello Down There | Nate Ashbury | |
| Movie | 1996 | Star Hunter | Riecher | |
| Movie | 1999 | Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel | ||
| Movie | 1990 | Shakma | Sorenson | |
| Movie | 1941 | How Green Was My Valley | Huw Morgan | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Legend of Hell House | Benjamin Franklin Fischer | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Loved One | D.J. Jr. | |
| Movie | 1991 | Deadly Game | Dr. Aaron | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Grass Harp | Amos Legrand | |
| Movie | 1975 | Funny Lady | Bobby Moore | |
| Movie | 1978 | Laserblast | Doctor Mellon | |
| Movie | 1975 | The White Seal | Narrator/ White Seal | |
| Movie | 1998 | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Self - Host | |
| Movie | 1981 | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Gillespie | |
| Movie | 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Francis Chisholm, as a boy | |
| Movie | 1988 | Fright Night Part 2 | Peter Vincent | |
| Movie | 1966 | Inside Daisy Clover | Walter Baines | |
| Movie | 1967 | Cricket on the Hearth | Cricket Crocket (voice) | |
| Movie | 1974 | Dirty Mary Crazy Larry | George Stanton (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Cat from Outer Space | Mr. Stallwood | |
| Movie | 1938 | Convict 99 | Jimmy | |
| Movie | 1943 | My Friend Flicka | Ken McLaughlin | |
| Movie | 1997 | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | King Murphy | |
| Movie | 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | John Ashwood II as a Boy | |
| Movie | 1971 | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Mr. Proffer | |
| Movie | 1987 | Dead of Winter | Mr. Murray | |
| Movie | 1945 | Thunderhead: Son of Flicka | Ken McLaughlin | |
| Movie | 1966 | Lord Love a Duck | Alan Musgrave | |
| Movie | 1976 | Mowgli's Brothers | Mowgli (voice) | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | Galen | |
| Movie | 1975 | Mean Johnny Barrows | Tony Da Vince | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Pied Piper | Ronnie Cavanaugh | |
| Movie | 1994 | Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Dr. Lasky | |
| Movie | 1972 | Corky | Harassed Salesman | |
| Movie | 1941 | Confirm or Deny | Albert Perkins | |
| Movie | 1989 | Carmilla | Inspector Amos | |
| Movie | 1978 | Rabbit Test | Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine | |
| Movie | 1964 | Shock Treatment | Martin Ashley | |
| Movie | 1996 | Unlikely Angel | Saint Peter | |
| Movie | 2000 | Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | Self | |
| Movie | 1948 | Kidnapped | David Balfour | |
| Movie | 1969 | Angel, Angel, Down We Go | Santoro | |
| Movie | 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1950 | Killer Shark | Ted White | |
| Movie | 1995 | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Self | |
| Movie | 2001 | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Tempest | Ariel | |
| Movie | 1965 | The Third Day | Oliver Parsons | |
| Movie | 1963 | The Power and the Glory | Mestizo | |
| Movie | 1976 | Embryo | Frank Riley | |
| Movie | 1946 | Holiday in Mexico | Stanley Owen | |
| Movie | 1994 | The Story of Lassie | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | The Alien Within | Dr. Henry Lazarus | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Thief of Baghdad | Hasan | |
| Movie | 1984 | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John | |
| Movie | 1973 | Arnold | Robert | |
| Movie | 1977 | Flood! | Mr. Franklin | |
| Movie | 1982 | Twilight Theatre | Self - Host | |
| Movie | 1994 | Angel 4: Undercover | Geoffrey Kagen | |
| Movie | 1998 | Loss of Faith | Henry Stokes | |
| Movie | 1971 | A Taste of Evil | Dr. Michael Lomas | |
| Movie | 1967 | The Cool Ones | Tony Krum | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Magical World of Chuck Jones | Self | |
| Movie | 1995 | Last Summer in the Hamptons | Thomas | |
| Movie | 1997 | Obsessed with Vertigo | Narrator (Voice) | |
| Movie | 1960 | The Subterraneans | Yuri Gilgoric | |
| Movie | 1971 | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Albert Soames | |
| Movie | 1974 | The Elevator | Marvin Ellis | |
| Movie | 1971 | Terror in the Sky | Dr. Ralph Baird | |
| Movie | 1941 | This England | Hugo | |
| Movie | 1949 | Tuna Clipper | Alec MacLennan | |
| Movie | 1996 | Dead Man's Island | Trevor Dunnaway | |
| Movie | 1958 | The Big Country | Hannassey Watchman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1982 | Mae West | Rene Valentine | |
| Movie | 1991 | Earth Angel | Mr. Tatum | |
| Movie | 1997 | Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self | |
| Movie | 1948 | Rocky | Chris Hammond | |
| Movie | 1991 | Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Heads | Fibris Drake | |
| Movie | 1942 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Benjamin - as a Boy | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Sands of Time | Alan Tucker | |
| Movie | 1992 | The Naked Target | Ernest Peabody | |
| Movie | 1994 | Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1973 | Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Sawyer | |
| Movie | 1950 | Everybody's Dancin' | Roddy McDowall | |
| Movie | 1949 | Black Midnight | Scott Jordan | |
| Movie | 1967 | Saint Joan | Charles, The Dauphin | |
| Movie | 1939 | Poison Pen | Choirboy | |
| Movie | 1997 | Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | Self | |
| Movie | 1938 | I See Ice | Boy on train | |
| Movie | 1988 | Remo Williams: The Prophecy | ||
| Movie | 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self | |
| Movie | 1940 | Just William | Ginger | |
| Movie | 1952 | The Steel Fist | Eric Kardin | |
| Movie | 1998 | A Bug's Life | Mr. Soil (voice) | |
| Movie | 1945 | Molly and Me | Jimmy Graham | |
| Movie | 1997 | Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero | Self | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Big Picture | Judge | |
| Movie | 1940 | Saloon Bar | Boy | |
| Movie | 1971 | Journey to Murder | Rollo Verdew | |
| Movie | 1994 | Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Jeremy Sennet | |
| Movie | 1992 | Double Trouble | Phillip Chamberlin | |
| Movie | 2024 | Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1980 | Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Galen | |
| Movie | 1980 | Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Galen | |
| Movie | 1980 | Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes | Galen | |
| Movie | 1938 | Hey! Hey! USA | Boy | |
| Movie | 1979 | Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Chuck the Robot (voice) | |
| Movie | 1978 | The Immigrants | Mark Levy | |
| Movie | 1948 | Macbeth | Malcolm | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Million Dollar Face | Derek Kenyon | |
| Movie | 1991 | Going Under | Secretary Neighbor | |
| Movie | 1940 | His Brother’s Keeper | Boy | |
| Movie | 1997 | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Self | |
| Movie | 1980 | Back to the Planet of the Apes | Galen | |
| Movie | 1975 | Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | The Black Hole | V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1980 | The Memory of Eva Ryker | MacFarland | |
| Movie | 1989 | Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | Self | |
| Movie | 1969 | Night Gallery | Jeremy Evans | |
| Movie | 1998 | Something to Believe In | Gambler | |
| Movie | 1942 | On the Sunny Side | Hugh Aylesworth | |
| Movie | 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1998 | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1983 | This Girl for Hire | Manfred Hayes | |
| Movie | 1950 | Big Timber | Jimmy | |
| Movie | 1986 | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Nuggit (voice) | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Color of Evening | Henry Seaton | |
| Movie | 1999 | Keepers of the Frame | Himself | |
| Movie | 1977 | Sixth and Main | Skateboard | |
| Movie | 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1998 | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Himself - Actor / Friend | |
| Movie | 1969 | Midas Run | Wister | |
| Movie | 1941 | You Will Remember | Young Bob Slater | |
| Movie | 2000 | Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' | Self (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1988 | Doin' Time on Planet Earth | Minister | |
| Movie | 1983 | Rapunzel | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1958 | Heart of Darkness | Charles Marlow | |
| Movie | 1982 | Hollywood’s Children | Self (Narrator) | |
| Movie | 1991 | Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2001 | The Return of Captain Sinbad | Narrator | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Evil Inside Me | Pauly | |
| Movie | 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | |
| Movie | 1994 | Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | Hart to Hart | Dr. Peterson | |
| Movie | 1989 | Hollywood on Horses | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Wind in the Willows | Ratty (voice) | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Outsider | Cured Child | |
| Movie | 1998 | Beyond Titanic | Self | |
| Movie | 1977 | The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Jonathan Willoway | |
| Movie | 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Himself | |
| Movie | 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self | |
| Movie | 1991 | Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II | Self | |
| Movie | 1951 | Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration | Pvt. Huntington (The Professor) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies | Self | |
| Movie | N/A | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls | Governor Saroyan | |
| Movie | 1989 | When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen | Self | |
| Movie | 1968 | The Legend of Robin Hood | Prince John | |
| TV Show | 1974 | Planet of the Apes | Galen | 14 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1972 | The Rookies | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Robert 'Professor' Benson | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | Matlock | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1966 | Batman | The Bookworm | 2 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Gargoyles | Proteus (voice) | 2 |
| TV Show | 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Governor Saroyan | 2 |
| TV Show | 1980 | The Martian Chronicles | Father Stone | 3 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Naked City | Donnie Benton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Pirates of Dark Water | Niddler (voice) | 3 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | "Bon Chance" Louie | 22 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Arrest and Trial | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Mad Hatter (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Wonder Woman | Henry Roberts | 2 |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Leprechaun | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | Mad Hatter (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Sam Conrad | 1 |
| TV Show | 1967 | Ironside | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1966 | Felony Squad | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1974 | Harry O | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1965 | Run for Your Life | Gyula Bognar | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | Journey to the Unknown | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Pete | 1 |
| TV Show | 1970 | McCloud | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1980 | Here's Boomer | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1989 | The New Lassie | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1955 | Matinee Theater | 4 | |
| TV Show | 1961 | Ben Casey | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1975 | Ellery Queen | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1992 | MGM: When the Lion Roars | 3 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Gerald Forbes | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Flying High | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1986 | Bridges to Cross | 6 | |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Rhinemann Exchange | Bobby Ballard | 3 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Alice in Wonderland | March Hare | 2 |
| TV Show | 1991 | An Inconvenient Woman | Cyril Rathbone | 2 |
| TV Show | 1985 | Hollywood Wives | Jason Swandle | 3 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Nightmare Classics | Inspector Amos | 4 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Mad Hatter (voice) | 4 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Columbo | Roger Stanford | 1 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Gordon Fairchild | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Pinky and the Brain | Snowball (voice) | 5 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | McBaines | 3 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Quantum Leap | Edward St. John V | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Bellamy Partridge | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Godzilla: The Series | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Pip | 2 |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | George | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Name of the Game | Philip Saxon | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The New Batman Adventures | The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ariel | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | The Dauphin | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Burke's Law | Maurice Gillette | 1 |
| TV Show | 1986 | The Wizard | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1969 | Love, American Style | Howard | 1 |
| TV Show | 1991 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest | 3 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self - Guest / Various Characters | 2 |
| TV Show | 1967 | The Invaders | Lloyd Lindstrom | 1 |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Love Boat | Fred Beery | 1 |
| TV Show | 1968 | The Name of the Game | Early McCorley | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Dream On | Bob Jeffers | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Stanley Lambert | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Arthur Biddle | 1 |
| TV Show | 1973 | The Snoop Sisters | Lionel Standish | 1 |
| TV Show | 1957 | Suspicion | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Gerald Musgrove | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | Mr. Elton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Hotel | Anthony Spears | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | Remember WENN | Giles Aldwych | 1 |
| TV Show | 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1974 | Police Woman | Moulton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Harry Carlin | 1 |
| TV Show | 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Leo Ostro | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Duckman | Akers (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1979 | $weepstake$ | Theodore | 1 |
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| Movie | 1970 | The Ballad of Tam Lin | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1950 | Big Timber | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1987 | Overboard | Executive Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1949 | Black Midnight | Associate Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1950 | Killer Shark | Associate Producer | Production |
