Person Details

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Aliases: Roddy MacDowall , Master Roddy McDowall , Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall , Родді Макдавелл

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 135

TV Involvements: 39


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Roger Stanford
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Gordon Fairchild
Robert Montgomery Presents
Average
4
Barnaby Jones
Average
7

Barnaby Jones

(1973) Stanley Lambert
The Invaders
Average
7

The Invaders

(1967) Lloyd Lindstrom
The Twilight Zone
Average
8

The Twilight Zone

(1959) Sam Conrad
Quantum Leap
Average
8

Quantum Leap

(1989) Edward St. John V
Batman: The Animated Series
Average
9

Batman: The Animated Series

(1992) Mad Hatter (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
Narrator
2000 Self (archive footage)
Self
1999 N/A
Himself
1998 Mr. Soil (voice)
Henry Stokes
N/A
Self - Hosted by (also archive footage)
Gambler
Himself - Actor / Friend
Narrator (voice)
1997 Self
Mad Hatter (voice)
The Mad Hatter / Jervis Tetch (voice)
Narrator (Voice)
King Murphy
Self
Self
Self
Self
Self
1996 Saint Peter
Mad Hatter (voice)
Damian Knowles
Trevor Dunnaway
Riecher
1995 Thomas
Amos Legrand
Snowball (voice)
Self
Dr. Henry Lazarus
1994 N/A
Self
Self
Geoffrey Kagen
Dr. Lasky
Jeremy Sennet
Fibris Drake
Maurice Gillette
Narrator (voice)
1993 N/A
Pauly
1992 Alan Tucker
Self
Mad Hatter (voice)
N/A
Phillip Chamberlin
Ernest Peabody
1991 Narrator (voice)
N/A
Secretary Neighbor
Dr. Aaron
Self
Cyril Rathbone
Mr. Tatum
Niddler (voice)
1990 Sorenson
Henry Seaton
Bob Jeffers
1989 Self
Judge
Inspector Amos
N/A
N/A
Inspector Amos
Mr. Dante
McBaines
Edward St. John V
Self
1988 Minister
N/A
Peter Vincent
1987 Andrew
Mr. Murray
1986 N/A
N/A
Nuggit (voice)
N/A
1985 The March Hare
Peter Vincent
Jason Swandle
1984 Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD
Gordon Fairchild
Prince John
1983 Ratty (voice)
Narrator
Manfred Hayes
1982 "Bon Chance" Louie
Narrator (voice)
N/A
Terry Corrigan
Rene Valentine
Rex Brewster
Self (Narrator)
Self - Host
Self / Rex Brewster
1981 Derek Kenyon
Gillespie
1980 Galen
Galen
Galen
Galen
Galen
Samwise Gamgee (voice)
MacFarland
N/A
Father Stone
1979 Jenkins
V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
N/A
Dr. Peterson
Governor Saroyan
Dr. Peterson
N/A
Chuck the Robot (voice)
1978 Mark Levy
N/A
White Robe
Mr. Stallwood
Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
Doctor Mellon
Hasan
1977 Fred Beery
Mr. Franklin
Bobby Ballard
Dr. Jonathan Willoway
Skateboard
1976 Frank Riley
(archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Mowgli (voice)
1975 Tony Da Vince
Henry Roberts
N/A
Narrator/ White Seal
Bobby Moore
Self
1974 Galen
N/A
N/A
George Stanton (uncredited)
Marvin Ellis
1973 Lionel Standish
Dr. Sawyer
Robert
Caesar
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
Self
Stanley Lambert
1972 Frank Gass
Acres
N/A
Caesar
Self (archive footage)
Harassed Salesman
1971 Albert Soames
Dr. Michael Lomas
Mr. Jelk
Dr. Ralph Baird
Roger Stanford
Cornelius
Mr. Proffer
Self
Rollo Verdew
1970 Jeremy Evans
N/A
1969 Jeremy Evans
Howard
Santoro
Wister
Nate Ashbury
1968 N/A
Philip Saxon
Early McCorley
Nick Evers
Cornelius
1967 Cricket Crocket (voice)
Charles, The Dauphin
Self - Guest
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Arthur Pimm
Tony Krum
N/A
Bullwhip Griffin
Lloyd Lindstrom
1966 Agent Adams
N/A
N/A
Alan Musgrave
The Bookworm
1965 Walter Baines
Gregory Benson
D.J. Jr.
Gyula Bognar
Oliver Parsons
Matthew
1964 Martin Ashley
1963 Robert 'Professor' Benson
Arthur Biddle
Self
N/A
Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Mestizo
1962 Self
Self
Pvt. Morris
Gerald Musgrove
George
1961 N/A
1960 Malcolm
Yuri Gilgoric
Ariel
1959 Sam Conrad
1958 Charles Marlow
Donnie Benton
Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
1957 N/A
1955 N/A
1953 Leprechaun
1952 Eric Kardin
1951 N/A
Ariel
The Dauphin
1950 Pete
Bellamy Partridge
Jimmy
Roddy McDowall
Ted White
Gerald Forbes
Pip
1949 Scott Jordan
Alec MacLennan
1948 David Balfour
Malcolm
Self / Ariel
Chris Hammond
1946 Stanley Owen
1945 Jimmy Graham
Ken McLaughlin
1944 Francis Chisholm, as a boy
John Ashwood II as a Boy
1943 Joe Carraclough
Ken McLaughlin
1942 Ronnie Cavanaugh
Hugh Aylesworth
Benjamin - as a Boy
1941 Albert Perkins
Huw Morgan
Hugo
Vaner
Young Bob Slater
1940 Boy
Ginger
Boy
1939 Choirboy
1938 Boy
Jimmy
Boy on train
Peter Osborne
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1987 Executive Producer
1950 Associate Producer
Associate Producer
1949 Associate Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1970 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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