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Roddy McDowall

Born 1928-09-17
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.

Known For

7.0

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024 · Movie

8.2

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

2024 · Movie

7.5

Paul Newman: The Restless

2023 · Movie

7.3

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001 · Movie

The Return of Captain Sinbad

2001 · Movie

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000 · Movie

7.0

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000 · Movie

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

2000 · Movie

7.0

Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel

1999 · Movie

10.0

Keepers of the Frame

1999 · Movie

10.0

Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall

1999 · Movie

7.0

A Bug's Life

1998 · Movie

5.6

Loss of Faith

1998 · Movie

7.9

Godzilla: The Series

1998 · TV Show

8.6

Beyond Titanic

1998 · Movie

7.1

Behind the Planet of the Apes

1998 · Movie

5.0

Something to Believe In

1998 · Movie

7.4

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998 · Movie

10.0

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998 · Movie

Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle

1997 · Movie

6.4

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997 · Movie

7.1

Obsessed with Vertigo

1997 · Movie

8.1

The New Batman Adventures

1997 · TV Show

5.8

The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

1997 · Movie

7.7

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997 · Movie

8.0

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady

1997 · Movie

7.0

Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero

1997 · Movie

7.3

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

1997 · Movie

6.5

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

1997 · Movie

6.1

Unlikely Angel

1996 · Movie

5.9

The Grass Harp

1996 · Movie

7.7

Superman: The Animated Series

1996 · TV Show

6.3

It's My Party

1996 · Movie

5.1

Dead Man's Island

1996 · Movie

7.8

Remember WENN

1996 · TV Show

4.6

Star Hunter

1996 · Movie

5.8

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995 · Movie

7.7

Pinky and the Brain

1995 · TV Show

4.8

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

1995 · Movie

4.3

The Alien Within

1995 · Movie

8.1

Gargoyles

1994 · TV Show

Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill

1994 · Movie

7.5

The Tick

1994 · TV Show

8.0

The Story of Lassie

1994 · Movie

4.1

Angel 4: Undercover

1994 · Movie

3.9

Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance

1994 · Movie

7.3

Duckman

1994 · TV Show

6.6

Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

1994 · Movie

3.4

Heads

1994 · Movie

6.8

Burke's Law

1994 · TV Show

7.0

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

1994 · Movie

8.0

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993 · TV Show

7.0

The Evil Inside Me

1993 · Movie

10.0

The Sands of Time

1992 · Movie

8.0

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

1992 · Movie

8.6

Batman: The Animated Series

1992 · TV Show

7.9

MGM: When the Lion Roars

1992 · TV Show

4.7

Double Trouble

1992 · Movie

4.7

The Naked Target

1992 · Movie

5.9

Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas

1991 · Movie

Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II

1991 · Movie

7.4

Darkwing Duck

1991 · TV Show

6.7

The Legend of Prince Valiant

1991 · TV Show

3.9

Going Under

1991 · Movie

5.9

Deadly Game

1991 · Movie

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991 · Movie

5.8

An Inconvenient Woman

1991 · TV Show

5.4

Earth Angel

1991 · Movie

7.8

The Pirates of Dark Water

1991 · TV Show

5.5

Shakma

1990 · Movie

6.0

The Color of Evening

1990 · Movie

6.9

Dream On

1990 · TV Show

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989 · Movie

7.0

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

1989 · Movie

5.9

The Big Picture

1989 · Movie

5.8

Carmilla

1989 · Movie

6.9

The New Lassie

1989 · TV Show

7.2

Nightmare Classics

1989 · TV Show

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

1989 · Movie

5.0

Cutting Class

1989 · Movie

6.8

Around the World in 80 Days

1989 · TV Show

8.0

Quantum Leap

1989 · TV Show

4.7

Hollywood on Horses

1989 · Movie

4.0

Doin' Time on Planet Earth

1988 · Movie

4.8

Remo Williams: The Prophecy

1988 · Movie

6.4

Fright Night Part 2

1988 · Movie

6.9

Overboard

1987 · Movie

6.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

1987 · Movie

6.7

Biography

1987 · TV Show

6.0

Dead of Winter

1987 · Movie

7.0

The Wizard

1986 · TV Show

7.5

Bridges to Cross

1986 · TV Show

7.6

GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords

1986 · Movie

7.0

Matlock

1986 · TV Show

6.7

Alice in Wonderland

1985 · TV Show

8.0

George Burns Comedy Week

1985 · TV Show

7.0

Fright Night

1985 · Movie

4.7

Hollywood Wives

1985 · TV Show

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · TV Show

6.8

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984 · Movie

Full Filmography

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7.0

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024 · Movie

8.2

Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

2024 · Movie

7.5

Paul Newman: The Restless

2023 · Movie

7.3

Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

2001 · Movie

The Return of Captain Sinbad

2001 · Movie

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000 · Movie

7.0

Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

2000 · Movie

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

2000 · Movie