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Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

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.

On screen

  • Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
  • Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
  • Paul Newman: The Restless
  • Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
  • The Return of Captain Sinbad
  • Mary Pickford: A Life on Film
  • Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
  • Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
  • Behind the Planet of the Apes
  • A Bug's Life
  • Something to Believe In
  • Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
  • Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
  • Beyond Titanic
  • The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo
  • Obsessed with Vertigo
  • Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
  • Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
  • Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
  • Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
  • Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
  • It's My Party
  • Star Hunter
  • The Grass Harp
  • Unlikely Angel
  • Dead Man's Island
  • Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
  • The Alien Within
  • Last Summer in the Hamptons
  • Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance
  • The Story of Lassie
  • Angel 4: Undercover
  • Heads
  • Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic
  • Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
  • Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill
  • The Evil Inside Me
  • The Magical World of Chuck Jones
  • The Sands of Time
  • The Naked Target
  • Double Trouble
  • Deadly Game
  • Earth Angel
  • Going Under
  • Shakma
  • The Color of Evening
  • Cutting Class
  • Carmilla
  • The Big Picture
  • Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
  • When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
  • Fright Night Part 2
  • Doin' Time on Planet Earth
  • Overboard
  • Dead of Winter
  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
  • GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords
  • Fright Night
  • The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
  • This Girl for Hire
  • Rapunzel
  • The Wind in the Willows
  • Evil Under the Sun
  • Class of 1984
  • The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
  • Twilight Theatre
  • Mae West
  • Hollywood’s Children
  • Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
  • Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
  • The Million Dollar Face
  • The Return of the King
  • The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes
  • Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
  • Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
  • Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes
  • Back to the Planet of the Apes
  • The Memory of Eva Ryker
  • Scavenger Hunt
  • The Black Hole
  • Hart to Hart
  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
  • Circle of Iron
  • Laserblast
  • The Cat from Outer Space
  • Rabbit Test
  • The Thief of Baghdad
  • The Immigrants
  • Flood!
  • Sixth and Main
  • The Fantastic Journey
  • Mowgli's Brothers
  • Embryo
  • That's Entertainment, Part II
  • It's Showtime
  • Funny Lady
  • The White Seal
  • Mean Johnny Barrows
  • Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait
  • Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
  • The Elevator
  • Battle for the Planet of the Apes
  • The Legend of Hell House
  • Arnold
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • The Poseidon Adventure
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
  • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
  • Corky
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  • Pretty Maids All in a Row
  • A Taste of Evil
  • What's a Nice Girl Like You...?
  • Terror in the Sky
  • Journey to Murder
  • Hello Down There
  • Angel, Angel, Down We Go
  • Night Gallery
  • Midas Run
  • Planet of the Apes
  • 5 Card Stud
  • The Legend of Robin Hood
  • The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
  • It!
  • Cricket on the Hearth
  • The Cool Ones
  • Saint Joan
  • The Defector
  • Inside Daisy Clover
  • Lord Love a Duck
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • That Darn Cat!
  • The Loved One
  • The Third Day
  • Shock Treatment
  • Cleopatra
  • The Power and the Glory
  • The Longest Day
  • Midnight Lace
  • The Tempest
  • The Subterraneans
  • The Big Country
  • Heart of Darkness
  • The Steel Fist
  • Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
  • Killer Shark
  • Everybody's Dancin'
  • Big Timber
  • Tuna Clipper
  • Black Midnight
  • Kidnapped
  • Rocky
  • Macbeth
  • Holiday in Mexico
  • Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
  • Molly and Me
  • The Keys of the Kingdom
  • The White Cliffs of Dover
  • Lassie Come Home
  • My Friend Flicka
  • The Pied Piper
  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
  • On the Sunny Side
  • Man Hunt
  • How Green Was My Valley
  • Confirm or Deny
  • This England
  • You Will Remember
  • Saloon Bar
  • Poison Pen
  • The Outsider
  • Convict 99
  • I See Ice
  • Hey! Hey! USA

Behind the camera

  • The Ballad of Tam Lin

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