Roddy McDowall Movies, Biography, Credits & Career Highlights

Roddy McDowall 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.

Roddy McDowall Career Highlights

• Known for Golden Globe Awards, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Quantum Leap, Ironside, and Batman.
• Credits include actors, production, and directing.
• Recent listed credits include Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction, Paul Newman: The Restless, and Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood.

Roddy McDowall Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

261

Birth Date

1928-09-17 00:00:00

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Roddy McDowall Known For

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  Golden Globe Awards
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  The Love Boat
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  Murder, She Wrote
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  Quantum Leap
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  Ironside
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  Batman

Roddy McDowall Movies and Credits

• actors (8 credits)

  • Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Paul Newman: The Restless

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • The Return of Captain Sinbad

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Mary Pickford: A Life on Film

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000

• production (4 credits)

  • Overboard

    executive producer

    production
    1987
  • Big Timber

    associate producer

    production
    1950
  • Killer Shark

    associate producer

    production
    1950
  • Black Midnight

    associate producer

    production
    1949

• directing (1 credits)

  • The Ballad of Tam Lin

    director

    directing
    1970

Roddy McDowall Profiles and Sources

• IMDb
• TMDB