
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.
Series | Here's Boomer | Unknown | 2022 |
Movie | The Return of Captain Sinbad | Narrator | 2022 |
Movie | Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | Himself (archive footage) | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Backstory: How Green Was My Valley | Self (archive footage) | 2000-10-14 |
Movie | Keepers of the Frame | Himself | 1999-03-01 |
Movie | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Himself / Actor / Friend | 1998-05-05 |
Movie | Something to Believe In | Gambler | 1998-05-08 |
Movie | Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Loss of Faith | Henry Stokes | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | A Bug's Life | Mr. Soil (voice) | 1998-11-25 |
Movie | Behind the Planet of the Apes | Himself - Hosted by (also archive footage) | 1998-09-05 |
Movie | 20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997-01-21 |
Movie | The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | King Murphy | 1997-05-16 |
Movie | Obsessed with Vertigo - New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece | Narrator (Voice) | 1997-06-01 |
Movie | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Himself | 1997-10-12 |
Series | The New Batman Adventures | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Movie | Dead Man's Island | Trevor Dunnaway | 1996-03-05 |
Movie | It's My Party | Damian Knowles | 1996-03-22 |
Movie | Star Hunter | Riecher | 1996-01-01 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Unlikely Angel | Saint Peter | 1996-12-17 |
Movie | The Alien Within | Dr. Henry Lazarus | 1995-07-18 |
Movie | Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker | Himself - Actor | 1995-09-03 |
Movie | The Grass Harp | Amos Legrand | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | Last Summer in the Hamptons | Thomas | 1995-11-22 |
Movie | Heads | Fibris Drake | 1994-01-29 |
Movie | Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Jeremy Sennet | 1994-02-18 |
Movie | Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Angel 4: Undercover | Geoffrey Kagen | 1994-07-26 |
Movie | Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance | Dr. Lasky | 1994-05-25 |
Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
Movie | The Evil Inside Me | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Series | SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron | Unknown | 1993-09-11 |
Movie | Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius | Himself | 1992-02-01 |
Movie | The Naked Target | Ernest Peabody | 1992-01-24 |
Series | MGM: When the Lion Roars | Unknown | 1992-03-22 |
Movie | Double Trouble | Phillip Chamberlin | 1992-02-14 |
Series | Batman: The Animated Series | The Mad Hatter / Dr. Jervis Tetch (voice) | 1992-09-05 |
Movie | Earth Angel | Mr. Tatum | 1991-03-04 |
Series | The Pirates of Dark Water | Unknown | 1991-02-25 |
Series | An Inconvenient Woman | Cyril Rathbone | 1991-05-12 |
Movie | Deadly Game | Dr. Aaron | 1991-07-10 |
Movie | Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 1991-12-22 |
Movie | Going Under | Secretary Neighbor | 1991-08-23 |
Movie | The Color of Evening | Unknown | 1990-09-01 |
Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame | Himself | 1990-09-30 |
Movie | Shakma | Sorenson | 1990-10-05 |
Movie | Cutting Class | Mr. Dante | 1989-07-01 |
Series | Around the World in 80 Days | McBaines | 1989-04-15 |
Series | The New Lassie | Unknown | 1989-09-08 |
Movie | The Big Picture | Judge | 1989-09-15 |
Series | Camp Candy | Unknown | 1989-09-09 |
Movie | Carmilla | Inspector Amos | 1989-09-10 |
Movie | Doin' Time on Planet Earth | Minister | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Fright Night Part 2 | Peter Vincent | 1988-04-07 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | Self | 1988-09-18 |
Movie | Remo Williams: The Prophecy | Unknown | 1988-08-15 |
Movie | Dead of Winter | Mr. Murray | 1987-02-06 |
Movie | Overboard | Andrew | 1987-12-16 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Movie | GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | Nuggit (voice) | 1986-03-21 |
Series | The Wizard | Unknown | 1986-09-09 |
Series | Bridges to Cross | Unknown | 1986-04-24 |
Series | Hollywood Wives | Unknown | 1985-02-17 |
Movie | Fright Night | Peter Vincent | 1985-08-02 |
Series | Alice in Wonderland | March Hare | 1985-12-09 |
Movie | The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | Prince John | 1984-05-22 |
Series | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown | 1984-09-30 |
Movie | This Girl For Hire | Manfred Hayes | 1983-01-11 |
Movie | Rapunzel | narrator | 1983-02-05 |
Movie | Evil Under the Sun | Rex Brewster | 1982-03-05 |
Series | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
Movie | The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Himself / Rex Brewster | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Mae West | Rene Valentine | 1982-05-02 |
Movie | Hollywood’s Children | Self (Narrator) | 1982-02-24 |
Movie | Class of 1984 | Terry Corrigan | 1982-08-20 |
Series | Faerie Tale Theatre | Narrator (voice) | 1982-09-11 |
Series | Hotel | Unknown | 1982-08-21 |
Movie | Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Gillespie | 1981-02-13 |
Movie | The Million Dollar Face | Derek Kenyon | 1981-03-11 |
Movie | The Memory of Eva Ryker | MacFarland | 1980-05-07 |
Series | The Martian Chronicles | Father Stone | 1980-01-15 |
Movie | The Return of the King | Samwise Gamgee | 1980-05-11 |
Movie | Back to the Planet of the Apes | Galen | 1980-11-17 |
Movie | Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | Galen | 1980-11-21 |
Movie | Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes | Galen | 1980-11-20 |
Movie | Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | Galen | 1980-11-19 |
Series | Sweepstakes | Unknown | 1979-01-26 |
Movie | Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | Chuck the Robot (voice) | 1979-01-01 |
Movie | Nutcracker Fantasy | Franz/Fritz | 1979-03-03 |
Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Governor Saroyan | 1979-09-20 |
Movie | Scavenger Hunt | Jenkins | 1979-12-21 |
Movie | The Black Hole | V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited) | 1979-12-18 |
Series | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown | 1979-09-23 |
Movie | Laserblast | Doctor Mellon | 1978-03-01 |
Movie | The Thief of Bagdad | Hasan | 1978-01-10 |
Movie | Rabbit Test | Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. Fishbine | 1978-04-09 |
Movie | The Cat from Outer Space | Mr. Stallwood | 1978-06-09 |
Movie | The Immigrants | Mark Levy | 1978-11-20 |
Series | Flying High | Unknown | 1978-09-29 |
Movie | Circle of Iron | White Robe | 1978-07-25 |
Movie | Sixth and Main | Skateboard | 1977-01-01 |
Series | The Rhinemann Exchange | Bobby Ballard | 1977-03-10 |
Series | The Fantastic Journey | Dr. Jonathan Willoway | 1977-02-03 |
Series | The Love Boat | Fred Beery | 1977-09-24 |
Movie | Flood! | Mr. Franklin | 1977-06-05 |
Movie | It's Showtime | Unknown | 1976-03-31 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-17 |
Movie | Embryo | Frank Riley | 1976-05-21 |
Movie | Funny Lady | Bobby Moore | 1975-03-15 |
Movie | Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait | Himself | 1975-02-27 |
Movie | The White Seal | Narrator | 1975-03-24 |
Movie | Mean Johnny Barrows | Tony Da Vince | 1975-11-27 |
Series | Ellery Queen | Unknown | 1975-09-11 |
Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
Movie | The Elevator | Marvin Ellis | 1974-02-09 |
Movie | Dirty Mary Crazy Larry | George Stanton (uncredited) | 1974-05-17 |
Series | Harry O | Unknown | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Planet of the Apes | Galen | 1974-09-13 |
Series | Police Woman | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford | Himself | 1973-04-02 |
Series | Barnaby Jones | Stanley Lambert | 1973-01-28 |
Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Unknown | 1973-04-02 |
Movie | The Legend of Hell House | Benjamin Franklin Fischer | 1973-06-15 |
Movie | Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Sawyer | 1973-12-14 |
Movie | Arnold | Robert | 1973-11-16 |
Movie | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | 1973-06-15 |
Movie | Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | Caesar | 1972-06-29 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Acres | 1972-12-13 |
Movie | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Frank Gass | 1972-12-18 |
Movie | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Cornelius | 1971-05-20 |
Series | Great Performances | self | 1971-01-28 |
Series | Columbo | Roger Stanford | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Pretty Maids All in a Row | Mr. Proffer | 1971-04-28 |
Movie | Terror in the Sky | Dr. Ralph Baird | 1971-09-17 |
Movie | What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | Albert Soames | 1971-12-18 |
Movie | A Taste of Evil | Dr. Michael Lomas | 1971-10-11 |
Movie | Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Mr. Jelk | 1971-10-07 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Movie | Beneath the Planet of the Apes | Cornelius (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1970-04-23 |
Movie | Hello Down There | Nate Ashbury | 1969-01-01 |
Movie | Midas Run | Wister | 1969-05-07 |
Movie | Angel, Angel, Down We Go | Santoro | 1969-08-19 |
Movie | Night Gallery | Jeremy Evans | 1969-11-08 |
Movie | 5 Card Stud | Nick Evers | 1968-07-28 |
Movie | Planet of the Apes | Cornelius | 1968-02-07 |
Series | Journey to the Unknown | Unknown | 1968-09-26 |
Movie | The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | Bullwhip Griffin | 1967-03-08 |
Series | The Invaders | Lloyd Lindstrom | 1967-01-10 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Movie | Cricket on the Hearth | Cricket Crocket (Narrator) | 1967-12-18 |
Movie | The Cool Ones | Tony Krum | 1967-04-12 |
Series | The Carol Burnett Show | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
Series | The Danny Thomas Hour | Unknown | 1967-09-11 |
Movie | Lord Love a Duck | Alan "Mollymauk" Musgrave | 1966-02-21 |
Series | Batman | The Bookworm | 1966-01-12 |
Movie | It! | Arthur Pimm | 1966-03-17 |
Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Movie | The Defector | Agent Adams | 1966-10-19 |
Series | Run for Your Life | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Matthew | 1965-02-15 |
Movie | The Third Day | Oliver Parsons | 1965-08-04 |
Movie | The Loved One | D.J.Jr. | 1965-10-11 |
Movie | Inside Daisy Clover | Walter Baines | 1965-12-22 |
Movie | That Darn Cat! | Gregory Benson | 1965-12-02 |
Movie | Hey There, It's Yogi Bear | Bullwinp Griffin | 1964-06-03 |
Movie | Shock Treatment | Martin Ashley | 1964-07-22 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Movie | Cleopatra | Octavian - Caesar Augustus | 1963-06-12 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Series | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1963-09-25 |
Series | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-10 |
Series | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown | 1962-09-20 |
Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962-10-01 |
Movie | The Longest Day | Pvt. Morris | 1962-09-25 |
Series | Ben Casey | Unknown | 1961-10-02 |
Movie | The Power and the Glory | Mestizo | 1961-10-29 |
Movie | The Tempest | Ariel | 1960-02-13 |
Movie | The Subterraneans | Yuri Gilgoric | 1960-06-23 |
Movie | Midnight Lace | Malcolm | 1960-10-13 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Sam Conrad | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | The Big Country | Hannassey Watchman (uncredited) | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | Heart of Darkness | Charles Marlow | 1958-11-06 |
Series | Suspicion | Unknown | 1957-09-30 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The Steel Fist | Eric Kardin | 1952-01-06 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Movie | Killer Shark | Ted White | 1950-03-19 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Big Timber | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Movie | Tuna Clipper | Alec MacLennan | 1949-04-11 |
Movie | Black Midnight | Scott Jordan | 1949-10-01 |
Movie | Macbeth | Malcolm | 1948-10-01 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Kidnapped | David Balfour | 1948-11-28 |
Movie | Holiday in Mexico | Stanley Owen | 1946-08-15 |
Movie | Thunderhead - Son of Flicka | Ken McLaughlin | 1945-03-15 |
Movie | Molly and Me | Jimmy Graham | 1945-05-25 |
Movie | The White Cliffs of Dover | John Ashwood II as a Boy | 1944-05-11 |
Movie | The Keys of the Kingdom | Francis Chisholm, as a boy | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | My Friend Flicka | Ken McLaughlin | 1943-05-26 |
Movie | Lassie Come Home | Joe Carraclough | 1943-12-01 |
Movie | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | Benjamin - as a Boy | 1942-01-29 |
Movie | On the Sunny Side | Hugh Aylesworth | 1942-02-13 |
Movie | The Pied Piper | Ronnie Cavanaugh | 1942-08-21 |
Movie | Man Hunt | Vaner | 1941-06-13 |
Movie | You Will Remember | Young Bob Slater | 1941-01-01 |
Movie | This England | Hugo | 1941-07-22 |
Movie | How Green Was My Valley | Huw Morgan | 1941-10-28 |
Movie | Confirm or Deny | Albert Perkins | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | Just William | Ginger | 1940-07-20 |
Movie | Saloon Bar | Boy | 1940-11-02 |
Movie | Poison Pen | Choirboy | 1939-07-03 |
Movie | I See Ice | Boy (uncredited) | 1938-02-10 |