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.

Filmography

• 2001The Return of Captain Sinbad — Narrator
• 1999Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel
• 1998A Bug's Life — Mr. Soil (voice)
• Godzilla: The Series
• 1998Loss of Faith — Henry Stokes
• 1998Something to Believe In — Gambler
• 1998Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists — Narrator (voice)
• 1997Obsessed with Vertigo — Narrator (Voice)
• 1997Pinky and the Brain: Mice of the Jungle — Snowball (voice)
• The New Batman Adventures — Mad Hatter (voice)
• 1997The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo — King Murphy
• 1996Dead Man's Island — Trevor Dunnaway
• 1996It's My Party — Damian Knowles
• Remember WENN — Giles Aldwych
• 1996Star Hunter — Riecher
• Superman: The Animated Series — Mad Hatter (voice)
• 1996The Grass Harp — Amos Legrand
• 1996Unlikely Angel — Saint Peter
• 1995Last Summer in the Hamptons — Thomas
• Pinky and the Brain — Snowball (voice)
• 1995The Alien Within — Dr. Henry Lazarus
• 1994Angel 4: Undercover — Geoffrey Kagen
• Burke's Law — Maurice Gillette
• Duckman — Akers (voice)
• Gargoyles — Proteus (voice)
• 1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is — Jeremy Sennet
• 1994Heads — Fibris Drake
• 1994Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic — Narrator (voice)
• 1994Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance — Dr. Lasky
• The Tick — The Breadmaster (voice)
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron — Madkat (voice)
• 1993The Evil Inside Me — Pauly
• Batman: The Animated Series — Mad Hatter (voice)
• 1992Double Trouble — Phillip Chamberlin
• MGM: When the Lion Roars
• 1992The Naked Target — Ernest Peabody
• 1992The Sands of Time — Alan Tucker
• An Inconvenient Woman — Cyril Rathbone
• Darkwing Duck — Sir Quackmire Mallard (voice)
• 1991Deadly Game — Dr. Aaron
• 1991Earth Angel — Mr. Tatum
• 1991Going Under — Secretary Neighbor
• The Legend of Prince Valiant
• The Pirates of Dark Water — Niddler (voice)
• 1991Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas — Narrator (voice)
• Dream On — Bob Jeffers
• 1990Shakma — Sorenson
• 1990The Color of Evening — Henry Seaton
• Around the World in 80 Days — McBaines
• 1989Carmilla — Inspector Amos
• 1989Cutting Class — Mr. Dante
• Nightmare Classics — Inspector Amos
• Quantum Leap — Edward St. John V
• 1989The Big Picture — Judge
• The New Lassie
• 1988Doin' Time on Planet Earth — Minister
• 1988Fright Night Part 2 — Peter Vincent
• 1988Remo Williams: The Prophecy — Chiun
• 1987Dead of Winter — Mr. Murray
• 1987Overboard — Andrew, Executive Producer
• Bridges to Cross
• 1986GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords — Nuggit (voice)
• Matlock — Christopher Hoyt, Don Mosher
• The Wizard
• Alice in Wonderland — March Hare
• 1985Fright Night — Peter Vincent
• George Burns Comedy Week — Bob Cratchit
• Hollywood Wives — Jason Swandle
• Murder, She Wrote — Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD, Gordon Fairchild
• 1984The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood — Prince John
• 1983Rapunzel — Narrator
• 1983The Wind in the Willows — Ratty (voice)
• 1983This Girl for Hire — Manfred Hayes
• 1982Class of 1984 — Terry Corrigan
• 1982Evil Under the Sun — Rex Brewster
• Faerie Tale Theatre — Narrator (voice)
• Hotel — Anthony Spears
• 1982Mae West — Rene Valentine
• Tales of the Gold Monkey — "Bon Chance" Louie
• 1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen — Gillespie
• Here's Boomer
• 1981The Million Dollar Face — Derek Kenyon
• 1980Back to the Planet of the Apes — Galen
• 1980Farewell to the Planet of the Apes — Galen
• 1980Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes — Galen
• 1980The Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes — Galen
• The Martian Chronicles — Father Stone
• 1980The Memory of Eva Ryker — MacFarland
• 1980The Return of the King — Samwise Gamgee (voice)
• 1980Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes — Galen
• $weepstake$ — Theodore
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Governor Saroyan
• 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls — Governor Saroyan
• 1979Hart to Hart — Dr. Peterson
• 1979Scavenger Hunt — Jenkins
• 1979Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall — Chuck the Robot (voice)
• Supertrain — Benjamin Warren Talcott
• 1979The Black Hole — V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
• Trapper John, M.D.
• 1978Circle of Iron — White Robe
• Fantasy Island — Mephistopheles, Richard Simmons
• Flying High
• 1978Laserblast — Doctor Mellon
• 1978Rabbit Test — Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine
• 1978The Cat from Outer Space — Mr. Stallwood
• The Immigrants — Mark Levy
• 1978The Thief of Baghdad — Hasan
• 1977Flood! — Mr. Franklin
• 1977Sixth and Main — Skateboard
• 1977The Fantastic Journey — Dr. Jonathan Willoway
• The Fantastic Journey — Dr. Jonathan Willaway
• The Love Boat — Fred Beery
• The Rhinemann Exchange — Bobby Ballard
• 1976Embryo — Frank Riley
• 1976Mowgli's Brothers — Mowgli (voice)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• Ellery Queen
• 1975Funny Lady — Bobby Moore
• 1975Mean Johnny Barrows — Tony Da Vince
• 1975The White Seal — Narrator/ White Seal
• Wonder Woman — Henry Roberts, Professor Arthur Chapman
• 1974Dirty Mary Crazy Larry — George Stanton (uncredited)
• Harry O
• Planet of the Apes — Galen
• Police Woman — Moulton
• 1974The Elevator — Marvin Ellis
• 1973Arnold — Robert
• Barnaby Jones — Stanley Lambert
• 1973Battle for the Planet of the Apes — Caesar
• 1973Miracle on 34th Street — Dr. Sawyer
• 1973The Legend of Hell House — Benjamin Franklin Fischer
• The Snoop Sisters — Lionel Standish
• 1972Conquest of the Planet of the Apes — Caesar
• 1972Corky — Harassed Salesman
• Delphi Bureau — Harold
• 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — Frank Gass
• 1972The Poseidon Adventure — Acres
• The Rookies
• 1971A Taste of Evil — Dr. Michael Lomas
• 1971Bedknobs and Broomsticks — Mr. Jelk
• Columbo — Roger Stanford
• 1971Escape from the Planet of the Apes — Cornelius
• 1971Journey to Murder — Rollo Verdew
• 1971Pretty Maids All in a Row — Mr. Proffer
• 1971Terror in the Sky — Dr. Ralph Baird
• 1971What's a Nice Girl Like You...? — Albert Soames
• McCloud — Phil Sandler
• 1970The Ballad of Tam Lin — Director
• 1969Angel, Angel, Down We Go — Santoro
• 1969Hello Down There — Nate Ashbury
• Love, American Style — Howard
• 1969Midas Run — Wister
• 1969Night Gallery — Jeremy Evans
• 19685 Card Stud — Nick Evers
• Journey to the Unknown — Rollo Verdew
• 1968Planet of the Apes — Cornelius
• 1968The Legend of Robin Hood — Prince John
• The Name of the Game — Philip Saxon, Early McCorley
• 1967Cricket on the Hearth — Cricket Crocket (voice)
• Ironside
• 1967It! — Arthur Pimm
• 1967Saint Joan — Charles, The Dauphin
• 1967The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin — Bullwhip Griffin
• 1967The Cool Ones — Tony Krum
• The Invaders — Lloyd Lindstrom
• Batman — The Bookworm
• Felony Squad
• 1966Inside Daisy Clover — Walter Baines
• 1966Lord Love a Duck — Alan Musgrave
• Mission: Impossible — Leo Ostro
• 1966The Defector — Agent Adams
• Run for Your Life — Gyula Bognar
• 1965That Darn Cat! — Gregory Benson
• 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told — Matthew
• 1965The Loved One — D.J. Jr.
• 1965The Third Day — Oliver Parsons
• 1964Shock Treatment — Martin Ashley
• Arrest and Trial
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Arthur Biddle, Harry Carlin
• 1963Cleopatra — Octavian - Caesar Augustus
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Robert 'Professor' Benson
• 1963The Power and the Glory — Mestizo
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — George, Gerald Musgrove
• 1962The Longest Day — Pvt. Morris
• Ben Casey
• 1960Midnight Lace — Malcolm
• 1960The Subterraneans — Yuri Gilgoric
• 1960The Tempest — Ariel
• The Twilight Zone — Sam Conrad
• 1958Heart of Darkness — Charles Marlow
• Naked City — Donnie Benton
• 1958The Big Country — Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
• Suspicion
• 1956THe Good Fairy — Waiter
• Matinee Theater
• General Electric Theater — Leprechaun
• 1952The Steel Fist — Eric Kardin
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Ariel, The Dauphin
• 1951Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration — Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
• 1950Big Timber — Jimmy, Associate Producer
• 1950Everybody's Dancin' — Roddy McDowall
• 1950Killer Shark — Ted White, Associate Producer
• Lux Video Theatre — Pete, Bellamy Partridge
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Gerald Forbes, Pip
• 1949Black Midnight — Scott Jordan, Associate Producer
• 1949Tuna Clipper — Alec MacLennan
• 1948Kidnapped — David Balfour
• 1948Macbeth — Malcolm
• 1948Rocky — Chris Hammond
• Kraft Television Theatre — Mr. Elton
• 1946Holiday in Mexico — Stanley Owen
• 1945Molly and Me — Jimmy Graham
• 1945Thunderhead: Son of Flicka — Ken McLaughlin
• 1944The Keys of the Kingdom — Francis Chisholm, as a boy
• 1944The White Cliffs of Dover — John Ashwood II as a Boy
• 1943Lassie Come Home — Joe Carraclough
• 1943My Friend Flicka — Ken McLaughlin
• 1942On the Sunny Side — Hugh Aylesworth
• 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake — Benjamin - as a Boy
• 1942The Pied Piper — Ronnie Cavanaugh
• 1941Confirm or Deny — Albert Perkins
• 1941How Green Was My Valley — Huw Morgan
• 1941Man Hunt — Vaner
• 1941This England — Hugo
• 1941You Will Remember — Young Bob Slater
• 1940His Brother’s Keeper — Boy
• 1940Just William — Ginger
• 1940Saloon Bar — Boy
• 1939Poison Pen — Choirboy
• 1939The Outsider — Cured Child
• 1938Convict 99 — Jimmy
• 1938Hey! Hey! USA — Boy
• 1938I See Ice — Boy on train
• 1938Murder in the Family — Peter Osborne

Appearances as themselves (45)

• 2024Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Paul Newman: The Restless — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' — Self (archive footage)
• 2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies — Self
• 2000Mary Pickford: A Life on Film — Self
• 1999Intimate Portrait: Lauren Bacall — Self
• 1999Keepers of the Frame — Himself
• 1998Behind the Planet of the Apes — Self - Host
• 1998Beyond Titanic — Self
• 1998Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu — Himself - Actor / Friend
• 1997Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady — Self
• 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self
• 1997Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero — Self
• 1997Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years — Self
• 1997Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain — Self
• 1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough — Self
• 1995Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker — Self
• 1994Biography: Bette Davis — If Looks Could Kill — Self
• 1994The Story of Lassie — Self
• 1992The Magical World of Chuck Jones — Self
• 1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper — Self
• 1991Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II — Self
• 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre — Self (voice)
• 1989Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius — Self
• 1989Hollywood on Horses — Self
• 1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen — Self
• Biography — Self
• 1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood — Self
• 1982Hollywood’s Children — Self (Narrator)
• 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self
• 1982The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' — Self / Rex Brewster
• 1982Twilight Theatre — Self - Host
• 1976It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• Great Performances — Self
• The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Various Characters
• The Danny Kaye Show — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self