Roddy McDowall Net Worth
Roddy McDowall Net Worth is
$800,000
Roddy McDowall Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude "Roddy" McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was an English-born American actor, film director, photographer and voice artist. His film roles included Cornelius, Caesar, and Galen in the Planet of the Apes film and television series. He began his long acting career as a child in England, and then in the USA, in How Green Was My Valley, My Friend Flicka, and Lassie Come Home, and as an adult appeared most frequently as a character actor on radio, stage, film, and television. He served in several positions on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the Selection Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, as well as contributing to various charities related to the film industry and film preservation. | Full Name | Roddy McDowall |
| Date Of Birth | September 17, 1928, Herne Hill, United Kingdom |
| Died | October 3, 1998, Studio City, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Herne Hill, London, England, UK |
| Height | 5' 9" (1.75 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Producer, Soundtrack |
| Education | University High School |
| Parents | Winsfriede L. Corcoran, Thomas Andrew McDowall |
| Siblings | Virginia McDowall |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Single Program |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role |
| Movies | Planet of the Apes, Fright Night, Cleopatra, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, How Green Was My Valley, Fright Night Part 2, The Poseidon Adventure, The Legend of Hell House, Lassie Come Home, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Overboar... |
| TV Shows | Planet of the Apes, The Fantastic Journey |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| # | Trademark |
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| 1 | Often made grand, eloquent speeches at the climax of the films he appeared in |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | [in 1968, on his career] . . . totally isolated, really suffocating. As a child, I was always lied to about myself and about the world. |
| 2 | [on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton romance] I knew back in Rome when we were making Cleopatra (1963) that it would never work. Elizabeth doesn't just love someone; she possesses them. And Richard isn't a man to be possessed. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. |
| 3 | [on Mia Farrow] Trying to describe Mia is like trying to describe dust in a shaft of sunlight. There are all those particles. Her conversation is clotted. |
| 4 | All you can do is make a piece of product, sell it on its own terms, stand behind it and hope that people will go see it. If you try to be like something else or appeal to any given group, then you can very easily end up being gratuitous and imitative. There's not much to be gained by that and I think too much time is spent going around trying to be like someone else. |
| 5 | I absolutely adore movies. Even bad ones. I don't like pretentious ones, but a good bad movie, you must admit, is great. |
| 6 | [in 1976, on his fellow former child stars] Compare us to your high school graduating class. You'll discover there is always a percentage of successes, and those who fall by the wayside to become alcoholics, dopers, or just plain losers. Sure there are the Bobby Driscolls, the tragedies, but don't forget the others: Elizabeth Taylor, Hayley Mills, Natalie Wood, Gene Reynolds--who's a successful producer--and so many others. |
| 7 | I enjoyed being in movies when I was a boy. As a child, you're not acting--you believe. Ah, if an adult could only act as a child does with that insane, playing-at-toy-soldiers concentration! |
| 8 | My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday. |
| 9 | [on his more well-known roles as a child actor] I really liked Lassie, but that horse, Flicka, was a nasty animal with a terrible disposition. All the Flickas--all six of them--were awful. |
| 10 | Intellectually, I'd love to play Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire". Can't you just imagine me down in the streets yelling, "Stella! Stella!". God, the critics would have a lot of fun with that one. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | In Italy for the filming of Cleopatra (1963), became so frustrated with the numerous delays during its production, he begged Darryl F. Zanuck for a part in The Longest Day just so he could do some work and. ended up with a small role as an American soldier. Richard Burton, being in the same position followed suit and got a cameo role of an RAF pilot. |
| 2 | Was Jay Sandrich's first choice for the lead role of Arthur Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), but was unavailable, hence, the role was given to Gordon Jump, who previously played the chief police officer on Soap (1977). |
| 3 | Friends with: Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Powell, Ann Blyth, Lew Ayres, Natalie Wood, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, Vincent Price, Rupert Everett, Rock Hudson, Tuesday Weld, Claude Rains, Richard Haydn, Robert Mitchum, Anjelica Huston, Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Gene Autry, Groucho Marx, John Ford, Lee Grant,Stefanie Powers, Alan Ladd Jr., Dennis Hopper,Tina Sinatra,Truman Capote, Jean Arthur, Farley Granger, Robert Wagner, Mia Farrow,Dirk Bogarde,Marlene Dietrich,Myrna Loy, George Cukor, Carol Burnett, Judy Holliday, Judy Garland, Luise Rainer, Tammy Grimes, Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn, James Caan, Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell, Vivien Leigh, Mae West, Phyllis Diller, Shelley Duvall, Karl Malden, Tim Burton, Margaret O'Brien, Brad Pitt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tommy Steele, Fred Astaire, Ruth Gordon, Audrey Hepburn, Billy Crystal, Charles Chaplin, Sharon Tate, Esther Williams, Joel McCrea, Piper Laurie, Frances Dee, Anne Bancroft , Maggie Smith, Gloria Swanson, Bette Midler, Thelma Ritter, Andy Griffith, Debbie Reynolds, Geneviève Bujold, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Fonda, Edith Head , Joan Plowright, Kim Stanley, Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, George Peppard, Leslie Caron, Michael Douglas, Anthony Perkins, Gore Vidal, Dominick Dunne, Tab Hunter, Lynn Bari, Joan Rivers, Maureen O'Sullivan, Christopher Plummer, Carol Lawrence, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Laurence Olivier, Clive Barker, Doris Roberts, Doris Day, Greer Garson, Coral Browne, Dolly Parton, Juliet Mills, Robert Walker Jr., Lizabeth Scott, Hayley Mills, Anthony Franciosa, Be |
| 4 | Friends with: Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Powell, Ann Blyth, Lew Ayres, Natalie Wood, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, Vincent Price, Rupert Everett, Rock Hudson, Tuesday Weld, Claude Rains, Richard Haydn, Robert Mitchum, Anjelica Huston, Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Gene Autry, Groucho Marx, John Ford, Lee Grant,Stefanie Powers, Alan Ladd Jr., Dennis Hopper,Tina Sinatra,Truman Capote, Jean Arthur, Farley Granger, Robert Wagner, Mia Farrow,Dirk Bogarde,Marlene Dietrich,Myrna Loy, George Cukor, Carol Burnett, Judy Holliday, Judy Garland, Luise Rainer, Tammy Grimes, Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn, James Caan, Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell, Vivien Leigh, Mae West, Phyllis Diller, Shelley Duvall, Karl Malden, Tim Burton, Margaret O'Brien, Brad Pitt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tommy Steele, Fred Astaire, Ruth Gordon, Audrey Hepburn, Billy Crystal, Charles Chaplin, Sharon Tate, Esther Williams, Joel McCrea, Piper Laurie, Frances Dee, Anne Bancroft , Maggie Smith, Gloria Swanson, Bette Midler, Thelma Ritter, Andy Griffith, Debbie Reynolds, Geneviève Bujold, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Fonda, Edith Head and Joan Plowright,. |
| 5 | Friends with: Elizabeth Taylor, Angela Lansbury, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Powell, Ann Blyth, Lew Ayres, Natalie Wood, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Paul Newman, Sal Mineo, Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, Vincent Price, Rupert Everett, Rock Hudson, Tuesday Weld, Claude Rains, Richard Haydn, Robert Mitchum, Anjelica Huston, Winona Ryder, Johnny Depp, Gene Autry, Groucho Marx, John Ford, Lee Grant,Stefanie Powers, Alan Ladd Jr., Dennis Hopper,Tina Sinatra,Truman Capote, Jean Arthur, Farley Granger, Robert Wagner, Mia Farrow,Dirk Bogarde,Marlene Dietrich,Myrna Loy, George Cukor, Carol Burnett, Judy Holliday, Judy Garland, Luise Rainer, Tammy Grimes, Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn, James Caan, Bette Davis, Rosalind Russell, Vivien Leigh, Mae West, Phyllis Diller, Shelley Duvall, Karl Malden, Tim Burton, Margaret O'Brien, Brad Pitt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tommy Steele, Fred Astaire, Ruth Gordon, Audrey Hepburn, Billy Crystal, Charles Chaplin, Sharon Tate, Esther Williams, Joel McCrea, Piper Laurie, Frances Dee, Anne Bancroft , Maggie Smith, Gloria Swanson, Bette Midler, Thelma Ritter, Andy Griffith, Debbie Reynolds, Geneviève Bujold, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Fonda, Edith Head , Joan Plowright, Kim Stanley, Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, George Peppard, Leslie Caron, Michael Douglas, Anthony Perkins, Gore Vidal, Dominick Dunne, Tab Hunter, Lynn Bari, Joan Rivers, Maureen O'Sullivan, Christopher Plummer, Carol Lawrence, Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Laurence Olivier, Clive Barker, Doris Roberts, Doris Day, Greer Garson, Coral Browne, Dolly Parton, Juliet Mills, Robert Walker Jr., Lizabeth Scott, Hayley Mills, Anthony Franciosa, Be |
| 6 | He was born exactly one day after Batman (1966) actor Adam West. Both guest-starred on Batman: The Animated Series (1992) as well. |
| 7 | He cast his mother Winifriede McDowall as the innkeeper's wife in Kidnapped (1948). Although she dreamed of being an actress, it was her only on screen role. |
| 8 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6632 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. |
| 9 | Along with Adam West, Bob Hastings, Barry Dennen, Steve Franken, Michael Pataki and Judy Strangis, he is one of only seven actors to appear in both Batman (1966) and Batman: The Animated Series (1992). |
| 10 | Had played villains on both Batman (1966) and Batman: The Animated Series (1992), the only actor to do so. |
| 11 | Had played the same character (The Mad Hatter) on three different series: Batman: The Animated Series (1992), Superman (1996) and The New Batman Adventures (1997). |
| 12 | Had appeared on an episode of The Carol Burnett Show (1967) wearing his Planet of the Apes (1968) make-up. The look of fright on Carol Burnett's face was reputed to be genuine. |
| 13 | Parents are Thomas Andrew McDowall and Winifriede McDowall (Winifred Lucinda Corcoran; had an older sister: Virginia McDowall. |
| 14 | The day after his death, Angela Lansbury paid tribute to him on "BBC Radio Five 5: Up all Night". She described him as "one of the most wonderful friends, anybody could possibly have . . . we've lost a beloved friend" and that he will be "so missed". |
| 15 | Horse whisperer Monty Roberts was McDowall's stunt double for most of his childhood roles. |
| 16 | Has appeared in four of the five Planet of the Apes films. Having originally played the chimpanzee archaeologist Cornelius in Planet of the Apes (1968), he was unable to reprise his role in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) as he was directing The Devil's Widow (1970) in Britain at the time. In that film, the role was played by David Watson. However, he later returned as Cornelius in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and as his son Caesar in Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). |
| 17 | Both of the series in which he starred were short-lived science fiction series produced in the 1970s: Planet of the Apes (1974) and The Fantastic Journey (1977). |
| 18 | He was close friends with Maureen O'Hara for 57 years, from the time that they made How Green Was My Valley (1941), their first and only film together, until his death in October 1998. |
| 19 | Along with Woodrow Parfrey, Norman Burton and Eldon Burke, he is one of only four actors to appear in both Planet of the Apes (1968) and Planet of the Apes (1974). |
| 20 | Explained in 1995 during an interview for American cable station USA Network the limitations of his make-up on Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). Overwhelmed by frustration over the inability to eat, touch his face and the constant itch brought on by the chimpanzee prosthetics, he admitted to crying. |
| 21 | An accomplished ballroom dancer, he won both the Charleston and Cha-Cha contests on the The Arthur Murray Party (1950). |
| 22 | Lifelong friends with Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor has since referred to him as the one friend she had to whom she confided everything, and who was always understanding. |
| 23 | On March 10, 1965, he attended the Los Angeles premiere of The Sound of Music (1965) as the date of the movie's star, Julie Andrews. |
| 24 | Final stage appearance was as Ebenezer Scrooge in the New York City production of "A Christmas Carol" in 1997. He alternated performances with Hal Linden. |
| 25 | Became close, lifelong friends with Peggy Ann Garner while filming The Pied Piper (1942) with her in 1941. |
| 26 | Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 396-398. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| 27 | Introduced Carol Lawrence to Robert Goulet. In fact, she jokingly said that McDowall was responsible for hers and Goulet's first child. |
| 28 | In 1974, the FBI raided his home and seized his collection of films and television series during an investigation of copyright infringement and movie piracy. The collection consisted of 160 16mm prints and over 1,000 videocassettes. The value of the films was conservatively assessed at $5,005,426 by representatives of the movie industry. The actor was not charged and agreed to cooperate with the FBI. There was then no aftermarket for films, as the commercial video recorder had not been marketed, and studios routinely destroyed old negatives and prints of classic films they felt had no worth. Film buffs like McDowall had to purchase 16mm prints of films from the studios, or movie prints on the black market, or from other collectors. He claimed that he had once had as many as 337 movies in his collection, but at the time of the investigation he was not sure how many were still in his possession. He had bought Errol Flynn's movie collection, and had acquired other films through purchases or swaps. McDowall told the FBI that he had transferred many of his films to videotape in order to conserve space and because tape was longer-lasting than film, and subsequently had sold or traded the prints, plus other prints of movies he had lost interest in, to other collectors. He said that he collected the films due to his love of the cinema and to help protect the movies' heritage. McDowall also said that being in possession of prints of his own films allowed him to study his acting and improve his craft. One of the films he had purchased, from American-International Pictures, was The Devil's Widow (1970), a movie he himself had directed. He explained that he believed that he was not in violation of copyright, as he was not showing the films for profit, nor trying to make a profit when selling his prints as he charged only what he remembered as the price he himself paid. He believed he had purchased some of the films outright from 20th Century-Fox, but learned subsequently from his lawyer that his agreement with 20th Century-Fox meant the studio retained ownership of the prints, and that he was forbidden to sell, trade or lend them out. McDowall was forthcoming about the individuals he dealt with on the black market, and also named Rock Hudson, Dick Martin and Mel Tormé as other celebrities with film collections. |
| 29 | A clerical error on the part of 20th Century-Fox cost McDowall a likely Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for his role as Caesar Augustus Octavian in Cleopatra (1963). The studio erroneously listed him as a leading player rather than a supporting one. When 20th Century-Fox asked the Academy to correct the error, it refused, saying the ballots already were at the printer. 20th Century-Fox then published an open letter in the trade papers, apologizing to McDowall: "We feel that it is important that the industry realize that your electric performance as Octavian in Cleopatra, which was unanimously singled out by the critics as one of the best supporting performances by an actor this year, is not eligible for an Academy Award nomination in that category... due to a regrettable error on the part of 20th Century-Fox.". |
| 30 | Won Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "The Fighting Cock". |
| 31 | In 1943, 20th Century-Fox announced that McDowall would star in "Oliver Twist", but the film was not made. |
| 32 | He was a rarity among movie stars in that he appears to have made no enemies at all during his lifetime. A man with numerous friends both in and out of show business, those who knew him continue to speak well of him to this day, and his funeral drew overflow crowds. |
| 33 | In addition to appearing on both the original and animated Batman series (Batman (1966) and Batman: The Animated Series (1992)), he was also the reader for the book-on-tape version of the novelization of the first Batman (1989). |
| 34 | Had appeared on three different Batman series: he played the Bookworm in Batman (1966) and the Mad Hatter (Dr. Jervis Tetch) in Batman: The Animated Series (1992) and its spin-off The New Batman Adventures (1997). |
| 35 | He was cremated after death and his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. |
| 36 | In December 1998, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) honored him for his acting career and critically acclaimed photography by naming its photo archive after him. The collection, which includes several million negatives and stills, will be known as the Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive at the Margaret Herrick Library. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| London and Davis in New York | 1984 | TV Movie | Paul Fisk |
| The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood | 1984 | TV Movie | Prince John |
| This Girl for Hire | 1983 | TV Movie | Manfred Hayes |
| Small & Frye | 1983 | TV Series | Prof. Vermeer |
| Tales of the Gold Monkey | 1982-1983 | TV Series | Bon Chance Louie |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1983 | TV Series | Narrator |
| Fantasy Island | 1979-1982 | TV Series | Christopher Lantree Mephistopheles Mephistopheles the Devil ... |
| Class of 1984 | 1982 | Terry Corrigan | |
| Mae West | 1982 | TV Movie | Rene Valentine |
| Twilight Theater | 1982 | TV Movie | |
| Evil Under the Sun | 1982 | Rex Brewster | |
| Judgment Day | 1981 | TV Movie | Mr. Heller |
| The Million Dollar Face | 1981 | TV Movie | Derek Kenyon |
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | 1981 | Gillespie | |
| Here's Boomer | 1980 | TV Series | Milo |
| The Return of the King | 1980 | TV Movie | Samwise Gamgee (voice) |
| The Memory of Eva Ryker | 1980 | TV Movie | MacFarland |
| The Martian Chronicles | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | Father Stone |
| Scavenger Hunt | 1979 | Jenkins | |
| The Black Hole | 1979 | V.I.N.CENT. (voice, uncredited) | |
| Mork & Mindy | 1979 | TV Series | Chuck the Robot |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1979 | TV Series | Governor Saroyan |
| Trapper John, M.D. | 1979 | TV Series | Reverend Barnaby Box |
| A Man Called Sloane | 1979 | TV Series | Manfred Baranoff |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 | TV Series | Dr. Peterson |
| Nutcracker Fantasy | 1979 | Franz / Fritz (voice) | |
| Supertrain | 1979 | TV Series | Talcott |
| $weepstake$ | 1979 | TV Series | Theodore |
| The Love Boat | 1979 | TV Series | Fred Beery |
| Flying High | 1979 | TV Series | Joe |
| The Thief of Baghdad | 1978 | TV Movie | Hasan |
| The Immigrants | 1978 | TV Movie | Mark Levy |
| Wonder Woman | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Henry Roberts / Professor Arthur Chapman |
| Circle of Iron | 1978 | White Robe | |
| The Cat from Outer Space | 1978 | Mr. Stallwood | |
| Rabbit Test | 1978 | Gypsy Grandmother / Dr. D & C Fishbine | |
| Laserblast | 1978 | Doctor Mellon (as Roddy McDowell: closing credits) | |
| Sixth and Main | 1977 | Skateboard | |
| The Rhinemann Exchange | 1977 | TV Mini-Series | Bobby Ballard |
| The Feather and Father Gang | 1977 | TV Series | Vincent Stoddard |
| The Fantastic Journey | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Jonathan Willoway |
| Flood! | 1976 | TV Movie | Mr. Franklin |
| Embryo | 1976 | Frank Riley | |
| Harry O | 1976 | TV Series | Arnold Applequist |
| Mowgli's Brothers | 1976 | TV Short | Narrator / Mowgli (voice) |
| Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | The Amazing Armitage |
| Mean Johnny Barrows | 1976 | Tony Da Vince | |
| Police Woman | 1975 | TV Series | Moulton |
| The White Seal | 1975 | TV Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Funny Lady | 1975 | Bobby | |
| Planet of the Apes | 1974 | TV Series | Galen |
| Dirty Mary Crazy Larry | 1974 | George Stanton (uncredited) | |
| The Snoop Sisters | 1974 | TV Series | Lionel Standish |
| The Elevator | 1974 | TV Movie | Marvin Ellis |
| Miracle on 34th Street | 1973 | TV Movie | Dr. Sawyer |
| Arnold | 1973 | Robert | |
| Love, American Style | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Howard (segment "Love and the Stutter") / Marvin (segment "Love and the Sensuous Twin") |
| McMillan & Wife | 1973 | TV Series | Jamie McMillan |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | 1973 | Caesar Cornelius | |
| The Legend of Hell House | 1973 | Benjamin Franklin Fischer | |
| Barnaby Jones | 1973 | TV Series | Stanley Lambert |
| Topper Returns | 1973 | TV Movie | Cosmo Topper Jr. |
| McCloud | 1972 | TV Series | Phil Sandler |
| Mission: Impossible | 1972 | TV Series | Leo Ostro |
| The Poseidon Adventure | 1972 | Acres | |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | 1972 | Frank Gass | |
| The Rookies | 1972 | TV Series | Fenner |
| The Delphi Bureau | 1972 | TV Series | Harold |
| Conquest of the Planet of the Apes | 1972 | Caesar | |
| Columbo | 1972 | TV Series | Roger Stanford |
| What's a Nice Girl Like You...? | 1971 | TV Movie | Albert Soames |
| Ironside | 1971 | TV Series | Jamie Shannon |
| A Taste of Evil | 1971 | TV Movie | Dr. Michael Lomas |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | 1971 | Mr. Jelk | |
| Terror in the Sky | 1971 | TV Movie | Dr. Ralph Baird |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | 1971 | Cornelius | |
| Pretty Maids All in a Row | 1971 | Proffer | |
| Journey to Murder | 1971 | Rollo Verdew (The Killing Bottle) | |
| Medical Center | 1970 | TV Series | Carl Marris |
| The Name of the Game | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Early McCorley / Philip Saxon |
| Night Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Jeremy Evans |
| Angel, Angel, Down We Go | 1969 | Santoro | |
| Hello Down There | 1969 | Nate Ashbury | |
| Midas Run | 1969 | Wister | |
| It Takes a Thief | 1969 | TV Series | Roger |
| Journey to the Unknown | 1969 | TV Series | Rollo Verdew |
| 5 Card Stud | 1968 | Nick Evers | |
| The Legend of Robin Hood | 1968 | TV Series | Prince John |
| Planet of the Apes | 1968 | Cornelius | |
| The Felony Squad | 1968 | TV Series | Ollie Olds |
| Cricket on the Hearth | 1967 | TV Movie | Cricket Crocket (voice) |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Cricket Crockett |
| Saint Joan | 1967 | TV Movie | Charles, The Dauphin |
| It! | 1967 | Arthur Pimm (as Roddy MacDowall) | |
| The Cool Ones | 1967 | Tony Krum | |
| The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin | 1967 | Bullwhip Griffin | |
| The Invaders | 1967 | TV Series | Lloyd Lindstrom |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Harry Carlin / Arthur Biddle / Deerfield Prescott |
| L'espion | 1966 | Agent Adams (as Roddy Mc Dowall) | |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | The Bookworm |
| Run for Your Life | 1966 | TV Series | Gyula Bognar |
| 12 O'Clock High | 1966 | TV Series | T / Sgt. Billy Willets |
| Lord Love a Duck | 1966 | Alan Musgrave | |
| That Darn Cat! | 1965 | Gregory Benson | |
| Inside Daisy Clover | 1965 | Walter Baines | |
| The Loved One | 1965 | D.J. Jr. | |
| The Third Day | 1965 | Oliver Parsons | |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | 1965 | Matthew | |
| Ben Casey | 1965 | TV Series | Dwight Franklin |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Robert 'Professor' Benson |
| Combat! | 1964 | TV Series | Murfree |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1964 | TV Series | George / Gerald Musgrove |
| Shock Treatment | 1964 | Martin Ashley | |
| The Eleventh Hour | 1964 | TV Series | Stanton Maynard / 'Alec Harnes' |
| Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Paul LeDoux |
| Cleopatra | 1963 | Octavian - Caesar Augustus | |
| The Longest Day | 1962 | Pvt. Morris | |
| The Power and the Glory | 1961 | TV Movie | Mestizo |
| Play of the Week | 1961 | TV Series | Adrian Terry |
| Naked City | 1961 | TV Series | Donnie Benton |
| Sunday Showcase | 1960 | TV Series | Philip Hamilton |
| Midnight Lace | 1960 | Malcolm | |
| The Subterraneans | 1960 | Yuri Gilgoric | |
| The Twilight Zone | 1960 | TV Series | Sam Conrad |
| Art Carney Special | 1960 | TV Series | |
| The Tempest | 1960 | TV Movie | Ariel |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1959 | TV Series | Squeak |
| Oldsmobile Music Theatre | 1959 | TV Series | |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1959 | TV Series | Michel |
| Playhouse 90 | 1958 | TV Series | Charles Marlow |
| The Big Country | 1958 | Hannassey Watchman (uncredited) | |
| Suspicion | 1958 | TV Series | |
| Matinee Theatre | 1957-1958 | TV Series | |
| Kraft Theatre | 1952-1958 | TV Series | Mr. Elton |
| The Alcoa Hour | 1957 | TV Series | Max |
| Goodyear Playhouse | 1954-1957 | TV Series | |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1951-1956 | TV Series | David at 22 / Bellamy Partridge / Pete |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Clifford Howell |
| General Electric Theater | 1956 | TV Series | Leprechaun |
| The Good Fairy | 1956 | TV Movie | Waiter |
| Ponds Theater | 1954-1955 | TV Series | |
| The Elgin Hour | 1954 | TV Series | Jamie |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | 1951-1954 | TV Series | Pip Gerald Forbes |
| Encounter | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Tim McDuff |
| Campbell Summer Soundstage | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Medallion Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Broadway Television Theatre | 1952 | TV Series | Rodney Martin |
| The Steel Fist | 1952 | Eric Kardin | |
| Celanese Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Richard Miller |
| Family Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Pvt. Huntington (The Professor) |
| Big Timber | 1950 | Jimmy | |
| Everybody's Dancin' | 1950 | Roddy McDowall | |
| Killer Shark | 1950 | Ted White | |
| Black Midnight | 1949 | Scott Jordan | |
| Tuna Clipper | 1949 | Alec MacLennan | |
| Kidnapped | 1948 | David Balfour | |
| Macbeth | 1948 | Malcolm | |
| Rocky | 1948 | Chris Hammond | |
| Holiday in Mexico | 1946 | Stanley Owen | |
| Molly and Me | 1945 | Jimmy Graham | |
| Thunderhead - Son of Flicka | 1945 | Ken McLaughlin | |
| The Keys of the Kingdom | 1944 | Francis Chisholm - as a Boy | |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | 1944 | John Ashwood II as a Boy | |
| Lassie Come Home | 1943 | Joe Carraclough | |
| My Friend Flicka | 1943 | Ken McLaughlin | |
| The Pied Piper | 1942 | Ronnie Cavanaugh | |
| On the Sunny Side | 1942 | Hugh Aylesworth | |
| Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake | 1942 | Benjamin - as a Boy | |
| Confirm or Deny | 1941 | Albert Perkins | |
| How Green Was My Valley | 1941 | Huw | |
| This England | 1941 | Hugo, Norman Boy | |
| Man Hunt | 1941 | Vaner | |
| You Will Remember | 1941 | Young Bob Slater | |
| Saloon Bar | 1940 | Boy | |
| Just William | 1940 | Ginger (as Roddy McDowell) | |
| Dead Man's Shoes | 1940 | Boy | |
| His Brother's Keeper | 1940 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| Murder Will Out | 1939 | ||
| Poison Pen | 1939 | Choirboy (uncredited) | |
| The Outsider | 1939 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| The Color of Evening | 2006 | Henry Seaton | |
| Sarah Siddons | 1938 | uncredited | |
| Godzilla: The Series | 1999 | TV Series | Dr. Hugh Trevor |
| Hey! Hey! USA | 1938 | Urchin on Dock (uncredited) | |
| Star Power: The Creation of United Artists | 1998 | Video documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Yellow Sands | 1938 | ||
| When It Clicks | 1998 | Short | Professor Bark |
| Convict 99 | 1938 | Jimmy (uncredited) | |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 | Video Game | Mr. Soil (voice) |
| Scruffy | 1938 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 | Mr. Soil (voice) | |
| John Halifax | 1938 | Boy | |
| Superman | 1998 | TV Series | The Mad Hatter Jervis Tetch |
| I See Ice | 1938 | Boy (uncredited) | |
| Loss of Faith | 1998 | TV Movie | Henry Stokes |
| Murder in the Family | 1938 | Peter Osborne | |
| The New Batman Adventures | 1998 | TV Series | The Mad Hatter Jervis Tetch |
| Pinky and the Brain | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Snowball |
| Something to Believe In | 1998 | Gambler | |
| The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo | 1997 | King Murphy | |
| Unlikely Angel | 1996 | TV Movie | Saint Peter |
| Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | 1996 | TV Series | Proteus |
| Remember WENN | 1996 | TV Series | Giles Aldwych |
| Dead Man's Island | 1996 | TV Movie | Trevor Dunnaway |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | 1996 | TV Series | Akers |
| Gargoyles | 1996 | TV Series | Proteus |
| Tracey Takes On... | 1996 | TV Series | Rex Gaydon |
| It's My Party | 1996 | Damian Knowles | |
| Star Hunter | 1996 | Video | Riecher |
| Bullet Hearts | 1996 | TV Movie | |
| Last Summer in the Hamptons | 1995 | Thomas | |
| The Grass Harp | 1995 | Amos Legrand | |
| The Alien Within | 1995 | TV Movie | Dr. Henry Lazarus |
| Galaxy Beat | 1994 | TV Movie | Corporal Cod (voice) |
| The Tick | 1994 | TV Series | The Breadmaster |
| Angel 4: Undercover | 1994 | Geoffrey Kagen | |
| Red Planet | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Headmaster Marcus Howe |
| Batman: The Animated Series | 1992-1994 | TV Series | The Mad Hatter Jervis Tetch Dr. Jervis Tetch |
| Burke's Law | 1994 | TV Series | Maurice Gillette |
| Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance | 1994 | Dr. Lasky | |
| Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | 1994 | TV Movie | Jeremy Sennet |
| Heads | 1994 | TV Movie | Fibris Drake |
| Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron | 1993 | TV Series | Lenny Ringtail / Madkat |
| 2 Stupid Dogs | 1993 | TV Series | Chameleon |
| Dream On | 1993 | TV Series | Bob Jeffers |
| The Evil Inside Me | 1993 | Pauly | |
| The Sands of Time | 1992 | TV Movie | Alan Tucker |
| Darkwing Duck | 1992 | TV Series | Sir Quackmire Mallard |
| Quantum Leap | 1992 | TV Series | Edward St. John V |
| The Legend of Prince Valiant | 1992 | TV Series | King Frederick |
| The New Lassie | 1990-1992 | TV Series | Andrew Leeds |
| Double Trouble | 1992/I | Philip Chamberlain | |
| The Naked Target | 1992 | Ernest Peabody | |
| Camp Candy | 1992 | TV Series | |
| Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas | 1991 | Video | Narrator (voice) |
| Deadly Game | 1991 | TV Movie | Dr. Aaron |
| Earth Angel | 1991 | TV Movie | Mr. Tatum |
| The Pirates of Dark Water | 1991 | TV Series | Niddler |
| An Inconvenient Woman | 1991 | TV Mini-Series | Cyril Rathbone |
| Going Under | 1990 | Secretary Neighbor | |
| Shakma | 1990 | Sorenson | |
| Nightmare Classics | 1989 | TV Series | Inspector Amos |
| Heroes Stand Alone | 1989 | ||
| Around the World in 80 Days | 1989 | TV Mini-Series | McBaines |
| Cutting Class | 1989 | Mr. Dante | |
| Matlock | 1987-1989 | TV Series | Don Mosher / Christopher Hoyt |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1985-1989 | TV Series | Gordon Fairchild / Dr. Alger Kenyon, PHD |
| The Big Picture | 1989 | Judge | |
| Fright Night Part 2 | 1988 | Peter Vincent | |
| Doin' Time on Planet Earth | 1988 | Minister | |
| Remo Williams: The Prophecy | 1988 | TV Movie | Chiun |
| Overboard | 1987 | Andrew | |
| The Wind in the Willows | 1987 | TV Movie | Ratty (voice) |
| The Wizard | 1987 | TV Series | H.E.N.R.I. |
| Dead of Winter | 1987 | Mr. Murray | |
| GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords | 1986 | Nuggit (voice) | |
| Zoo Ship | 1985 | voice | |
| George Burns Comedy Week | 1985 | TV Series | Bob Cratchet |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1985 | TV Movie | The March Hare |
| Bridges to Cross | 1985 | TV Series | Norman Parks |
| Fright Night | 1985 | Peter Vincent | |
| Hollywood Wives | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Jason Swandle |
| Hotel | 1984 | TV Series | Anthony Spears |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overboard | 1987 | executive producer | |
| Big Timber | 1950 | associate producer | |
| Killer Shark | 1950 | associate producer | |
| Black Midnight | 1949 | associate producer | |
| Tuna Clipper | 1949 | associate producer | |
| Kidnapped | 1948 | associate producer | |
| Rocky | 1948 | associate producer |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wind in the Willows | 1987 | TV Movie performer: "Messing Around In Boats", "We Don't Have Any Pate de Foie Gras", "I Hate Company" | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1985 | TV Movie performer: "Can You Hear Us, Alice?" | |
| The Cool Ones | 1967 | performer: "Where Did I Go Wrong?" | |
| The Tempest | 1960 | TV Movie performer: "Come Unto These Yellow Sands" |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | 1998 | Documentary film and photo source | |
| American Masters | 1989 | TV Series documentary film source - 1 episode |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Devil's Widow | 1970 |
Camera Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen | 1994 | Video documentary still photographer |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blockbuster Buster | 2016 | TV Series dedicatee - 1 episode | |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | 2001 | TV Movie documentary dedicated to the memory of | |
| Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | 1998 | Documentary very special thanks | |
| Behind the Planet of the Apes | 1998 | TV Movie documentary acknowledgment: additional footage courtesy of | |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | 1997 | Documentary special thanks | |
| Biography | 1997 | TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode | |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary very special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen | 1989 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| American Masters | 1989 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | 1989 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
| Encounters of the Fourth Kind | 1989 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Hollywood on Horses | 1989 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Going Hollywood: The War Years | 1988 | Documentary | |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1988 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The 60th Annual Academy Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| The New Hollywood Squares | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics | 1988 | TV Movie | Himself |
| MGM Greatest Moments: A Video Sampler | 1987 | Video | Himself - Host |
| The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | 1987 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Holywood Reporter Salutes Radie Harris | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
| All-Star Party for Lucille Ball | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 55th Annual Academy Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1983 | TV Special | Himself |
| Circus of the Stars #7 | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood's Children | 1982 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (Narrator) |
| The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | 1982 | TV Short documentary | Himself / Rex Brewster |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1967-1980 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall | 1979 | TV Movie documentary | Chuck the Robot (voice, uncredited) |
| The Carol Burnett Show | 1974-1978 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | 1977 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| To Say the Least | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Bette Davis | 1977 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971-1976 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Magnificent Marble Machine | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 47th Annual Academy Awards | 1975 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Animated Short Film & Best Live Action Short Film |
| Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait | 1975 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| ABC Late Night | 1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1965-1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Ford | 1973 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The Return of the Movie Movie | 1972 | Documentary short | Acres (uncredited) |
| The Movie Game | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963-1971 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Cinema | 1971 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward | 1970 | TV Movie | Himself - Performer |
| The David Frost Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Pay Cards! | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Woody Woodbury Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 39th Annual Academy Awards | 1967 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| The Danny Kaye Show | 1967 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1966 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Match Game | 1964-1966 | TV Series | Himself - Team Captain / Himself - Team Member |
| The Celebrity Game | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 22th Annual Golden Globes Awards | 1965 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Best Director |
| Password All-Stars | 1965 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| Get the Message | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 18th Annual Tony Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 36th Annual Academy Awards | 1964 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| Fractured Flickers | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Stump the Stars | 1963 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| Person to Person | 1961 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Best of Anything | 1960 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Arthur Murray Party | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1955 | TV Series | Himself / Ariel |
| The Freddy Martin Show | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Celebrity Time | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Poseidon Adventure: The Cast Looks Back | 2006 | Video short | Himself |
| Biography | 1993-2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Actor / Friend |
| Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Keepers of the Frame | 1999 | Documentary | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Robert Wise | 1998 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | 1998 | Documentary | Himself / Actor / Friend |
| Behind the Planet of the Apes | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Beyond Titanic | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor |
| A Tribute to John Chambers | 1998 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself |
| Mary Pickford: A Life on Film | 1997 | Documentary | Himself |
| Obsessed with Vertigo | 1997 | TV Short documentary | Himself (Narrator) (voice) |
| Travel the World: Eastern Cities - Prague, Budapest and Istanbul | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Germany - The Rhine and Mosel, the Romantic Road | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Great Britain - London, Edinburgh | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Great Britain - North Wales, Cotswald Villages & Bath | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Greece - Athens and the Peloponnes, Greek Islands | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Ireland - Western Ireland, Dublin and Belfast | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Italy - Rome, Naples & the Amalfi Coast | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Italy - The Hilltowns of Tuscany, the Italian Riviera | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Travel the World: Spain - Toledo and Madrid, Seville and Andalusia | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen | 1996 | TV Series documentary | Quote Reader |
| Great Performances | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Meet Me in St. Louis: The Making of an American Classic | 1994 | Video documentary short | Narrator |
| That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen | 1994 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Story of Lassie | 1994 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Intimate Portrait | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| John Ford | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1993 | TV Series | Himself |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor | 1993 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| This Is Your Life | 1986-1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Omnibus | 1992 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Actor |
| Good Morning America | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Magical World of Chuck Jones | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
| MGM: When the Lion Roars | 1992 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Crazy About the Movies: Ava Gardner | 1992 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Actor / Friend |
| Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Stars and Stripes: Hollywood and World War II | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Hotels | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 7th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Room 237 | 2012/I | Documentary | Benjamin Franklin Fischer (uncredited) |
| Midnight Son | 2011 | Peter Vincent | |
| Making the Boys | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Peter Vincent / Doctor Mellon |
| Private Screenings | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Agatha Christie Code | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Rex Brewster |
| Ciclo Agatha Christie | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Biography | 1998-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Planet of the Apes: Rule the Planet | 2001 | TV Short documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (1998 Interview) |
| Backstory | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - Actor |
| Chump Change | 2000 | Acres (uncredited) | |
| The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Memorial Tribute |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Memorial Tribute |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Carol Burnett Show: A Reunion | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Roddy McDowell) |
| Oscar's Greatest Moments | 1992 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | 1992 | TV Series | Huw |
| Back to the Planet of the Apes | 1981 | TV Movie | Galen |
| Farewell to the Planet of the Apes | 1981 | TV Movie | Galen |
| Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes | 1981 | TV Movie | Galen |
| Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes | 1981 | TV Movie | Galen |
| Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes | 1981 | TV Movie | Galen |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | 1976 | Documentary | Clip from 'Lassie Come Home' |
| It's Showtime | 1976 | Documentary uncredited | |
| Funny Girl to Funny Lady | 1975 | TV Special documentary | Bobby |
| Beneath the Planet of the Apes | 1970 | Cornelius (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Fright Night (1985) |
| 1961 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Single Program | Sunday Showcase (1959) |
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Television | On 8 February 1960. At 6632 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Class of 1984 (1982) |
| 1964 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Supporting Actor | Cleopatra (1963) |
| 1964 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Arrest and Trial (1963) |
Known for movies
Planet of the Apes (1968)
as Cornelius
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
as Caesar / Cornelius
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
as Cornelius
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
as Caesar