Roddy McDowall

September 17, 1928 - October 3, 1998 London, England, UK
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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.

His titles like Planet of the Apes, A Bug's Life, and Escape from the Planet of the Apes - his biggest roles first.
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Watched: 0/138
Weighted avg: 6.42 /10
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    1968February 1968 by Franklin J. Schaffner
    Starring as Cornelius
    Starring as Cornelius
    7.31 Excellent--
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    1998November 1998 by John Lasseter
    Minor role as Mr. Soil (voice)
    Minor role as Mr. Soil (voice)
    6.57 Good
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    1971May 1971 by Don Taylor
    Lead role as Cornelius
    Lead role as Cornelius
    5.92 Okay++
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    1972June 1972 by J. Lee Thompson
    Lead role as Caesar
    Lead role as Caesar
    5.68 Okay+
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    1973June 1973 by J. Lee Thompson
    Lead role as Caesar
    Lead role as Caesar
    5.19 Okay--
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    1985August 1985 by Tom Holland
    Supporting as Peter Vincent
    Supporting as Peter Vincent
    6.57 Good
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    1971October 1971 by Robert Stevenson
    Starring as Mr. Jelk
    Starring as Mr. Jelk
    6.60 Good
  • 8
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    1987December 1987 by Garry Marshall
    Supporting as Andrew
    Supporting as Andrew
    6.35 Good-
  • 9
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    1972December 1972 by Ronald Neame
    Supporting as Acres
    Supporting as Acres
    6.72 Good
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    1988April 1988 by Tommy Lee Wallace
    Starring as Peter Vincent
    Starring as Peter Vincent
    5.96 Okay++
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    1982March 1982 by Guy Hamilton
    Supporting as Rex Brewster
    Supporting as Rex Brewster
    6.43 Good-
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    1963June 1963 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Minor role as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
    Minor role as Octavian - Caesar Augustus
    6.61 Good
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    1982August 1982 by Mark L. Lester
    Starring as Terry Corrigan
    Starring as Terry Corrigan
    5.94 Okay++
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    1941October 1941 by John Ford
    Supporting as Huw Morgan
    Supporting as Huw Morgan
    6.84 Good+
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    1973June 1973 by John Hough
    Starring as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
    Starring as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
    6.19 Good--
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    1979December 1979 by Gary Nelson
    Supporting as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
    Supporting as V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
    5.38 Okay-
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    1980May 1980 by Jules Bass
    Starring as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
    Starring as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
    5.95 Okay++
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    1943December 1943 by Fred M. Wilcox
    Lead role as Joe Carraclough
    Lead role as Joe Carraclough
    6.20 Good--
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    1974 by Anthony Wilson
    Lead role as Galen
    Lead role as Galen
    5.97 Okay++
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    1958August 1958 by William Wyler
    Minor role as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
    Minor role as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
    7.11 Good++
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    1965December 1965 by Robert Stevenson
    Supporting as Gregory Benson
    Supporting as Gregory Benson
    6.12 Good--
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    1948October 1948 by Orson Welles
    Supporting as Malcolm
    Supporting as Malcolm
    6.70 Good
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    1987February 1987 by Arthur Penn
    Starring as Mr. Murray
    Starring as Mr. Murray
    5.65 Okay
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    1972December 1972 by John Huston
    Supporting as Frank Gass
    Supporting as Frank Gass
    6.06 Okay++
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    1978June 1978 by Norman Tokar
    Supporting as Mr. Stallwood
    Supporting as Mr. Stallwood
    5.60 Okay
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    1989April 1989 by Rospo Pallenberg
    Supporting as Mr. Dante
    Supporting as Mr. Dante
    4.95 Mediocre++
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    1960October 1960 by David Miller
    Supporting as Malcolm
    Supporting as Malcolm
    6.09 Okay++
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    1941June 1941 by Fritz Lang
    Supporting as Vaner
    Supporting as Vaner
    6.35 Good-
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    1965April 1965 by George Stevens
    Minor role as Matthew
    Minor role as Matthew
    5.95 Okay++
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    1998September 1998 by Kevin Burns
    Lead role as Self - Host
    Lead role as Self - Host
    6.37 Good-
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    1990October 1990 by Hugh Parks
    Supporting as Sorenson
    Supporting as Sorenson
    5.29 Okay-
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    1968July 1968 by Henry Hathaway
    Supporting as Nick Evers
    Supporting as Nick Evers
    5.89 Okay+
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    1967March 1967 by James Neilson
    Lead role as Bullwhip Griffin
    Lead role as Bullwhip Griffin
    6.07 Okay++
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    1978March 1978 by Michael Rae
    Supporting as Doctor Mellon
    Supporting as Doctor Mellon
    3.79 Weak++
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    1975March 1975 by Herbert Ross
    Supporting as Bobby Moore
    Supporting as Bobby Moore
    5.25 Okay-
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    1992February 1992 by John Paragon
    Starring as Phillip Chamberlin
    Starring as Phillip Chamberlin
    5.04 Okay--
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    1978July 1978 by Richard Moore
    Supporting as White Robe
    Supporting as White Robe
    5.41 Okay-
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    It!
    1967July 1967 by Herbert J. Leder
    Lead role as Arthur Pimm
    Lead role as Arthur Pimm
    5.90 Okay++
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    1966February 1966 by George Axelrod
    Lead role as Alan Musgrave
    Lead role as Alan Musgrave
    5.69 Okay+
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    1980 by Ray Bradbury
    Starring as Father Stone
    Starring as Father Stone
    6.05 Okay++
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    1966February 1966 by Robert Mulligan
    Supporting as Walter Baines
    Supporting as Walter Baines
    5.49 Okay
  • 42
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    1989September 1989 by Christopher Guest
    Minor role as Judge
    Minor role as Judge
    5.60 Okay
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    1944December 1944 by John M. Stahl
    Supporting as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
    Supporting as Francis Chisholm, as a boy
    6.36 Good-
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    1994May 1994 by Jimmy Lifton
    Lead role as Dr. Lasky
    Lead role as Dr. Lasky
    5.22 Okay--
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    1971April 1971 by Roger Vadim
    Supporting as Mr. Proffer
    Supporting as Mr. Proffer
    5.70 Okay+
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    1943May 1943 by Harold D. Schuster
    Lead role as Ken McLaughlin
    Lead role as Ken McLaughlin
    5.83 Okay+
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    1973November 1973 by Georg Fenady
    Starring as Robert
    Starring as Robert
    5.56 Okay
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    1976May 1976 by Ralph Nelson
    Supporting as Frank Riley
    Supporting as Frank Riley
    5.25 Okay-
  • 49
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    1997October 1997 by Harrison Engle
    Lead role as Narrator (Voice)
    Lead role as Narrator (Voice)
    6.19 Good--
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    1985
    Supporting as March Hare
    Supporting as March Hare
    5.88 Okay+
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    1979December 1979 by Michael Schultz
    Supporting as Jenkins
    Supporting as Jenkins
    5.59 Okay
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    1981February 1981 by Clive Donner
    Supporting as Gillespie
    Supporting as Gillespie
    5.45 Okay
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    1982–1983 by Donald P. Bellisario
    Supporting as "Bon Chance" Louie
    Supporting as "Bon Chance" Louie
    6.24 Good--
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    1996December 1996 by Michael Switzer
    Starring as Saint Peter
    Starring as Saint Peter
    5.90 Okay++
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    1944May 1944 by Clarence Brown
    Starring as John Ashwood II as a Boy
    Starring as John Ashwood II as a Boy
    6.09 Okay++
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    1997May 1997 by Dee McLachlan
    Supporting as King Murphy
    Supporting as King Murphy
    5.69 Okay+
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    1971October 1971 by John Llewellyn Moxey
    Starring as Dr. Michael Lomas
    Starring as Dr. Michael Lomas
    5.87 Okay+
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    1965October 1965 by Tony Richardson
    Minor role as D.J. Jr.
    Minor role as D.J. Jr.
    5.87 Okay+
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    1969November 1969 by Barry Shear
    Supporting as Jeremy Evans
    Supporting as Jeremy Evans
    6.02 Okay++
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    1996March 1996 by Randal Kleiser
    Minor role as Damian Knowles
    Minor role as Damian Knowles
    5.94 Okay++
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    1996January 1996 by Cole S. McKay
    Lead role as Riecher
    Lead role as Riecher
    5.65 Okay
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    1975March 1975 by Chuck Jones
    Lead role as Narrator/ White Seal
    Lead role as Narrator/ White Seal
    6.00 Okay++
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    1967December 1967 by Jules Bass
    Starring as Cricket Crocket (voice)
    Starring as Cricket Crocket (voice)
    5.65 Okay
  • 64
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    1991March 1991 by Joe Napolitano
    Starring as Mr. Tatum
    Starring as Mr. Tatum
    5.71 Okay+
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    1942August 1942 by Irving Pichel
    Starring as Ronnie Cavanaugh
    Starring as Ronnie Cavanaugh
    6.12 Good--
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    1996October 1996 by Charles Matthau
    Minor role as Amos Legrand
    Minor role as Amos Legrand
    5.76 Okay+
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    1978January 1978 by Clive Donner
    Lead role as Hasan
    Lead role as Hasan
    Needs more reviews
  • 68
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    1975November 1975 by Fred Williamson
    Starring as Tony Da Vince
    Starring as Tony Da Vince
    5.81 Okay+
  • 69
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    2024May 2024 by Nanette Burstein
    Starring as Self (archive footage)
    Starring as Self (archive footage)
    6.12 Good--
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    2024May 2024 by Antoine Coursat
    Starring as Self (archive footage)
    Starring as Self (archive footage)
    6.43 Good-
  • 71
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    1983November 1983 by Jules Bass
    Starring as Ratty (voice)
    Starring as Ratty (voice)
    5.94 Okay++
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    1969June 1969 by Jack Arnold
    Supporting as Nate Ashbury
    Supporting as Nate Ashbury
    5.85 Okay+
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    1976February 1976 by Chuck Jones
    Lead role as Mowgli (voice)
    Lead role as Mowgli (voice)
    Needs more reviews
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    1945March 1945 by Louis King
    Lead role as Ken McLaughlin
    Lead role as Ken McLaughlin
    Needs more reviews
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    1945May 1945 by Lewis Seiler
    Starring as Jimmy Graham
    Starring as Jimmy Graham
    6.05 Okay++
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    1967April 1967 by Gene Nelson
    Lead role as Tony Krum
    Lead role as Tony Krum
    Needs more reviews
  • 77
    77
    1986March 1986 by Ray Patterson
    Starring as Nuggit (voice)
    Starring as Nuggit (voice)
    6.18 Good--
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    1942January 1942 by John Cromwell
    Supporting as Benjamin - as a Boy
    Supporting as Benjamin - as a Boy
    6.22 Good--
  • 79
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    2023June 2023 by Jean Lauritano
    Starring as Self
    Starring as Self
    6.22 Good--
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    80
    1995July 1995 by Scott P. Levy
    Lead role as Dr. Henry Lazarus
    Lead role as Dr. Henry Lazarus
    Needs more reviews
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    1977June 1977 by Earl Bellamy
    Supporting as Mr. Franklin
    Supporting as Mr. Franklin
    5.67 Okay+
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    1991August 1991 by Mark W. Travis
    Supporting as Secretary Neighbor
    Supporting as Secretary Neighbor
    5.45 Okay
  • 83
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    1994July 1994 by Richard Schenkman
    Minor role as Geoffrey Kagen
    Minor role as Geoffrey Kagen
    5.35 Okay-
  • 84
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    1950March 1950 by Budd Boetticher
    Lead role as Ted White
    Lead role as Ted White
    Needs more reviews
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    85
    1952January 1952 by Wesley Barry
    Lead role as Eric Kardin
    Lead role as Eric Kardin
    Needs more reviews
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    86
    1973December 1973 by Fielder Cook
    Supporting as Dr. Sawyer
    Supporting as Dr. Sawyer
    6.13 Good--
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    87
    1998May 1998 by Hugh Munro Neely
    Supporting as Himself - Actor / Friend
    Supporting as Himself - Actor / Friend
    6.18 Good--
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    1969August 1969 by Robert Thom
    Supporting as Santoro
    Supporting as Santoro
    5.64 Okay
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    1964July 1964 by Denis Sanders
    Starring as Martin Ashley
    Starring as Martin Ashley
    Needs more reviews
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    90
    1965August 1965 by Jack Smight
    Starring as Oliver Parsons
    Starring as Oliver Parsons
    Needs more reviews
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    91
    1949October 1949 by Budd Boetticher
    Lead role as Scott Jordan
    Lead role as Scott Jordan
    Needs more reviews
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    1988August 1988 by Christian I. Nyby II
    Lead role as Chiun
    Lead role as Chiun
    Needs more reviews
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    1960June 1960 by Ranald MacDougall
    Supporting as Yuri Gilgoric
    Supporting as Yuri Gilgoric
    Needs more reviews
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    1946August 1946 by George Sidney
    Starring as Stanley Owen
    Starring as Stanley Owen
    Needs more reviews
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    1974February 1974 by Jerry Jameson
    Starring as Marvin Ellis
    Starring as Marvin Ellis
    Needs more reviews
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    1994February 1994 by Peter Roger Hunt
    Supporting as Jeremy Sennet
    Supporting as Jeremy Sennet
    6.03 Okay++
  • 97
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    1991July 1991 by Thomas J. Wright
    Supporting as Dr. Aaron
    Supporting as Dr. Aaron
    Needs more reviews
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    98
    1984May 1984 by Ray Austin
    Starring as Prince John
    Starring as Prince John
    Needs more reviews
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    99
    1996March 1996 by Peter H. Hunt
    Starring as Trevor Dunnaway
    Starring as Trevor Dunnaway
    Needs more reviews
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    100
    1971September 1971 by Bernard L. Kowalski
    Starring as Dr. Ralph Baird
    Starring as Dr. Ralph Baird
    Needs more reviews
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    1948November 1948 by William Beaudine
    Lead role as David Balfour
    Lead role as David Balfour
    Needs more reviews
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    102
    1992January 1992 by Javier Elorrieta
    Supporting as Ernest Peabody
    Supporting as Ernest Peabody
    Needs more reviews
  • 103
    103
    1938October 1938 by Marcel Varnel
    Minor role as Boy
    Minor role as Boy
    6.18 Good--
  • 104
    104
    1985 by Aaron Spelling
    Supporting as Jason Swandle
    Supporting as Jason Swandle
    Needs more reviews
  • 105
    105
    1938September 1938 by Marcel Varnel
    Minor role as Jimmy
    Minor role as Jimmy
    6.12 Good--
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    106
    1988September 1988 by Charles Matthau
    Minor role as Minister
    Minor role as Minister
    5.51 Okay
  • 107
    107
    1983January 1983 by Jerry Jameson
    Supporting as Manfred Hayes
    Supporting as Manfred Hayes
    Needs more reviews
  • 108
    108
    1992
    Minor role
    Minor role
    6.22 Good--
  • 109
    109
    1991December 1991 by Rick Reinert
    Starring as Narrator (voice)
    Starring as Narrator (voice)
    Needs more reviews
  • 110
    110
    1997October 1997 by Kerry Jensen-Izsak
    Supporting as Self
    Supporting as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    111
    1951March 1951 by Arthur Pierson
    Minor role as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
    Minor role as Pvt. Huntington (The Professor)
    Needs more reviews
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    112
    1966October 1966 by Raoul Lévy
    Minor role as Agent Adams
    Minor role as Agent Adams
    Needs more reviews
  • 113
    113
    2001April 2001 by Kevin Burns
    Minor role as Self (archive footage)
    Minor role as Self (archive footage)
    6.18 Good--
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    114
    1994January 1994 by Paul Shapiro
    Supporting as Fibris Drake
    Supporting as Fibris Drake
    Needs more reviews
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    1983February 1983 by Gilbert Cates
    Supporting as Narrator
    Supporting as Narrator
    Needs more reviews
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    1971December 1971 by Jerry Paris
    Starring as Albert Soames
    Starring as Albert Soames
    Needs more reviews
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    117
    1977
    Supporting as Bobby Ballard
    Supporting as Bobby Ballard
    Needs more reviews
  • 118
    118
    1997January 1997 by Kevin Burns
    Supporting as Self
    Supporting as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    119
    1982May 1982 by Lee Philips
    Supporting as Rene Valentine
    Supporting as Rene Valentine
    Needs more reviews
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    1969May 1969 by Alf Kjellin
    Minor role as Wister
    Minor role as Wister
    Needs more reviews
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    1941December 1941 by Archie Mayo
    Starring as Albert Perkins
    Starring as Albert Perkins
    Needs more reviews
  • 122
    122
    1998September 1998 by Edith Becker
    Supporting as Self
    Supporting as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    123
    1986
    Starring
    Starring
    Needs more reviews
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    124
    1991
    Minor role as Cyril Rathbone
    Minor role as Cyril Rathbone
    Needs more reviews
  • 125
    125
    1979August 1979 by Tom Mankiewicz
    Supporting as Dr. Peterson
    Supporting as Dr. Peterson
    Needs more reviews
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    126
    1995November 1995 by Henry Jaglom
    Minor role as Thomas
    Minor role as Thomas
    Needs more reviews
  • 127
    127
    1995September 1995 by Kevin Burns
    Supporting as Self
    Supporting as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    128
    1998October 1998 by Allan A. Goldstein
    Supporting as Henry Stokes
    Supporting as Henry Stokes
    Needs more reviews
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    1975February 1975 by Pat Shields
    Supporting as Self
    Supporting as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    1989November 1989 by David Gill
    Supporting as Self
    Supporting as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    1982January 1982
    Supporting as Self / Rex Brewster
    Supporting as Self / Rex Brewster
    Needs more reviews
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    1998May 1998 by John Hough
    Supporting as Gambler
    Supporting as Gambler
    Needs more reviews
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    1989September 1989 by Gabrielle Beaumont
    Supporting as Inspector Amos
    Supporting as Inspector Amos
    Needs more reviews
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    1941July 1941 by David MacDonald
    Minor role as Hugo
    Minor role as Hugo
    Needs more reviews
  • 135
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    1989 by Shelley Duvall
    Minor role as Inspector Amos
    Minor role as Inspector Amos
    Needs more reviews
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    1997May 1997 by Gene Feldman
    Minor role as Self
    Minor role as Self
    Needs more reviews
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    1939January 1939 by Paul L. Stein
    Minor role as Cured Child
    Minor role as Cured Child
    Needs more reviews
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    1992October 1992 by George Daugherty
    Minor role as Self
    Minor role as Self
    Needs more reviews
Co-starring with:
Charlton Heston 6 titles
Elizabeth Taylor 5 titles
Peter Ustinov 4 titles
June Foray 3 titles
Robert Wagner 5 titles
Paul Newman 2 titles
Orson Bean 1 title
Richard Haydn 1 title