# Roddy McDowall

| Roddy McDowall |
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| McDowall in 1997 |
| Born | Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (1928-09-17)17 September 1928 Herne Hill, London, England |
| Died | 3 October 1998(1998-10-03) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1938–1998 |

**Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude** "**Roddy**" **McDowall** (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was a British television, movie, stage, voice, radio, child actor and photographer. He is known for his soft smooth voice and for his role as Cornelius and Caesar in the *Planet of the Apes* movie series. He won a Tony Award, a Emmy Award, and a Saturn Award.

McDowall was born on 17 September 1928 in Herne Hill, London, England. McDowall was never married and had no children. McDowall was a closeted homosexual. McDowall died on 3 October 1998 from lung cancer in his Studio City, Los Angeles, California home, aged 70.

## Filmography

### Film

* *Murder in the Family* (1938) as Peter Osborne
* *John Halifax* (1938) as Boy
* *Dead Man's Shoes* (1940) as Boy
* *Just William* (1940) as Ginger
* *You Will Remember* (1941) as Young Bob Slater
* *Man Hunt* (1941) as Vaner
* *This England* (1941) as Hugo, Norman Boy
* *How Green Was My Valley* (1941) as Huw Morgan
* *Confirm or Deny* (1941) as Albert Perkins
* *The Pied Piper* (1942) as Ronnie Cavanaugh
* *My Friend Flicka* (1943) as Ken McLaughlin
* *Lassie Come Home* (1943) as Joe Carraclough
* *The White Cliffs of Dover* (1944) as John Ashwood II as a Boy
* *The Keys of the Kingdom* (1944) as Francis Chisholm – as a Boy
* *Thunderhead, Son of Flicka* (1945) as Ken McLaughlin
* *Molly and Me* (1945) as Jimmy Graham
* *Holiday in Mexico* (1946) as Stanley Owen
* *Rocky* (1948) as Chris Hammond
* *Macbeth* (1948) as Malcolm
* *Big Timber* (1950) as Jimmy
* *Killer Shark* (1950) as Ted
* *Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat* (1950; short subject)
* *The Steel Fist* (1952) as Eric Kardin
* *The Big Country* (1958) as Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
* *The Subterraneans* (1960) as Yuri Gilgoric
* *Midnight Lace* (1960) as Malcolm Stanley
* *The Longest Day* (1962) as Pvt. Morris
* *Cleopatra* (1963) as Octavian – Caesar Augustus
* *Shock Treatment* (1964) as Martin Ashley
* *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965) as Matthew
* *The Defector* (1966) as Agent Adams
* *The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin* (1967) as Bullwhip Griffin
* *The Cool Ones* (1967) as Tony Krum
* *It!* (1967) as Arthur Pimm
* *Planet of the Apes* (1968) as Cornelius
* *Pretty Maids All in a Row* (1971) as Proffer
* *Escape from the Planet of the Apes* (1971) as Cornelius
* *Terror in the Sky* (1971) as Dr. Ralph Baird
* *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (1971) as Mr. Rowan Jelk
* *Conquest of the Planet of the Apes* (1972) as Caesar
* *The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean* (1972) as Frank Gass
* *The Poseidon Adventure* (1972) as Acres
* *Arnold* (1973) as Robert
* *The Legend of Hell House* (1973) as Benjamin Franklin Fischer
* *The Cat from Outer Space* (1978) as Mr. Stallwood
* *Circle of Iron* (1978) as White Robe
* *The Thief of Baghdad* (1978) as Hasan
* *Nutcracker Fantasy* (1979) as Franz / Fritz (voice)
* *Scavenger Hunt* (1979) as Jenkins
* *The Black Hole* (1979) as V.I.N.CENT
* *Overboard* (1987) as Andrew
* *Fright Night Part 2* (1988) as Peter Vincent
* *The Big Picture* (1989) as Judge
* *Cutting Class* (1989) as Mr. Dante
* *Shakma* (1990) as Sorenson
* *Going Under* (1990) as Secretary Neighbor
* *Harold Lloyd, The Third Genius* (1990 documentary)
* *Precious Moments Christmas*: "Timmy's Gift" (1991) as narrator (voice)
* *Doin' Time on Planet Earth* (1992) as Minister
* *The Magical World of Chuck Jones* (1992 documentary)
* *The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo* (1997) as King Murphy
* *Something to Believe In* (1998) as Gambler
* *A Bug's Life* (1998) as Mr. Soil (voice)
* *When It Clicks* (1998) (short subject) as Professor Bark

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1951 | *Family Theatre* | Private Huntington (The Professor) | Episode: "Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration" |
| 1960 | *The Twilight Zone* | Sam Conrad | Season 1, Episode 25: "People Are Alike All Over" |
| 1960 | *The Tempest* | Ariel | TV movie |
| 1964 | *Combat!* | Murfree | Season 3, Episode 13: "The Long Walk" |
| 1964 | *Kraft Suspense Theatre* | Robert "Professor" Benson | Season 2, Episode 11: "The Wine-Dark Sea" |
| 1965 | *Ben Casey* | Dwight Franklin | Season 4, Episode 19: "When I am grown to Man's Estate" |
| 1966 | *12 O'Clock High* | "T" / Sgt. Willets | Season 2, Episode 24: "Angel Babe" |
| 1966 | *Batman* | Bookworm | Season 1, Episode 29: "The Bookworm Turns" Season 1, Episode: 30 "While Gotham City Burns" |
| 1966 | *Run for Your Life* | Gyula Bognar | Episode: "Don't Count on Tomorrow" |
| 1969 | *Journey to the Unknown* | Rollo Verdew | Season 1, Episode 12: "The Killing Bottle" |
| 1969 | *It Takes a Thief* | Roger | Season 2, Episode 19: "Boom at the Top" |
| 1969 | *Night Gallery* | Jeremy Evans | "The Cemetery" segment |
| 1969 | *The Name of the Game* | Philip Saxon | Season 1, Episode 11: "The White Birch" |
| 1970 | *The Name of the Game* | Early McCorley | Season 3, Episode 12: "Why I Blew Up Dakota" |
| 1971 | *Terror in the Sky* | Dr. Ralph Baird | TV movie |
| 1972 | *Columbo* | Roger Stanford | Episode: "Short Fuse" |
| 1972 | *The Rookies: Dirge for Sunday* | Fenner | Episode: "Dirge for Sunday" |
| 1972 | *Mission: Impossible* | Leo Ostro | Episode: The Puppet |
| 1973 | *McMillan & Wife* | Jamie McMillan | Episode: "Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend" |
| 1974 | *Planet of the Apes* | Galen | 14 episodes |
| 1974 | *The Elevator* | Marvin Ellis | TV movie |
| 1976 | *Ellery Queen* | The Amazing Armitage | Season 1, Episode: 12 "The Adventure of the Black Falcon" |
| 1976 | *Flood!* | Mr. Franklin | TV movie |
| 1976 | *Mowgli's Brothers* | Narrator / Mowgli / Shere Khan / Baloo / Bagheera / Tabaqui | Voice, TV Short |
| 1977 | *The Feather and Father Gang* | Vincent Stoddard | Season 1, Episode 12: "The Mayan Connection" |
| 1977 | *The Rhinemann Exchange* | Bobby Ballard | 3 episodes |
| 1977 | *The Fantastic Journey* | Dr. Jonathan Willoway | 8 Episodes |
| 1977 | *Wonder Woman* | Henry Roberts / Professor Arthur Chapman | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | *The Immigrants* | Mark Levy | TV movie |
| 1979 | *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* | Governor Saroyan | Season 1, Episode 2: "Planet of the Slave Girls" |
| 1979 | *Supertrain* | Talcott | Episode: "The Green Lady" |
| 1979 | *Hart to Hart* | Dr. Peterson | Episode: "Hart to Hart" |
| 1979 | *Mork & Mindy* | Chuck the Robot | Voice, Episode: "Dr. Morkenstein" |
| 1980 | *The Martian Chronicles* | Father Stone | 3 episodes |
| 1980 | *The Memory of Eva Ryker* | MacFarland | TV movie |
| 1980 | *The Return of the King* | Samwise Gamgee | Voice, TV movie |
| 1984 | *The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood* | Prince John | TV movie |
| 1985 | *Hollywood Wives* | Jason Swankle | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | *Alice in Wonderland* | The March Hare | TV movie |
| 1985–1989 | *Murder, She Wrote* | Gordon Fairchild / Dr. Alger Kenyon | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | *Bridges to Cross* | Norman Parks | Episode: "Memories of Molly" |
| 1987 | *The Wind in the Willows* | Ratty | Voice, TV movie |
| 1988 | *Remo Williams: The Prophecy* | Chuin | TV movie |
| 1989 | *Around the World in 80 Days* | McBaines | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | *The Pirates of Dark Water* | Niddler | Voice, 5 Episodes |
| 1991 | *An Inconvenient Woman* | Cyril Rathbone | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | *Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas* | Narrator | Voice |
| 1992 | *Darkwing Duck* | Sir Quackmire Mallard | Voice, Episode: "Inherit the Wimp" |
| 1992–1994 | *Batman: The Animated Series* | Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 1992 | *Camp Candy* |  | Voice, Episode: "When it Rains… it Snows" |
| 1993 | *2 Stupid Dogs* | Chameleon | Voice, Episode: "Chameleon" |
| 1993 | *SWAT Kats* | Lenny Ringtail / Madkat | Voice, Episode: "Enter the Madkat" |
| 1994 | *The Tick* | Breadmaster | Voice, 6 Episodes |
| 1996 | *Tracey Takes On...* | Rex Gaydon | Episode: "Nostalgia" |
| 1996 | *Gargoyles* | Proteus | Voice, Episode: "The New Olympians" |
| 1996 | *Unlikely Angel* | Saint Peter | TV movie |
| 1998 | *The New Batman Adventures* | Jervis Tetch / The Mad Hatter | Voice, 2 Episodes |

### Stage

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| * *Young Woodley* (1946)

  | * *No Time for Sergeants* (1955)
* *Good as Gold* (1957)
* *Compulsion* (1957)
* *Handful of Fire* (1958)
* *Look After Lulu* (1959)

  | * *The Fighting Cock* (1959)
* *Dial M for Murder* (1995–1996)
* *A Christmas Carol: The Musical* (1997)
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## Other websites

 Media related to Roddy McDowall at Wikimedia Commons

* Roddy McDowall on IMDb
* Roddy McDowall at the Internet Broadway Database
* Roddy McDowall at Find a Grave