Title: Roddy McDowall Content: 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===  ===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)