   roderick andrew anthony jude "roddy" mcdowall (17 september 1928 â 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. ==early life and career== mcdowall was born at 204 herne hill road, herne hill, london, the son of winifriede lucinda (nÃ©e corcoran), an irish-born aspiring actress, and thomas andrew mcdowall, a merchant seaman of scottish descent. both of his parents were enthusiastic about the theatre. he had an older sister, virginia, who was a sometime actress. appearing as a child model as a baby, mcdowall appeared in several british films as a boy. after winning an acting prize in a school play aged nine, he landed his first major movie part in scruffy (1938).biography howard gotlieb archival research center, boston university his family moved to the united states of america in 1940 du
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