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)

References

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1928 births
1998 deaths
Actors from London
British child actors
Deaths from lung cancer
Emmy Award winning actors
English movie actors
English television actors
English voice actors
English stage actors
English radio actors
LGBT actors
English LGBT people
English photographers
Saturn Award winners
Tony Award winning actors