Roddy McDowall

**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.

### 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)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Roddy McDowall
- **image**: Roddy McDowall 1997.jpg
- **caption**: McDowall in 1997
- **birth name**: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
- **birth place**: Herne Hill, London, England
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, United States, U.S.
- **death cause**: Lung cancer
- **occupation**: Actor
- **yearsactive**: 1938–1998