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.

## 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)

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