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)
References
Other websites
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