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.

Roddy McDowall
McDowall in 1997
Born	Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (1928-09-17)17 September 1928 Herne Hill, London, England
Died	3 October 1998(1998-10-03) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1938–1999

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

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)

Other websites

Media related to Roddy McDowall at Wikimedia Commons

• Roddy McDowall on IMDb
• Roddy McDowall at the Internet Broadway Database
• Roddy McDowall at Find a Grave