Roddy McDowall
Actor, Film actor
1928 – 1998
Who was Roddy McDowall?
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude "Roddy" McDowall was an English born American actor, film director, photographer and voice artist. His film roles included Cornelius, Caesar, and Galen in the Planet of the Apes film and television series. He began his long acting career as a child in England, and then in the USA, in How Green Was My Valley, My Friend Flicka, and Lassie Come Home, and as an adult appeared most frequently as a character actor on radio, stage, film, and television. He served in several positions on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the Selection Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, as well as contributing to various charities related to the film industry and film preservation.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1928
Herne Hill - Also known as
- Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
- Master Roddy McDowall
- Roddy McDowell
- Roddy MacDowall
- Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude "Roddy" McDowall
- Roderick Andrew McDowal
- Roderick Andrew McDowall
- Roddy
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University High School
- Lived in
- Herne Hill
- London
- Died
- Oct 3, 1998
Studio City
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on July 23, 2013
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