Roddy Mc. Dowall Wikipedia. Roddy Mc. Dowall. Mc. Dowall at the 1. Academy Awards. Born. Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude Mc. Dowall1. 92. 8 0. September 1. 92. 8Herne Hill, London, England, U. K. Died. 3 October 1. Studio City, Los Angeles, California, U. S. Cause of death. Lung cancer. Occupation. Actor, voice artist, director, photographer. Years active. 19. Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude Mc. Dowall 1. 7 September 1. October 1. 99. 8 was an English American actor, voice artist, film director and photographer. He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the spin off television series. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, in How Green Was My Valley 1. My Friend Flicka 1. Lassie Come Home 1. As an adult, Mc. Dowall appeared most frequently as a character actor on radio, stage, film, and television. For portraying Augustus in the historical drama Cleopatra 1. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture. Other titles include The Longest Day 1. The Greatest Story Ever Told 1. That Darn Cat 1. Inside Daisy Clover 1. Writing can be really nowin. Its not fair, but its true. If you obsess over every grammatical and structural point, you can come across as stiff. But if you. Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1. The Poseidon Adventure 1. Funny Lady 1. 97. The Black Hole 1. Class of 1. 98. 4 1. Fright Night 1. 98. Overboard 1. 98. Fright Night Part 2 1. A Bugs Life 1. 99. He also served in various positions on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Selection Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, further contributing to various charities related to the film industry and film preservation. Early life and careereditMc. Dowall was born at 2. Watch The Hungover Games Tube Free. Herne Hill Road, Herne Hill, London, the son of Winifriede Lucinda ne Corcoran, an aspiring actress originally from Ireland, and Thomas Andrew Mc. Dowall, a merchant seaman of Scottish descent. Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the theatre. He and his elder sister, Virginia, were raised in their mothers Catholic faith. He attended St. Josephs College, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, a Roman Catholic secondary school in London. Appearing as a child model as a baby, Mc. Dowall appeared in several British films as a boy. Chimpanzee Full Movie In English' title='Chimpanzee Full Movie In English' />After winning an acting prize in a school play at age nine, he landed his first major movie role in Scruffy 1. He then appeared in films starring comedians George Formby and Will Hay, as well as in Walter Fordes thriller Saloon Bar. His family moved to the United States in 1. World War II. Mc. Dowall became a naturalized United States citizen on 9 December 1. 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Dowall in Lassie Come Home 1. Mc. Dowall continued his career successfully into adulthood. By the mid 1. 94. Mc. Dowall turned to the theater, taking the title role of Young Woodley 1. Westport, Connecticut. In 1. 94. 7, he played Malcolm in Orson Welless stage production of Macbeth in Salt Lake City, Utah, and played the same role in the actor directors film version in 1. He then appeared in several roles for Monogram Pictures, a low budget studio that welcomed established stars. Apart from Kidnapped 1. Robert Louis Stevenson story, the Mc. Dowall Monograms were contemporary outdoor adventures he made seven features for the studio until the series lapsed in 1. Mc. Dowall left Hollywood to act on the Broadway stage, notably in The Fighting Cock, No Time For Sergeants and Camelot with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton, and on television through the 1. Having won both an Emmy Award 1. NBC Sunday Showcase and a Tony Award 1. The Fighting Cock he appeared on such television series as the original The Twilight Zone, The Eleventh Hour, Twelve OClock High, The Invaders, The Carol Burnett Show, Columbo 1. Watch The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee Online Forbes more. Short Fuse, Night Gallery, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Mork Mindy, Buck Rogers in the 2. Century, Hart to Hart, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Hotel, Murder, She Wrote and Quantum Leap. Mc. Dowall with co stars Ron Harper and James Naughton in the Planet of the Apes TV series 1. He performed in heavy makeup as various chimpanzee characters in four of the Planet of the Apes films 1. TV series that followed. During one guest appearance on The Carol Burnett Show, he came onstage in his Planet of the Apes makeup and performed a love duet with Burnett. Film appearances included Cleopatra 1. Octavian the young Emperor. Augustus and was intended to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor but was disqualified when the studio accidentally submitted him for Best Actor instead. Other films in which he appeared include It The Poseidon Adventure 1. The Legend of Hell House 1. Bedknobs and Broomsticks, That Darn Cat, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Scavenger Hunt 1. Evil Under the Sun 1. Funny Lady, Class of 1. Fright Night 1. 98. Peter Vincent, a television host and moderator of telecast horror films, and Overboard 1. Mc. Dowall appeared frequently on Hollywood Squares and occasionally came up with quips himself. Mc. Dowall played The Bookworm in the 1. American TV series Batman and he had a recurring role as the Mad Hatter in Batman The Animated Series, as well as providing his voice to the audiobook adaptation of the 1. Batman film. citation needed He played the rebel scientist Dr. Jonathan Willoway in the 1. TV series, The Fantastic Journey. He had a substantial role in the miniseries version of Ray Bradburys The Martian Chronicles. He also worked on Pinky and the Brain where he provided the voice for Brains rival, Snowball. He also formed a friendship with Pinky and Brains voices, Rob Paulsen and Maurice La. Marche while working on Pinky and the Brain, La. Marche even called Mc. Dowall A delight as a human being. His final acting role in animation was for an episode of Godzilla The Series in the episode Dead. Loch. In A Bugs Life 1. Mr. Soil. citation neededIn 1. MGM Musicals Tribute at Carnegie Hall. Mc. Dowall served for several years in various capacities on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organisation that presents the Oscar Awards, and on the selection committee for the Kennedy Center Awards. He was Chairman of the Actors Branch for five terms. He was elected President of the Academy Foundation the year that he died. He worked tirelessly to support the Motion Pictures Retirement Home, where a rose garden named in his honour was officially dedicated on 9 October 2. Mc. Dowall received recognition as a photographer, working with LOOK, Vogue, Colliers and LIFE, including a cover story on Mae West for LIFE, and published five books of photographs, each featuring photos and profile interviews of his celebrity friends interviewing each other, such as Elizabeth Taylor, Judy Garland, Judy Holliday, Maureen OHara, Katharine Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, and others. Personal lifeeditAlthough Mc. Dowall made no public statements about his sexual orientation during his lifetime, several authors have claimed that he was discreetly gay. In 1. FBI raided Mc. Dowalls home and seized his collection of films and television series in the course of an investigation into film piracy and copyright infringement. His collection consisted of 1. Mc. Dowall had purchased Errol Flynns home cinema films and transferred them all to tape for longer lasting archival storage. No charges were filed.