Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 â€" 3 October
1998) was an English-born American actor, 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
(1941), My Friend Flicka (1943) and Lassie Come Home (1943).As an
adult, McDowall appeared most frequently as a character actor on
radio, stage, film, and television. For portraying Augustus in the
historical drama Cleopatra (1963), he was nominated for a Golden Globe
Award. Other titles include The Longest Day (1962), The Greatest Story
Ever Told (1965), That Darn Cat! (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965),
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Funny
Lady (1975), The Black Hole (1979), Class of 1984 (1982), Fright Night
(1985), Overboard (1987), Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Shakma (1990),
and A Bug's Life (1998). 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. He was a founding Member of the National Film
Preservation Board in 1989, and represented the Screen Actors Guild on
this Board until his death.McDowall was born at 204 Herne Hill Road,
Herne Hill, London, the only son of Scottish-born Thomas Andrew
McDowall (1896â€"1978), a merchant seaman, and his Irish wife Winifred
(née Corcoran). Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the
theatre. He and his elder sister, Virginia, were raised in their
mother's Catholic faith. He attended St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill,
Upper Norwood, a Roman Catholic secondary school in London.
1998) was an English-born American actor, 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
(1941), My Friend Flicka (1943) and Lassie Come Home (1943).As an
adult, McDowall appeared most frequently as a character actor on
radio, stage, film, and television. For portraying Augustus in the
historical drama Cleopatra (1963), he was nominated for a Golden Globe
Award. Other titles include The Longest Day (1962), The Greatest Story
Ever Told (1965), That Darn Cat! (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965),
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Funny
Lady (1975), The Black Hole (1979), Class of 1984 (1982), Fright Night
(1985), Overboard (1987), Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Shakma (1990),
and A Bug's Life (1998). 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. He was a founding Member of the National Film
Preservation Board in 1989, and represented the Screen Actors Guild on
this Board until his death.McDowall was born at 204 Herne Hill Road,
Herne Hill, London, the only son of Scottish-born Thomas Andrew
McDowall (1896â€"1978), a merchant seaman, and his Irish wife Winifred
(née Corcoran). Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the
theatre. He and his elder sister, Virginia, were raised in their
mother's Catholic faith. He attended St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill,
Upper Norwood, a Roman Catholic secondary school in London.
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