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Roddy McDowall
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude "Roddy" McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was an English born American actor, film director, photographer, and voice artist. His roles included Cornelius, Caesar, and Galen in the ''Planet of the Apes'' film and television series. He began his acting career as a child in England, and then in the United States, 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 and the Selection Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors, as well as contributing to various charities related to the film industry and film preservation.
==Early life and career==
McDowall was born at 204 Herne Hill Road, Herne Hill, London, the son of Winifriede Lucinda (née Corcoran), an Irish-born aspiring actress, and Thomas Andrew McDowall, a merchant seaman of Scottish descent. Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the theatre. He had an older sister, Virginia, who was an occasional actress. He attended St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood.
Appearing as a child model as a baby, McDowall appeared in several British films as a boy. After winning an acting prize in a school play at age nine, he landed his first major movie part in ''Scruffy'' (1938).〔(Biography ) Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University〕 He then appeared in films starring comedians George Formby and Will Hay, as well as in Walter Forde's thriller ''Saloon Bar''. His family moved to the United States in 1940 due to the outbreak of World War II. McDowall became a naturalized United States citizen in 1949,〔 and lived in the United States for the rest of his life.
He made his first well-known film appearance at the age of 12, playing Huw Morgan in ''How Green Was My Valley'' (1941), where he met and became lifelong friends with Maureen O'Hara. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and made him a household name.〔 He starred in ''Lassie Come Home'' (1943), a film that introduced an actress who would become his lifelong friend – Elizabeth Taylor. He then appeared as Ken McLaughlin in the 1943 film ''My Friend Flicka''. McDowall went on to appear in several other films, including ''The Keys of the Kingdom'' (1944) with Gregory Peck, and ''The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944). In 1944 exhibitors voted him the number one "star of tomorrow".
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