History Creator / RoddyMcDowall

-->--- '''Maurice [=LaMarche=]''', when asked what it was like working with him on the animated series, ''Pinky and the Brain''

He started acting when he was ten years old during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, gaining prominence for his roles in such films as ''How Green Was My Valley'', ''Lassie Come Home'', and ''My Friend Flicka'', and continued in his acting career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original ''Planet of the Apes'' films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in ''Cleopatra'' (for which he would have gotten an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination had Fox not screwed the paper work up).

->''"Roddy [=McDowall=] was the quintessential gentleman. What a sweet man. He showed up to the sessions in a tweed sport coat, perfectly dressed white shirt, and an ascot tie. He was Old Hollywood in every best sense of that word. He showed up on time, he was a delight... and I never got a sense for a second that he felt he was slumming by doing a cartoon. He was delighted to be there. The work was as real and important to him as ''How Green Was My Valley''. He treated it with the same professionalism, and he grew to love Snowball."''

->''"Roddy [=McDowall=] was the quintessential gentleman. What a sweet man. He showed up to the sessions in a tweed sport coat, perfectly dressed white shirt, and an ascot tie. He was Old Hollywood in every best sense of that word. He showed up on time, he was a delight... He was Hollywood royalty, and I never got a sense for a second that he felt he was slumming by doing a cartoon. He was delighted to be there. The work was as real and important to him as ''How Green Was My Valley''. He treated it with the same professionalism, and he grew to love Snowball"''
-->--- '''Maurice [=LaMarche=]''', when asked what it was like working with on the animated series, ''Pinky and the Brain''

-->-- '''Roddy [=McDowall=]

-->--- '''Maurice [=LaMarche=], when asked what it was like working with on the animated series, ''Pinky and the Brain''

In his later years he lent his voice to many a cartoon; in addition to playing the Mad Hatter, he was also the villainous hamster Snowball in ''Pinky and the Brain'', Samwise Gamgee in the Rankin-Bass version of ''The Return of the King'', and the Water Rater in their version of "The Wind in the Willows". His last role was the voice of the ant, Mr. Soil in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''.

He has the distinction of playing not one but two ''Batman'' villains in two different adaptations of the franchise; he played the one-shot villain Bookworm in the '60s live-action series and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''Batman: The Animated Series''. (He also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of [[Film/{{Batman}} the 1989 film]].)

* ''Series/{{Batman}}''

He started acting when he was ten years old during TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, gaining prominence for his roles in such films as ''How Green Was My Valley'', ''Lassie Come Home'', and ''My Friend Flicka'', and continued in his acting career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original ''Planet of the Apes'' films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in ''Cleopatra'' (for which he would have gotten an AcademyAward nomination had Fox not screwed the paper work up).

* ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''

* ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' (1968-1973)

* ''Film/AliceInWonderland1985''
* ''Film/FrightNight1985''

Roderick Andre Anthony Jude [=McDowall=] (September 17 1928--October 3 1998), known professionally as Roddy [=McDowall=], was an English American actor, voice actor, film director, and photographer.

* ''Film/MiracleOn34thStreet'' (1973)

He started acting when he was ten years old during TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, gaining prominence for his roles in such films as ''How Green Was My Valley'', ''Lassie Come Home'', and ''My Friend Flicka'', and continued in his acting career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original ''Planet of the Apes'' films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in ''Cleopatra'' (for which he would've an Oscar Nomination had Fox not screwed the paper work up).

He has the distinction of playing not one but two Franchise/{{Batman}} villains in two different adaptations of the franchise; he played the one-shot villain Bookworm in the [[Series/{{Batman}} '60s live-action series]] with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of [[Film/{{Batman}} the original Tim Burton film]]).

In his later years he lent his voice to many a cartoon, in addition to playing the Mad Hatter, he was also the villainous hamster Snowball in "Pinky and the Brain", Samwise Gamgee in the Rankin-Bass version of "The Return of the King", and the Water Rater in their version of "The Wind in the Willows". His last role was the voice of the ant, Mr. Soil in Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife''.

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He started acting when he was ten years old during TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood, gaining prominence for appearing in such films as ''How Green Was My Valley'', ''Lassie Come Home'', and ''My Friend Flicka'', and continued in his acting career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original ''Planet of the Apes'' films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in ''Cleopatra'' (for which he would've an Oscar Nomination had Fox not screwed the paper work up).

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/793full_roddy_mcdowall.jpg]]

He started acting when he was ten years old during the Golden Age of Hollywood gaining prominence for appearing in such films as "How Green Was My Valley", "Lassie Come Home", and "My Friend Flicka" and continued in his acting career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original "Planet of the Apes" films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in "Cleopatra" (for which he would've an Oscar Nomination had Fox not screwed the paper work up).

He has the distinction of playing not one but two Batman villains in two different adaptations of the franchise; he played the one shot villain Bookworm in the [[Series/{{Batman}} live-action series]] with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of [[Film/{{Batman}} the original Tim Burton film]]).

He has the distinction of playing not one but two Batman villains in two different adaptations of the franchise; he played the one shot villain Bookworm in the [[Series/{{Batman}} live-action series]] with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of [[Film/Batman the original Tim Burton film]]).

He has the distinction of playing not one but two Batman villains in two different adaptations of the franchise; he played the one shot villain Bookworm in the [[Series/{{Batman}} live-action series]] with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of [[Film/Batman
the original Tim Burton film]]).

He started acting when he was ten years old during the Golden Age of Hollywood gaining prominence for appearing in such films as "How Green Was My Valley", "Lassie Come Home", and "My Friend Flicka" and continued in the career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original "Planet of the Apes" films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in "Cleopatra".

He has the distinction of playing not one but two Batman villains in two different adaptations of the franchise; he played the one shot villain Bookworm in the [[Series/{{Batman}} live-action series]] with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of the original Tim Burton film).

** ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes|1968}}''

He has the distinction of playing not one but two Batman villains in two different versions of the franchise; he played the one shot villain Bookworm in the live-action series with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''Batman: The Animated Series" (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of the original Tim Burton film).

He started acting when he was ten years old during the Golden Age of Hollywood gaining prominence for appearing in such films as "How Green Was My Valley", "Lassie Come Home", and "My Friend Flicka" and continued in the career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects -- amongst them the original "Planet of the Apes" films as Dr. Cornelius and his son Caesar and Octavian in "Cleopatra". He has the distinction of playing not one but two Batman villains in two different versions of the franchise; he played the one shot villain Bookworm in the live-action series with Creator/AdamWest and later voiced Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter in ''Batman: The Animated Series" (he also narrated the audiobook of the novelization of the original Tim Burton film). In his later years he lent his voice to many a cartoon, in addition to playing the Mad Hatter, he was also the villainous hamster Snowball in "Pinky and the Brain", Samwise Gamgee in the Rankin-Bass version of "The Return of the King", and the Water Rater in their version of "The Wind in the Willows".

* ''Series/{{Batman}}

Roderick Andre Anthony Jude [=McDowall=] (September 17 1928--October 3 1998), known professionally as Roddy [=McDowall=], was an English American actor, voice actor, film director, and photographer. He started acting when he was ten years old and continued in the career until his death, ultimately becoming known as a talented character actor across a wide range of projects.

* ''Film/ScavengerHunt|1979'' (1979)

* ''Film/AliceInWonderland|1985'' (1985)
* ''Film/FrightNight|1985'' (1985)