Death Summary: McDowall died a peaceful death in his Los Angeles home, according to one of his friends.

Cancer was the cause, but that friend said "It was just as he wanted it. It was exactly the way he planned."

Who was Roddy McDowall: Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was an English actor with a huge filmography in movies and television.

He starred in many notable films such as the original Planet of the Apes movies, The Poseidon Adventure, The Legend of Hell House, William Shakespeare's Macbeth, That Darn Cat!, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Overboard, Fright Night (in which he played a TV horror host not unlike Vampira), and It! (the 1966 movie, not to be confused with Stephen King's IT, which featured the late Jonathan Brandis and John Ritter).

He appeared on many TV shows like: The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Night Gallery, Columbo, Hart to Hart, and Quantum Leap.

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