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<html> <head> <title>Roddy McDowall</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/509/000031416/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0><font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Roddy McDowall</b></font><p><img src="mcd-sized.jpg" height=315 width=224 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Roddy McDowall"><b>AKA</b> Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall<p><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/778/000106460/" class=proflink>17-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/927/000105612/" class=proflink>1928</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/881/000069674/" class=proflink>London, England</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/163/000106842/" class=proflink>3-Oct</a>-<a href="/lists/508/000106190/" class=proflink>1998</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/735/000069528/" class=proflink>Studio City, CA</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> <a href="/lists/357/000069150/" class=proflink>Cancer - Lung</a><br><b>Remains:</b> Cremated (ashes scattered at sea)<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> <a href="/lists/241/000069034/" class=proflink>Gay</a> <font size=-1><a href="#FN1">[1]</a></font><br><b>Occupation:</b> Actor<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> <i>Planet of the Apes</i><p><b>Military service:</b> US Army Reserve (67th Armored Infantry Batallion 1946-54)<p>Had a prostate cancer operation in 1988. <p><hr width=25% size=1 align=left><a name="FN1"><font size=-1>[1] Robert Hofler, <i>The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson</i> (2005), page 189. "Other homosexual actors of the period also found reasons to avoid the go-getter agent [Henry Willson]. 'I often think what would have happened if I'd signed with him, said Roddy McDowall [to the author]', who visible shuddered at the thought." Darwin Porter, in <i>Brando Unzipped</i> (2005), page 562, makes the claim that McDowall and <a href="/people/920/000043791/">Montgomery Clift</a> were lovers: "After <i>The Young Lions</i>, Monty still had a few major movies in him, including the 1959 <i>Suddenly, Last Summer</i>, but privately he was 'on the road to hell', as his lover, Roddy McDowall, said." See also Sheridan Morley, <i>John Gielgud</i> (2003), page 247: "Around such Anglophile directors as <a href="/people/373/000041250/">George Cukor</a>, writers such as <a href="/people/844/000048700/">Christopher Isherwood</a>, and actors such as Roddy McDowall, there was already a strongly established gay community, one which was able to function in comparative freedom." </font><p><b>Father:</b> Thomas Andrew McDowall (Scottish)<br><b>Mother:</b> Winifriede L. Corcoran (Irish, m. Philadelphia, PA)<br><b>Sister:</b> Virginia McDowall (b. 23-Sep-1927, London, England)<br><p> High School: University High School, West Los Angeles, CA (1946)<br><p> <a href="/honors/534/000044402/">Emmy</a> <br> <a href="/group/620/000165125/">Wedding: Larry Fortensky and Elizabeth Taylor (1991)</a> <br> <a href="/group/665/000365567/">Birthday: Elizabeth Taylor (1992)</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/446/000066248/">Prostate Cancer</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/251/000131855/">The Pirates of Dark Water</a> Niddler (1991-93)<br> <a href="/tv/095/000347051/">Tales of the Gold Monkey</a> Bon Chance Louie (1982-83)<br> <a href="/tv/446/000353384/">The Fantastic Journey</a> Dr. Jonathan Willoway (1977)<br> <a href="/tv/094/000347050/">Planet of the Apes</a> Galen (1974)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/002/000253240/">The Devil's Widow (Dec-1970)</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/042/000032943/">A Bug's Life (14-Nov-1998)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/950/000040830/">Something to Believe In (8-May-1998)</a> <br> <a href="/films/539/000133140/">The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (16-May-1997)</a> <br> <a href="/films/081/000173559/">Unlikely Angel (17-Dec-1996)</a> <br> <a href="/films/538/000138124/">Dead Man's Island (5-Mar-1996)</a> <br> <a href="/films/161/000035056/">It's My Party (11-Jan-1996)</a> <br> <a href="/films/971/000090701/">Last Summer in the Hamptons (13-Sep-1995)</a> · Thomas<br> <a href="/films/781/000032685/">The Grass Harp (10-Sep-1995)</a> <br> <a href="/films/279/000224604/">Star Hunter (1995)</a> <br> <a href="/films/492/000243760/">The Color of Evening (1994)</a> <br> <a href="/films/115/000090842/">Double Trouble (14-Feb-1992)</a> · Philip Chamberlain<br> <a href="/films/703/000244968/">Deadly Game (10-Jul-1991)</a> <br> <a href="/films/191/000042065/">Going Under (1990)</a> <br> <a href="/films/728/000090458/">Shakma (1990)</a> · Sorenson<br> <a href="/films/380/000037269/">The Big Picture (15-Sep-1989)</a> <br> <a href="/films/500/000037389/">Cutting Class (Jul-1989)</a> <br> <a href="/films/319/000084067/">Around the World in 80 Days (16-Apr-1989)</a> <br> <a href="/films/210/000037099/">Fright Night Part II (11-Jan-1989)</a> <br> <a href="/films/187/000034085/">Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)</a> <br> <a href="/films/078/000033976/">Overboard (16-Dec-1987)</a> · Andrew<br> <a href="/films/255/000065060/">Dead of Winter (6-Feb-1987)</a> <br> <a href="/films/172/000239452/">GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (21-Mar-1986)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/313/000084061/">Alice in Wonderland (9-Dec-1985)</a> <br> <a href="/films/208/000037097/">Fright Night (2-Aug-1985)</a> <br> <a href="/films/105/000036994/">Class of 1984 (20-Aug-1982)</a> <br> <a href="/films/462/000130072/">Mae West (2-May-1982)</a> <br> <a href="/films/226/000083974/">Evil Under the Sun (5-Mar-1982)</a> · Rex Brewster<br> <a href="/films/166/000035061/">Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (Feb-1981)</a> <br> <a href="/films/465/000064273/">The Return of the King (11-May-1980)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/378/000084126/">The Martian Chronicles (27-Jan-1980)</a> <br> <a href="/films/091/000037977/">Scavenger Hunt (21-Dec-1979)</a> <br> <a href="/films/150/000071934/">Circle of Iron (14-Dec-1978)</a> <br> <a href="/films/297/000262508/">The Thief of Baghdad (23-Nov-1978)</a> <br> <a href="/films/697/000034595/">The Cat from Outer Space (9-Jun-1978)</a> <br> <a href="/films/268/000035163/">Rabbit Test (9-Apr-1978)</a> <br> <a href="/films/159/000071943/">Laserblast (1-Mar-1978)</a> · Dr. Mellon<br> <a href="/films/070/000267266/">Sixth and Main (1977)</a> <br> <a href="/films/184/000174659/">Flood! 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