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Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowallAKA Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall

Born: 17-Sep-1928
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 3-Oct-1998
Location of death: Studio City, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung
Remains: Cremated, (ashes scattered at sea)

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Planet of the Apes

Military service: US Army Reserve (67th Armored Infantry Batallion 1946-54)

Had a prostate cancer operation in 1988.


[1] Robert Hofler, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson (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 Brando Unzipped (2005), page 562, makes the claim that McDowall and Montgomery Clift were lovers: "After The Young Lions, Monty still had a few major movies in him, including the 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer, but privately he was 'on the road to hell', as his lover, Roddy McDowall, said." See also Sheridan Morley, John Gielgud (2003), page 247: "Around such Anglophile directors as George Cukor, writers such as Christopher Isherwood, and actors such as Roddy McDowall, there was already a strongly established gay community, one which was able to function in comparative freedom."

Father: Thomas Andrew McDowall (Scottish)
Mother: Winifriede L. Corcoran (Irish, m. Philadelphia, PA)
Sister: Virginia McDowall (b. 23-Sep-1927, London, England)

    High School: University High School, West Los Angeles, CA (1946)

    Emmy
    Wedding: Larry Fortensky and Elizabeth Taylor (1991)
    Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer

    TELEVISION
    The Pirates of Dark Water Niddler (1991-93)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    A Bug's Life (14-Nov-1998) [VOICE]
    Something to Believe In (8-May-1998)
    The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (16-May-1997)
    Unlikely Angel (17-Dec-1996)
    Dead Man's Island (5-Mar-1996)
    It's My Party (11-Jan-1996)
    Last Summer in the Hamptons (13-Sep-1995)
    The Grass Harp (10-Sep-1995)
    Double Trouble (14-Feb-1992)
    Shakma (1990)
    Going Under (1990)
    The Big Picture (15-Sep-1989)
    Cutting Class (Jul-1989)
    Around the World in 80 Days (16-Apr-1989)
    Fright Night Part II (11-Jan-1989)
    Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
    Overboard (16-Dec-1987)
    Dead of Winter (6-Feb-1987)
    Alice in Wonderland (9-Dec-1985)
    Fright Night (2-Aug-1985)
    Class of 1984 (20-Aug-1982)
    Mae West (2-May-1982)
    Evil Under the Sun (5-Mar-1982)
    Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (Feb-1981)
    The Return of the King (11-May-1980) [VOICE]
    The Martian Chronicles (27-Jan-1980)
    Scavenger Hunt (21-Dec-1979)
    The Black Hole (20-Dec-1979) [VOICE]
    Circle of Iron (14-Dec-1978)
    The Cat from Outer Space (9-Jun-1978)
    Rabbit Test (9-Apr-1978)
    Laserblast (1-Mar-1978)
    Flood! (24-Nov-1976)
    Embryo (21-May-1976)
    Mean Johnny Barrows (Jan-1976)
    Funny Lady (15-Mar-1975)
    Battle for the Planet of the Apes (15-Jun-1973)
    The Legend of Hell House (15-Jun-1973)
    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (18-Dec-1972)
    The Poseidon Adventure (12-Dec-1972)
    Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (29-Jun-1972)
    Bedknobs and Broomsticks (11-Nov-1971)
    Escape from the Planet of the Apes (21-May-1971)
    Pretty Maids All in a Row (28-Apr-1971)
    Angel, Angel, Down We Go (19-Aug-1969)
    Hello Down There (25-Jun-1969)
    5 Card Stud (31-Jul-1968)
    Planet of the Apes (8-Feb-1968)
    The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (3-Mar-1967)
    It! (Nov-1966)
    The Defector (20-Oct-1966)
    Lord Love a Duck (21-Feb-1966)
    Inside Daisy Clover (17-Feb-1966)
    That Darn Cat! (2-Dec-1965)
    The Loved One (11-Oct-1965)
    The Third Day (4-Aug-1965)
    The Greatest Story Ever Told (15-Feb-1965)
    Shock Treatment (22-Jul-1964)
    Cleopatra (12-Jun-1963)
    The Longest Day (Sep-1962)
    Midnight Lace (13-Oct-1960)
    The Subterraneans (23-Jun-1960)
    The Tempest (3-Feb-1960)
    Macbeth (1-Oct-1948)
    Holiday in Mexico (15-Aug-1946)
    Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (15-Mar-1945)
    The Keys of the Kingdom (15-Dec-1944)
    The White Cliffs of Dover (11-May-1944)
    Lassie Come Home (10-Oct-1943)
    My Friend Flicka (26-May-1943)
    The Pied Piper (8-Jul-1942)
    Son of Fury (29-Jan-1942)
    How Green Was My Valley (28-Oct-1941)
    Man Hunt (13-Jun-1941)


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