[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 DIRECTOR
The Devil's Widow (Dec-1970)
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)
Star Hunter (1995)
The Color of Evening (1994)
Double Trouble (14-Feb-1992)
Deadly Game (10-Jul-1991)
Shakma (1990) · Sorenson
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)
GoBots: War of the Rock Lords (21-Mar-1986) [VOICE]
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)
Circle of Iron (14-Dec-1978)
The Thief of Baghdad (23-Nov-1978)
The Cat from Outer Space (9-Jun-1978)
Rabbit Test (9-Apr-1978)
Laserblast (1-Mar-1978) · Dr. Mellon
Sixth and Main (1977)
Flood! (24-Nov-1976)
Embryo (21-May-1976)
Mean Johnny Barrows (Jan-1976)
Funny Lady (15-Mar-1975)
Arnold (16-Nov-1973)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (15-Jun-1973) · Caesar
The Legend of Hell House (15-Jun-1973) · Ben Fischer
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (18-Dec-1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (12-Dec-1972) · Acres
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (29-Jun-1972) · Caesar
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (11-Nov-1971)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (21-May-1971) · Cornelius
Pretty Maids All in a Row (28-Apr-1971)
Angel, Angel, Down We Go (19-Aug-1969)
Hello Down There (25-Jun-1969)
Midas Run (7-May-1969)
5 Card Stud (31-Jul-1968)
Planet of the Apes (8-Feb-1968) · Cornelius
The Cool Ones (12-Apr-1967)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (3-Mar-1967)
It! (Nov-1966)
The Defector (20-Oct-1966) · Agent Adam
Lord Love a Duck (21-Feb-1966) · Alan Musgrave
Inside Daisy Clover (17-Feb-1966) · Baines
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) · Matthew
Shock Treatment (22-Jul-1964)
Cleopatra (12-Jun-1963) · Octavian
The Longest Day (Sep-1962)
The Power and the Glory (29-Oct-1961)
Midnight Lace (13-Oct-1960)
The Subterraneans (23-Jun-1960)
The Tempest (3-Feb-1960)
Tuna Clipper (10-Apr-1949)
Kidnapped (28-Nov-1948)
Macbeth (1-Oct-1948)
Holiday in Mexico (15-Aug-1946)
Molly and Me (25-May-1945) · Jimmy Graham
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (15-Mar-1945) · Ken McLaughlin
The Keys of the Kingdom (15-Dec-1944) · Francis Chisholm
The White Cliffs of Dover (11-May-1944) · John Ashwood II
Lassie Come Home (10-Oct-1943)
My Friend Flicka (26-May-1943)
The Pied Piper (8-Jul-1942)
Son of Fury (29-Jan-1942)
Confirm or Deny (19-Nov-1941)
How Green Was My Valley (28-Oct-1941)
Man Hunt (13-Jun-1941) · Vaner
Saloon Bar (2-Nov-1940)
Just William (20-Jul-1940)
AKA Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall
