Roddy McDowall
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==Roddy McDowall== | ==Roddy McDowall== | ||
Born in England, Roddy McDowall had already been in several British films when his family moved to the United States to escape the war. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=OIQumuY6auEC&pg=PA219&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0TK1BdpDrU-HW7DSwKSn66PLU8rg here]). His big break came when he was cast in ''My Friend Flicka''. He is also well-known from his childhood for his role opposite, the then unknown [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in ''Lassie Come Home''. | Born in England, Roddy McDowall had already been in several British films when his family moved to the United States to escape the war. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=OIQumuY6auEC&pg=PA219&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U0TK1BdpDrU-HW7DSwKSn66PLU8rg here]). His big break came when he was cast in ''My Friend Flicka''. He is also well-known from his childhood for his role opposite, the then unknown [[Elizabeth Taylor]] in ''Lassie Come Home''. | ||
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| + | Farley Granger mentions Roddy in his autobiography ''Inside Me Out: My Life'' (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKmpeKeSsNAC&pg=PA26&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1NfVxJTlHnXUakbjf0TV1XFD3QYQ#PPA29,M1 here]). He knew Roddy prior to Farley's enlistment in the Navy at age 18, and then much later he remarks, "It was 1953. I found an apartment on the Upper East Side in Manhattan....My old pal Roddy McDowall and also Monty Clift lived '''on the same block'''" (emphasis mine) (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=FKmpeKeSsNAC&pg=PA26&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1NfVxJTlHnXUakbjf0TV1XFD3QYQ#PPA142,M1 page 142]) | ||
In addition to Elizabeth, Roddy was a very close friend of [[Montgomery Clift]]. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=ibv9mfwrMbIC&pg=PA149&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1_uvZhc5BLCxal4QkbbMAeOEcLRQ#PPA75,M1 here]) In addition, Virginia, Roddy's sister was once Monty's secretary. In Capua's book, Roddy is quoted as saying about Monty: "The only thing we can do, Maureen [Stapleton], is hold his hand to the grave." (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=ibv9mfwrMbIC&pg=PA149&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1_uvZhc5BLCxal4QkbbMAeOEcLRQ#PPA94,M1 here]) | In addition to Elizabeth, Roddy was a very close friend of [[Montgomery Clift]]. (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=ibv9mfwrMbIC&pg=PA149&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1_uvZhc5BLCxal4QkbbMAeOEcLRQ#PPA75,M1 here]) In addition, Virginia, Roddy's sister was once Monty's secretary. In Capua's book, Roddy is quoted as saying about Monty: "The only thing we can do, Maureen [Stapleton], is hold his hand to the grave." (see [http://books.google.com/books?id=ibv9mfwrMbIC&pg=PA149&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&sig=ACfU3U1_uvZhc5BLCxal4QkbbMAeOEcLRQ#PPA94,M1 here]) | ||
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===Primary sources for 1=== | ===Primary sources for 1=== | ||
*[http://newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=92514865&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=6 ''Daily Herald'', 4 Oct 1998, page 10] "'Planet of the Apes' actor Roddy McDowell dies at 70" transcribed [[RoddyMcDowall1|here]] | *[http://newspaperarchive.com/PdfViewerTags.aspx?img=92514865&firstvisit=true&src=search¤tResult=6 ''Daily Herald'', 4 Oct 1998, page 10] "'Planet of the Apes' actor Roddy McDowell dies at 70" transcribed [[RoddyMcDowall1|here]] | ||
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| + | Boze Hadleigh states ([http://books.google.com/books?id=kdCGAAAAIAAJ&q=Roddy+mcDowall&dq=Roddy+mcDowall&lr=&pgis=1 here]) that Roddy was gay, but very closeted. | ||
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