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''.
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Born in London in 1928, Roddy McDowall had already been in several British films when his family moved to the United States in 1940 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 ''How Green Was My Valley''.  (Watch it on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5uM6zJ5SJs Part 1]).
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Close on that role, 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''.
  
 
[[Christopher Isherwood]] writes that Tom Maddox told him, that he was having an affair with the then teen-aged Roddy.  Christopher in a footnote says that Roddy must have been 18 at this time. (''Lost Years: A Memoir, 1945-1951'', by Christopher Isherwood. WSJ, Page 17).
 
[[Christopher Isherwood]] writes that Tom Maddox told him, that he was having an affair with the then teen-aged Roddy.  Christopher in a footnote says that Roddy must have been 18 at this time. (''Lost Years: A Memoir, 1945-1951'', by Christopher Isherwood. WSJ, Page 17).

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