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&currentResult=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&currentResult=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.
  
 
===Secondary sources for 2===
 
===Secondary sources for 2===

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