Malcolm McDowell

AKA:
Malcolm Taylor
Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
06/13/1943
Birthplace:
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
biography
Yet another "finest actor of his generation," British-born Malcolm McDowell was performing onstage in a production of "Twelfth Night" when he learned he had landed the role of Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's fantasy-tinged satire "If..." (1968). The film, ostensibly about a youthful rebellion in a rigid tradition-ridden British private boarding school, introduced his blithely amoral, anti-authoritarian persona to international audiences and revealed Anderson as one of the more individual and dynamic filmmakers on the British scene. Boyish and charismatic, McDowell, himself just a few years Continued
Credits
Enda Doyle
2008
Dr. Sam Loomis
2007
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Tibor Cargrew
2007
(TV Show)
2005-2006
Terrance
2006
Terrance
2006
Terrance
2005
Terrance
2005
(TV Show)
2006-2006
Richard "The Chief" Morton
2005
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Mad Mod
2004
Alberto Antonelli
2003
Arnold Gundars
2002
Gangster 55
2002
Wizard
2001
Uncle Morris
1999
Admiral Tolwyn
1999
Austin Cloquet
1997
Producer
1973
Mick
1973
Alex
1971
Mick Travers
1969
Desmond LaRochette
Voice of Raius
Paul Valenzin
Kesslee
James Burton
Dr Roger Stein
Ben Faberson
Actor
Waltzer
Major Lee
Roger Everett
Actor
Warden Tennant
Dr Vernon Renquist
Alfie Alperin
Captain Von Berkow
Merlin the Magician
Paul Gallier
Colonel Cochrane
Cast
De Villiers
Hubert Bailey
Professor Baldwin
Rupert King
Dr Miles Langford
Dr Russell
Goldberg
Sean Murdoch
The Caller
Major John Gresham
Flashman
Reggie Wanker
Actor
Dr Albert Schweitzer
Actor
Caligula
H G Wells
General Smyslowosky
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Brought up in Bridlington, where his parents operated a pub
 
Appeared in school productions of Shakespeare and in musical comedies
 
Worked as a bartender in his father's pub
 
Began acting career in the early 1960s in regional repertory companies in Shanklin, Isle of Wight, and Torquay; adopted mother's maiden name of McDowell as there was already an actor named Malcolm Taylor
1965 
Appeared in Royal Shakespeare Company productions for 18 months
1967 
First feature acting assignment, the supporting role of Billy in Ken Loach's "Poor Cow"; reportedly cut from the film before its release
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