Comments on: Missing Roddy McDowall

By: Savannah M.

Savannah M. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:01:16 +0000

Don’t you just wish that when you’re watching a movie and the person sitting next to you has big puppy eyes saying, “ahh isn’t he dreamy?” that you could just whack them over the head? I’m 14 and I feel that urge all the time! I want to scream! If my friends can call some of these “cool” and “hip” new people actors then number one, they haven’t come to know Roddy and, number two, they’re a bone head no just kidding. My point is……. Roddy is better than a lot, okay, EVERY other actor besides a few other actors in history that really put his life really into making his acting career utterly fantastic. And by God, he did make it utterly fantastic to those who have the eye for an amazing man like him. All around us, and I see it everyday, Roddy was either a part or knew someone who is making or acting in a movie.
What I’m really trying to say is that Roddy needs to be known. Even if he has past away, that doesn’t mean people have to move on, right?
Can I advertise him like on a billboard or something? Just kidding
I wish…….

By: VirusHead

VirusHead — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:58:24 +0000

I know exactly what you mean, Savannah, and I feel that way too. And yes – you are absolutely right – Kudos! McDowall is the proper spelling. Thank you for the correction.

By: Savannah M.

Savannah M. — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:58:50 +0000

I don’t want to sound snooty right now but I think you spell McDowall like that. I’m Scottish and Irish and that’s how my family friends spell it. I’m only 14 and Roddy has impacted my life in a way that I can’t describe in words. I dunno what it is, but when I see him, it’s like I get this funny feeling in my stomach like I’ve known him forever. I know I might sound crazy. When I was 7, that’s when I first came to know him, I was watching TV and came across Planet of the Apes. He jumped out to me. He was the one I paid attention to the most. Now, of course Maurice Evens and Kim Hunter along with the great Charlston Heston were fantastic, but I don’t know. Roddy seemed to carry the picture. He had a talent for that, he could have the smallest role in a movie and still be credited as one of the main actors. I have been mourning for 7 years. He has never stopped being my number one favorite actor. Even though my friends do make fun of me when I explain the feeling I get when I see him on film. I was only 3 when he died, so I never got the chance to meet him. Oh, what I would give to meet such a man like Roddy. I don’t want to say I know him, like personally, because I don’t. I can’t stand when people talk about a celebrity like they’re their “bud” or something. I want to meet Roddy, and I have a feeling I will some day. Hopefully not soon……. you get what I mean.
I love you Roddy. Rest in Peace.
“My whole life I’ve been trying to prove that I’m not just yesterday.”

By: Karen Mallea

Karen Mallea — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:46:45 +0000

Hello, I am working on my family genealogy and my brother and I believe that our mother was the nanny to Roddy McDowell in the early 40’s. Can anyone give me additional sources of information to check this information? Are there any family members around from that time? Karen

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:25:25 +0000

Now That they remade Posiedon it remeinds me Of Roddy,He will always be fondly remembered as Cornelius from Planet of the Apes.
Im sure Hollywood misses greatly his wonderful dinner parties!
But im sure where most of the great actors are now, they are still attending them…