How Roddy McDowall COMMITTED A CRIME Without Knowing It?

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  • @AgeOfVintage
    @AgeOfVintage  Місяць тому +6

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  • @barbeastonwarner4266
    @barbeastonwarner4266 Місяць тому +20

    Roddy McDowell will always be my favorite actor. I loved this glimpse into his life & career. Thank you so much!

  • @safiremorningstar
    @safiremorningstar Місяць тому +8

    It is sad when Roddy McDowall died there was no one who had a bad word to say against him, in fact it was said that he was one of the only actors in Hollywood to have no one who had a bad word to say against him.

  • @lovesalaska1329
    @lovesalaska1329 Місяць тому +11

    Love Roddy. Who cares if he was gay.

  • @Larkinchance
    @Larkinchance Місяць тому +7

    A quick word about the GLBTQ controversy. To use it as a voting bloc sows chaos in the electorate.
    In the 60's protest groups helped to stop the cruel and unjust imprisonment of homosexuals. This was a step forward for democracy.
    Today, without fear of imprisonment, homosexuality belongs to the realm of the individual. It should be a private matter and not brought forward for politicians to use as a tool for division.

  • @karenknicely1788
    @karenknicely1788 Місяць тому +12

    I have always had a major crush on Roddy!! Such a romantic!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @frederickcombs8661
    @frederickcombs8661 Місяць тому +4

    He handled his career very well, looked great forever, probably had a great agent and he never squealed. Very likeable, boyish and so many Hollywood friends. His quiet Sunday parties in Malibu are legendary

  • @lindadeal3344
    @lindadeal3344 Місяць тому +8

    RIP Roddy and your friends are missing you!! Enjoy your new life as you ascended to the next realm!!!

  • @perryjohnson6248
    @perryjohnson6248 Місяць тому +7

    One of the greatest british actors of all times

  • @frankwafer6919
    @frankwafer6919 Місяць тому +6

    I learned something new, thank you!😯💯💙💥👍!

  • @user-bt4vx2fe2f
    @user-bt4vx2fe2f Місяць тому +3

    Roddy McDowall child actor, teen actor, photographer, adult (get your mind out of gutter) actor, Hollywood host , Failed Director (Tam Lynn), Broadway Star, Movie Collector, Secret Keeper, Legendary Bad Cook passed from Brain Cancer.

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 Місяць тому +3

    Toddy was a fave actor of mine. Think I saw all his movies. Wonderful man

  • @stuartprior6178
    @stuartprior6178 Місяць тому +4

    You are absolutely correct, who cares he was such a great actor, can't say I seen him play a bad part. Could go from evil to good and be totally unrecognizable under make-up except for his voice, he was just a good actor.

  • @safiremorningstar
    @safiremorningstar Місяць тому +3

    While people in Hollywood knew about his homosexuality he was so extremely discreet that nobody not even the FBI could ever prove it... That doesn't mean somebody couldn't have accused him and got him into trouble it just means if anybody ever did there were plenty of friends and bigwigs around him who would have come down on their heads like a ton of bricks.

  • @computerpurple
    @computerpurple Місяць тому +4

    I liked him in movies such as - The Poseidon Adventure , Planet of the Apes , Class of 1984 , Dead of Winter , The Legend of Hell House , Overboard. He was alao in a lot of t.v. shows i liked in the 1970's. . He was a great actor. And he will be missed.

    • @marciamiller250
      @marciamiller250 Місяць тому +2

      @computerpurple Dead of Winter. Def an unsung movie. Very suspenseful. Well acted. I'd love to see it again.

  • @raintrueax4193
    @raintrueax4193 Місяць тому +5

    He was great also in Overboard. Always a bit more to any part he played

  • @margueriteyork7042
    @margueriteyork7042 Місяць тому +4

    Beautiful Tribute! Luv Roddy!

  • @Curlyblonde
    @Curlyblonde Місяць тому +2

    He accomodated and was a bit of a "fixer" for the Hollywood movie industry society, was always available to accompany single stars to social events, was always around at major parties, a bit of a social butterfly friend and a hanger-on, kept their confidences and secrets that died with him upon his death. A trusted confidente to many of the industry.
    Hoover knew this and needed Roddy's information for his blackmail files on celebrities and wealthy society people. In the end Hoover needed that information in order to prevent his forced removal or "retirement" from his position as FBI Director. It worked because there were many attempts to force him out which ultimately did not succeed. He ended up remaining as FBI Director on the day he expired.

  • @janelle7668
    @janelle7668 16 днів тому

    Roddy McDowall has been my favorite actor since I was a child of 7 years old. I’m 61 years old now and still watch Roddy’s movies on a regular basis. I enjoy his movies when he was a child but the older I got the more I liked the adult roles in movies and theatre he was in.
    I saw the play Dial M for Murder in 1996 with my family. It was in Philadelphia in February of 1996. Roddy played Inspector Hubbard and when he entered the stage the applause was so loud that he took a quick bow.
    I have a postcard he wrote and signed from Universal Studios in October 1976. I was so happy to hear from him and keep that in the Playbill from Dial M for Murder. I will always love this well respected and gifted talent. Rest in Peace Roddy McDowall 🙏✨🙏

  • @jankoza673
    @jankoza673 Місяць тому +6

    Loved him!

  • @cynthiamhocevar5575
    @cynthiamhocevar5575 Місяць тому +1

    I applaud his hobby of film preservation.

  • @heatherallingham7120
    @heatherallingham7120 Місяць тому +1

    Of all your videos, this is my favourite - I've so much respect for Roddy McDowell

  • @safiremorningstar
    @safiremorningstar Місяць тому +3

    He was ahead of his time most of those tapes the reason he was never accused or indicted or whatever you want to call it is because he had legally obtained them not illegally he had bought them legally and at the time if you bought something like that legally you had a right as long as you did not sell them to keep them because that was not copyright infringement I remember an interview he gave he wasn't the only one who gave this in an interview he wasn't the only one who said it he was archiving these because he was worried that a lot of these films were getting ruined in fact he knew several of the films that he had bought had damage and he had learned over the years how to fix that damaged much as I had learned how to fix some of those very old movies when I was a kid and I'm not that old by the wayas an army brat the films that I'm talking about were ones that were found in an archived in the school that had once been an administration building during the second world war and even before for the US military and because of that we were showed movies from that time period you know Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes for example rare copy of Sherlock Holmes really rare I don't think you'll find it anywhere. Some of those films were in fact they had tears and whatnot and I had to repair them and I was the one of the best at doing it. In the interview he said that his reason for buying many of these films was in fact to preserve them and that was the reason that the FBI could not charged him with copyright infringement since in order for it to be infringement you have to sell it or show it illegally and he had the paperwork to show that he had obtained these prints legally.

  • @paolazuffinetti
    @paolazuffinetti Місяць тому +2

    I have always liked Roddy Mc Dowall movies; but there's not much information about him. Thanks for this interesting video.

  • @hanschristianbrando5588
    @hanschristianbrando5588 Місяць тому +2

    On second thought, I don't think I'll watch this to find out what the "crime" was. By all accounts, Roddy McDowall was a sweetheart, one of the most liked actors in Hollywood. If he ever did anything bad to anybody, even inadvertently, I don't want to know.

  • @vixtex
    @vixtex Місяць тому

    I remember him in the original “Overboard” with Kurt Russel and Goldie Hawn💕

  • @lauramcgowan3740
    @lauramcgowan3740 Місяць тому

    Secret denial was called “The Closet “!!! They had to do this to survive !

  • @patriciafeehan7732
    @patriciafeehan7732 Місяць тому +1

    Does anyone remember the online fight between Rodney Dangerfield and Roddy McDowall? Roddy McDowall was President of The Academy Motion Pictures and he trashed Dangerfield’s Movies. Every night you checked in to see the latest Dangerfield joke. It was early internet but so hilarious.

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 Місяць тому +4

    Roddy projected his gayness. When I saw his face I knew he was gay.

  • @danielledrumm2821
    @danielledrumm2821 Місяць тому +3

    i love him so so much❤❤❤❤

  • @afwalker1921
    @afwalker1921 Місяць тому

    When I was in High School I noticed an oddity in the obituary column of the Dallas Morning News. An individual with the last name of Roddy had died, another with the name McDowell had passed, and whatever bored individual was editing transposed them out of order so they would appear together. I showed this to my crazy cousin, saying, "Roddy McDowell both died!", although he was very much alive at the time. For the remainder of the actor's life, my cousin and I insisted on referring to him in the plural sense, as if there were two of him...

  • @cynthiamhocevar5575
    @cynthiamhocevar5575 Місяць тому +1

    I believe I read somewhere that he collected old films which have gone lost.

  • @jchow5966
    @jchow5966 Місяць тому

    He is one of my fave classic actors.

  • @safiremorningstar
    @safiremorningstar Місяць тому +1

    Scotty Bowers was also known as a man who like to spin a tall tale too.

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 Місяць тому +1

    Without looking at the video, I'd say the crime is copyright infringement.....
    By this I mean he collected movies on tape that weren't released yet.

  • @janejohnstone5795
    @janejohnstone5795 Місяць тому +1

    He was in Lassie...How Green was my Valley...Planet Of the Apes..etc...

  • @michaelmcgee8543
    @michaelmcgee8543 Місяць тому +3

    Permanent single is okay,I am

    • @susanyoung5447
      @susanyoung5447 Місяць тому

      I have been since my 6 day marriage. Actually, I was married for 3 1/2 years. Most of which was spent in getting a divorce. We were both in the Army and were literally as far apart as you can get when we waited out the time required to get a no-fault divorce. That was 1980 when I got out and we were married in 1976.

    • @jamesmcinnis208
      @jamesmcinnis208 Місяць тому

      ​@@susanyoung5447 "literally"

  • @jameslong6329
    @jameslong6329 Місяць тому +1

    Always lovers ❤Rodney in the movies 🎥

  • @janejohnstone5795
    @janejohnstone5795 Місяць тому +2

    Distinctive... unique voice..

  • @walkerpantera
    @walkerpantera Місяць тому +1

    Allllllll the great works alot of these entertainers create and the only thing they're remembered for is their anything-other-than-straight sexuality.

  • @sharksport01
    @sharksport01 Місяць тому

    His boyfriend was ultra handsome.

  • @janejohnstone5795
    @janejohnstone5795 Місяць тому +1

    Clean cut...

  • @libertarian100
    @libertarian100 Місяць тому

    Nice guy. We kill to live and live to die.If we stay here we die. We have nothing to lose. We must explore the center of our Plane directly under Polaris at Magnetic North and the lands beyond our ice wall to see if Hyperborea exists and if there is a portal out of this no win situation.

  • @fareedmalik6777
    @fareedmalik6777 Місяць тому

    Roddy conned Ava Gardner ! Read up on

  • @relax2dream164
    @relax2dream164 Місяць тому

    He was just so effeminate even a a child I knew he was “different”.