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60-596: The Cool Ones (aka Cool, Baby Cool ) is a 1967 film starring Roddy McDowall and directed by Gene Nelson . The 1960s novelty singer known as Mrs. Miller performs in a cameo role, and the film features performances by the bands the Leaves and the Bantams as well as a brief appearance by Glen Campbell , playing a fictional singer. Hallie Rodgers is a backup singer on the TV show Whizbang . One evening, she boldly steps out of

120-943: A Tony Award for his performance in Jean Anouilh 's The Fighting Cock . For portraying Octavian in the historical epic Cleopatra (1963), he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award . McDowall played Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series , as well as Galen in the short-lived spin-off television series . His other notable films included Orson Welles ' Macbeth (1948), The Longest Day (1962), Cleopatra (1963), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), That Darn Cat! (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Funny Lady (1975), The Black Hole (1979), Fright Night (1985) and its sequel Fright Night Part 2 (1988), Overboard (1987), Shakma (1990) and A Bug's Life (1998). He

180-619: A 1932 Olympic gold medalist as the star. Later on, Fanny encounters Bobby Moore and Norma Butler in Los Angeles and sees Nicky on the field of a polo game in Beverly Hills and feels that her friends tricked her. She calls Billy, but he cannot leave his Aquacade show. While Fanny and Nicky reminisce about old times, Fanny notes that Nicky hasn't asked about their daughter Frances, whom he hasn't seen in six years. Fanny travels to Cleveland only to find Billy in bed with Eleanor. She goes to

240-665: A Special Guest Villain as The Bookworm on Batman . He had supporting roles in Fox's Shock Treatment (1964) and United Artists' The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). He was third billed in The Third Day (1965) and received billing as a member of the ensemble cast in The Loved One (1965). McDowall went to Disney for That Darn Cat! (1965) and had a role in Inside Daisy Clover (1965). McDowall

300-577: A Thief , Midas Run (1969), Hello Down There (1969), Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969), Night Gallery (1969), The Name of the Game and Medical Center . McDowall made his debut as director with The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970). As an actor he was in Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971). McDowall was not in the first Apes sequel but was in the second, Escape from the Planet of

360-706: A Vampaire (1993 audio book), Dream On , Heads (1994), Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994), Mirror, Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994), Burke's Law , Angel 4: Undercover (1994), The Alien Within (1995), The Grass Harp (1995), Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995), Bullet Hearts (1996), Star Hunter (1996), It's My Party (1996), Tracey Takes On... , Dead Man's Island , Remember WENN , Unlikely Angel (1996), The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997), Something to Believe In (1998), and Loss of Faith (1998). He voiced

420-542: A child in his native England, before moving to the United States at the outbreak of World War II . He achieved prominence for his starring roles in How Green Was My Valley (1941), My Friend Flicka (1943), and Lassie Come Home (1943). Unlike many of his contemporaries, McDowall managed to evolve from child star into an adult performer and appeared on Broadway as well as in films, winning

480-725: A child model as a baby, McDowall appeared in several films as a boy. After winning an acting prize in a school play at age nine, he started appearing in films: Murder in the Family (1938), I See Ice (1938) with George Formby , John Halifax (1938) and Scruffy (1938). McDowall appeared in Convict 99 (1938) and Hey! Hey! USA (1938) with Will Hay , Yellow Sands (1938), The Outsider (1939), Murder Will Out (1939), Dead Man's Shoes (1940), Just William (1940), Saloon Bar (1940), You Will Remember (1941), and This England (1941). McDowall's family moved to

540-515: A double load of it here, with two graying ex-husbands." Arthur D. Murphy of Variety wrote, "Barbra Streisand was outstanding as the younger Fanny Brice in Funny Girl , and in Funny Lady she's even better ... However much of a letdown the plot becomes, there's no denying the superior integration of drama, comedy, show music and personal dramatic music en route." Charles Champlin of

600-493: A half stars out of four and wrote, "It takes few chances and delivers mostly what you'd expect ... What was missing, for me at least, was a sense of surprise, of unpredictability—the sort of wit or pacing that separates a memorable musical like Cabaret from the merely tuneful." Pauline Kael of The New Yorker wrote, "Streisand is in beautiful voice, and her singing is terrific—too terrific. It's no longer singing, it's something else—that strident overdramatization that turns

660-956: A horse story directed by Budd Boetticher ; Killer Shark (1950), a shark hunting tale, again with Boetticher; Big Timber (1950), as a logger; The Steel Fist (1952), an anti-communist drama. McDowall left Hollywood to move to New York City. He began appearing on television, notably shows like Celanese Theatre , Broadway Television Theatre , Medallion Theatre , Campbell Summer Soundstage , Armstrong Circle Theatre , Encounter , Robert Montgomery Presents (including an adaptation of Great Expectations where he played Pip), The Elgin Hour , Ponds Theater , General Electric Theater , The Kaiser Aluminum Hour , Lux Video Theatre , Goodyear Playhouse , The Alcoa Hour , Kraft Theatre , Matinee Theatre , Suspicion , Playhouse 90 (in an adaptation of Heart of Darkness ), The United States Steel Hour , The DuPont Show of

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720-555: A love duet with Burnett. Asked about his career in a 1975 interview, McDowall said "I just hope to keep working and in interesting things." For the rest of the 1970s, McDowall alternated between features, TV films and TV series. Features included Funny Lady (1975), Mean Johnny Barrows (1976), Embryo (1976), Sixth and Main (1977), Laserblast (1978), Rabbit Test (1978), The Cat from Outer Space (1978) for Disney, Circle of Iron (1978), Scavenger Hunt (1979), Nutcracker Fantasy (1979) (doing voice over for

780-679: A photographer, working with Look , Vogue , Collier's , and Life . His work includes a cover story on Mae West for Life and the cover of the 1964 Barbra Streisand album, The Third Album . He took the photograph when Streisand performed on The Judy Garland Show in October 1963. He published five books of photographs, each featuring photos and profile interviews of his celebrity friends interviewing each other, such as Elizabeth Taylor , Judy Garland , Judy Holliday , Maureen O'Hara , Katharine Hepburn , Lauren Bacall , and others. It started with Double Exposure in 1968. McDowall

840-408: A remake of Miracle on 34th Street (1973), The Elevator (1974), and The Snoop Sisters also (1974) an uncredited appearance as a grocery store manager in the film Dirty Mary Crazy Larry . He starred in the short lived TV spin-off series of Planet of the Apes (1974). During a guest appearance on The Carol Burnett Show , he came onstage in his Planet of the Apes makeup and performed

900-436: A sequel." However, Streisand liked the script, which showed Fanny to be "...tougher, more acerbic, more mature...", and she agreed. The first to read for Billy Rose was Robert Blake . Other actors were mentioned, including Al Pacino and Robert De Niro , but ultimately James Caan was chosen. Streisand explained: "It comes down to whom the audience wants me to kiss. Robert Blake, no. James Caan, yes." Stark, unhappy with

960-594: A song he tells Fanny he wrote about their marriage. He tells her about his recent purchase of the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and an idea for her to star in his new show. Fanny says she will think it over as the two kiss and part once again. Although contractually bound to make one more film for producer Ray Stark (Fanny Brice's one-time son-in-law), Streisand balked at doing the project. She told Stark "that it would take litigation to make her do

1020-410: A song into a big number. The audience's attention is directed away from the music and onto the star's feat in charging it with false energy. Streisand is out to knock you cold, and you get cold, all right." Kael also criticized the plot as "right out of those terrible forties movies in which couples who break up spend a lifetime thinking about each other, with encounters every five or ten years. And we get

1080-446: A studio before being shocked to read in the newspaper that she will star in a show by Rose called Crazy Quilt. The show ends up getting $ 50,000 from Buck Bolton when Rose promises to cast Bolton's mistress Norma Butler as one of the stars. Despite having a big number for Fanny in “I Found A Million Dollar Baby In A Five And Ten Cents Store”, opening night proves to be a disaster in terms of collapsing sets and more. Fanny considers leaving

1140-607: A war orphan, then he had top billing again for an adaptation of My Friend Flicka (1942). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer borrowed McDowall for the star role in Lassie Come Home (1943), a film that introduced Elizabeth Taylor , an actress who became another lifelong friend. MGM kept him on to play a leading role in The White Cliffs of Dover (1944). Back at Fox, he played Gregory Peck as a young man in The Keys of

1200-474: A year. McDowall starred in seven films for them, for which he also worked as associate producer: Rocky (1948), a boy and dog story directed by Phil Karlson ; Kidnapped (1948), an adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson story, where he played David Balfour, directed by William Beaudine ; Tuna Clipper (1949), a fishing tale, again directed by Beaudine; Black Midnight (1949),

1260-478: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an American film of the 1960s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roddy McDowall Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (17 September 1928 – 3 October 1998) was a British and American actor, whose career spanned over 270 screen and stage roles across over 60 years. Born in London, he began his acting career as

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1320-407: Is not available to produce a new musical show. During a meeting with Bernard Baruch , her financial advisor, she meets his former secretary Billy Rose. When Fanny and Bobby go into nightclubs looking for material to "borrow", they hear a torch song in "More Than You Know" that was written by Rose. Although irritated by his pushy nature in trying to sell the song to her, Fanny soon records the song at

1380-486: Is superb entertainment, but the minute she stops the movie turns into a concrete soufflé. It's heavy and tasteless ... Moments meant to be dramatic are embarrassingly bad." Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four and called it "a big, messy flop of a movie that's almost cruel in the way it invites our memories of Funny Girl and doesn't match them." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune awarded two and

1440-502: Is the power and delight of both movies." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called it a "lavish but uninspired" film that "seems to be celebrating stardom for stardom's sake. It's a joyless, mechanical Big Movie Musical." Caan thought there were "too many cooks messing around", although he liked his performance. The soundtrack peaked on the Billboard Album Chart at number 6 and was certified gold. A majority of

1500-545: The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Barbra Streisand, like the picture, extends the characterization she launched so dazzlingly in Funny Girl ... What I find most impressive and likable about the performance is the softened, bittersweet maturity that Streisand lets us see in Fanny Brice. You sense that Streisand understands the star as well as she understood the impetuous young hopeful. An extraordinary presentation

1560-688: The Academy Award for Best Picture , and McDowall's role as Huw Morgan made him a household name. Fox put him in another war film, Confirm or Deny (1941), then he played Tyrone Power as a boy in Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942). Fox promoted McDowall to top billing for On the Sunny Side (1942). He was billed second to Monty Woolley in The Pied Piper (1942), playing

1620-644: The Mad Hatter in the DC Animated Universe . He also did voice work for The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–92), Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas (1992), Camp Candy , The Legend of Prince Valiant (1992), Darkwing Duck (1992), 2 Stupid Dogs , Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron , Red Planet , The Tick , Galaxy Beat , Gargoyles , Duckman , Pinky and the Brain , A Bug's Life (1998), and Godzilla: The Series . He

1680-630: The National Film Preservation Board in 1989, and represented the Screen Actors Guild on that Board until his death. Aside from his acting career, McDowall was active as a photographer and journalist, particularly of celebrities. For his contributions to the film and television industry, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . McDowall was born at 204 Herne Hill Road, Herne Hill , London,

1740-479: The New York Times : The Cool Ones [is] a rock 'n' roll comedy, so-called, about a pop singer ( Debbie Watson ) who is on the rise and a big-name crooner ( Gil Peterson ) who is on the skids. Roddy McDowall is their manager who engineers them into a publicity romance which has—shall we say?—repercussions. I venture to guess this will disgust even the kids. This film article about a 1960s comedy film

1800-447: The seventh highest grossing picture of 1975 . It was one of Caan's most successful films at the box office. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 30% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.8/10. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote, "As long as Miss Streisand as Fanny is singing the blues, or singing anything else, Funny Lady

1860-515: The 25th Century (" Planet of the Slave Girls ") and Mork & Mindy . He also had a regular role in the short-lived sci-fi series The Fantastic Journey (1977). TV films included Flood! (1977), The Rhinemann Exchange (1978), The Immigrants (1978), and The Thief of Baghdad (1978). McDowall's TV film /miniseries work in the 1980s included The Martian Chronicles (1980), The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980), The Return of

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1920-640: The 63rd Infantry Division, when the 13th Armored Division is Reflagged to the 63rd Infantry Division in 1952, he serves from 1946 to 1954, spanning the end of World War II to the end of the Korean War . He later served in the 77th Infantry Division between 1960 and 1962. McDowall's American career began with a part in the 1941 thriller Man Hunt , directed by Fritz Lang . It was made by 20th Century Fox , which also produced McDowall's next film How Green Was My Valley (1941), where he met and became lifelong friends with actress Maureen O'Hara . The film won

1980-513: The Apes (1971). He was in the television film Terror in the Sky (1971), What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971) and A Taste of Evil (1971) and Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He guest starred on Ironside , The Carol Burnett Show , Columbo (1972, "Short Fuse"), The Delphi Bureau , The Rookies , Mission: Impossible , Barnaby Jones and McCloud . McDowall made his third Apes film with 1972's Conquest of

2040-466: The English language edition), and Disney's The Black Hole (1979) in which he voiced one of the robot roles. TV series included Police Woman , Mowgli's Brothers , Harry O , The Feather and Father Gang , Wonder Woman , Flying High , The Love Boat , $ weepstake$ , Supertrain , Hart to Hart , A Man Called Sloane , Trapper John, M.D. (the pilot episode), Buck Rogers in

2100-754: The Gold Monkey (a series regular), Small and Frye , Hotel , and George Burns Comedy Week . McDowall's features included Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), Evil Under the Sun (1982), Class of 1984 (1984), and the cult classic horror Fright Night (1985). McDowall had voice over roles in Zoo Ship (1985), GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986), and The Wind in

2160-672: The Hearth (1967). He guest-starred in the series The Felony Squad . In 1968, McDowall appeared in one of his memorable roles when he was cast in Planet of the Apes as the ape Cornelius. He appeared in three sequels and a TV spin-off from the film. He was Prince John in The Legend of Robin Hood (1968) for TV, and appeared in 5 Card Stud (1968), Journey to the Unknown , It Takes

2220-661: The King (1980) (on which he did voice over work), Tales of the Gold Monkey (1980), The Million Dollar Face (1981), Judgement Day (1981), Twilight Theatre (1982), Mae West (1982), This Girl for Hire (1983), The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood (1984), London and Davis in New York (1984), Hollywood Wives (1985), and Alice in Wonderland (1985). TV series included Boomer and Miss 21st Century , Fantasy Island (several times), Faerie Tale Theatre , Tales of

2280-638: The Kingdom (1944). In 1944, exhibitors voted McDowall the number four "Star of Tomorrow". Fox gave McDowall another starring vehicle with Thunderhead – Son of Flicka (1945). The studio reunited him with Woolley in Molly and Me (1945), which was made as an attempt to turn Gracie Fields into a Hollywood star. McDowall returned to MGM to support Walter Pidgeon in Holiday in Mexico (1946). McDowall turned to

2340-582: The Month (an adaptation of Billy Budd ) and The Twilight Zone (the episode " People Are Alike All Over "). McDowall also had significant success on the Broadway stage. He was in a production of Misalliance (1953) that ran for 130 performances and which McDowall said "broke the mould" in how he was judged as an actor. He followed it with Escapade (1953) with Carroll Baker and Brian Aherne ; Ira Levin 's No Time for Sergeants (1955–57), which

2400-529: The Planet of the Apes . He had supporting roles in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and starred in a pilot that did not go to series, Topper Returns (1973), and The Legend of Hell House (1973). His final Apes film was Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). He also appeared in McMillan & Wife , Love, American Style , Arnold (1973),

2460-481: The United States in 1940 after the outbreak of World War II . He became a naturalized United States citizen on 9 December 1949, and lived in the United States for the rest of his life. McDowall served U.S. Army Reserves, after training is assigned to the 67th Armored Infantry Battalion 13th Armored Division (United States) of the U.S. Army 's Organized Reserve Corps (headquartered in Los Angeles), and later in

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2520-758: The Week . He was in a TV production of The Power and the Glory (1961) with Laurence Olivier , George C. Scott and Julie Harris . In 1963, McDowall appeared as Octavian in the film production of Cleopatra , which starred Elizabeth Taylor. While filming in Europe, he appeared in Fox's war film The Longest Day (1962). He continued to guest on television series such as Arrest and Trial , The Alfred Hitchcock Hour , The Eleventh Hour , Kraft Suspense Theatre , Combat! , Ben Casey , Twelve O'Clock High , Run for Your Life , The Invaders , and appeared as

2580-1355: The Willows (1987). TV series included Bridges to Cross (1986) (in which McDowall was a regular), The Wizard , Murder, She Wrote , Matlock , and Nightmare Classics , and TV films included Remo Williams: The Prophecy and Around the World in 80 Days (1989). In 1987, he had supporting roles in Dead of Winter and Overboard , on which he also served as executive producer. Other features included Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988), Fright Night Part 2 (1989), The Big Picture (1989), Cutting Class (1989), and Heroes Stand Alone (1989). In 1989, he said "I feel as Henry Fonda did that every job I get may be my last. I'm one of those creatures born to be working. I feel better when I'm working. I don't like it when I'm not working and I've never worked as much as I want to." McDowall's 1990s work included The Color of Evening (1990), Shakma (1990), Going Under (1990), An Inconvenient Woman (1991), Earth Angel (1991), Deadly Game (1991), The Naked Target (1992), Double Trouble (1992), The New Lassie (1992), Quantum Leap (A Leap for Lisa) (1992), The Evil Inside Me (1993), I Strahd: The Memoirs of

2640-470: The chorus and begins singing “Just One of Those Things.” The young people in the audience love her singing, but the producer Fred MacElewine fires her. A little later she goes into a bar, and Cliff Donner, a former singing star, tells Hallie he saw her on television and liked her singing. Tony Krum, a music promoter, suggests Hallie and Cliff sing together, and the duo become popular recording artists. They also fall in love. In an uncredited appearance: one of

2700-464: The dancers is Teri Garr , specifically as one of the Whiz-Bam girls. The film received mostly negative reviews, and it now is viewed as something of a 1960s cult musical. From the blog Comet Over Hollywood : The Cool Ones has earned a place on my list of the worst movies that I have ever seen. But then at the same time, it's so bad you can't look away and have to watch the whole movie. And from

2760-427: The only son of London-born Thomas Andrew McDowall (1896–1978), a merchant seaman of distant Scottish descent, and his Irish wife Winifred (née Corcoran). Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the theatre. He and his elder sister, Virginia, were raised in their mother's Catholic faith. He attended St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood , a Roman Catholic secondary school in London. After appearing as

2820-479: The production but stays when hearing that Billy borrowed money from mobsters that would kill him if he can't make the money back. The two work together to scale down the show. The improved show opens in New York to applause and great reviews before Fanny sees Nicky backstage with a ring on his finger from a rich woman, to whom he's now married. Billy, ready to travel to Fort Worth, Texas for a new show, offers to marry Fanny beforehand. She accepts only to find that Billy

2880-748: The scenes shot by original cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond , lured an ailing James Wong Howe out of retirement to complete the film. It proved to be his final project, and it earned him an Academy Award nomination. Studio executives forced Ross to trim the film to a manageable 136 minutes before release. Much of Vereen's performance ended up on the cutting room floor, together with a recreation of Brice's Baby Snooks radio show and dramatic scenes involving her and her daughter. In addition to Howe, Oscar nominations went to Ray Aghayan and Bob Mackie for Best Costume Design, Kander and Ebb for Best Original Song (" How Lucky Can You Get "), Peter Matz for Best Scoring of an Original Song Score and/or Adaptation, and

2940-685: The selection committee for the Kennedy Center Awards. He was Chairman of the Actors' Branch for five terms. He was elected President of the Academy Foundation in 1998, the year that he died. He worked to support the Motion Pictures Retirement Home, where a rose garden named in his honour was officially dedicated on 9 October 2001 and remains a part of the campus. McDowall received recognition as

3000-468: The sound team. Streisand, Caan and Vereen all received Golden Globe Award nominations, as did Kander and Ebb and the film itself, but it was shut out of any wins in both competitions. Funny Lady opened Wednesday, March 12, 1975 and grossed $ 2,254,3851 in its first five days from 111 theatres to be number one at the US box office. It went on to gross $ 40,055,897 at the U.S. and Canadian box office, making it

3060-677: The theatre, taking the title role of Young Woodley in a summer stock production in Westport, Connecticut in July 1946. In 1947, he played Malcolm in Orson Welles 's stage production of Macbeth in Salt Lake City, and he played the same role in the actor-director's film version in 1948. McDowall then signed a three-year contract with Monogram Pictures , a low-budget studio that welcomed established stars, to make two films

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3120-482: The train station where Billy arrives to apologize. She states that her love for Nicky was gone for good while blaming herself for Billy's infidelity. She then asks him to leave her alone to wait for her train. Years pass and in the 1940s Fanny is starring in The Baby Snooks Show on radio while Billy works as a writer of popular songs and plays. They meet each other again and he plays " Me And My Shadow ",

3180-530: Was a Democrat and supported Adlai Stevenson 's campaign during the 1952 presidential election . Funny Lady Herbert Ross , who helmed the musical sequences for Funny Girl (which had been directed by William Wyler ), serves as the director. The screenplay, written by Jay Presson Allen and Arnold Schulman as based on a story by Schulman, is a highly fictionalized account of the later life and career of comedienne Fanny Brice and her marriage to songwriter and impresario Billy Rose . The primary score

3240-666: Was a frequent guest star on many television series, and won an Emmy Award for a 1961 episode of NBC Sunday Showcase . McDowall served in various positions on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Selection Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors , contributing to various charities related to the film industry and film preservation. He was a founding Member of

3300-409: Was a huge hit; Diary of a Scoundrel (1956); and Good as Gold (1957). He had a big critical success with Compulsion (1957–58) based on Leopold and Loeb – although McDowall was not cast in the film version . He followed it with Handful of Fire (1958), Noël Coward 's Look After Lulu! (1959) and Peter Brook 's The Fighting Cock (1960). The latter earned him a Tony Award . McDowall

3360-466: Was bluffing about borrowing money from the mob to keep her close. The wedding party finds Billy treated roughly by Fanny's society friends before the honeymoon in Texas turns to bickering between the newlyweds. During the next few years their careers are so busy that they only talk to each other when they telephone their publicist at the same time. Billy does a show called Aquacade, featuring Eleanor Holm ,

3420-591: Was by John Kander and Fred Ebb . The film was nominated for numerous awards including Golden Globe nominations for Streisand as Best Actress and Best Actor for Caan. Streisand revisited the soundtrack to the film in her 2016 concert. Fanny Brice, now finishing her Broadway show after its success has come and gone in the midst of the Great Depression , finds only flowers and a divorce decree from her estranged husband Nicky Arnstein . Fanny and her confidant Bobby Moore are now out of work since Florenz Ziegfeld

3480-645: Was given a starring role in Lord Love a Duck (1966). He also appeared in The Defector (1966) and returned briefly to Broadway for The Astrakhan Coat (1967). Disney gave him the star role in The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) and he was top billed in The Cool Ones (1967) and It! (1967). He was in a TV production of Saint Joan (1967) and provided the voice for Cricket on

3540-481: Was in another big Broadway hit when he played Mordred in the musical Camelot (1960–63) with Julie Andrews and Richard Burton . He played Ariel in a TV production of The Tempest (1960) with Richard Burton and Maurice Evans , then appeared in his first film in almost a decade, The Subterraneans (1960). He followed it with Midnight Lace (1960). McDowall continued to work on television in shows such as Sunday Showcase , Naked City , and Play of

3600-409: Was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1993, when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. In 1997, McDowall hosted the MGM Musicals Tribute at Carnegie Hall . McDowall served for several years in various capacities on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , the organisation that presents the Oscar Awards, and on

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