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Malcolm McDowell Reflects on Fame After ‘Clockwork Orange’
More than 50 years after his breakout performance in “A Clockwork Orange,” actor Malcolm McDowell is reflecting on the intense fame that followed — and admits it was not something he handled easily. According to an…
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About Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell is an English actor. He first became known for portraying Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's If.... (1968), a role he later reprised in O Lucky Man! (1973) and Britannia Hospital (1982). His performance in If.... prompted Stanley Kubrick to cast him as Alex in A Clockwork Orange (1971), the role for which McDowell became best known.
Everything about Malcolm McDowell →- Occupation
- television actor, voice actor, film actor, character actor
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- June 13, 1943
- Website
- https://malcolmmcdowellonline.com/