Blue-eyed British actor Malcolm McDowell has a history of playing angry, cruel characters that still managed to be charming. Born in working-class Leeds, England, he sold coffee around Yorkshire before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late '60s. By 1967, he had made his big-screen debut in Poor Cow, the first feature-length film from director Ken Loach. Moving to New York, McDowell met director Lindsay Anderson and appeared in his off-Broadway production of Look Back in Anger. (He would reprise his role of angry young man Jimmy Porter in the 1980 film version.) He then played Mick Travis, the rebellious boarding school student in If.... (1968), a role he would continue in Anderson's next two films, O Lucky Man! (which he co-wrote) and Britannia Hospital (1982). Director Stanley Kubrick took notice of his work with Anderson and gave McDowell his international breakthrough with A Clockwork Orange, based upon the novel by Anthony Burgess. His portrayal of the sadistic Alex earned him two Best Actor nominations, but also cemented a dark image that would persist throughout his career. He would occasionally get breaks with characters such as Captain Flashman, the hero in the adventure satire Royal Flash or the naïve fighter in the WWI drama Aces High. But his unscrupulous reputation was reinforced in 1979, when he starred in the title role as the Roman emperor in Bob Guccione's notorious production of Caligula. He made his first American film the same year, playing H.G. Wells in Time After Time alongside young actress Mary Steenburgen (they were married from 1980-1990). McDowell went on to star in the horror remake Cat People, the action-adventure Blue Thunder, and the rock musical-comedy Get Crazy. McDowell made several TV movies toward the late '80s, including Gulag, Arthur the King, and Monte Carlo. After a serious bout with a persistent drug problem, his hair turned white and he started playing regular villains in largely forgettable U.S. releases. He had better casting luck abroad, such as the leading role in the Russian film Assassin of the Tsar. After a cameo in The Player in 1992, the actor started lending his voice talent to cartoons, including Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Superman, Spider-Man, Batman: The Animated Series, Biker Mice From Mars, and the features The Fist of the North Star and Happily Ever After. He also provided the voice of Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn for the Wing Commander video game series and subsequent cartoon. His villainous roles started to gravitate toward science fiction with Tank Girl, Cyborg 3: The Recycler, and, most notably, Dr. Soran in Star Trek: Generations. On television, he played the evil Benny Barrett on the BBC series Our Friends in the North and the sinister Mr. Roarke on the ABC revival series Fantasy Island. In the late '90s, he appeared in a lot of direct-to-video and made-for-cable movies before making a return to U.K. theatrical features with the family drama My Life So Far in 1999 and Gangster No. 1 in 2000. In 2003, he appeared in the horseracing film Hidalgo, Robert Altman's The Company, and the Russian film Evilenko as serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.
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Vivaldi
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2013 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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Antiviral
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2012 | |||
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Excision
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2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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Silent Hill: Revelation
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2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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Silent Night
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2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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Vamps
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2012 | NOT YET RELEASED | ||
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Golf in the Kingdom
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2011 | |||
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Suing the Devil
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2011 | |||
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The Artist
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2011 | |||
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Easy A
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2010 | |||
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Green Arrow
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2010 | |||
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Halloween II
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2009 | |||
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Pound of Flesh
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2009 | |||
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Suck
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2009 | |||
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Barry Munday
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2008 | |||
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Bolt
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2008 | |||
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Coco Chanel
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2008 | |||
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Delgo
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2008 | |||
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Doomsday
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2008 | |||
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Halloween
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2007 | |||
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Never Apologize: A Personal Visit With Lindsay Anderson
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2007 | |||
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The List
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2007 | |||
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War and Peace
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2007 | |||
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Cut Off
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2006 | |||
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Entourage: Strange Days
TV Guest Appearance |
2006 | |||
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Entourage: The Release
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2006 | |||
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Heroes: Season 01
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2006 | |||
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O Lucky Malcolm
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2006 | |||
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Tempesta
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2006 | |||
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Entourage: Blue Balls Lagoon
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2005 | |||
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Entourage: Exodus
TV Guest Appearance |
2005 | |||
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Entourage: Good Morning Saigon
TV Guest Appearance |
2005 | |||
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Entourage: The Abyss
TV Guest Appearance |
2005 | |||
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Entourage: The Bat Mitzvah
TV Guest Appearance |
2005 | |||
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Rag Tale
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2005 | |||
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Evilenko
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2004 | |||
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Hidalgo
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2004 | |||
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In Good Company
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2004 | |||
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P3K: Pinocchio3000
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2004 | |||
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I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
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2003 | |||
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Inhabited
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2003 | |||
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Red Roses and Petrol
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2003 | |||
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Tempo
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2003 | |||
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The Company
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2003 | |||
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Between Strangers
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2002 | |||
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Firestarter 2: Rekindled
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2002 | |||
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I Spy
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2002 | |||
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Just Visiting
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2001 | |||
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Pact With the Devil
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2001 | |||
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Princess of Thieves
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2001 | |||
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
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2001 | |||
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Terminal Countdown
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2001 | |||
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The Barber
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2001 | |||
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The Void
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2001 | |||
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Train to Hell
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2001 | |||
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Gangster No.1
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2000 | |||
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Island of the Dead
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2000 | |||
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Can of Worms
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1999 | |||
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Love Lies Bleeding
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1999 | |||
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My Life So Far
Actor |
1999 | |||
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Y2K
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1999 | |||
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Fatal Pursuit
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1998 | |||
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Garden of Evil
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1998 | |||
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The First 9 1/2 Weeks
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1998 | |||
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2103: The Deadly Wake
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1997 | |||
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Asylum
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1997 | |||
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Hugo Pool
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1997 | |||
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Mr. Magoo
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1997 | |||
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Short 2: Dreams
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1997 | |||
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Fairy King of Ar
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1996 | |||
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The Little Riders
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1996 | |||
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Where Truth Lies
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1996 | |||
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Fist of the North Star
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1995 | |||
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Kids of the Round Table
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1995 | |||
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Tank Girl
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1995 | |||
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The Surgeon
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1995 | |||
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Cyborg 3: The Recycler
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1994 | |||
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Dangerous Indiscretion
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1994 | |||
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Milk Money
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1994 | |||
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Seasons of the Heart
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1994 | |||
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Star Trek Generations
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1994 | |||
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Bopha!
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1993 | |||
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Le Vent d'Est
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1993 | |||
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Night Train to Venice
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1993 | |||
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Chain of Desire
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1992 | |||
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The Player
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1992 | |||
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Assassin of the Tsar
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1991 | |||
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Tales From the Crypt: The Reluctant Vampire
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1991 | |||
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Class of 1999
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1990 | |||
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Disturbed
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1990 | |||
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Happily Ever After
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1990 | |||
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Jezebel's Kiss
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1990 | |||
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Moon 44
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1990 | |||
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The Light in the Jungle
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1990 | |||
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Il Maestro
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1989 | |||
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Buy and Cell
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1988 | |||
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Mortacci
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1988 | |||
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Sunset
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1988 | |||
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The Caller
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1987 | |||
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Monte Carlo
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1986 | |||
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Arthur the King
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1985 | |||
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Gulag
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1985 | |||
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Blue Thunder
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1983 | |||
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Cross Creek
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1983 | |||
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Get Crazy
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1983 | |||
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Britannia Hospital
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1982 | |||
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Cat People
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1982 | |||
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The Compleat Beatles
Voice |
1982 | |||
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Look Back in Anger
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1980 | |||
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Saturday Night Live: Malcolm McDowell
TV Guest Appearance |
1980 | |||
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Caligula
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1979 | |||
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The Passage
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1979 | |||
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Time After Time
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1979 | |||
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She Fell Among Thieves
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1978 | |||
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Aces High
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1976 | |||
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Voyage of the Damned
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1976 | |||
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Royal Flash
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1975 | |||
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The Collection
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1975 | |||
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O Lucky Man!
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1973 | |||
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A Clockwork Orange
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1971 | |||
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Raging Moon
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1971 | |||
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Figures in a Landscape
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1970 | |||
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If...
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1968 | |||
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Poor Cow
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1968 | |||
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The Evening Journey
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