Editing Roddy McDowall (section)

==Early life==
McDowall was born at 204 Herne Hill Road, [[Herne Hill]], London, 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).<ref>{{Cite ODNB|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-71136|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/71136|title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-roddy-mcdowall-1176240.html|location=London, UK|work=The Independent|first=Tom|last=Vallance|title=Obituary: Roddy McDowall|date=5 October 1998}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-roddy-mcdowall-19981004-snap-story.html|title = From the Archives: Roddy McDowall, Actor for 6 Decades, Dies at 70| website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date = 4 October 1998}}</ref> Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the theatre. His elder sister, Virginia, and he were raised in their mother's Catholic faith. He attended [[St Joseph's College, Upper Norwood|St Joseph's College, Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood]], a Roman Catholic secondary school in London.<ref>{{citation|title=Roddy McDowall, 70, Dies; Child Star and Versatile Actor|first=Mel|last=Gussow|periodical=The New York Times|date=4 October 1998|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/04/nyregion/roddy-mcdowall-70-dies-child-star-and-versatile-actor.html|access-date=16 March 2010}}</ref>