Malcolm McDowell

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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.

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A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.. Etymology: Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical cel-gae names equivalent to Maol Chaluim or Calum, Maol Colm, Máel Coluim, lit=devotee of [Saint] Columba; proper nouns derived from t=tonsured from *mailos, and t=dove from columbus.

The name Malcolm is of English origin, meaning "A male given name from Scottish Gaelic or Goidelic, variant of Calum or Callum, feminine equivalent Malcolmina, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic Maol Chaluim.. Etymology: Royal name in Scotland, anglicised from various historical cel-gae names equivalent to Maol Chaluim or Calum, Maol Colm, Máel Coluim, lit=devotee of [Saint] Columba; proper nouns derived from t=tonsured from *mailos, and t=dove from columbus.". It is traditionally a male name.

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