He was a master class in cerebral eloquence and audience command...and although his dominant playing card in the realm of acting was quite serious and stately, nobody cut a more delightfully dry edge in sitcoms than this gentleman, whose calm yet blistering put-downs often eluded his lesser victims.
罗迪·麦克道尔，生于1928年，十三岁时就在奥斯卡获奖影片《青山翠谷》中扮演重要角色，后来又在《灵犬莱西》中和伊丽莎白·泰勒合作。六十年代他出演过反映诺曼底登陆的影片《最长的一天》，并在终身好友泰勒的巨片《埃及艳后》中扮演屋大维，他担任角色的著名影片还有灾难片《海神号遇险记》。1998年，因患癌症不幸去世。
美国导演，演员，作品《以法之名》、《乡下女孩》、《绯闻女孩》等。
Character actor Jay Robinson owned a pair of the narrowest, cruelest-looking eyes in 1950s Hollywood. To complement them was an evil-looking sneer, crisp and biting diction and a nefarious-sounding cackle. These were all draped upon a lean, bony physique that could slither about menacingly like a ready-to-pounce cobra. With that in mind, he made an auspicious film debut as Caligula in The Robe (1953), stealing much of the proceedings from the movie's actual stars Richard Burton, Jean Simmons and Victor Mature. Though many complained that Jay's interpretation bordered dangerously on outrageous camp, his depraved Roman emperor nevertheless remains the most indelible image when reminded of the epic costumer.
