Malcolm McDowell Is 70

Remember when H.G. Wells took his time machine to late ’70s San Francisco in pursuit of Jack the Ripper? Man did I ever love that movie as a kid. It was only much later that I found out it was not in fact a documentary, and H.G. Wells was actually a “character,” played by an actor named Malcolm McDowell, who turns 70 today. McDowell has apparently done some other stuff, most notably the short-lived Rhea Perlman sitcom “Pearl,” but to me he will always be H.G. Wells, time traveler.