Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 11, 1856
Place of Birth:
South River, New Jersey, USA
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Melbourne MacDowell
Biography
From Wikipedia
He was born Willet Melbourne MacDowell in Little Washington, New Jersey (now South River, New Jersey).
MacDowell began appearing in silent films in 1917 by which time he was long a stage veteran. His co-stars were such actors as William S. Hart, Lon Chaney, Charles Ray, Enid Bennett and numerous others. Though he lived until the early 1940s, his film career ended in 1928 with the end of silent films. He returned for one sound film short in 1932, A Fool About Women with Andy Clyde and Vernon Dent.
Several films that Melbourne MacDowell appeared in survive today and can be found on DVD, particularly two of his outing with Lon Chaney, Nomads of the North and Outside the Law.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Feel My Pulse | Her Uncle Wilberforce |
| 1928 | There It Is | Frisbie Family Patriarch |
| 1927 | Driven from Home | |
| 1927 | Code of the Cow Country | John Calhoun |
| 1926 | The Rainmaker | Bennson |
| 1926 | What Happened to Jones | Mr. Bigbee |
| 1926 | Behind the Front | Mr. Bartlett-Cooper |
| 1926 | The City | Vorhees |
| 1925 | Savages of the Sea | Daniel Rawley |
| 1925 | The Cloud Rider | David Torrence |
| 1925 | Fighting Courage | Kingsley Sr |
| 1924 | Geared to Go | |
| 1923 | Richard the Lion-Hearted | |
| 1923 | The Wandering Two | |
| 1922 | The Infidel | 'Bully' Haynes |
| 1922 | Forsaking All Others | Cyrus K. Wharton |
| 1922 | The Greater Duty | The Warden |
| 1922 | Beyond the Crossroads | David Walton / Truman Breese |
| 1922 | He Raised Kane | Kane's father |
| 1922 | Scandalous Tongues | Jim Bradley |
| 1921 | Outside the Law | Morgan Spencer |
| 1921 | The March Hare | Senator Rollins |
| 1921 | The Golden Snare | Doug Johnson |
| 1920 | Miss Nobody | Red Gull |
| 1920 | The Gift Supreme | Eliot Vinton |
| 1920 | Nomads of the North | Duncan McDougall |
| 1919 | Soldiers of Fortune | Mr. Langham |
| 1919 | Modern Husbands | Jonathan Cosgrove |
| 1919 | Eve in Exile | George Armitage |
| 1918 | Love Me | Grant Appleby |
| 1918 | Playing the Game | Jeremiah Prentiss |
| 1918 | The Vamp | Mr. Fleming |
| 1918 | The Claws of the Hun | Godfrey Stanton |
| 1918 | Coals of Fire | James Bradley |
| 1918 | Wolves of the Rail | Murray Lemantier |
| 1918 | A Nine O'Clock Town | Mr. Adler |
| 1917 | Hell Hath No Fury | |
| 1917 | The Flame of the Yukon | 'Black Jack' Hovey |
| 1917 | Bond of Fear | Judge McClure |
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