Melbourne MacDowell
Acting
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
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The Old Code
1928
Steve MacGregor
movieFeel My Pulse
1928
Her Uncle Wilberforce
movieThere It Is
1928
Frisbie Family Patriarch
movieCode of the Cow Country
1927
John Calhoun
movieThe City
1926
Vorhees
The Winning Wallop
1926
Cyrus Barton
movieThe Rainmaker
1926
Bennson
movieBehind the Front
1926
Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
movieWhat Happened to Jones?
1926
Mr. Bigbee
Fighting Courage
1925
Kingsley Sr
movieSpeed Mad
1925
John Sanford
Savages of the Sea
1925
Daniel Rawley
movieThe Cloud Rider
1925
David Torrence
movieThe Love Pirate
1923
Steve Carnan
movieA Million to Burn
1923
Mark Mills
movieHe Raised Kane
1922
Kane's father
movieThe Flaming Hour
1922
John Danby
movieForsaking All Others
1922
Cyrus K. Wharton
movieConfidence
1922
J. D. Sprowl
movieThe Infidel
1922
'Bully' Haynes
movieBeyond the Crossroads
1922
David Walton / Truman Breese
movieThe Golden Snare
1921
Doug Johnson
movieThe March Hare
1921
Senator Rollins
movieOutside the Law
1921
Morgan Spencer
movieNomads of the North
1920
Duncan McDougall
movieThe Iron Heart
1920
Cyrus K. Moulton
movieMiss Nobody
1920
Red Gull
movieKing Spruce
1920
John Barrett
movieThe Gift Supreme
1920
Eliot Vinton
Eve in Exile
1919
George Armitage
movieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
Mr. Langham
movieThe Boomerang
1919
Peter Cameron
movieModern Husbands
1919
Jonathan Cosgrove
movieThe Lamb and the Lion
1919
Uncle Ben
movieAll of a Sudden Norma
1919
Emerson Trent
movieGo West, Young Man
1918
Amos Latham
Coals of Fire
1918
James Bradley
movieA Nine O'Clock Town
1918
Mr. Adler
movieThe Vamp
1918
Mr. Fleming
movieThe Claws of the Hun
1918
Godfrey Stanton
Tyrant Fear
1918
James Dermot
moviePlaying the Game
1918
Jeremiah Prentiss
movieLove Me
1918
Grant Appleby
movieThe Keys of the Righteous
1918
Judge Michael Burke
movieWolves of the Rail
1918
Murray Lemantier
movieBond of Fear
1917
Judge McClure
movieThe Flame of the Yukon
1917
'Black Jack' Hovey