Melbourne MacDowell
Born
November 11, 1856
Died
February 18, 1941 (84 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
South River, New Jersey, USA
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
Feel My Pulse
Her Uncle Wilberforce
1928
There It Is
Frisbie Family Patriarch
1928
Code of the Cow Country
John Calhoun
1927
Driven from Home
1927
The City
Vorhees
1926
The Rainmaker
Bennson
1926
Behind the Front
Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
1926
What Happened to Jones
Mr. Bigbee
1926
Fighting Courage
Kingsley Sr
1925
Savages of the Sea
Daniel Rawley
1925
The Cloud Rider
David Torrence
1925
Geared to Go
1924
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
The Wandering Two
1923
He Raised Kane
Kane's father
1922
Forsaking All Others
Cyrus K. Wharton
1922
Scandalous Tongues
Jim Bradley
1922
The Infidel
'Bully' Haynes
1922
The Greater Duty
The Warden
1922
Beyond the Crossroads
David Walton / Truman Breese
1922
The Golden Snare
Doug Johnson
1921
The March Hare
Senator Rollins
1921
Outside the Law
Morgan Spencer
1921
Nomads of the North
Duncan McDougall
1920
Miss Nobody
Red Gull
1920
The Gift Supreme
Eliot Vinton
1920
Eve in Exile
George Armitage
1919
Soldiers of Fortune
Mr. Langham
1919
Modern Husbands
Jonathan Cosgrove
1919
Coals of Fire
James Bradley
1918
A Nine O'Clock Town
Mr. Adler
1918
The Vamp
Mr. Fleming
1918
The Claws of the Hun
Godfrey Stanton
1918
Playing the Game
Jeremiah Prentiss
1918
Love Me
Grant Appleby
1918
Wolves of the Rail
Murray Lemantier
1918
Bond of Fear
Judge McClure
1917
The Flame of the Yukon
'Black Jack' Hovey
1917
Hell Hath No Fury
1917