Melbourne MacDowell
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1856-11-11
- Died
- 1941-02-18
- Place of birth
- South River, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Willet 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
Movies (56)
Modern Husbands
1919
as Jonathan Cosgrove
The City
1926
as Vorhees
Miss Nobody
1920
as Red Gull
The Infidel
1922
as 'Bully' Haynes
What Happened to Jones?
1926
as Mr. Bigbee
The Golden Snare
1921
as Doug Johnson
The Vamp
1918
as Mr. Fleming
There It Is
1928
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
A Nine O'Clock Town
1918
as Mr. Adler
The Rainmaker
1926
as Bennson
Outside the Law
1921
as Morgan Spencer
Bond of Fear
1917
as Judge McClure
Eve in Exile
1919
as George Armitage
A Million to Burn
1923
as Mark Mills
Beyond the Crossroads
1922
as David Walton / Truman Breese
Geared to Go
1924
Fighting Courage
1925
as Kingsley Sr
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Mr. Langham
The Old Code
1928
as Steve MacGregor
Speed Mad
1925
as John Sanford
Nomads of the North
1920
as Duncan McDougall
Coals of Fire
1918
as James Bradley
Behind the Front
1926
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
The Boomerang
1919
as Peter Cameron
The Keys of the Righteous
1918
as Judge Michael Burke
The Love Pirate
1923
as Steve Carnan
The Greater Duty
1922
as The Warden
The Cloud Rider
1925
as David Torrence
He Raised Kane
1922
as Kane's father
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
Feel My Pulse
1928
as Her Uncle Wilberforce
The Gift Supreme
1920
as Eliot Vinton
Driven from Home
1927
The Iron Heart
1920
as Cyrus K. Moulton
The March Hare
1921
as Senator Rollins
Scandalous Tongues
1922
as Jim Bradley
Forsaking All Others
1922
as Cyrus K. Wharton
Code of the Cow Country
1927
as John Calhoun
King Spruce
1920
as John Barrett
Go West, Young Man
1918
as Amos Latham
All of a Sudden Norma
1919
as Emerson Trent
Tyrant Fear
1918
as James Dermot
The Patent Leather Pug
1925
The Claws of the Hun
1918
as Godfrey Stanton
Hell Hath No Fury
1917
Playing the Game
1918
as Jeremiah Prentiss
The Biggest Show on Earth
1918
as Nat Kemp
Confidence
1922
as J. D. Sprowl
The Wandering Two
1923
The Flame of the Yukon
1917
as 'Black Jack' Hovey
The Flaming Hour
1922
as John Danby
Love Me
1918
as Grant Appleby
Wolves of the Rail
1918
as Murray Lemantier
The Winning Wallop
1926
as Cyrus Barton
Savages of the Sea
1925
as Daniel Rawley
The Lamb and the Lion
1919
as Uncle Ben
About Melbourne MacDowell
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 Mac… With 56 credits spanning from 1917 to 1928, Melbourne MacDowell has appeared in 56 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Melbourne MacDowell Movies
- Modern Husbands (1919) — as Jonathan Cosgrove
- The City (1926) — as Vorhees
- Miss Nobody (1920) — as Red Gull
- The Infidel (1922) — as 'Bully' Haynes
- What Happened to Jones? (1926) — as Mr. Bigbee
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