Melbourne MacDowell
Actor
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.
Filmography
Outside the Law
as Morgan Spencer 1921
Feel My Pulse
as Her Uncle Wilberforce 1928
Nomads of the North
as Duncan McDougall 1920
What Happened to Jones?
as Mr. Bigbee 1926
Behind the Front
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper 1926
Love Me
as Grant Appleby 1918
The Rainmaker
as Bennson 1926
Miss Nobody
as Red Gull 1920
Savages of the Sea
as Daniel Rawley 1925
The Cloud Rider
as David Torrence 1925
Wolves of the Rail
as Murray Lemantier 1918
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
The Infidel
as 'Bully' Haynes 1922
Playing the Game
as Jeremiah Prentiss 1918
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mr. Langham 1919
Driven from Home
1927