Melbourne MacDowell
Known For
Acting
Born
1856-11-11 in South River, New Jersey, USA
Died
1941-02-18
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.
Most Known For
Miss Nobody
as Red Gull
King Spruce
as John Barrett
Behind the Front
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
The Rainmaker
as Bennson
A Million to Burn
as Mark Mills
Outside the Law
as Morgan Spencer
The Wandering Two
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Playing the Game
as Jeremiah Prentiss
There It Is
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
Nomads of the North
as Duncan McDougall
A Nine O'Clock Town
as Mr. Adler
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mr. Langham
The Love Pirate
as Steve Carnan
Coals of Fire
as James Bradley
The Cloud Rider
as David Torrence
The Claws of the Hun
as Godfrey Stanton
Savages of the Sea
as Daniel Rawley
Speed Mad
as John Sanford
Love Me
as Grant Appleby