
Acting
Melbourne MacDowell
Also Known As: Willet Melbourne MacDowell
Birth Date
November 11, 1856
Death Date
February 18, 1941
(passed away at 84)
Place of Birth
South River, New Jersey, USA
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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.
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What Happened to Jones?
Mr. Bigbee
1926
The Winning Wallop
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1926

King Spruce
John Barrett
1920

Speed Mad
John Sanford
1925

Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923

The Patent Leather Pug
1925

The Lamb and the Lion
Uncle Ben
1919
Savages of the Sea
Daniel Rawley
1925

The Keys of the Righteous
Judge Michael Burke
1918

All of a Sudden Norma
Emerson Trent
1919
Hell Hath No Fury
1917

Outside the Law
Morgan Spencer
1921

Go West, Young Man
Amos Latham
1918

A Million to Burn
Mark Mills
1923

Nomads of the North
Duncan McDougall
1920
Tyrant Fear
James Dermot
1918

The Golden Snare
Doug Johnson
1921

Behind the Front
Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
1926
The Old Code
Steve MacGregor
1928

The Biggest Show on Earth
Nat Kemp
1918