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 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 (56 titles)
The Old Code
Steve MacGregor · 1928
6.6MovieFeel My Pulse
Her Uncle Wilberforce · 1928
6.9MovieThere It Is
Frisbie Family Patriarch · 1928
10.0MovieCode of the Cow Country
John Calhoun · 1927
7.0MovieDriven from Home
1927
10.0MovieThe City
Vorhees · 1926
The Winning Wallop
Cyrus Barton · 1926
9.0MovieThe Rainmaker
Bennson · 1926
6.2MovieBehind the Front
Mr. Bartlett-Cooper · 1926
6.6MovieWhat Happened to Jones?
Mr. Bigbee · 1926
Fighting Courage
Kingsley Sr · 1925
8.0MovieThe Patent Leather Pug
1925
7.0MovieSpeed Mad
John Sanford · 1925
Savages of the Sea
Daniel Rawley · 1925
7.5MovieThe Cloud Rider
David Torrence · 1925
Geared to Go
1924
9.0MovieThe Love Pirate
Steve Carnan · 1923
9.0MovieA Million to Burn
Mark Mills · 1923
MovieRichard the Lion-Hearted
1923
MovieThe Wandering Two
1923
MovieHe Raised Kane
Kane's father · 1922
7.0MovieThe Flaming Hour
John Danby · 1922
7.0MovieForsaking All Others
Cyrus K. Wharton · 1922
Scandalous Tongues
Jim Bradley · 1922
10.0MovieConfidence
J. D. Sprowl · 1922
8.0MovieThe Infidel
'Bully' Haynes · 1922
The Greater Duty
The Warden · 1922
8.0MovieBeyond the Crossroads
David Walton / Truman Breese · 1922
7.0MovieThe Golden Snare
Doug Johnson · 1921
10.0MovieThe March Hare
Senator Rollins · 1921