Acting
Melbourne MacDowell
XX, EN cinema · 56 credits
Born
11 November 1856
Died
18 February 1941 (aged 84)
Birthplace
South River, New Jersey, USA
Also known as Willet 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.
Known for
Filmography
Feel My Pulse
as Her Uncle Wilberforce
There It Is
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
The Old Code
1928
The Old Code
as Steve MacGregor
Code of the Cow Country
as John Calhoun
The Rainmaker
as Bennson
What Happened to Jones?
as Mr. Bigbee
Behind the Front
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
The City
as Vorhees
The Winning Wallop
1926
The Winning Wallop
as Cyrus Barton
Savages of the Sea
1925
Savages of the Sea
as Daniel Rawley
The Cloud Rider
as David Torrence
Fighting Courage
1925
Fighting Courage
as Kingsley Sr
Speed Mad
as John Sanford
A Million to Burn
as Mark Mills
The Love Pirate
as Steve Carnan
The Infidel
as 'Bully' Haynes
Forsaking All Others
as Cyrus K. Wharton
Beyond the Crossroads
as David Walton / Truman Breese
He Raised Kane
as Kane's father
Scandalous Tongues
1922
Scandalous Tongues
as Jim Bradley
The Flaming Hour
as John Danby
Confidence
as J. D. Sprowl
Outside the Law
as Morgan Spencer
The March Hare
as Senator Rollins
The Golden Snare
as Doug Johnson
Miss Nobody
as Red Gull
The Gift Supreme
as Eliot Vinton
Nomads of the North
as Duncan McDougall
King Spruce
as John Barrett
The Iron Heart
as Cyrus K. Moulton
Soldiers of Fortune
as Mr. Langham
Modern Husbands
as Jonathan Cosgrove
Eve in Exile
1919
Eve in Exile
as George Armitage
The Boomerang
as Peter Cameron
All of a Sudden Norma
as Emerson Trent
The Lamb and the Lion
as Uncle Ben
Love Me
as Grant Appleby
Playing the Game
as Jeremiah Prentiss
The Vamp
as Mr. Fleming
The Claws of the Hun
as Godfrey Stanton
Coals of Fire
1918
Coals of Fire
as James Bradley
Wolves of the Rail
as Murray Lemantier
A Nine O'Clock Town
as Mr. Adler
Go West, Young Man
as Amos Latham
The Biggest Show on Earth
as Nat Kemp
The Keys of the Righteous
as Judge Michael Burke
Tyrant Fear
1918
Tyrant Fear
as James Dermot
The Flame of the Yukon
as 'Black Jack' Hovey
Bond of Fear
as Judge McClure