Melbourne MacDowell
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1856-11-11
- Died
- 1941-02-18
- Place of birth
- South River, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Willet Melbourne MacDowell
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.
Known For
Movies (56)
Confidence
1922
as J. D. Sprowl
King Spruce
1920
as John Barrett
Speed Mad
1925
as John Sanford
Miss Nobody
1920
as Red Gull
Tyrant Fear
1918
as James Dermot
The Patent Leather Pug
1925
All of a Sudden Norma
1919
as Emerson Trent
The Keys of the Righteous
1918
as Judge Michael Burke
The Lamb and the Lion
1919
as Uncle Ben
Forsaking All Others
1922
as Cyrus K. Wharton
Bond of Fear
1917
as Judge McClure
The Iron Heart
1920
as Cyrus K. Moulton
Outside the Law
1921
as Morgan Spencer
The Golden Snare
1921
as Doug Johnson
The Love Pirate
1923
as Steve Carnan
The Old Code
1928
as Steve MacGregor
Eve in Exile
1919
as George Armitage
He Raised Kane
1922
as Kane's father
The Gift Supreme
1920
as Eliot Vinton
The Winning Wallop
1926
as Cyrus Barton
Go West, Young Man
1918
as Amos Latham
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
The Wandering Two
1923
What Happened to Jones?
1926
as Mr. Bigbee
The Biggest Show on Earth
1918
as Nat Kemp
The Flaming Hour
1922
as John Danby
Hell Hath No Fury
1917
Feel My Pulse
1928
as Her Uncle Wilberforce
Beyond the Crossroads
1922
as David Walton / Truman Breese
A Million to Burn
1923
as Mark Mills
The City
1926
as Vorhees
Behind the Front
1926
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
The Flame of the Yukon
1917
as 'Black Jack' Hovey
The Claws of the Hun
1918
as Godfrey Stanton
The Rainmaker
1926
as Bennson
Nomads of the North
1920
as Duncan McDougall
The Boomerang
1919
as Peter Cameron
A Nine O'Clock Town
1918
as Mr. Adler
There It Is
1928
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
Wolves of the Rail
1918
as Murray Lemantier
The Infidel
1922
as 'Bully' Haynes
Driven from Home
1927
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Mr. Langham
Fighting Courage
1925
as Kingsley Sr
Scandalous Tongues
1922
as Jim Bradley
The Vamp
1918
as Mr. Fleming
Savages of the Sea
1925
as Daniel Rawley
The Cloud Rider
1925
as David Torrence
Code of the Cow Country
1927
as John Calhoun
Modern Husbands
1919
as Jonathan Cosgrove
Love Me
1918
as Grant Appleby
Geared to Go
1924
The March Hare
1921
as Senator Rollins
The Greater Duty
1922
as The Warden
Playing the Game
1918
as Jeremiah Prentiss
Coals of Fire
1918
as James Bradley
About 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 Mac… With 56 credits spanning from 1917 to 1928, Melbourne MacDowell has appeared in 56 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Melbourne MacDowell Movies
- Confidence (1922) — as J. D. Sprowl
- King Spruce (1920) — as John Barrett
- Speed Mad (1925) — as John Sanford
- Miss Nobody (1920) — as Red Gull
- Tyrant Fear (1918) — as James Dermot
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