Melbourne MacDowell

Known for ActingBorn 1856-11-11Died 1941-02-18South River, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Code of the Cow Country

The City

The Winning Wallop

Confidence

The March Hare

Coals of Fire

The Flame of the Yukon

The Rainmaker

Geared to Go

A Million to Burn

The Love Pirate

King Spruce

Modern Husbands

The Lamb and the Lion

Fighting Courage

The Patent Leather Pug

The Infidel

Beyond the Crossroads

Scandalous Tongues

The Iron Heart

Eve in Exile

The Cloud Rider

Driven from Home

Speed Mad

Forsaking All Others

The Flaming Hour

The Golden Snare

The Gift Supreme

Soldiers of Fortune

All of a Sudden Norma

There It Is

The Keys of the Righteous

Hell Hath No Fury

What Happened to Jones?

Feel My Pulse

Behind the Front

Outside the Law

Wolves of the Rail

Nomads of the North

Savages of the Sea

Miss Nobody

Love Me

The Old Code

Richard the Lion-Hearted

The Wandering Two

The Greater Duty

He Raised Kane

The Boomerang