Melbourne MacDowell

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

November 11, 1856

died

February 18, 1941

place of birth

South River, New Jersey, USA

also known as

Willet Melbourne MacDowell

total credits

45 movies

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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Known For

Filmography

45 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

Outside the Law
6.2

Outside the Law

1921as Morgan Spencer
Behind the Front
6.2

Behind the Front

1926as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
The City
10.0

The City

1926as Vorhees
The March Hare
10.0

The March Hare

1921as Senator Rollins
Nomads of the North
5.7

Nomads of the North

1920as Duncan McDougall
The Love Pirate
9.0

The Love Pirate

1923as Steve Carnan
Driven from Home
7.0

Driven from Home

1927
What Happened to Jones?
6.6

What Happened to Jones?

1926as Mr. Bigbee
Richard the Lion-Hearted

Richard the Lion-Hearted

1923
The Infidel
8.0

The Infidel

1922as 'Bully' Haynes
The Golden Snare
7.0

The Golden Snare

1921as Doug Johnson
Soldiers of Fortune
7.0

Soldiers of Fortune

1919as Mr. Langham
There It Is
6.9

There It Is

1928as Frisbie Family Patriarch
The Iron Heart
8.0

The Iron Heart

1920as Cyrus K. Moulton
The Cloud Rider
7.5

The Cloud Rider

1925as David Torrence
Feel My Pulse
6.6

Feel My Pulse

1928as Her Uncle Wilberforce
Speed Mad
7.0

Speed Mad

1925as John Sanford
Playing the Game

Playing the Game

1918as Jeremiah Prentiss
He Raised Kane

He Raised Kane

1922as Kane's father
Forsaking All Others
7.0

Forsaking All Others

1922as Cyrus K. Wharton
The Claws of the Hun

The Claws of the Hun

1918as Godfrey Stanton
Miss Nobody
5.5

Miss Nobody

1920as Red Gull
Love Me
1.0

Love Me

1918as Grant Appleby
A Nine O'Clock Town

A Nine O'Clock Town

1918as Mr. Adler
A Million to Burn
9.0

A Million to Burn

1923as Mark Mills
The Rainmaker
9.0

The Rainmaker

1926as Bennson
Bond of Fear

Bond of Fear

1917as Judge McClure
The Lamb and the Lion
9.0

The Lamb and the Lion

1919as Uncle Ben
Modern Husbands
9.0

Modern Husbands

1919as Jonathan Cosgrove
Go West, Young Man

Go West, Young Man

1918as Amos Latham
King Spruce
9.0

King Spruce

1920as John Barrett
The Flaming Hour
7.0

The Flaming Hour

1922as John Danby
The Keys of the Righteous
7.0

The Keys of the Righteous

1918as Judge Michael Burke
Code of the Cow Country
10.0

Code of the Cow Country

1927as John Calhoun
The Vamp

The Vamp

1918as Mr. Fleming
The Gift Supreme
7.0

The Gift Supreme

1920as Eliot Vinton
Confidence
10.0

Confidence

1922as J. D. Sprowl
The Flame of the Yukon
10.0

The Flame of the Yukon

1917as 'Black Jack' Hovey
All of a Sudden Norma
7.0

All of a Sudden Norma

1919as Emerson Trent
Wolves of the Rail
6.0

Wolves of the Rail

1918as Murray Lemantier
The Patent Leather Pug
8.0

The Patent Leather Pug

1925
The Biggest Show on Earth

The Biggest Show on Earth

1918as Nat Kemp
The Boomerang

The Boomerang

1919as Peter Cameron
The Wandering Two

The Wandering Two

1923
Beyond the Crossroads
8.0

Beyond the Crossroads

1922as David Walton / Truman Breese