Melbourne MacDowell

Born: 1856-11-11 in South River, New Jersey, USA

Died: 1941-02-18

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1928

There It Is as Frisbie Family Patriarch
The Old Code as Steve MacGregor
Feel My Pulse as Her Uncle Wilberforce

1927

Code of the Cow Country as John Calhoun
Driven from Home

1926

What Happened to Jones? as Mr. Bigbee
The Winning Wallop as Cyrus Barton
The Rainmaker as Bennson
Behind the Front as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
The City as Vorhees

1925

Speed Mad as John Sanford
The Patent Leather Pug
The Cloud Rider as David Torrence
Savages of the Sea as Daniel Rawley
Fighting Courage as Kingsley Sr

1924

Geared to Go

1923

1922

He Raised Kane as Kane's father
The Flaming Hour as John Danby
Scandalous Tongues as Jim Bradley
Forsaking All Others as Cyrus K. Wharton
Confidence as J. D. Sprowl
Beyond the Crossroads as David Walton / Truman Breese
The Infidel as 'Bully' Haynes
The Greater Duty as The Warden

1921

Outside the Law as Morgan Spencer
The Golden Snare as Doug Johnson
The March Hare as Senator Rollins

1920

King Spruce as John Barrett
The Iron Heart as Cyrus K. Moulton
Miss Nobody as Red Gull
The Gift Supreme as Eliot Vinton
Nomads of the North as Duncan McDougall

1919

Eve in Exile as George Armitage
All of a Sudden Norma as Emerson Trent
Modern Husbands as Jonathan Cosgrove
Soldiers of Fortune as Mr. Langham
The Lamb and the Lion as Uncle Ben
The Boomerang as Peter Cameron

1918

Tyrant Fear as James Dermot
The Biggest Show on Earth as Nat Kemp
The Keys of the Righteous as Judge Michael Burke
Go West, Young Man as Amos Latham
Love Me as Grant Appleby
A Nine O'Clock Town as Mr. Adler
Coals of Fire as James Bradley
The Vamp as Mr. Fleming
The Claws of the Hun as Godfrey Stanton
Playing the Game as Jeremiah Prentiss
Wolves of the Rail as Murray Lemantier

1917

Bond of Fear as Judge McClure
The Flame of the Yukon as 'Black Jack' Hovey
Hell Hath No Fury