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Melbourne MacDowell

Actor
Born November 11, 1856Died February 18, 1941 (84 years)
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

  • Outside the Law
  • Feel My Pulse
  • Nomads of the North
  • Behind the Front
  • Richard the Lion-Hearted
  • The Rainmaker

Filmography

1928
Feel My Pulse · as Her Uncle Wilberforce
1926
The Rainmaker · as Bennson
1926
Behind the Front · as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
1925
What Happened to Jones? · as Mr. Bigbee
1923
Richard the Lion-Hearted · as Undetermined Role
1920
Outside the Law · as Morgan Spencer
1920
Nomads of the North · as Duncan Mcdougall

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