Melbourne MacDowell
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 (55 Appearances)
Feel My Pulse
There It Is
Code of the Cow Country
Driven from Home
The City
The Winning Wallop
The Rainmaker
Behind the Front
What Happened to Jones?
Fighting Courage
The Patent Leather Pug
Speed Mad
Savages of the Sea
The Cloud Rider
Geared to Go
The Love Pirate
A Million to Burn
Richard the Lion-Hearted
The Wandering Two
He Raised Kane
The Flaming Hour
Forsaking All Others
Scandalous Tongues
Confidence
The Infidel
The Greater Duty
Beyond the Crossroads
The Golden Snare
The March Hare
Outside the Law
Nomads of the North
The Iron Heart
Miss Nobody
King Spruce
The Gift Supreme
Eve in Exile
Soldiers of Fortune
The Boomerang
Modern Husbands
The Lamb and the Lion
All of a Sudden Norma
Go West, Young Man
Coals of Fire
A Nine O'Clock Town
The Vamp
The Claws of the Hun
Tyrant Fear
The Biggest Show on Earth
Playing the Game
Love Me
The Keys of the Righteous
Wolves of the Rail
Bond of Fear
The Flame of the Yukon
Hell Hath No Fury