Acting · South River, New Jersey, USA · Born November 11, 1856
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.
The Old Code
1928
as Steve MacGregor
MovieFeel My Pulse
1928
as Her Uncle Wilberforce
MovieThere It Is
1928
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
MovieCode of the Cow Country
1927
as John Calhoun
MovieDriven from Home
1927
MovieThe City
1926
as Vorhees
The Winning Wallop
1926
as Cyrus Barton
MovieThe Rainmaker
1926
as Bennson
MovieBehind the Front
1926
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
MovieWhat Happened to Jones?
1926
as Mr. Bigbee
Fighting Courage
1925
as Kingsley Sr
MovieThe Patent Leather Pug
1925
MovieSpeed Mad
1925
as John Sanford
Savages of the Sea
1925
as Daniel Rawley
MovieThe Cloud Rider
1925
as David Torrence
Geared to Go
1924
MovieThe Love Pirate
1923
as Steve Carnan
MovieA Million to Burn
1923
as Mark Mills
MovieRichard the Lion-Hearted
1923
MovieThe Wandering Two
1923
MovieHe Raised Kane
1922
as Kane's father
MovieThe Flaming Hour
1922
as John Danby
MovieForsaking All Others
1922
as Cyrus K. Wharton
Scandalous Tongues
1922
as Jim Bradley
MovieConfidence
1922
as J. D. Sprowl
MovieThe Infidel
1922
as 'Bully' Haynes
The Greater Duty
1922
as The Warden
MovieBeyond the Crossroads
1922
as David Walton / Truman Breese
MovieThe Golden Snare
1921
as Doug Johnson
MovieThe March Hare
1921
as Senator Rollins
MovieOutside the Law
1921
as Morgan Spencer
MovieNomads of the North
1920
as Duncan McDougall
MovieThe Iron Heart
1920
as Cyrus K. Moulton
MovieMiss Nobody
1920
as Red Gull
MovieKing Spruce
1920
as John Barrett
MovieThe Gift Supreme
1920
as Eliot Vinton
Eve in Exile
1919
as George Armitage
MovieSoldiers of Fortune
1919
as Mr. Langham
MovieThe Boomerang
1919
as Peter Cameron
MovieModern Husbands
1919
as Jonathan Cosgrove
MovieThe Lamb and the Lion
1919
as Uncle Ben
MovieAll of a Sudden Norma
1919
as Emerson Trent
MovieGo West, Young Man
1918
as Amos Latham
Coals of Fire
1918
as James Bradley
MovieA Nine O'Clock Town
1918
as Mr. Adler
MovieThe Vamp
1918
as Mr. Fleming
MovieThe Claws of the Hun
1918
as Godfrey Stanton
Tyrant Fear
1918
as James Dermot
MovieThe Biggest Show on Earth
1918
as Nat Kemp
MoviePlaying the Game
1918
as Jeremiah Prentiss
MovieLove Me
1918
as Grant Appleby
MovieThe Keys of the Righteous
1918
as Judge Michael Burke
MovieWolves of the Rail
1918
as Murray Lemantier
MovieBond of Fear
1917
as Judge McClure
MovieThe Flame of the Yukon
1917
as 'Black Jack' Hovey
Hell Hath No Fury
1917
