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Melbourne MacDowell

Melbourne MacDowell

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

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
Feel My Pulse poster
Feel My Pulse
1928 • Her Uncle Wilberforce
There It Is poster
There It Is
1928 • Frisbie Family Patriarch
Code of the Cow Country poster
Code of the Cow Country
1927 • John Calhoun
Driven from Home poster
Driven from Home
1927
The City poster
The City
1926 • Vorhees
The Rainmaker poster
The Rainmaker
1926 • Bennson
Behind the Front poster
Behind the Front
1926 • Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
What Happened to Jones? poster
What Happened to Jones?
1926 • Mr. Bigbee
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Fighting Courage
1925 • Kingsley Sr
Speed Mad poster
Speed Mad
1925 • John Sanford
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Savages of the Sea
1925 • Daniel Rawley
The Cloud Rider poster
The Cloud Rider
1925 • David Torrence
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Geared to Go
1924
The Love Pirate poster
The Love Pirate
1923 • Steve Carnan
A Million to Burn poster
A Million to Burn
1923 • Mark Mills
Richard the Lion-Hearted poster
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
The Wandering Two poster
The Wandering Two
1923
He Raised Kane poster
He Raised Kane
1922 • Kane's father
The Flaming Hour poster
The Flaming Hour
1922 • John Danby
Forsaking All Others poster
Forsaking All Others
1922 • Cyrus K. Wharton
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Scandalous Tongues
1922 • Jim Bradley
Confidence poster
Confidence
1922 • J. D. Sprowl
The Infidel poster
The Infidel
1922 • 'Bully' Haynes
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The Greater Duty
1922 • The Warden
Beyond the Crossroads poster
Beyond the Crossroads
1922 • David Walton / Truman Breese
The Golden Snare poster
The Golden Snare
1921 • Doug Johnson
The March Hare poster
The March Hare
1921 • Senator Rollins
Outside the Law poster
Outside the Law
1921 • Morgan Spencer
Nomads of the North poster
Nomads of the North
1920 • Duncan McDougall
The Iron Heart poster
The Iron Heart
1920 • Cyrus K. Moulton
Miss Nobody poster
Miss Nobody
1920 • Red Gull
King Spruce poster
King Spruce
1920 • John Barrett
The Gift Supreme poster
The Gift Supreme
1920 • Eliot Vinton
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Eve in Exile
1919 • George Armitage
Soldiers of Fortune poster
Soldiers of Fortune
1919 • Mr. Langham
The Boomerang poster
The Boomerang
1919 • Peter Cameron
Modern Husbands poster
Modern Husbands
1919 • Jonathan Cosgrove
The Lamb and the Lion poster
The Lamb and the Lion
1919 • Uncle Ben
All of a Sudden Norma poster
All of a Sudden Norma
1919 • Emerson Trent
Go West, Young Man poster
Go West, Young Man
1918 • Amos Latham
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Coals of Fire
1918 • James Bradley
A Nine O'Clock Town poster
A Nine O'Clock Town
1918 • Mr. Adler
The Vamp poster
The Vamp
1918 • Mr. Fleming
The Claws of the Hun poster
The Claws of the Hun
1918 • Godfrey Stanton
The Biggest Show on Earth poster
The Biggest Show on Earth
1918 • Nat Kemp
Playing the Game poster
Playing the Game
1918 • Jeremiah Prentiss
Love Me poster
Love Me
1918 • Grant Appleby
The Keys of the Righteous poster
The Keys of the Righteous
1918 • Judge Michael Burke
Wolves of the Rail poster
Wolves of the Rail
1918 • Murray Lemantier
Bond of Fear poster
Bond of Fear
1917 • Judge McClure
The Flame of the Yukon poster
The Flame of the Yukon
1917 • 'Black Jack' Hovey
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Hell Hath No Fury
1917