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Melbourne MacDowell
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.
Known For
What Happened to Jones
as Mr. Bigbee
Behind the Front
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
Feel My Pulse
as Her Uncle Wilberforce
The Rainmaker
as Bennson
Outside the Law
as Morgan Spencer
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Forsaking All Others
as Cyrus K. Wharton
Nomads of the North
as Duncan McDougall
There It Is
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
Modern Husbands
as Jonathan Cosgrove
