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Melbourne MacDowell

Melbourne MacDowell

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

Feel My Pulse
Feel My Pulse
1928 • Her Uncle Wilberforce
There It Is
There It Is
1928 • Frisbie Family Patriarch
Code of the Cow Country
Code of the Cow Country
1927 • John Calhoun
Driven from Home
Driven from Home
1927
The City
The City
1926 • Vorhees
The Winning Wallop
1926 • Cyrus Barton
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
1926 • Bennson
Behind the Front
Behind the Front
1926 • Mr. Bartlett-Cooper

Full filmography

Feel My Pulse
Feel My Pulse
1928 • Her Uncle Wilberforce
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There It Is
There It Is
1928 • Frisbie Family Patriarch
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The City
The City
1926 • Vorhees
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The Winning Wallop
1926 • Cyrus Barton
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The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker
1926 • Bennson
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Behind the Front
Behind the Front
1926 • Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
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Fighting Courage
1925 • Kingsley Sr
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Speed Mad
Speed Mad
1925 • John Sanford
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Savages of the Sea
1925 • Daniel Rawley
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The Cloud Rider
The Cloud Rider
1925 • David Torrence
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The Love Pirate
The Love Pirate
1923 • Steve Carnan
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A Million to Burn
A Million to Burn
1923 • Mark Mills
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He Raised Kane
He Raised Kane
1922 • Kane's father
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The Flaming Hour
The Flaming Hour
1922 • John Danby
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Forsaking All Others
Forsaking All Others
1922 • Cyrus K. Wharton
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Scandalous Tongues
1922 • Jim Bradley
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Confidence
Confidence
1922 • J. D. Sprowl
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The Infidel
The Infidel
1922 • 'Bully' Haynes
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The Greater Duty
1922 • The Warden
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Beyond the Crossroads
Beyond the Crossroads
1922 • David Walton / Truman Breese
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The Golden Snare
The Golden Snare
1921 • Doug Johnson
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The March Hare
The March Hare
1921 • Senator Rollins
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Outside the Law
Outside the Law
1921 • Morgan Spencer
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Nomads of the North
Nomads of the North
1920 • Duncan McDougall
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The Iron Heart
The Iron Heart
1920 • Cyrus K. Moulton
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Miss Nobody
Miss Nobody
1920 • Red Gull
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King Spruce
King Spruce
1920 • John Barrett
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The Gift Supreme
The Gift Supreme
1920 • Eliot Vinton
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Eve in Exile
1919 • George Armitage
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Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune
1919 • Mr. Langham
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The Boomerang
The Boomerang
1919 • Peter Cameron
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Modern Husbands
Modern Husbands
1919 • Jonathan Cosgrove
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All of a Sudden Norma
All of a Sudden Norma
1919 • Emerson Trent
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Go West, Young Man
Go West, Young Man
1918 • Amos Latham
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Coals of Fire
1918 • James Bradley
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The Vamp
The Vamp
1918 • Mr. Fleming
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The Claws of the Hun
The Claws of the Hun
1918 • Godfrey Stanton
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Tyrant Fear
1918 • James Dermot
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Playing the Game
Playing the Game
1918 • Jeremiah Prentiss
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Love Me
Love Me
1918 • Grant Appleby
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The Keys of the Righteous
The Keys of the Righteous
1918 • Judge Michael Burke
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Wolves of the Rail
Wolves of the Rail
1918 • Murray Lemantier
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Bond of Fear
Bond of Fear
1917 • Judge McClure
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The Flame of the Yukon
The Flame of the Yukon
1917 • 'Black Jack' Hovey
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