
Melbourne MacDowell
Nov 11, 1856 - Feb 18, 1941 (84 years old) in 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.
Known For

A Million to Burn
Mark Mills

The Boomerang
Peter Cameron

The Cloud Rider
David Torrence

Nomads of the North
Duncan McDougall

Behind the Front
Mr. Bartlett-Cooper

The City
Vorhees

The Rainmaker
Bennson

The Golden Snare
Doug Johnson

Savages of the Sea
Daniel Rawley
Credits
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Feel My Pulse 1928Her Uncle Wilberforce★ 6
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There It Is 1928Frisbie Family Patriarch★ 6.8
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John Calhoun★ NR
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Driven from Home 1927★ NR
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The City 1926Vorhees★ NR
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The Rainmaker 1926Bennson★ NR
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Behind the Front 1926Mr. Bartlett-Cooper★ 6
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Mr. Bigbee★ 5.8
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Fighting Courage 1925Kingsley Sr★ NR
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Savages of the Sea 1925Daniel Rawley★ 1
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The Cloud Rider 1925David Torrence★ 5
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Geared to Go 1924★ NR
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A Million to Burn 1923Mark Mills★ NR
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★ NR
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The Wandering Two 1923★ NR
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He Raised Kane 1922Kane's father★ NR
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Forsaking All Others 1922Cyrus K. Wharton★ NR
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Scandalous Tongues 1922Jim Bradley★ NR
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The Infidel 1922'Bully' Haynes★ NR
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The Greater Duty 1922The Warden★ NR
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David Walton / Truman Breese★ NR
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The Golden Snare 1921Doug Johnson★ NR
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The March Hare 1921Senator Rollins★ NR
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Outside the Law 1921Morgan Spencer★ 5.9
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Nomads of the North 1920Duncan McDougall★ 5.5
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Miss Nobody 1920Red Gull★ 1
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The Gift Supreme 1920Eliot Vinton★ NR
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Eve in Exile 1919George Armitage★ NR
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Soldiers of Fortune 1919Mr. Langham★ NR
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The Boomerang 1919Peter Cameron★ NR
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Modern Husbands 1919Jonathan Cosgrove★ NR
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Coals of Fire 1918James Bradley★ NR
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A Nine O'Clock Town 1918Mr. Adler★ NR
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The Vamp 1918Mr. Fleming★ NR
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The Claws of the Hun 1918Godfrey Stanton★ NR
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Playing the Game 1918Jeremiah Prentiss★ NR
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Love Me 1918Grant Appleby★ 1
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Wolves of the Rail 1918Murray Lemantier★ 6
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Bond of Fear 1917Judge McClure★ NR
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'Black Jack' Hovey★ NR
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Hell Hath No Fury 1917★ NR