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.
Acted in
Feel My Pulse
1928
as Her Uncle Wilberforce
There It Is
1928
as Frisbie Family Patriarch
Code of the Cow Country
1927
as John Calhoun
Driven from Home
1927
The City
1926
as Vorhees
The Rainmaker
1926
as Bennson
Behind the Front
1926
as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
What Happened to Jones
1926
as Mr. Bigbee
Fighting Courage
1925
as Kingsley Sr
Savages of the Sea
1925
as Daniel Rawley
The Cloud Rider
1925
as David Torrence
Geared to Go
1924
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
The Wandering Two
1923
He Raised Kane
1922
as Kane's father
Forsaking All Others
1922
as Cyrus K. Wharton
Scandalous Tongues
1922
as Jim Bradley
The Infidel
1922
as 'Bully' Haynes
The Greater Duty
1922
Beyond the Crossroads
1922
as David Walton / Truman Breese
The Golden Snare
1921
as Doug Johnson
The March Hare
1921
as Senator Rollins
Outside the Law
1921
as Morgan Spencer
Nomads of the North
1920
as Duncan McDougall
Miss Nobody
1920
as Red Gull
The Gift Supreme
1920
as Eliot Vinton
Eve in Exile
1919
as George Armitage
Soldiers of Fortune
1919
as Mr. Langham
Modern Husbands
1919
as Jonathan Cosgrove
Coals of Fire
1918
as James Bradley
The Vamp
1918
as Mr. Fleming
The Claws of the Hun
1918
as Godfrey Stanton
Playing the Game
1918
as Jeremiah Prentiss
Love Me
1918
as Grant Appleby
Wolves of the Rail
1918
as Murray Lemantier
Bond of Fear
1917
as Judge McClure
The Flame of the Yukon
1917
as 'Black Jack' Hovey
Hell Hath No Fury
1917