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.
56 movies
The Old Code
1928·0.0
Feel My Pulse
1928·6.6
There It Is
1928·6.9
Code of the Cow Country
1927·10.0
Driven from Home
1927·7.0
The City
1926·10.0
The Winning Wallop
1926·10.0
The Rainmaker
1926·9.0
Behind the Front
1926·6.2
What Happened to Jones?
1926·6.6
Fighting Courage
1925·8.0
The Patent Leather Pug
1925·8.0
Speed Mad
1925·7.0
Savages of the Sea
1925·5.5
The Cloud Rider
1925·7.5
Geared to Go
1924·9.0
The Love Pirate
1923·9.0
A Million to Burn
1923·9.0
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923·0.0
The Wandering Two
1923·0.0
He Raised Kane
1922·0.0
The Flaming Hour
1922·7.0
Forsaking All Others
1922·7.0
Scandalous Tongues
1922·8.0
Confidence
1922·10.0
The Infidel
1922·8.0
The Greater Duty
1922·0.0
Beyond the Crossroads
1922·8.0
The Golden Snare
1921·7.0
The March Hare
1921·10.0
Outside the Law
1921·6.2
Nomads of the North
1920·5.7
The Iron Heart
1920·8.0
Miss Nobody
1920·5.5
King Spruce
1920·9.0
The Gift Supreme
1920·7.0
Eve in Exile
1919·8.0
Soldiers of Fortune
1919·7.0
The Boomerang
1919·0.0
Modern Husbands
1919·9.0
The Lamb and the Lion
1919·9.0
All of a Sudden Norma
1919·7.0
Go West, Young Man
1918·0.0
Coals of Fire
1918·10.0
A Nine O'Clock Town
1918·0.0
The Vamp
1918·0.0
The Claws of the Hun
1918·0.0
Tyrant Fear
1918·0.0
The Biggest Show on Earth
1918·0.0
Playing the Game
1918·0.0
Love Me
1918·1.0
The Keys of the Righteous
1918·7.0
Wolves of the Rail
1918·6.0
Bond of Fear
1917·0.0
The Flame of the Yukon
1917·10.0
Hell Hath No Fury
1917·7.0