Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1856-11-11
- Day of Death1941-02-18 (84 years)
- Place of BirthSouth River, New Jersey, USA
- Also Known AsWillet Melbourne MacDowell
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1928
Feel My Pulse
As: Her Uncle Wilberforce
- 1928
There It Is
As: Frisbie Family Patriarch
- 1927
Code of the Cow Country
As: John Calhoun
- 1926
The City
As: Vorhees
- 1926
The Rainmaker
As: Bennson
- 1926
Behind the Front
As: Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
- 1926
What Happened to Jones
As: Mr. Bigbee
- 1925
The Cloud Rider
As: David Torrence
1922He Raised Kane
As: Kane's father
1922Forsaking All Others
As: Cyrus K. Wharton
1922The Infidel
As: 'Bully' Haynes
1922Beyond the Crossroads
As: David Walton / Truman Breese
1921The Golden Snare
As: Doug Johnson
- 1921
Outside the Law
As: Morgan Spencer
- 1920
Nomads of the North
As: Duncan McDougall
1920Miss Nobody
As: Red Gull
1920The Gift Supreme
As: Eliot Vinton
1919Soldiers of Fortune
As: Mr. Langham
1919Modern Husbands
As: Jonathan Cosgrove
1918The Vamp
As: Mr. Fleming
1918The Claws of the Hun
As: Godfrey Stanton
1918Playing the Game
As: Jeremiah Prentiss
1918Love Me
As: Grant Appleby
1918Wolves of the Rail
As: Murray Lemantier
1917Bond of Fear
As: Judge McClure
1917The Flame of the Yukon
As: 'Black Jack' Hovey