
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.

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as Vorhees
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as 'Bully' Haynes
1922

as Red Gull
1920
as Jim Bradley
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as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
1926

as Mr. Fleming
1918

as Mr. Bigbee
1926

as Jonathan Cosgrove
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as Duncan McDougall
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as George Armitage
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as John Calhoun
1927
as Steve MacGregor
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as Her Uncle Wilberforce
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as Frisbie Family Patriarch
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as John Calhoun
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as Vorhees
1926
as Cyrus Barton
1926

as Bennson
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as Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
1926

as Mr. Bigbee
1926
as Kingsley Sr
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as John Sanford
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as Daniel Rawley
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as David Torrence
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as Steve Carnan
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as Mark Mills
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as Kane's father
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as John Danby
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as Cyrus K. Wharton
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as Jim Bradley
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