Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
39
Gender
Male
Birthday
1856-11-11
Day of Death
1941-02-18 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
South River, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
Willet 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 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.
