Melbourne MacDowell

Birthday: November 12th, 1856 Date of Death: February 18th, 1941 Place of Birth: 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.