
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.

What Happened to Jones?
MOVIE • 1926

The Gift Supreme
MOVIE • 1920

Miss Nobody
MOVIE • 1920

The March Hare
MOVIE • 1921

Beyond the Crossroads
MOVIE • 1922

The City
MOVIE • 1926

Nomads of the North
MOVIE • 1920

Behind the Front
MOVIE • 1926

Love Me
MOVIE • 1918

Feel My Pulse
MOVIE • 1928

The Rainmaker
MOVIE • 1926

Richard the Lion-Hearted
MOVIE • 1923

There It Is
MOVIE • 1928

Outside the Law
MOVIE • 1921

The Golden Snare
MOVIE • 1921

Forsaking All Others
MOVIE • 1922

The Boomerang
MOVIE • 1919

The Wandering Two
MOVIE • 1923