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Melbourne MacDowell(1856-1941)

  • Actor
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Melbourne MacDowell was born on 22 November 1856 in South River, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Speed Mad (1925), Feel My Pulse (1928) and Stick to Your Story (1926). He was previously married to Mrs. Caroline Wells Neff, Wilhelmina Marie Strauss, Fanny Davenport (d. 1898) (first), Virginia Drew Trescott and Nellie Irving. He died on 18 February 1941 in Oakland, California, USA.
BornNovember 22, 1856
DiedFebruary 18, 1941(84)
BornNovember 22, 1856
DiedFebruary 18, 1941(84)
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Cullen Landis, Melbourne MacDowell, and Colleen Moore in Forsaking All Others (1922)
Reginald Denny, Melbourne MacDowell, Marian Nixon, Zasu Pitts, Margaret Quimby, Frances Raymond, and Nina Romano in What Happened to Jones? (1926)
Kenneth Harlan and Melbourne MacDowell in The Flame of the Yukon (1917)
William Powell, Richard Arlen, Bebe Daniels, and Melbourne MacDowell in Feel My Pulse (1928)
Mary Gordon, Melbourne MacDowell, Walter McGrail, and Lillian Rich in The Old Code (1928)
William Fairbanks, Charles K. French, Crauford Kent, Melbourne MacDowell, and Shirley Palmer in The Winning Wallop (1926)
Spottiswoode Aitken, Betty Blythe, Lon Chaney, Melbourne MacDowell, Francis McDonald, Gordon Mullen, Charles Smiley, and Lewis Stone in Nomads of the North (1920)

Known for

William Fairbanks and Edith Roberts in Speed Mad (1925)
Speed Mad
  • John Sanford
  • 1925
Richard Arlen and Bebe Daniels in Feel My Pulse (1928)
Feel My Pulse
6.9
  • Her Uncle Wilberforce
  • 1928
Stick to Your Story (1926)
Stick to Your Story
  • Colonel Miles
  • 1926
Lon Chaney and Priscilla Dean in Outside the Law (1920)
Outside the Law
6.5
  • Morgan Spencer
  • 1920

Credits

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  • A Fool About Women
    • Short
    • 1932
  • Mary Gordon, Melbourne MacDowell, Walter McGrail, and Lillian Rich in The Old Code (1928)
    The Old Code
    • Steve MacGregor
    • 1928
  • Richard Arlen and Bebe Daniels in Feel My Pulse (1928)
    Feel My Pulse
    • Her Uncle Wilberforce
    • 1928
  • A.W.O.L. (1918)
    There It Is
    • Frisbie Family Patriarch
    • Short
    • 1928
  • Elsa Benham and Buddy Roosevelt in Code of the Cow Country (1927)
    Code of the Cow Country
    • John Calhoun
    • 1927
  • Driven from Home
    • 1927
  • Stick to Your Story (1926)
    Stick to Your Story
    • Colonel Miles
    • 1926
  • Leo D. Maloney in The Outlaw Express (1926)
    The Outlaw Express
    • Sheriff
    • 1926
  • Nancy Nash in The City (1926)
    The City
    • Vorhees
    • 1926
  • Jimmy Aubrey, William Fairbanks, and Frank Hagney in The Winning Wallop (1926)
    The Winning Wallop
    • Cyrus Barton
    • 1926
  • The Jelly Fish
    • Short
    • 1926
  • The Rainmaker (1926)
    The Rainmaker
    • Bennson
    • 1926
  • Call of the Night
    • Dent Wade
    • 1926
  • Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in Behind the Front (1926)
    Behind the Front
    • Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
    • 1926
  • Reginald Denny, Otis Harlan, and Marian Nixon in What Happened to Jones? (1926)
    What Happened to Jones?
    • Mr. Bigbee
    • 1926

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Melbourne McDowell
  • Height
    • 6′ (1.83 m)
  • Born
    • November 22, 1856
    • South River, New Jersey, USA
  • Died
    • February 18, 1941
    • Oakland, California, USA(after surgery)
  • Spouses
      Mrs. Caroline Wells NeffSeptember 28, 1917 - ?
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "sheriff's officer"; stage debut) in "Road to Ruin", Bostom Museum Stock Co., Boston, MA.
  • Publicity listings
    • 10 Articles

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  • Trivia
    He was in the Merchant Marine before he ventured into show business. He had became a ship's mate while still in his teens.

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