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Melbourne MacDowell is a Actor American born on 11 november 1856 at South River (USA)
Melbourne MacDowell (November 22, 1856 – February 18, 1941) was an American stage and screen actor. He began on the legitimate stage in the 1870s and first appeared on the silent screen in 1917.
He was born Willet Melbourne MacDowell in Little Washington, New Jersey (now South River, New Jersey). He had an older brother named E. A. MacDowell. As a teen Melbourne went to sea in the Merchant Marines eventually becoming a mate. Back in the US he had his first acting experience in Montreal at a theatre where he was a ticket seller, assistant doorkeeper and where his brother was employed as an actor. MacDowell was occasionally asked upon to act. Here in Montreal he got a chance to act with Adelaide Neilson, a legend in her short life, in the Shakespeare play As You Like It. Neilson played one of the main characters Rosalind and MacDowell was briefly on as Charles the wrestler. By 1877 MacDowell made his first professional acting appearance in the United States at the Boston Museum where his brother E.A. was an actor. In 1888 MacDowell became acquainted with Fanny Davenport playing in La Tosca with her. In 1889 the two married. He would continue to act with her in her series of emotional plays until her death in 1898. After Davenport died MacDowell became associated professionally with her successor, Blanche Walsh, who continued playing Davenport's famous and emotional roles. A large man weighing over 200 pounds, MacDowell played the hero or distinct character in plays.
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Melbourne MacDowell
Birth name Willet Melbourne MacDowell
Nationality USA
Birth 11 november 1856 at South River (USA)
Death 18 february 1941 (at 84 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 11 november 1856 at South River (USA)
Death 18 february 1941 (at 84 years)
He was born Willet Melbourne MacDowell in Little Washington, New Jersey (now South River, New Jersey). He had an older brother named E. A. MacDowell. As a teen Melbourne went to sea in the Merchant Marines eventually becoming a mate. Back in the US he had his first acting experience in Montreal at a theatre where he was a ticket seller, assistant doorkeeper and where his brother was employed as an actor. MacDowell was occasionally asked upon to act. Here in Montreal he got a chance to act with Adelaide Neilson, a legend in her short life, in the Shakespeare play As You Like It. Neilson played one of the main characters Rosalind and MacDowell was briefly on as Charles the wrestler. By 1877 MacDowell made his first professional acting appearance in the United States at the Boston Museum where his brother E.A. was an actor. In 1888 MacDowell became acquainted with Fanny Davenport playing in La Tosca with her. In 1889 the two married. He would continue to act with her in her series of emotional plays until her death in 1898. After Davenport died MacDowell became associated professionally with her successor, Blanche Walsh, who continued playing Davenport's famous and emotional roles. A large man weighing over 200 pounds, MacDowell played the hero or distinct character in plays.
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Feel My Pulse (1928)
, 1h26Directed by Gregory La Cava
Genres Comedy
Actors Bebe Daniels, Richard Arlen, William Powell, Melbourne MacDowell, George Irving, Charles Sellon
Roles Her Uncle Wilberforce
Rating68%
There It Is (1928)
, 19minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Animation
Actors Kathryn McGuire, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles Frisbie Family Patriarch
Rating69%
Un personnage mystérieux semble causer une série de perturbations à la maison Frisbie à New York. La rumeur court à Scotland Yard que le fantôme à facettes est à l'œuvre. Bientôt, Charley MacNeesha et son assistant MacGregor sont envoyés pour enquêter. Mais quand ils arrivent à la maison, une nouvelle série d'événements étranges commence.
The City (1926)
, 1hDirected by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Walter McGrail, Robert Frazer, George Irving, May Allison, Lillian Elliott, Bodil Rosing
Roles Vorhees
Après la mort de Rand, un riche gangster mort d'en d'étrange circonstance, sa famille déménage dans une autre ville où Rand Jr, est candidat à la mairie et madame Rand qui néglige sa famille pour poursuivre ses ambitions sociales.
Behind the Front (1926)
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Mary Brian, Richard Arlen, Hayden Stevenson, Chester Conklin
Roles Mr. Bartlett-Cooper
Rating61%
The Rainmaker (1926)
, 50minutesDirected by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors William Collier Jr., Georgia Hale, Ernest Torrence, Brandon Hurst, Joseph J. Dowling, Tom Wilson
Roles Bennson
Rating65%
What Happened to Jones (1926)
, 1h10Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Reginald Denny, Marian Nixon, Otis Harlan, Melbourne MacDowell, Frances Raymond, Emily Fitzroy
Roles Mr. Bigbee
Rating65%
The Cloud Rider (1925)
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Al Wilson, Virginia Lee Corbin, Harry von Meter, Helen Ferguson, Frank Rice, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles David Torrence
Rating28%
The Ghost Patrol (1923)
Directed by Nat Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ralph Graves, Bessie Love, George Nichols, Max Davidson, Wade Boteler, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles Commissioner Manning
Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
, 1h20Directed by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Actors Wallace Beery, Charles K. Gerrard, Kathleen Clifford, Marguerite De La Motte, John Bowers, Tully Marshall
Roles ?undetermined
Rating67%
Forsaking All Others (1922)
Directed by Émile Chautard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Colleen Moore, Cullen Landis, Sam De Grasse, June Elvidge, David Torrence, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles Cyrus K. Wharton
Mrs. Newell is jealous of her son Oliver's interest in Penelope Mason and she does everything she can to keep the two apart. She fakes an illness and travels to a resort with Oliver, separating him from his sweetheart. However, while there, he catches the eye of the designing Enid Morton, a married woman. Enid’s husband is the jealous type. After some near-disastrous situations with Enid's suspicious husband, Mrs. Newell realizes the mistake she has made in keeping her son away from Penelope. She convinces Penelope to come to Oliver's rescue.
The Infidel (1922)
, 1hDirected by James Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Katherine MacDonald, Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis, Joseph J. Dowling, Boris Karloff, Loyola O'Connor
Roles 'Bully' Haynes
Rating51%
Beyond the Crossroads (1922)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ora Carew, Lawson Butt, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles David Walton / Truman Breese
Outside the Law (1921)
, 1h15Directed by Tod Browning
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Crime, Romance
Actors Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Lon Chaney, Ralph Lewis, Anna May Wong, E. Alyn Warren
Roles Morgan Spencer
Rating64%
Silent Madden, a criminal leader in San Francisco, and his gangster daughter Molly (Priscilla Dean) have forsaken a life of crime after receiving counsel from Chang Lo, a Confucianist philosopher living in Chinatown. A despicable gangster named Black Mike Sylva (Lon Chaney) frames Molly's father for murder, causing Molly to lose faith in abiding the law and prompting her return to a life of crime. Black Mike plots to double-cross Molly as well during a jewelry theft, but Molly gets word from her gangster lover and foils Black Mike's plans. While hiding out from the law, Molly's hard heart is slowly melted by her gangster lover. The film ends with a climactic shootout.
The March Hare (1921)
, 50minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Bebe Daniels, Mayme Kelso, Helen Jerome Eddy, Frances Raymond, Sidney Bracey, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles Senator Rollins
Nomads of the North (1920)
, 1h49Directed by Lambert Hillyer, David Hartford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Betty Blythe, Lon Chaney, Lewis Stone, Francis McDonald, Spottiswoode Aitken, Melbourne MacDowell
Roles Duncan McDougall
Rating58%
When impoverished Nanette Roland refuses to marry Buck McDougall until she is convinced that her long-absent fiancé, Raoul Challoner, is dead, Buck obtains false evidence of Challoner's death and Nanette yields to his wishes. At their wedding ceremony, Raoul appears and is about to take Nanette away, when Buck attacks him and, in the ensuing battle, Raoul accidentally kills a man and is arrested. That night, Nanette helps him escape and, after a hasty wedding, they flee into the wilderness. Corporal O'Connor of the North-West Mounted Police is given the assignment of capturing him, and three years later, the Mountie, aided by Buck, discovers Raoul's cabin in the woods. Just as he arrests the fugitive, a forest fire breaks out, trapping Nanette, Raoul and their baby in the flames. O'Connor, injured by a fallen tree, is rescued by Raoul and the four reach safety, but Buck perishes in the fire. O'Connor, feeling a debt of gratitude, agrees to testify to Raoul's death and the family realizes that their troubles are at an end.