Portrait of Melbourne MacDowell

Acting

Melbourne MacDowell

Career

Active from 1917 to 1928, busiest in 1918 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for There It Is
There It Is
GoodWatch score69/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Romantic Farce 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1920s

31 titles · average score 62
There It Is
There It Is (1928)
GoodWatch score 69

as Frisbie Family Patriarch

Feel My Pulse
Feel My Pulse (1928)
GoodWatch score 67

as Her Uncle Wilberforce

What Happened to Jones?
What Happened to Jones? (1926)

as Mr. Bigbee

Savages of the Sea
Savages of the Sea (1925)

as Daniel Rawley

The Love Pirate
The Love Pirate (1923)

as Steve Carnan

The Flaming Hour
The Flaming Hour (1922)

as John Danby

The Infidel
The Infidel (1922)

as 'Bully' Haynes

Outside the Law
Outside the Law (1921)
GoodWatch score 63

as Morgan Spencer

Miss Nobody
Miss Nobody (1920)

as Red Gull

The Gift Supreme
The Gift Supreme (1920)

as Eliot Vinton

Nomads of the North
Nomads of the North (1920)
GoodWatch score 48

as Duncan McDougall

King Spruce
King Spruce (1920)

as John Barrett

1910s

19 titles
The Lamb and the Lion
The Lamb and the Lion (1919)

as Uncle Ben

Soldiers of Fortune
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)

as Mr. Langham

Eve in Exile
Eve in Exile (1919)

as George Armitage

All of a Sudden Norma
All of a Sudden Norma (1919)

as Emerson Trent

Modern Husbands
Modern Husbands (1919)

as Jonathan Cosgrove

The Boomerang
The Boomerang (1919)

as Peter Cameron

Wolves of the Rail
Wolves of the Rail (1918)

as Murray Lemantier

The Keys of the Righteous
The Keys of the Righteous (1918)

as Judge Michael Burke

Coals of Fire
Coals of Fire (1918)

as James Bradley

Love Me
Love Me (1918)

as Grant Appleby

The Claws of the Hun
The Claws of the Hun (1918)

as Godfrey Stanton

The Flame of the Yukon
The Flame of the Yukon (1917)

as 'Black Jack' Hovey