Melbourne MacDowell was born on November 22, 1856 in South River, New Jersey, USA as William Melbourne McDowell. He was an actor, known for There It Is (1928), Nomads of the North (1920) and The Love Pirate (1923). He was married to Mrs. Caroline Wells Neff, Virginia Drew Trescott, Wilhelmina Marie Strauss, Fanny Davenport (d.