Nelson McDowell

Born: 1870-08-14


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The Return of Frank James

as Confederate Veteran Juror (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-10

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

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Jane Eyre

as Lowood School Trustee
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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The Lost World

as Lawyer
Released: 1925-02-02

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where...

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Gold Is Where You Find It

as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-12

Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic...

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The House of the Seven Gables

as Coroner in Courtroom
Released: 1940-04-12

In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain...

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Midnight Mary

as Salvation Army Leader (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-30

A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome...

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The Last of the Mohicans

as David Gamut - a Preacher
Released: 1920-11-21

As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian...

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The Toast of New York

as Tall Panhandler (uncredited)
Released: 1937-07-22

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New...

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Dark Command

as Farmer
Released: 1940-04-15

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the...

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Billy the Kid

as Hatfield
Released: 1930-10-16

Billy, after shooting down land baron William Donovan's henchmen for killing Billy's boss, is...

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Northern Frontier

as Tope
Released: 1935-02-01

A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.

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The Dawn Rider

as Bates, the undertaker
Released: 1935-06-20

When John Mason's father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice, a conflict...

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Boots and Saddles

as Constable (uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-04

Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real...

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Border Guns

as M. Balm, Undertaker
Released: 1934-02-01

A cowboy drifting around the border gets mixed up with Mexican revolutionary gun smuggling when...

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Back Page

as uncredited
Released: 1934-06-01

A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper...

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The Rustler's Roundup

as Sheriff Brass
Released: 1933-03-16

Winters is after the Brand ranch, and his man Brett who is foreman there is rustling the Brand...

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The Vagabond King

as Messenger
Released: 1930-02-17

The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King...

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Heart of the Rockies

as Dawson Clan Member
Released: 1937-09-06

Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain...

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Terror of the Plains

as Parson Jones
Released: 1934-11-22

A ranch hand sets out to prove his father is innocent of murder in this B-movie Western starring...

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The Rainmakers

as Townsman
Released: 1935-10-25

Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry...

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Lone Texas Ranger

as Undertaker Henry Grimm
Released: 1945-05-20

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the...

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Santa Fe Stampede

as John Franklin
Released: 1938-11-18

The Mesquiteers capture a horse thief who escapes justice through a crooked judge. They gather...

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The Bugle Call

as Luke
Released: 1927-08-06

Tale of a young bugler whose stepmother attempts to supplant the mother who only lives in his...

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Oliver Twist

as Sowerberry (uncredited)
Released: 1922-10-30

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought...

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Phineas Fletcher (uncredited)
Released: 1927-11-04

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but...

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The Real McCoy

as Square Dance Caller (uncredited)
Released: 1930-02-01

Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl.

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The White Angel

as Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-25

In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of...

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Western Frontier

as Zeke
Released: 1935-08-07

Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now...

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Music Is Magic

as Bluenose in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-01

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from...

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The Lone Ranger Rides Again

as Johnny
Released: 1939-02-25

Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants...

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Chad Hanna

as Townsman
Released: 1940-12-25

Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he...

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Lilac Time

as French Drummer (uncredited)
Released: 1928-10-18

In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good...

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Keep 'Em Flying

as Tall Man at Carnival (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-27

When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants...

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The Last of the Mohicans

as David Gamut
Released: 1932-05-17

Natty Bumppo, known as Hawk-Eye, is a frontiersman in the American wilderness. Together with his...

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Pioneer Trails

as Parson
Released: 1923-05-01

Jack is orphaned as a young child when his wagon train is ambushed by Indians. Twenty years...

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Welcome Danger

as 1st Train Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1929-10-12

A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.

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Silly Billies

as Horse Trader
Released: 1936-03-20

The boys are a dentist and his assistant traveling to the Old West to open a new practice. Once...

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Galloping Gallagher

as Leon I. Berry
Released: 1924-03-01

Galloping Gallagher (1924)

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Rio Grande Ranger

as Texas Ranger (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-11

Sayres and his outlaw gang operate out of a town just across the border and out of the...

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Fighting Thru

as Parson - Henchman
Released: 1934-08-29

Cattlemen Protective Agent Reb Russell arrives to try and stop the cattle rustling. He gains a...

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Stars on Parade

as Old Actor (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-25

In this musical showcase, two aspiring stars attempt to wow a pair of talent scouts with their...

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Horses' Collars

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1935-01-10

The Stooges are private detectives in the Old West trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a...

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Down Home

as Lige Conklin
Released: 1920-10-01

DOWN HOME is a rural drama set in New England and stars Leatrice Joy as Nancy Pelot, daughter of...

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Feud of the West

as Wild Horse Henderson
Released: 1936-04-14

A rodeo rider works himself into two different 'gangs' in order to end a range war over.

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Asleep in the Feet

as Police Officer
Released: 1933-01-21

The girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.

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Santa Fe Rides

as Andy
Released: 1937-02-25

The Transcontinental Broadcasting Company sends a sound truck and equipment to a ranch to obtain...

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The Great Mail Robbery

as Sheriff
Released: 1927-07-19

Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail...

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Ridin' On

as Pete - Blacksmith (uncredited)
Released: 1936-02-29

Bolton has organized a feud between the Rork's and the O'Neil's. He has rustled cattle and...

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Sign of the Wolf

as Fur Trapper
Released: 1941-03-25

Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's...

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Everything But the Truth

as Doctor
Released: 1920-05-31

Although the Hervey oil company is nearly bankrupt, owner Bill Hervey is unconcerned because he...

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Riders from Nowhere

as Undertaker
Released: 1940-12-30

In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the...

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The Phantom Bullet

as Zack Peters
Released: 1926-05-09

When Click's father is killed by a phantom bullet, he returns home to find the killer. To put...

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Born to Battle

as Lem Blinky Holt
Released: 1935-04-01

Good-natured troublemaker "Cyclone" Tom Saunders is hired by a ranchers' association manager to...

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The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

as Luke Meggary
Released: 1924-11-30

After 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who...

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The Fighting Trooper

as Nels - Woodsman
Released: 1934-11-01

When the Ranger Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets...

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The Silent Call

as Dad Kinney
Released: 1921-11-07

A wolfdog is wrongly accused of sheep killing. Based on the novel by Hal G. Evarts.

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Idaho!

as Angus McPherson
Released: 1925-03-01

Frank Leon Smith's well-written story told of Carter's Creek, a bustling mining camp, and of how...

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Kit Carson Over the Great Divide

as 'Windy Bill' Sharp
Released: 1925-09-02

When the Indians attack, a doctor is separated from his wife. The reunion is set against the...

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Come On, Tarzan

as Cowhand Slim
Released: 1932-09-10

Ken Maynard's exceptionally intelligent horse, Tarzan the Wonder Horse, is the star of this...

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Gun Smoke

as Long Distance Jones
Released: 1935-05-01

Parker, seeking revenge on Culverson, is bringing in a flood of sheep. Branning signs on at the...

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Pioneer Days

as Judge Tobias Tarryton
Released: 1940-01-25

Jack Randall plays Dunham, a wandering cavalier who comes to the aid of frontier heiress Mary....

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Mason of the Mounted

as Trapper
Released: 1932-05-14

Canadian Mountie Mason is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch...

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Circus Lure

as uncredited
Released: 1924-06-15

Joe Henry, head of a one-ring circus, plays a small town and after the departure of the troupe a...

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The Airmail Mystery

as Silent Simms
Released: 1932-03-28

A pilot and a gold mine owner go up against the evil Black Hawk, who has invented a plane that...

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Wild Babies!

as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1932-06-17

Two aspiring songwriters have a weird nightmare about the jungle.

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Rawhide Mail

as Judge
Released: 1934-06-07

Reed breaks up the first attempted gold robbery. When the outlaws next attempt is successful,...

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Whispering Smith

as Seagrue
Released: 1926-03-28

Railroad foreman Murray Sinclair is dismissed by George McCloud, division superintendent, for...

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Oklahoma Terror

as Townsman
Released: 1939-08-24

Cartwright's racket is to sell a ranch and then have Mason and his men drive the ranchers away...

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Texas Jack

as Barney
Released: 1935-12-15

Jack is looking for the man that was responsible for the death of his sister after he hired her...

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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

as Old Joel Turner
Released: 1928-04-08

An orphan (Richard Barthelmess) is adopted by Major Buford (Claude Gillingwater) is educated in...

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Queen of the Northwoods

as Flapjack
Released: 1929-05-21

The villain of this serial, the "Wolf Devil", who's head covering amazingly looks to be a REAL...

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Westbound Stage

as Rawhide
Released: 1939-12-15

A wagon train crossing the plains comes across the remains of other wagon trains that have been...

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Law of the Rio Grande

as Wolf Hardy
Released: 1931-08-08

Escaping from the Sheriff, Jim and Cookie decide to go straight. But when they meet their old...

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Heart Trouble

as Conductor
Released: 1928-10-01

No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van...

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The Power God

as Dr. Clack
Released: 1925-05-01

In this movie serial Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited...

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The Devil's Cabaret

as The Preacher (uncredited)
Released: 1930-12-13

At Satan & Co., Inc., the devil is upset because too many people are going up to Heaven rather...

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Blood Test

as uncredited
Released: 1923-04-10

An outlaw decides to hang up his guns and lead the "straight" life. His foster son falls for the...

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The Iron Rider

as Dunk
Released: 1926-04-28

After he loses his money and horse in a poker game, Yak learns he was cheated. But then he...

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Born to the Saddle

as Pop Healy
Released: 1929-10-03

John Pearson of Wall Street and his daughter Helen are out west on vacation to open his...

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Wild Blood

as John Ellis
Released: 1929-02-10

It seems that an evil saloon owner not only wants this valuable steed for himself, but also its...

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The Claw

as Scout Mac Bourney
Released: 1927-05-08

Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose...

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Clearing the Trail

as Bartender
Released: 1928-10-07

A lawman and a rancher fight a gang of horse thieves.

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The Big Kick

as Motorist with Noisy Jalopy (uncredited)
Released: 1930-03-29

Revenuers have been chasing a gang of bootleggers for years. They're hot on the trail near a gas...

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The Scarlet Brand

as Slim Grant
Released: 1932-04-10

In The Scarlet Brand, a young cowpoke tricked into rustling cattle and hell-bent on getting...

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Ferocious Pal

as Charlie--Sheep Rancher
Released: 1934-04-03

A stray German shepherd, a runaway teenage boy, and a runaway teenage girl end up at her uncle's...

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The Feud

as McFadden
Released: 1919-12-07

Two Southern clans, the Lynches and the Summers, have been at odds with each other since long...

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Border Blackbirds

as Mournful Luke
Released: 1927-08-28

A couple of drifters seeking shelter from a blizzard. In a mountain cabin, they find the body of...

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Desert Phantom

as Doc Simpson
Released: 1936-03-09

Billy Donovan arrives looking for his sister's killer. When he hires on at the Halloran ranch...

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The Vanishing Rider

as Pop Smith
Released: 1928-01-16

William Desmond plays Jim Davis, a secret service agent by day and masked avenger by night....

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The Texas Ranger

as High-Pockets
Released: 1931-05-10

Taylor has his men burning out the ranchers. When they kill Clayton, his daughter Helen and her...

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Wheels of Destiny

as Trapper
Released: 1934-03-01

Bill, who is about to lead a wagon train to California, has a map to a valuable gold field and...

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The Frontier Trail

as Pawnee Jake
Released: 1926-06-20

A 1926 silent Western.

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Crossed Signals

as Mike Bradley
Released: 1926-09-28

A federal agent is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring, which is apparently...

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The Ramblin' Galoot

as Parson
Released: 1926-11-21

The hero, cowpuncher Buddy Royle is not only handy around the cattle but a golfing enthusiast to...

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What Price Jazz

as Mr. Blue Laws
Released: 1934-05-28

In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the...

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Roll Wagons Roll

as Rawhide (Lucky in credits)
Released: 1940-08-16

The Army sends Tex Masters to find out who is supplying Indians with military guns.

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The Blind Trail

as Hank O'Hara
Released: 1926-01-15

A man is suspected of robbery and murder and aided by his horse and dog.

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Cupid the Cowpuncher

as Sheriff Bergin
Released: 1920-07-25

Alec Lloyd, the foreman of the Sewell ranch, is nicknamed "Cupid" because of his propensity for...

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The Girl of the Golden West

as uncredited
Released: 1923-05-03

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The House of Flickers

as uncredited
Released: 1925-03-15

The troubles of a movie projectionist in a newly-purchased theater are chronicled in this...

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Avenging Angel

as Bates, the undertaker
Released: 1935-06-01

A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'The...

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The Girl Who Ran Wild

as Deacon McSnagley
Released: 1922-10-09

M'liss, raised in the mountains as an unruly tomboy, is orphaned and is offered "protection" by...

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