Acting
Nelson McDowell
Born August 14, 1870 · Greenville, Missouri, USA
Died November 3, 1947 · aged 77
No biography available.
Known For
The Lost World · 1925The Lost World
★ 6.71925
MovieAdventureFantasy
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Jane Eyre · 1943Jane Eyre
★ 6.91943
MovieDramaRomance
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
The Return of Frank James · 1940The Return of Frank James
★ 6.41940
MovieWestern
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Terror of the Plains · 1934Terror of the Plains
★ 10.01934
MovieWestern
A ranch hand sets out to prove his father is innocent of murder in this B-movie Western starring cowboy hero Tom Tyler. Disguised as an outlaw, Tom Lansing (Tyler) takes up with a motley crew hiding out in a ghost town to catch the true killer. This 1934 classic co-stars Frank Rice as Lansing's sidekick, Banty, and Roberta Gale as Bess, a beautiful young captive of the outlaw gang who is in desperate need of a hero.
The Lone Ranger Rides Again · 1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again
★ 7.31939
MovieWestern
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.
The Last of the Mohicans · 1920The Last of the Mohicans
★ 6.41920
MovieAdventureDrama
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
Dark Command · 1940Dark Command
★ 6.41940
MovieDramaRomance
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.
Fighting Hero · 1934Fighting Hero
★ 10.01934
MovieWestern
Tyler abducts a young Mexican girl to save her from a lynching when she is accused of the murder of a VIP whom she killed in self defense.
Filmography
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The Return of Frank James · 1940The Return of Frank James
★ 6.41940
MovieWestern
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Confederate Veteran Juror (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying · 1941Keep 'Em Flying
★ 6.21941
MovieComedy
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
Tall Man at Carnival (uncredited)
The White Angel · 1936The White Angel
★ 7.31936
MovieDrama
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
Hospital Superintendent (uncredited)
Music Is Magic · 1935Music Is Magic
★ 5.31935
MovieComedyDrama
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.
Bluenose in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)












