Nelson McDowell

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Biography

American actor

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 14 August 1870
  • Place of birth
  • Greenville· Missouri
  • Death date
  • 1947-11-03
  • Death age
  • 77
  • Place of death
  • Hollywood
  • Cause of death
  • Suicide

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Trivia

Shot and killed himself after finding out he had cancer.

Played preacher David Gamut in the 1920 ( The Last of the Mohicans ) and 1936 ( The Last of the Mohicans ) versions of "The Last of the Mohicans".

Profiled in "Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known (2 Volume Set)" by George A. Katchmer .

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