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name: "Murdock MacQuarrie"
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born: "25 August 1878"
died: "22 August 1942"
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average_fi1m_score: 88
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# Murdock MacQuarrie

Actor. Born 25 August 1878 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 22 August 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 August 1878, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 22 August 1942
- **Active:** 1935–1936
- **Also known as:** Murdock J. MacQuarrie, Murdock McQuarrie, Murdoch McQuarrie , James McQuarrie , Murdock McGuarrie , Murdoc MacQuarrie 

## Biography

Murdock MacQuarrie was an American actor and director. He worked on the stage for twenty-eight years before entering films around 1912 with Biograph. He later directed at Universal and appeared in hundreds of supporting roles after returning to acting in the early 1920s.

MacQuarrie is credited as J. Widdecombe Billows in Charlie Chaplin's *Modern Times* (1936). Among his other film appearances are *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), *Les Misérables* (1935), *The Prisoner of Shark Island* (1936), *At the Circus* (1939), *The Mummy's Hand* (1940), *Woman of the Year* (1942) and *Cat People* (1942). He had several brothers who were also actors.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Modern Times* (1936), Fi1m 88, as J. Widdecombe Billows — [page](https://film.one/film/modern-times.md)
- *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Fi1m 89, as Sympathetic Villager (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md)

## Also known for

- *Cat People* (1942), Sheep Caretaker (uncredited)
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931), Dissenting Doctor at Lecture (uncredited)
- *Fury* (1936), Dawson's Friend (uncredited)
- *Woman of the Year* (1942), Head Copy Reader (uncredited)
- *The Mummy's Hand* (1940), Temple Priest (uncredited)
- *At the Circus* (1939), Attendant (uncredited)
- *The Prisoner of Shark Island* (1936), Edman Spangler (uncredited)
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fauchelevant

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