Mel Welles
Birthday
1924/02/17
Day of death
2005/08/19 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Ira W. Meltcher
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mel Welles (February 17, 1924 - August 18, 2005) was an American film actor. His best-remembered role may be that of hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnik in the 1960 low-budget Roger Corman dark comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors (which featured Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient). Not much is known of Welles' early life, except that he was born Ira Meltcher in New York City. He graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, in 1940. He went on to ...Read more
Acting
(1982) Homework
as Doctor
(1955) Spy Chasers
as Nick
(1989) Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
as Caedmon
(1960) The Little Shop of Horrors
as Gravis Mushnick
(1960) Code of Silence
as ---
(1957) Attack of the Crab Monsters
as Jules Deveroux
(1986) Chopping Mall
as Cook
(1957) The Undead
as Gravedigger Smolkin
(1955) The Fighting Chance
as Al Moreno
(1958) The Brothers Karamazov
as Trifon Borissovitch
(1955) Duel on the Mississippi
as Sheriff
(2018) Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein
as ---
(1980) Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Dr. Vince Hinkle
(1955) The Racers
as Fiori (uncredited)
(1957) The 27th Day
as Russian Marshal
(1966) The She Beast
as Ladislav Groper
(1956) Calling Homicide
as Valensi (uncredited)
(1954) The Silver Chalice
as Marcos (uncredited)
(1956) Outside the Law
as Milo
(1954) Jesse James vs. the Daltons
as ---
(1956) Flight to Hong Kong
as Boris
(2018) Howard
as Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
(1954) Massacre Canyon
as Gonzales
(1955) Hold Back Tomorrow
as First Guard
(1957) The Shadow on the Window
as Polikoff (uncredited)
(1968) The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
as ---
(1987) Medium Rare
as Doctor
(1987) Commando Squad
as Quintano
(1962) The Red Sheik
as Hassan
(1988) Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
as Mr. Davar
(1954) Wyoming Renegades
as 'Whiskey' Pearson
(1957) Rock All Night
as Sir Bop
(1963) The Keeler Affair
as Yevgeni Ivanovich
(1962) The Reluctant Saint
as ---
(1957) Hell on Devil's Island
as Felix Molyneaux
(2007) The Truth About Lady Frankenstein
as Self
(1955) The Big Knife
as Mustached Party Guest
(1987) Rented Lips
as Milo
(1981) Wolfen
as ESS Voice (voice)
(1958) High School Confidential!
as Charlie O'Flair
(1953) Appointment in Honduras
as Hidalgo (uncredited)
(1955) Soldier of Fortune
as Fernand Rocha
(1981) Smokey Bites the Dust
as Abu Habib Bibubu
(1977) Joyride to Nowhere
as Tank McCall
(1972) Cut-Throats Nine
as Ray (voice) (uncredited)
(1954) Pushover
as Detective (uncredited)
(1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
as Iben
(1962) Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
as Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
(1981) Body and Soul
as Joe Gillardi
(1955) Kismet
as Beggar (uncredited)
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Police Inspector Kafir
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1953) I Led Three Lives
as ---
(1953) Private Secretary
as ---
(1956) Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
as ---
(1957) The Walter Winchell File
as ---
(1955) Jungle Jim
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as Carlos
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as Hoodlum
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Sheriff Pender
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Fat Man
(1958) The Texan
as Matt Lane