Mel Welles
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Feb 17 1924• Died Aug 19 2005
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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 receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University…
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Mel Welles's Credits
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Maverick
Carlos
Cheyenne
The Lone Ranger
Sheriff Pender
The Ford Television Theatre
Fat Man
The Texan
Matt Lane
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Police Inspector Kafir
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Mr. Lucky
Hoodlum
Private Secretary
The Walter Winchell File
Howard
Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
I Led Three Lives
Jungle Jim
Wolfen
ESS Voice (voice)
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
The Last American Virgin
Druggist
The Silver Chalice
Marcos (uncredited)
Pushover
Detective (uncredited)
Chopping Mall
Cook
The Brothers Karamazov
Trifon Borissovitch
The Little Shop of Horrors
Gravis Mushnick
The Shadow on the Window
Polikoff (uncredited)
Gun Fury
The Undead
Gravedigger Smolkin
The She Beast
Ladislav Groper
High School Confidential!
Charlie O'Flair
Soldier of Fortune
Fernand Rocha
Body and Soul
Joe Gillardi
Kismet
Beggar (uncredited)
Medium Rare
Doctor
Flight to Hong Kong
Boris
Attack of the Crab Monsters
Jules Deveroux
Smokey Bites the Dust
Abu Habib Bibubu
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
Caedmon
Commando Squad
Quintano
Massacre Canyon
Gonzales
Wyoming Renegades
'Whiskey' Pearson
Rented Lips
Milo
The 27th Day
Russian Marshal
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Iben
Rock All Night
Sir Bop
Appointment in Honduras
Hidalgo (uncredited)
The Big Knife
Mustached Party Guest
Spy Chasers
Nick
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Dr. Vince Hinkle
The Reluctant Saint
Homework
Doctor
The Racers
Fiori (uncredited)
Lady Frankenstein
Directing
Secret Agent 00 Soul
Production
Calling Homicide
Valensi (uncredited)
The Last Mercenary
Directing
Island of the Doomed
Directing
Hell on Devil's Island
Felix Molyneaux
Our Man in Jamaica
Directing
Duel on the Mississippi
Sheriff
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
Hello Glen Ward, House Dick
Directing
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
The Fighting Chance
Al Moreno
Outside the Law
Milo
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
Mr. Davar
The Red Sheik
Hassan
Spectreman versus Hedron
Various
Joyride to Nowhere
Tank McCall
Code of Silence
Hold Back Tomorrow
First Guard
The Keeler Affair
Yevgeni Ivanovich
The Truth About Lady Frankenstein
Self
Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein