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Mel Welles

Mel Welles

Actor

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, a Master of Arts degree from West Virginia University, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia University. Welles held a number of jobs during his lifetime; at one time or another he worked as a clinical psychologist, radio DJ, television actor, writer and film director. He did some stage work before traveling to Hollywood, where in 1953 he appeared in his first film, Appointment in Honduras. His favorite role (The Little Shop of Horrors) was also his last in the U.S. for many years. In the early 1960s, he left the United States to act, produce and direct primarily in European film productions including the cult horror films Maneater of Hydra (1967) and Lady Frankenstein (1971). His fluency in five languages proved to be most helpful. He also served as a film consultant. Later he returned to the U.S., appearing in a number of films, doing voice work, and teaching voice acting. Probably his most widely seen work in the late 1970's was his English adaptation of the Japanese television show, "Spectreman" which was seen on UHF and cable across the United States. While he shares writing credit with two other people, it's clear that most of the English voice work, and the offbeat humor, is his. In 1998, Welles took to the stage in a community theater production of Little Shop of Horrors (musical) as Mushnik, the role he created in the original Roger Corman film. Welles had never performed in the musical and was happy to be asked to do the role, which he described as a "mitzvah" for Scotts Valley Performing Arts. Jonathan Haze, who played Seymour in the original film, attended the opening, and Welles also received a visit from Martin P. Robinson, the designer of the Audrey II plant puppets used in the off-Broadway production (Robinson is also famous for his puppetry on Sesame Street). Welles was working on a horror screenplay, tentatively titled House of a Hundred Horrors, at the time of his death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mel Welles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 17, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: August 19, 2005 (Age 81)

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Mel Welles  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.1
ActorJules Deveroux1957
Movie
5.4
ActorCook1986
Movie
3.9
ActorQuintano1987
Movie
3.8
ActorDr. Vince Hinkle1980
Movie
5.4
ActorBoris1956
Movie
3.2
ActorDoctor1982
Movie
2.8
ActorMr. Davar1988
Movie
6.1
ActorGravis Mushnick1960
Movie
6.1
ActorESS Voice (voice)1981
Movie
6.5
ActorTrifon Borissovitch1958
Movie
4.6
ActorGravedigger Smolkin1957
Movie
4.9
ActorLadislav Groper1966
Movie
2.3
ActorCaedmon1989
Movie
7.1
Actor1962
Movie
5.5
ActorSir Bop1957
Movie
5.5
Actor'Whiskey' Pearson1954
Movie
5.4
ActorGonzales1954
Movie
6.6
ActorYevgeni Ivanovich1963
Movie
6.3
ActorFirst Guard1955
Movie
6.1
ActorFelix Molyneaux1957
Movie
4.7
ActorHassan1962
Movie
6.6
ActorMustached Party Guest1955
Movie
3.6
ActorMilo1987
Movie
5.9
ActorCharlie O'Flair1958
Movie
5.3
ActorHidalgo (uncredited)1953
Movie
6.3
ActorFernand Rocha1955
Movie
3.3
ActorAbu Habib Bibubu1981
Movie
4.1
ActorTank McCall1977
Movie
6.6
ActorRay (voice) (uncredited)1972
Movie
6.9
ActorDetective (uncredited)1954
Movie
6
ActorIben1955
Movie
6.1
ActorItalian Sergeant (uncredited)1962
Movie
7.4
ActorAl Moreno1955
Movie
7.9
ActorSelf2007
Movie
6.1
ActorMilo1956
Movie
7.3
ActorGravis Mushnick (archive footage)2018
Movie
5.9
ActorPolikoff (uncredited)1957
Movie
5.9
ActorNick1955
Movie
6.9
Actor1960
Movie
5.5
ActorSheriff1955
Movie
4.8
ActorMarcos (uncredited)1954
Movie
5.2
ActorFiori (uncredited)1955
Movie
6.2
ActorRussian Marshal1957
Movie
Actor2018
Movie
6.3
ActorValensi (uncredited)1956
Movie
4.8
Actor1954
Movie
5.1
Actor1968
Movie
5.3
ActorDoctor1987
Movie
4.4
ActorJoe Gillardi1981
TV Show
6.9
Actor1 Episode1958-1960
TV Show
6.9
Actor1 Episode1953-1957
TV Show
7.1
Actor1 Episode1955-1956
TV Show
7.4
ActorHoodlum
1 Episode
1959-1960
TV Show
8.4
ActorPolice Inspector Kafir
1 Episode
1955-1962
TV Show
8.2
Actor1 Episode1957-1963
TV Show
7
Actor1 Episode1953-1956
TV Show
7.9
Actor3 Episodes1956-1957
TV Show
7.5
Actor1 Episode1957-1959
TV Show
7.8
ActorCarlos
1 Episode
1957-1962
TV Show
7.3
ActorMatt Lane
1 Episode
1958-1960
TV Show
7.8
Actor1 Episode1955-1963
TV Show
7.5
ActorSheriff Pender
1 Episode
1949-1957
TV Show
6.9
ActorFat Man
1 Episode
1952-1957
Movie
4.2
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Story1967
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector, Producer1971
Movie
6.1
DirectingSecond Unit Director1960
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector1968
Movie
3.2
ProductionProduction Manager1990
Movie
5.4
DirectingDirector1965
Movie
7.8
DirectingDirector1968
Movie
4.1
DirectingDirector, Writer, Producer1977
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector, Writer1960
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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