Personal Info
Known Credits
50
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1924-02-17 (101 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Ira W. Meltcher
Mel Welles
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2018 --
Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein
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2018 --
Howard
| Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
2007 --
The Truth About Lady Frankenstein
| Self
1989 --
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
| Caedmon
1988 --
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
| Mr. Davar
1987 --
Rented Lips
| Milo
1987 --
Commando Squad
| Quintano
1987 --
Medium Rare
| Doctor
1986 --
Chopping Mall
| Cook
1982 --
Homework
| Doctor
1981 --
Body and Soul
| Joe Gillardi
1981 --
Smokey Bites the Dust
| Abu Habib Bibubu
1981 --
Wolfen
| ESS Voice (voice)
1980 --
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
| Dr. Vince Hinkle
1977 --
Joyride to Nowhere
| Tank McCall
1972 --
Cut-Throats Nine
| Ray (voice) (uncredited)
1968 --
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
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1966 --
The She Beast
| Ladislav Groper
1963 --
The Keeler Affair
| Yevgeni Ivanovich
1962 --
The Reluctant Saint
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1962 --
The Red Sheik
| Hassan
1962 --
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
| Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
1960 --
The Little Shop of Horrors
| Gravis Mushnick
1960 --
Code of Silence
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1958 --
High School Confidential!
| Charlie O'Flair
1958 --
The Brothers Karamazov
| Trifon Borissovitch
1957 --
Hell on Devil's Island
| Felix Molyneaux
1957 --
Rock All Night
| Sir Bop
1957 --
The Shadow on the Window
| Polikoff (uncredited)
1957 --
The Undead
| Gravedigger Smolkin
1957 --
Attack of the Crab Monsters
| Jules Deveroux
1957 --
The 27th Day
| Russian Marshal
1956 --
Flight to Hong Kong
| Boris
1956 --
Calling Homicide
| Valensi (uncredited)
1956 --
Outside the Law
| Milo
1955 --
The Fighting Chance
| Al Moreno
1955 --
Hold Back Tomorrow
| First Guard
1955 --
The Big Knife
| Mustached Party Guest
1955 --
Kismet
| Beggar (uncredited)
1955 --
Duel on the Mississippi
| Sheriff
1955 --
Spy Chasers
| Nick
1955 --
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
| Iben
1955 --
Soldier of Fortune
| Fernand Rocha
1955 --
The Racers
| Fiori (uncredited)
1954 --
The Silver Chalice
| Marcos (uncredited)
1954 --
Pushover
| Detective (uncredited)
1954 --
Massacre Canyon
| Gonzales
1954 --
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
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1954 --
Wyoming Renegades
| 'Whiskey' Pearson
1953 --
Appointment in Honduras
| Hidalgo (uncredited)