Mel Welles
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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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Lady and the Orgy
2023
as Self
Piecing Together Lady Frankenstein
2018
Howard
2018
as Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
The Truth About Lady Frankenstein
2007
as Self
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
1989
as Caedmon
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here
1988
as Mr. Davar
Rented Lips
1988
as Milo
Medium Rare
1987
as Doctor
Commando Squad
1987
as Quintano
Chopping Mall
1986
as Cook
Spectreman versus Hedron
1984
as Various
Homework
1982
as Doctor
The Last American Virgin
1982
as Druggist
Wolfen
1981
as ESS Voice (voice)
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
as Abu Habib Bibubu
Body and Soul
1981
as Joe Gillardi
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
as Dr. Vince Hinkle
Joyride to Nowhere
1977
as Tank McCall
The Day the Hot Line Got Hot
1968
The She Beast
1966
as Ladislav Groper
The Keeler Affair
1963
as Yevgeni Ivanovich
The Red Sheik
1962
as Hassan
The Reluctant Saint
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
as Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
as Gravis Mushnick
Code of Silence
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Hoodlum
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Trifon Borissovitch
High School Confidential!
1958
as Charlie O'Flair
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Texan
1958
as Matt Lane
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957
as Jules Deveroux
The Undead
1957
as Gravedigger Smolkin
The 27th Day
1957
as Russian Marshal
The Shadow on the Window
1957
as Polikoff (uncredited)
Rock All Night
1957
as Sir Bop
Hell on Devil's Island
1957
as Felix Molyneaux
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Maverick
1957
as Carlos
Calling Homicide
1956
as Valensi (uncredited)
Outside the Law
1956
as Milo
Flight to Hong Kong
1956
as Boris
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956
Spy Chasers
1955
as Nick
The Fighting Chance
1955
as Al Moreno
Duel on the Mississippi
1955
as Sheriff
The Racers
1955
as Fiori (uncredited)
Hold Back Tomorrow
1955
as First Guard
The Big Knife
1955
as Mustached Party Guest
Soldier of Fortune
1955
as Fernand Rocha
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
1955
as Iben
Kismet
1955
as Beggar (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Police Inspector Kafir
Jungle Jim
1955
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Marcos (uncredited)
Jesse James vs. the Daltons
1954
Massacre Canyon
1954
as Gonzales
Wyoming Renegades
1954
as 'Whiskey' Pearson
Pushover
1954
as Detective (uncredited)
Appointment in Honduras
1953
as Hidalgo (uncredited)
Gun Fury
1953
I Led Three Lives
1953
Private Secretary
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Fat Man
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Sheriff Pender