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Sid Melton

Acting

Born May 22, 1917 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died November 2, 2011

Also known as Sidney Meltzer

Biography

Sidney Meltzer, known professionally as Sid Melton, was an American actor. He played the roles of incompetent carpenter Alf Monroe in the CBS sitcom Green Acres, Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd as sidekick to Captain Midnight and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, in The Danny Thomas Show and its spin-offs. He appeared in about 140 film and television projects in a career that spanned nearly 60 years. Among his most famous films were Lost Continent with Cesar Romero, The Steel Helmet with Gene Evans and Robert Hutton, The Lemon Drop Kid with Bob Hope, and Lady Sings The Blues with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams. He was a regular on The Danny Thomas Show and Green Acres, and appeared in flashback on several episodes of The Golden Girls as Salvadore Petrillo, the long-dead husband of Sophia Petrillo and father of Dorothy Zbornak.

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Filmography42 titles

Living Single

1993as The Barfly

The Munsters

1964as Diamond Jim

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Reynolds

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Cab Driver

White Heat

1949as Russell Hughes (uncredited)

The Golden Girls

1985as Salvadore Petrillo

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Bert Monker

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Pat Michaels

Green Acres

1965

Hunter

1984as Mailbox Service Owner

Make Room for Granddaddy

1970as Charley Halper

The Steel Helmet

1951as Joe

On the Town

1949as Spud (uncredited)

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941as Fingers (uncredited)

Designing Woman

1957as Milt (uncredited)

Body and Soul

1947as Prizefight Spectator (uncredited)

Peter Gunn

1958

Adventures of Superman

1952as Thug

Blondie Goes to College

1942as 'Mouse' Gifford

Captain Midnight

1954

Dragnet

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951as Little Louie

The Geisha Boy

1958as Taxi Driver

Blossom

1990as Reporter #1

That Girl

1966as Asst. Director

Knock on Any Door

1949as 'Squint' Zinsky (uncredited)

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960as Little Augie (uncredited)

This Could Be the Night

1957as Cabbie (uncredited)

Cheyenne

1955

Alias Jesse James

1959as New York Bar Fight Fan (uncredited)

The Return of Jesse James

1950as Saloon Waiter-Piano Player

Petticoat Junction

1963as Ted Swift

Hit!

1973as Herman

Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

1975as Manny Levine

Three Desperate Men

1951as Connors

Sixpack Annie

1975as Angelo

The Atomic Submarine

1959as Chester Tuttle

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

1971as Arnie

The Gangster

1947as Nightclub Stage Manager (uncredited)

Girls in Chains

1943as Pinkhead (as Sidney Melton)

Return to Green Acres

1990as Alf Monroe

Bad Girls Do Cry

1965Director