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Mel Welles

Acting

Born February 17, 1924 · New York City, New York, USA

Died August 19, 2005

Also known as Ira W. Meltcher

Biography

Mel Welles was an American actor, voice artist and film director. He was best known to for his work with filmmaker Roger Corman, most notably as hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnick in the original 1960 film version of The Little Shop of Horrors. He also had a prolific career as an English-language dubber, mainly in the Italian film industry.

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Filmography35 titles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Police Inspector Kafir

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Flight to Hong Kong

1956as Boris

Maverick

1957as Carlos

Howard

2018as Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)

The Lone Ranger

1949as Sheriff Pender

Mr. Lucky

1959as Hoodlum

The Brothers Karamazov

1958as Trifon Borissovitch

Pushover

1954as Detective (uncredited)

The Little Shop of Horrors

1960as Gravis Mushnick

Cheyenne

1955

Wyoming Renegades

1954as 'Whiskey' Pearson

Gun Fury

1953

The Texan

1958as Matt Lane

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

1955as Iben

The Big Knife

1955as Mustached Party Guest

Private Secretary

1953

Wolfen

1981as ESS Voice (voice)

Jesse James vs. the Daltons

1954

Appointment in Honduras

1953as Hidalgo (uncredited)

Chopping Mall

1986as Cook

Lady Frankenstein

1971Director, Producer

Kismet

1955as Beggar (uncredited)

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

1962as Italian Sergeant (uncredited)

Rock All Night

1957as Sir Bop

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

1980as Dr. Vince Hinkle

Attack of the Crab Monsters

1957as Jules Deveroux

The She Beast

1966as Ladislav Groper

The Undead

1957as Gravedigger Smolkin

The Silver Chalice

1954as Marcos (uncredited)

Joyride to Nowhere

1977as Tank McCall

Body and Soul

1981as Joe Gillardi

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here

1988as Mr. Davar

Homework

1982as Doctor

Smokey Bites the Dust

1981as Abu Habib Bibubu