Mel Novak

Mel Novak

Nacimiento : 1950-06-16, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Historia

A native of Pittsburgh, Mel was an outstanding athlete in several sports. He passed up 60 football scholarship offers and signed a pro baseball contract with the Pirates. His career was cut short by a massive rotator cuff injury. Mel has starred or co-starred in over 60 movies and he does his own fighting and stunts. He shot and fought Bruce Lee to the death, (GAME OF DEATH), beat up Steve McQueen (Tom Horn), and dueled Yul Brynner (THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR). Mel set up Chuck Norris to be hit, but Norris got him later (EYE FOR AN EYE). Born in Pittsburgh to Serbian parents as Milan Mrdjenovich (Serbian: Милан Мрђеновић, Milan Mrđenović), Novak made his film debut in 1974, appearing in two blaxploitation films.

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Mel Novak
Mel Novak
Mel Novak

Películas

The Beast Beneath
Mayor Reid
A record Earthquake rocks a small, resort town after a 2000 year old prehistoric blood thirsty beast is unleashed to feast on the local community. It’s up to Aaron and his brilliant scientist sister to crack the case and put a stop to the mayhem before time runs out, all while the cunning  town Mayor George Reid tries to cover up the monster’s bloody tracks.
Hell of the Screaming Undead
Governor Patrick Adams
1988: After an accident at a research lab, the population of Los Angeles is mutating into ferocious zombies eager to feed on the living. Two women take refuge in a museum but fall right into the hands of a pair of homicidal ex-convicts, who kidnap and torment the women as the undead hoard grows larger and stronger.
Ash and Bone
Bartender Louie
La película sigue a una adolescente rebelde llamada Cassie Vanderbilt, cuya racha salvaje se intensifica cuando su cariñoso padre Lucas decide sacarla a ella y a su nueva esposa Sarah de la ciudad para que se unan y pasen tiempo de calidad juntos. Pero después de que Cassie se cruza con la infame familia McKinley, queda claro que a veces el peligro se esconde detrás de la maleza, listo para atacar en cualquier momento.
5 To Die
Paul McCoy
Adrian McCoy - a washed up TV Investigator, decides to retire after one last job. He takes a three man crew, a camera and a script. Once they arrive at the location they find far more than what they initially bargained for.
Realm of Shadows
Bishop Lucian
Enter a world of mystery, possession and shadows in an anthology of short horror themed tales woven into a full length feature presentation.
The Last American Horror Show: Volume II
Moses
Double the tales and double the fright! "Killer" Callahan sits on death row when a trustee offers some escapism through disturbing stories.
The Paradise Motel
Raymond Taylor
A battered wife on the run searching for paradise finds that paradise isn't always. Nothing is as it seems.
Doll Killer 2
Dr. Krueger
15 years after the original events, Doll Restoration artist Stephanie is followed by Charlie Crandall to her new home in Southern California for a final game of cat and mouse.
Ebola Rex
General Davis
A captive Tyrannosaurus Rex is injected with the Ebola Virus by a crazed protester and escapes a lab to wreak havoc in Southern California. It's up to an fearless General and a obsessed, renegade Soldier to stop it.
Apex Predators
Robert Clouse Williamson
Los cadáveres de los bañistas comienzan a llegar a la orilla durante la inauguración de un nuevo complejo turístico con resultados nefastos.
Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets
Lieutenant Gallagher
The diseased Dinosaur battles to the death with the Murder Hornets during a zombie outbreak that is hit by several "firenados" containing flaming spiders.
Zombi VIII: Urban Decay
Governor Hadley
When the body of a dead scientist, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere of a grimy urban wasteland.
Rattlers 2
Commissioner Lewis
A series of fatal rattlesnake attacks in the California desert re-opens an investigation that began 45 years ago.
Arachnado
Lieutenant Gallagher
When a freak cyclone swamps Los Angeles, millions of poisonous spiders terrorize the city. .
Stale Popcorn & Sticky Floors
Self
A look back at the grindhouse horrors of the 70s and 80s.
Tales for the Campfire 3
Dr. Challis 'The Bitter Half'
A group of friends Gather 'round the Campfire one last time for five all new tales of terror.
Eternal Code
Mr. Pomeroy
La familia de una investigadora es secuestrada después de que ella lidera los esfuerzos para retirar a su empresa de una colaboración. Con todo en juego, solo su hija adolescente puede salvar a la familia con la ayuda de un veterano suicida y una prostituta.
Enter the Samurai: The Making of Samurai Cop 2
Self
Enter the Samurai is a documentary film which follows the making of the feature film "Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance". It follows the film crew and artists as they deal with clashes of generations, taste and approach to sanity while attempting to complete production of the film.
RoboWoman
Dr. Michaels
On her last day at a temp agency, Vivica Stevens is attacked, beaten and left for dead by a co-worker and his friends. Through the use of futuristic “cybernetic” upgrades, she tracks down her assailants to execute bloody revenge.
Tales of Frankenstein
Dr. Mortality
Una antología con cuatro cuentos inspirados en la leyenda de Frankenstein.
Syndicate Smasher
Milan
A group of mercenaries hired as contract killers are hunted down by the Mafia, the Yakuza, the Russian Mob, and the Tongs all at once.
An Hour To Kill
Mr. Kinski
Two assassins-for-hire have an hour to kill (so to speak) before their next hit. To help pass the time, they entertain themselves by regaling horror stories to one another. With bizarre titles such as "Valkyrie's Bunker" "Assacre" and "Hog Hunters" - which hit-man's story will be deemed most disturbing when all is said and done?
Nemesis 5: The New Model
Red Army Hammerhead Leader
Es el año 2077 y la organización terrorista conocida como The Red Army Hammerheads ahora domina la Tierra. El destino de la humanidad ahora está en manos de The New Model, Ari Frost. Entrenada bajo el ala de Alex Rain, debe formar un ejército de humanos Cyborg para derribar el régimen y recuperar el control. Después de todo, el 86,5% todavía se considera humano.
Toxic Tutu
Producer
Follow Mark Torgl star of 1984's The Toxic Avenger who played "Melvin The Mopboy" and transforms into Toxie, as he attends the Monster Convention circuit for the first time. Discover the convention world through Torgl's eyes, and learn a deep dark secret that has kept Torgl in hiding for 30 years.
Toxic Tutu
Self
Follow Mark Torgl star of 1984's The Toxic Avenger who played "Melvin The Mopboy" and transforms into Toxie, as he attends the Monster Convention circuit for the first time. Discover the convention world through Torgl's eyes, and learn a deep dark secret that has kept Torgl in hiding for 30 years.
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Self
Christian documentary on the life of Steve McQueen.
Holy Terror
Father Murphy
Believing their deceased son isn't at peace, Molly and Tom ask a medium to make contact. But after they invite a vengeful demon to cross over, the couple must enlist the help of a disgraced priest to attempt a dangerous exorcism.
Check Point
The Reverend
Puerto de Carolina del Norte: durante un campamento de rutina, un vagabundo local descubre planes para una invasión en Estados Unidos. Cuando trata de notificar al Sheriff local sobre su descubrimiento, el Sheriff desestima sus reclamos y lo encierra por merodear. Cuando el Alguacil se da cuenta de las extrañas interacciones con la gente de otras ciudades, comienza a investigar la afirmación del vagabundo y descubre que una célula dormida, vive entre los habitantes de esta pequeña ciudad.
Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance
Cutter
25 años después de los hechos de Samurai Cop (1991), el detective Frank Washington tiene que formar equipo con su antiguo compañero Joe Marshall para resolver una serie de asesinatos que está cometiendo un grupo secreto de asesinas.
Drifter TKD
Thomas Tyler
Jesse Tyler, a martial arts enthusiast who lives in Los Angeles, California, and enjoys success in local karate competitions, faces turmoil in his life as a young business executive. The only child in a wealthy family, he has always been pressured to succeed in every aspect of his life.
GiAnts
Executive Producer
Immensely successful Professor Jonathan Caine has come out with a new book about his favorite subject, ants. He is known and respected all over the world but to his beautiful daughter, radio personality, Audrey Caine, he is an absentee parent. Nevertheless, Caine tries to heal the break between him and his daughter only to be called away to give another lecture on ants to a secretive multi-national corporation, Niles Industries, hidden in the Colorado wilderness. Meanwhile, his daughter, Audrey, is worried more than she’d like to admit. But when a giant ant escapes so does Caine. The giant ant sends out a sonic signal that travels across the four corners of the world and suddenly giant ants are appearing everywhere!
GiAnts
Jonathan Caine
Immensely successful Professor Jonathan Caine has come out with a new book about his favorite subject, ants. He is known and respected all over the world but to his beautiful daughter, radio personality, Audrey Caine, he is an absentee parent. Nevertheless, Caine tries to heal the break between him and his daughter only to be called away to give another lecture on ants to a secretive multi-national corporation, Niles Industries, hidden in the Colorado wilderness. Meanwhile, his daughter, Audrey, is worried more than she’d like to admit. But when a giant ant escapes so does Caine. The giant ant sends out a sonic signal that travels across the four corners of the world and suddenly giant ants are appearing everywhere!
Big Guns
Larry Armstrong
The fun-loving, easy-going, 60- to 75-year-old Senior Softball team "Kids At Heart" suddenly decide to go for their secret dream -- win the World Series (BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!) Renaming themselves "Big Guns", they get serious and play hard, maybe a little too hard. Our sweet guys suddenly disappear! The joking stops! Madcap disasters strike the team! Illegal bats and booze, ringers and wild women bring out the worst in them! Finally even wise old guys think twice as they rediscover that love and their friendships are more important than winning.
Vampire Assassin
Associate Producer
Martial artist Ron Hall stars in this dark vampire thriller reminiscent of BLADE. Ambitious cop Derek (Hall) is dogged by a phobia that is unfortunate in his line of work. Having witnessed his father's murder as a young child, he is deathly afraid of blood, but when he takes the law into his own hands to catch underworld counterfeiter Gustoff Slovak, he is forced to face his fear. The operation blows up in his face, resulting in a massacre that leaves Derek the only one of his team to survive. Derek reaches the shocking conclusion that Slovak is actually a vampire, and joins forces with the last in a long line of vampire hunters, Master Kao, who agrees to train Derek in his ancient art. However, in order to combat Slovak--whose past intersects with Derek's own in disturbing ways--Derek must become that which he hates the most: a vampire.
Vampire Assassin
Gustoff Slovak
Martial artist Ron Hall stars in this dark vampire thriller reminiscent of BLADE. Ambitious cop Derek (Hall) is dogged by a phobia that is unfortunate in his line of work. Having witnessed his father's murder as a young child, he is deathly afraid of blood, but when he takes the law into his own hands to catch underworld counterfeiter Gustoff Slovak, he is forced to face his fear. The operation blows up in his face, resulting in a massacre that leaves Derek the only one of his team to survive. Derek reaches the shocking conclusion that Slovak is actually a vampire, and joins forces with the last in a long line of vampire hunters, Master Kao, who agrees to train Derek in his ancient art. However, in order to combat Slovak--whose past intersects with Derek's own in disturbing ways--Derek must become that which he hates the most: a vampire.
SWAT: Warhead One
Associate Producer
When a powerful nuclear weapon mysteriously disappears, putting in risk all Los Angeles' population, only a SWAT team is prepared to fight against the terrorists leaded by the cruel Peter Chiang, one of the most dangerous men of the planet.
SWAT: Warhead One
Dick Danvers
When a powerful nuclear weapon mysteriously disappears, putting in risk all Los Angeles' population, only a SWAT team is prepared to fight against the terrorists leaded by the cruel Peter Chiang, one of the most dangerous men of the planet.
Power Elite
Co-Executive Producer
The President of the United States, Jonathan Caine, prepares to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons. This signature, hoped for many years, is eagerly awaited. However, this gesture for peace does not delight everyone. An unknown terrorist organization appears suddenly. These criminals want to sabotage the treaty. As a warning, they strike a great blow by removing the right arm of Caine and destroying Air Force One, the plane reserved for the President.
Power Elite
President Jonathan Caine
The President of the United States, Jonathan Caine, prepares to sign a treaty banning chemical weapons. This signature, hoped for many years, is eagerly awaited. However, this gesture for peace does not delight everyone. An unknown terrorist organization appears suddenly. These criminals want to sabotage the treaty. As a warning, they strike a great blow by removing the right arm of Caine and destroying Air Force One, the plane reserved for the President.
Base lunar
Guard
Un grupo de peligrosos reclusos consigue escapar de un planeta, sede de una prisión de alta seguridad, y esconderse en una nave que les transportará a la Tierra. El capitán del vehículo tendrá que enfrentarse a los criminales.
Pocket Ninjas
Mr. Kaufman
Somewhere in New Jersey, a group of masked rollerblading children "save the universe" by training to fight the evil Cobra Khan through a series of action-packed montages. Along the way they hypothesize some slapstick hijinks in a balloon factory, and save the day through a hypothetical Sonic Virtual Reality battle. A real treat!
Future War
Otis - SWAT Team
A runaway human slave from Earth's future escapes to the present day.
Un timador con alas
Sidewalk minister
Tom Turner (Greg Kinnear), un timador de poca monta, experimenta de repente una sorprendente transformación, cuando un juez le brinda la oportunidad de elegir entre trabajar o ir a la cárcel. Tom elige lo primero y lo envían a una oficina de correos muy peculiar a la que llegan cartas sin un destino concreto. Allí se encuentra en condiciones de preparar el timo de su vida: se dedica a contestar las cartas dirigidas a Dios en agradecimiento por los favores recibidos y se apodera de las ofrendas sin que nadie se entere. Pero un milagro auténtico tiene lugar cuando toda la ciudad comienza a aclamar entusiasmada a Tom y a su chiflada “Brigada de Dios”.
Impacto directo
Kovar
After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take the woman out, Hatch instead takes it upon himself to protect her and expose the web of corruption at work.
Dos sabuesos en la isla del Edén
Walker's Henchman
El FBI y la policía aduanera llevan dos años siguiendo la pista del robo de un anillo de diamantes valorado en tres millones de dólares. Fred Lavery y Sheila Kingston son un par de detectives que investigan el caso, y Elliot Slater un fotógrafo. La conexión entre los tres personajes empieza cuando Elliot decide viajar a la isla privada del Edén.
Expert Weapon
Milier
While on death row for killing a policeman, small-time criminal Adam (Ian Jacklin) is sprung from his cell and asked to join a covert government organization that will shape him into a killing machine. He is trained by the group's ruthless leader Janson (Sam J. Jones), and is aided by the group's martial arts master Miller (Mel Novak)) and the group's weapons freak expert Magnet (Joe Estevez). Together they turn out Adam code named the 'Expert Weapon'. But when Adam decides to leave his life of crime, he learns that leaving the group is his real death sentence.
Street Wars
Jesse Amos
A young man takes over as the head of a crack dealing outfit after his brother, the gang's leader, is murdered.
Capital Punishment
Mason Dover
Project K.I.C.K was a drug given to cattle to make them grow quicker, if the meat is eaten from these cattle it has horrible side effects. James is a martial artist hired by the DEA to find to a dealer his former Master who is trying to start selling the drug in an American. But little does James know not is what it seems.
Reunión familiar
Tom Andrews
Tom Andrews, his wife Kathy, their two children & Tom's Father Henry are all driving to a town called Silversprings on Christmas Eve to visit relatives. On the way, they decide to stop at a ghost town called Sutterville which by a strange coincidence Tom has had nightmares about every year around Christmas for his whole life. Tom's father is wary & begs them not to go; however Tom's car develops a mind of it's own & takes them there only to break down so that they can't leave. Meanwhile a man arrested for vagrancy by local police is identified as Clarence McCoughlin who supposedly died in Sutterville 40 years ago, not to mention he seems to have some sort of demonic power. As the Andrews family explore the town a feeling of unease starts to takeover, Clarence escapes jail & heads back to Sutterville for a sinister family reunion...
Sword of Heaven
Major Dirk St. Jones
A Japanese policeman in Los Angeles uses an ancient magic sword to battle killers and an extortion ring.
Force of Darkness
Conrad
A spree killer in 1980s San Francisco, suffering from a multiple personality disorder, is actually possessed by a demonic force which drives him to kill.
Golpe por golpe
Tony Montoya
Chuck Norris es Sean Kane, por vengar la muerte de un compañero se toma la justicia por su mano y es expulsado del cuerpo de policía. Se convierte en agente de seguridad privado. Vive en una hermosa e inexpulgable residencia en la costa. Linda, en su emisión de televisión, está a punto de revelar la identidad de los jefes de una banda de traficantes de droga. Un monstruoso y corpulento mongol la persigue brutalmente. Linda aparece ahorcada. James tío de Linda, ruega a Sean Kane que vengue su muerte. Chan y Kane son víctimas de perversas trampas, pero con su destreza, conseguirán escapar de ellas...
Golpe por golpe
Associate Producer
Chuck Norris es Sean Kane, por vengar la muerte de un compañero se toma la justicia por su mano y es expulsado del cuerpo de policía. Se convierte en agente de seguridad privado. Vive en una hermosa e inexpulgable residencia en la costa. Linda, en su emisión de televisión, está a punto de revelar la identidad de los jefes de una banda de traficantes de droga. Un monstruoso y corpulento mongol la persigue brutalmente. Linda aparece ahorcada. James tío de Linda, ruega a Sean Kane que vengue su muerte. Chan y Kane son víctimas de perversas trampas, pero con su destreza, conseguirán escapar de ellas...
Escuadrón cinco
The Assassin
Jerry Martin, un experto en artes marciales, lidera a un grupo de soldados de fortuna que acaba de ser contratado por una agencia gubernamental de los Estados Unidos. Deben desplazarse a una apartada isla del Pacífico para rescatar a la hija de un rico hombre de negocios de la peligrosa influencia de un fanático religioso, el Reverendo Rhee. Detrás del mar de tranquilidad que aparentemente se respira en la isla se esconde en realidad un siniestro jefe espiritual que oculta un suculento negocio ilegal.
Lovely But Deadly
Warren Lang
A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD'd and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.
Tom Horn
Corbett's Bodyguard
Wyoming (1901-1903). Tom Horn es una leyenda viva; se dice que fue él quien capturó al famoso jefe apache Gerónimo. Cuando llega a Hagerville en busca de un trabajo acorde con su habilidad y experiencia como rastreadeor, lo contrata una asociación de ganaderos para que acabe con los cuatreros; pero llega un momento en que alguien le tiende una trampa. (FILMAFFINITY)
Fuerza 7
The Announcer
Dos policías de narcóticos son asesinados mientras investigaban un almacén y la policía busca al mejor instructor de artes marciales de la ciudad para que entrene a sus detectives. Ese es Matt Logan, campeón de full contact y kárate, quien se muestra neutral hasta que su implicación en el caso se convierte en un asunto personal cuando su hijo adoptivo resulta ser la última víctima del asesino.
Cat in the Cage
Ralph Desmond
A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover
Juego con la muerte (Game of Death)
Stick
Billy es un famoso artista marcial con una prometedora carrera por delante. El Dr. Lamb, el líder de un sindicato que explota a artistas quiere que Billy fiche para él. Pero Billy se niega a firmar el contrato y entonces empieza una guerra sin cuartel entre Billy y el sindicato para conseguir su libertad.
La guerra de los misiles
Mendosa
Un agente secreto norteamericano es enviado a Irán para investigar el asesinato de un colega, y se topa con un hombre de negocios enloquecido llamado el Barón, el cual ha robado un misil nuclear soviético, que plantea utilizar contra la cumbre por la paz que se celebrará en la región del Golfo Pérsico.
Nueva York, año 2012
Lippert
Poca gente sobrevive en Nueva York en el año 2012. Están organizados en bandas con sus respectivos territorios. El jefe de una es Baron, el de otra, Carrot y están en guerra perpetua entre ellos. Un día aparece un forastero y se ofrece como guerrero a una de las bandas, aparentemente, la más civilizada.
Virginia Hill
Stick
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
Truck Turner, el cazarrecompensas
Doctor
Truck Turner y su compañero Jerry, que se ganan la vida como cazarrecompensas en Los Ángeles, son contratados para cazar a Gator, un chulo que se ha saltado la fianza.
Cinturón negro
Blue Eyes
Un maestro de kárate debe proteger su escuela de los ataques de la mafia del distrito de Watts en Los Ángeles, lo que brindará la oportunidad a sus alumnos de poner en práctica las habilidades que han aprendido.
The Love-Ins
Intern Smith
A college professor falls in with the counterculture crowd in San Francisco after resigning from his position in solidarity with two expelled hippie students.
RoboWoman 2
Dr. Michaels
Vivica teams up with two female colleges to clean up the streets once and for all, with the help of her new cybernetic upgrades.
Ghosthouse
Mel
Based on the 1988 cult-classic by Director Umberto Lenzi (Cannibal Ferox, Spasmo), this 2018 remake follows a group of college kids who trace the origins of a mysterious television ...  »