Sid Melton

Sid Melton

Nacimiento : 1917-05-22, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Muerte : 2011-11-02

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Sid Melton

Películas

Return to Green Acres
Alf Monroe
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a developer can build on them, the residents go to New York to get Douglas to help them. But he's a little hesitant.
Game Show Models
Marvin Schmitt
Stuart Guber has decided to drop back into society, by leaving his performance artist girlfriend and accepting a job working for a top record label. Trouble soon arises when his boss concocts the idea of doing a sex themed game show (hosted by character actor legend Dick Miller). Meanwhile, Stuart begins having an affair with the sister of the label’s new superstar (Thelma Houston).
The Seventh Dwarf
Marvin Schmitt
The original no-sex low-nudity artsy cut of the movie eventually re-released as "Game Show Models".
Six Pack Annie
Angelo
A buxom, beer-guzzling and naive country gal travels from her small town to Miami to find a 'sugar daddy' to save the family restaurant.
Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York
Manny Levine
Sheila Levine is a Jewish-American princess and a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. An innovative, bright, but painfully introverted individual, she comes to New York City with her mother and father to take an apartment with a nightclub-hopping roommate.
That Lady from Peking
Benny Segal
Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the diplomat must turn over to Foster a diary revealing the true events taking place in China. While making his escape, the defector is killed ant the diary vanishes. The reporter sets off on a search for it, from Hong Kong to Australia. The chase ends in an action-filled climax, with the journalist finally meeting up with "That Lady from Peking" (Nancy Kwan) - the diplomat's daughter.
The Day the Earth Moved
Chief
An aerial photography team tries to alert a small town about an impending earthquake, but no one believes the duo until the tremors start and the walls begin to collapse.
El supergolpe
Herman
Jeannie, una bonita chica de color, estaba en el auto de su novio probando drogas. Ella no era adicta, solamente una chiquilla experimentando nuevas travesuras. Ahora yace muerta bajo un montón de flores. Nick Allen, el padre de Jeannie, es agente federal y un hombre de acción. Nick consulta al director y este explica a Nick que la heroína es un negocio de billones de dólares con ramificaciones internacionales y el plan de organizar un gran golpe para exterminar a las grandes figuras claves del sindicato de estupefacientes en Marsella, se opone tanto a la política nacional como a las leyes internacionales y le prohíbe a Nick seguir investigando, pero Nick está decidido.
El ocaso de una estrella
Jerry
Relato de la intensa y trágica vida de la famosa cantante de blues Billie Holiday. Obtuvo 5 nominaciones a los Oscar, incluyendo a la mejor actriz (Diana Ross), mejor guión original y mejor canción.
It Takes All Kinds
Benji
After possibly killing a man in a brawl at a farewell party Tony Gunther, an American merchant seaman, is knocked out and wakes up in the apartment of Laura Ring, the secretary of a shipping company.
Bad Girls Do Cry
Director
A naive young girl goes to a model agency, where she is molested, shot up with drugs and forced to become a prostitute.
Rendezvous in Space
Cab Driver
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the Martin-Marietta Corporation for exhibition in the Hall of Science at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Why Must I Die
Morrie Waltzer
A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.
La ley del hampa
Little Augie (uncredited)
En los años veinte, Jack "Legs" Diamond (Ray Danton), apodado "el piernas", y su hermano Eddie (Warren Oates) llegan a la ciudad de Nueva York en busca de fortuna. Empiezan como pequeños ladrones de joyas, pero pronto comenzarán a subir para alcanzar la cumbre del crimen organizado...
El Submarino Atómico
Chester Tuttle
Numerosos naufragios se suceden cerca del Polo Norte. Alarmados por la cantidad de incidentes, la Armada estadounidense decide enviar al submarino nuclear Tiger Shark (dotado de armamento y una tripulación de científicos) a investigar y detener a los causantes. Pero la sorpresa es mayúscula cuando el Tiger Shark se topa en las profundidades con un platillo volador. Ahora el submarino deberá entablar un duelo a muerte en las profundidades del polo, para evitar que los extraterrestres puedan dar aviso a los de su raza y comience una invasión alienígena a la Tierra.
Alias Jesse James
New York Bar Fight Fan (uncredited)
Milford Farsnworth (Bob Hope) es un agente de seguros novato que vende una póliza a T. J. James, descubriendo luego que se trata del famoso Jesse James (Wendell Corey). La beneficiaria de la póliza es la novia de Jesse, Cora Lee Collins (Rhonda Fleming), una famosa bailarina de salón, más conocida como La Duquesa. Milford es enviado al oeste para retirar la póliza y dejar libre de responsabilidad a su compañía. Se une a la banda de James con el objetivo de protegerle, pero Milford empieza a imitar al famoso fuera de la ley. Esto hace pensar a Jesse que si Milford adopta su personalidad, él podrá matarle, quedarse con el seguro de 100.000 dólares y huir con la Duquesa a California.
Lone Texan
Gus Pringle
After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized by his neighbors for having fought against the Confederacy. On top of that, he finds that his younger brother is now the sheriff, and is ruling the town with an iron hand.
Mi marido se divierte
Truck Driver (uncredited)
La familia Poole quiere adoptar un niño, tras años de intentar tenerlo ellos. Para gestionar la adopción se les asigna Miss Novick como asistenta social. A través de una maraña de malentendidos, ella recibe muy mala impresión de Augie Poole y le comunica que su informe será desfavorable. Por otra serie de circunstancias todavía más confusas, Augie es capaz de cambiar la opinión de Miss Novick quien, más tarde, llega a creer que es el responsable de su embarazo. La agencia debe proporcionar a los Poole un niño y Augie cree que va a ser el de Miss Novick, del cual está convencido que es el padre, hasta el punto de que su mujer también llega a creerlo. Al final todo se aclarará en un maravilloso final feliz.
Tú, Kimi y yo
Taxi Driver
Gilbert Wooley es un mago de segunda fila que es enviado al Pacifico con la misión de entretener a las tropas. Durante este tiempo en Japón, se encariña cada vez más con un niño huérfano.
Thundering Jets
Sgt. Eddie Stone
An Air Force captain teaches pilots to fly jets but doesn't like it.
La máscara del dolor
Racetrack Runner (uncredited)
Joe E. Lewis, un prometedor cantante, pierde la voz a causa del ataque de unos gángsteres Al verse obligado a cambiar de profesión, decide trabajar como humorista.
Locuras de Nueva York
Sid Nash
Recreación cinematográfica de la vida de James J. Walker (Bob Hope), que a finales de los años 20 se convierte en el controvertido alcalde de Nueva York, conocido por sus chistes y bromas y por la imparable corrupción durante su mandato. Además provocó un gran escándalo por su relación con Betty Compton (Vera Miles).
Mi desconfiada esposa
Milt (uncredited)
Gregory Peck es un periodista deportivo y Lauren Bacall, una diseñadora de moda de éxito. A pesar de que pertenecen a mundos muy distintos, tras una breve y apasionada relación se casan. Poco después de la boda, la convivencia provocará conflictos que ponen de manifiesto las enormes diferencias que existen entre ellos. Divertida comedia romántica de la Metro que se benefició de un reparto estelar, de un simpático guión -ganador del Óscar- y de la siempre deliciosa dirección de Minnelli.
This Could Be the Night
Cabbie (uncredited)
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
Bestias de la ciudad
Worker (uncredited)
Alan Mitchell (Kerwin Mathews) vuelve a Nueva York para trabajar para su padre Walter (Lee J. Cobb), propietario de una casa de modas que diseña y fabrica sus propios vestidos. Para librarse de los sindicatos, Walter tiene contratado a Artie Ravidge (Richard Boone), un tipo duro que mantiene a sus empleados a raya.
Edge of Hell
Schreck
In this heart-warming drama, a beggar and his performing dog, Flip, struggle to eke out a living upon the cruel streets. He is hired to perform at a rich kid's birthday party. There, the beggar is offered $500 for his beloved dog. He refuses and again hits the streets. Soon he becomes so impoverished that he can no longer provide food for his four-legged friend; he sells him for $20. The beggar is then beaten and robbed. Later he learns that Flip died. The man soon follows the dog to heaven where they begin performing for God.
Sky High
Herbert Pumice / Muscrat Maxie McClure
When he is told that he is to spend three more years as a tailgunner, goofball GI Herbert Pumice thinks that a promotion--which he has little to no chance of getting--will get him out of the job he hates. He asks his girlfriend Sally, who owns the base café, for help. She goes to the base commander, Col. Baker--who she knows has a crush on her--to help out Herbert. Col. Baker schedules a promotion hearing for Herbert that Friday. He naturally fails it miserably, and then learns that Col. Baker is going out on a date with Sally. Meanwhile, the base military intelligence officer discovers that Herbert is a dead-ringer for the head of a spy ring intending to sabotage a new automated plane, and gets Herbert assigned to infiltrate the gang. Complications ensue.
Leave It to the Marines
Gerald Sylvester Meek
Gerald Meek and Myrna McAllister go to city hall to apply for a marriage license. Gerald wanders into the Marine Recruiting office by mistake and Sergeant Delaney signs him into the Marine Corps and sends him for a medical examination before Gerald realizes what has happened. He finds himself in uniform and ready to be shipped to boot camp without any delay, other than explain to his intended-bride that Uncle Sam has other plans for him.
El Continente Perdido
Sgt. Willie Tatlow
Un grupo de científicos formado por el Profesor Rostov, el Doctor Philips y el Doctor Briggs, están realizando pruebas con uno de sus valiosos cohetes sobre Nueva Guinea. El cohete desaparece durante las pruebas y el gobierno recluta a un piloto de excepción, el Mayor Nolan, para que lleve una expedición de rescate a recuperarlo. Al volar sobre una isla selvática de la zona, una onda radioactiva inutiliza los controles del avión haciendo que se estrelle en lo más profundo de la selva. Allí descubrirán algo que podría cambiar el futuro de nuestro mundo...
Savage Drums
Jimmy Cuso
There is this little small-island kingdom located off the South China coast and the United States offers a pact of economic aid and military assistance if needed.
The Lemon Drop Kid
Little Louie
Esta comedia de Navidad de 1951, nos ofrece a Bob Hope como "El Chico de los caramelos de limón", un estafador de poca monta, apodado así por su afición a chupar ese tipo de golosina, que se mete en un buen lío cuando, sin pretenderlo, estafa en una apuesta hípica a un gánster especialista en juegos de azar. El chico tiene que inventar un plan para devolver el dinero antes de Navidad. Engañando a sus amigos, los hace disfrazarse de Papá Noel y los involucra en una recogida de dinero por toda la ciudad para una organización benéfica inventada por él.
Stop That Cab
Sidney Gugenheimer
Sid Melton stars as a taxi driver dealing with nutty passengers and a nagging wife. Comedy.
Mask of the Dragon
Manchu Murphy
A private eye (Richard Travis) and his girlfriend (Sheila Ryan) avenge his buddy, stabbed over a jade dragon.
Fingerprints Don't Lie
Hypo Dorton
A fingerprint expert (Richard Travis) figures out who killed the mayor.
Casco de Acero
Joe
Guerra de Corea (1950-1953). El soldado Zack, que ha recibido un disparo en la cabeza, es el único superviviente de su pelotón. Tras ser hecho prisionero por el enemigo, consigue escapar gracias a la ayuda de un niño coreano huérfano. Ambos se unirán a un nuevo pelotón cuya misión es conquistar una posición enemiga en un templo budista. Sin embargo, cuando llegan, el sitio parece desierto.
Holiday Rhythm
Sid Melton
A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé that he may have to postpone their honeymoon, she goes off on him, and as he backs away from her he hits his head on a fire extinguisher and knocks himself out. While unconscious he dreams his own version of the show he's trying so hard to sell.
The Return of Jesse James
Saloon Waiter-Piano Player
Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
Hi-Jacked
'Killer'
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
Motor Patrol
Omar Shelley
A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.
Western Pacific Agent
Elmer
An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim's sister.
Everybody's Dancin'
Agent
Dance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business. Several country-western stars come to his rescue by agreeing to appear on a TV special to be broadcast from his club.
Radar Secret Service
Pill Box
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.
Tough Assignment
Herman (crooked rancher)
A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers. Donald "Red" Barry plays Dan Reilly, a newspaper reporter just returned to LA with his wife, photographer Margie (Marjorie Steele). Margie insists on taking pictures of everywhere they go, and so as she's walking into a butcher shop she poses for Dan - while at the same time three thugs make their way quickly out after beating up the proprietors. Soon Margie and Dan are involved in investigating an illegal meat operation that rustles cattle and forces butchers to buy it - or else. Dan gets beaten up a couple of times, but is undaunted in pursuing the great story - and hey, he's only got 64 minutes to do so, he'd best get cracking!
Al rojo vivo
Russell Hughes (uncredited)
Cody Jarrett y su banda asaltan un tren que transporta 300.000 dólares, asesinan a los conductores y huyen con el dinero. Poco después, los agentes federales inician la persecución, convencidos de que él es el autor del asalto. Cody se entrega a la policía y es condenado a sólo dos años de prisión, ya que ha preparado una coartada perfecta. Sin embargo, los agentes del tesoro están convencidos de que fue el cerebro del asalto y le tienden una trampa.
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Tyson
A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.
Llamad a cualquier puerta
'Squint' Zinsky (uncredited)
Un prestigioso abogado liberal, surgido de los barrios bajos y la pobreza, asume la defensa de un joven delincuente acusado de asesinar a un policía.
Lady at Midnight
Benny Muscle
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Close-Up
Stanislaus Kranobowsky (cabbie)
A photographer accidentally photographs a Nazi war criminal on the streets of New York and becomes a target for reprisals and murder.
The Gangster
Nightclub stage manager
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
Cuerpo y alma
Prizefight Spectator (uncredited)
Charlie Davis es un chico de familia humilde que aspira a conseguir la fama en el mundo del boxeo. Aunque su madre y su novia desaprueban su decisión, Charlie se asocia con Robert, un promotor de combates de boxeo, y va perdiendo los escrúpulos poco a poco, llegando a dejarse vencer en un combate amañado.
Kilroy Was Here
Joe - Cab Driver (as Sidney Melton)
"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.
The Chance of a Lifetime
Benny Hines (Uncredited)
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
Girls in Chains
Pinkhead (as Sidney Melton)
A fired teacher finds work at a girls reform school and helps a detective on a case.
Mug Town
Waiter
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
Dr. Broadway
Louie La Conga (as Sidney Melton)
A New York doctor (Macdonald Carey) saves a chorus girl (Jean Phillips) from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
Blondie Goes to College
'Mouse' Gifford
Number 10 in the Blondie series, Blondie Goes to College is predicated on the notion that Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie (Penny Singleton) enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth (Janet Blair) begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant (Larry Parks) does same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too. The student body at this particular seat of learning is comprised of quite a few familiar faces, including Lloyd Bridges, Sid Melton, and Adele Mara.
La sombra de los acusados
Fingers (uncredited)
Un jinete es asesinado en los vestuarios, tras retirarse de una carrera a la que habían acudido Nora y su marido Nick. A pesar de elo la pareja vuelve a las carreras precisamente el día en que se comete otro asesinato.
New York Town
Barker (uncredited)
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.