Allan Melvin
American actor (1923-2008) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Allan John Melvin was an American actor and impressionist, who was cast in hundreds of television episodes from the 1950s to the early 1990s, often appearing in recurring roles on various series.
Allan Melvin is read about 228 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Wacky and PackyFilm, Wacky/Packy1994
Scooby-Doo! in Arabian NightsFilm, Sinbad / Magilla Gorilla (voice)1990
TaleSpinSeries, Warden Slammer (voice)1988
The Good, the Bad and Huckleberry HoundFilm, Devi /Dinky Dalton /Game Show Announcer /Magilla Gorilla /Spooky Movie Narrator (voice)1987
Yogi's Great EscapeFilm, Bandit Bear (voice)1982
Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas CaperFilm, Magilla Gorilla / Murray (voice)1981
Spider-Man and His Amazing FriendsSeries, (voice)1979
The Popeye Valentine Special: Sweethearts at SeaFilm, Bluto (voice)1978
The All-New Popeye HourSeries, Bluto
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice RevueFilm, 1978Drooper (voice)1974
Hong Kong PhooeySeries
Mesa TroubleFilm, 1974Big Red (voice)1972
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus ParkFilm, Drooper (voice)1970
PufnstufFilm, H. R. Pufnstuf / Henrich Rat / Living Island Boat / Orville Pelican / Polka-Dotted Horse / Stupid Bat / West Wind (voice) (as Al Melvin)1969
Love, American StyleSeries, bartender1968
With Six You Get EggrollFilm, Desk Sergeant1966
Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?Film, Humphrey Dumpty1965
Green AcresSeries, Mr. Wheeler1963
My Favorite MartianSeries, ClarenceBeetle's High HorpsFilm, 1963Sgt. Snorkle / Zero1961
The Dick Van Dyke ShowSeries, Guard Jenkins1959
Keep in StepFilm, Cpl. Steve Henshaw1957
Perry MasonSeries, Carl Jasper1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1923Born18 February 1923People around Allan
Close ties
Howard Morris Also in The Magilla Gorilla Show
William Hanna Directed The Magilla Gorilla Show- Don Messick Duets: Scooby-Doo (1969)
Daws Butler Also in The All-New Popeye Show
Henry Corden Also in The New Alice in Wonderland (1966)- Greg Burson Duets: Scooby-Doo (1969)
Alex Lovy Directed The New Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Joseph Barbera Directed The Magilla Gorilla Show
Zsa Zsa Gabor Also in The New Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Frank Welker Duets: Scooby-Doo (1969)
Harvey Korman Also in The New Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Pat Fraley Also in Yogi's Great Escape (1987)
Paul Winchell Also in The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park (1972)
Jack Arnold Directed The Brady Bunch
Bill Farmer Duets: Scooby-Doo (1969)
Janet Waldo Also in Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966)
Rich Little Duets: Scooby-Doo (1969)
Sherwood Schwartz Produced The Brady Bunch
Hoyt Curtin Wrote The Magilla Gorilla Show- Hal Cooper Directed The Brady Bunch
Ray Patterson Directed Yogi's Great Escape (1987)- Walker Edmiston Also in Pufnstuf and Yogi's Ark Lark
Joan Gerber Also in Pufnstuf (1970)
Marilyn Schreffler Also in The All-New Popeye Show
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 16
84 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
About this person
Some of those roles and series include portraying various characters on: The Andy Griffith Show, as real estate salesman Pete Dudley in My Favorite Martian, as Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show, Sergeant Hacker on Gomer Pyle, USMC, Alice's boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch, and as Archie Bunker's friend Barney Hefner on both All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place. He has also voiced Tyrone the Bulldog, an archvillain in the live-action/animated series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty and was Magilla Gorilla on The Magilla Gorilla Show, as well as Drooper on The Banana Splits.
