Sid Melton
American actor (1917-2011) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 94
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.
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Dave's WorldSeries, Sid1985
The Golden GirlsSeries, Salvadore Petrillo1977
Game Show ModelsFilm, Marvin Schmitt1975
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New YorkFilm, Manny Levine1974
RhodaSeries1972
Lady Sings the BluesFilm, Jerry1968
The Mod SquadSeries1965
Green AcresSeries
Bad Girls Do CryFilm, 1965Director1963
Petticoat JunctionSeries, Ted Swift1960
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries, Pat Michaels
The Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondFilm, 1960Little Augie (uncredited)1958
The Geisha BoyFilm, Taxi Driver1957
M SquadSeries, Eddie Lee
Beau JamesFilm, 1957Sid Nash1956
Edge of HellFilm, Schreck1954
December BrideSeries1951
DragnetSeries
Fingerprints Don't LieFilm, 1951Hypo Dorton1949
Knock on Any DoorFilm, 'Squint' Zinsky (uncredited)1948
Close-UpFilm, Stanislaus Kranobowsky (cabbie)1947
Body and SoulFilm, Prizefight Spectator (uncredited)1942
Blondie Goes to CollegeFilm, 'Mouse' Gifford1941
Shadow of the Thin ManFilm, Fingers (uncredited)1917Born22 May 1917People around Sid
Sam Newfield Directed Hi-Jacked and Radar Secret Service
Margia Dean Also in Treasure of Monte Cristo and Hi-Jacked
Sheila Ryan Also in Western Pacific Agent (1950)
Michael Whalen Also in Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
Richard Travis Also in Motor Patrol and Fingerprints Don't Lie
Richard Pryor Also in Lady Sings the Blues and Hit!
Vincente Minnelli Directed Designing Woman (1957)
Billy Dee Williams Also in Lady Sings the Blues and Hit!
Samuel Fuller Directed The Steel Helmet (1951)- Frank Tashlin Directed The Geisha Boy (1958)
Adele Jergens Also in Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
Dick Foran Also in Thundering Jets and The Atomic Submarine
Sidney J. Furie Directed Lady Sings the Blues and Hit!
Steve Brodie Also in Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949)
Tom Neal Also in Radar Secret Service (1950)
Helmut Dantine Directed Thundering Jets (1958)
Howard Freeman Produced Bad Girls Do Cry (1965)
Dore Schary Produced Designing Woman (1957)
Paul Hampton Also in Lady Sings the Blues and Hit!
Richard Emory Also in Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)
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The Joker is Wild 1957
White Heat 1949
The Steel Helmet 1951
On the Town 1949
Shadow of the Thin Man 1941
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
104 credits on file
Television 24
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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.
