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Sid Melton

Actor

Sid Melton

Born May 22, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied November 2, 201158 films

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The Joker is Wild posterFirst watchThe Joker is Wild19578.1as Racetrack Runner (uncredited)A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
White Heat poster7.7White Heat1949On the Town poster7.0On the Town1949Shadow of the Thin Man poster7.0Shadow of the Thin Man1941Body and Soul poster6.7Body and Soul1947The Steel Helmet poster7.0The Steel Helmet1951Lady Sings the Blues poster6.9Lady Sings the Blues1972Designing Woman poster6.6Designing Woman1957Knock on Any Door poster6.2Knock on Any Door1949

Filmography

58 films as actor
  1. 1990Return to Green AcresAlf Monroe
  2. 1977Game Show ModelsMarvin Schmitt
  3. 1975Sixpack AnnieAngelo
  4. 1975Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New YorkManny Levine
  5. 1975That Lady from PekingBenny Segal
  6. 1974The Day the Earth MovedChief
  7. 1973Hit!Herman
  8. 1972Lady Sings the BluesJerry
  9. 1969It Takes All KindsBenji
  10. 1960Why Must I DieMorrie Waltzer
  11. 1960The Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondLittle Augie (uncredited)
  12. 1959The Atomic SubmarineChester Tuttle
  13. 1959Alias Jesse JamesNew York Bar Fight Fan (uncredited)
  14. 1959Lone TexanGus Pringle
  15. 1958The Tunnel of LoveTruck Driver (uncredited)
  16. 1958The Geisha BoyTaxi Driver
  17. 1958Thundering JetsSgt. Eddie Stone
  18. 1957The Joker is WildRacetrack Runner (uncredited)
  19. 1957Beau JamesSid Nash
  20. 1957Public Pigeon No. 1Tony (uncredited)
  21. 1957Designing WomanMilt (uncredited)
  22. 1957This Could Be the NightCabbie (uncredited)
  23. 1957The Garment JungleWorker (uncredited)
  24. 1956Edge of HellSchreck
  25. 1951Sky HighHerbert Pumice / Muscrat Maxie McClure
  26. 1951Leave It to the MarinesGerald Sylvester Meek
  27. 1951Lost ContinentSgt. Willie Tatlow
  28. 1951Savage DrumsJimmy Cuso
  29. 1951The Lemon Drop KidLittle Louie
  30. 1951Stop That CabSidney Gugenheimer
  31. 1951Mask of the DragonManchu Murphy
  32. 1951Fingerprints Don't LieHypo Dorton
  33. 1951The Steel HelmetJoe
  34. 1951Three Desperate MenConnors
  35. 1950Holiday RhythmSid Melton
  36. 1950The Return of Jesse JamesSaloon Waiter-Piano Player
  37. 1950Hi-Jacked'Killer'
  38. 1950Motor PatrolOmar Shelley
  39. 1950Western Pacific AgentElmer
  40. 1950Everybody's Dancin'Agent
  41. 1950Radar Secret ServicePill Box
  42. 1949On the TownSpud (uncredited)
  43. 1949Tough AssignmentHerman
  44. 1949White HeatRussell Hughes (uncredited)
  45. 1949Treasure of Monte CristoTyson
  46. 1949Knock on Any Door'Squint' Zinsky (uncredited)
  47. 1948Lady at MidnightBenny Muscle
  48. 1948Close-UpStanislaus Kranobowsky (cabbie)
  49. 1947The GangsterNightclub Stage Manager (uncredited)
  50. 1947Body and SoulPrizefight Spectator (uncredited)
  51. 1947Kilroy Was HereJoe - Cab Driver (as Sidney Melton)
  52. 1943The Chance of a LifetimeBenny Hines (Uncredited)
  53. 1943Girls in ChainsPinkhead (as Sidney Melton)
  54. 1942Mug TownWaiter
  55. 1942Dr. BroadwayLouie La Conga
  56. 1942Blondie Goes to College'Mouse' Gifford
  57. 1941Shadow of the Thin ManFingers (uncredited)
  58. 1941New York TownBarker (uncredited)