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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 and Uncle Charlie Halper, proprietor of the Copa Club, in The Danny Thomas Show and its spin-offs. 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 and father of Dorothy.
Birth Name
Sidney Meltzer
Born
Tuesday, 22 May 1917
Died
Thursday, 03 November 2011
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Brotherly Love | Captain Speedy / Messenger / The Delivery Man | 1995 |
Dave's World | Sid | 1993 |
The John Larroquette Show | Sweetcakes | 1993 |
Living Single | The Barfly | 1993 |
The Jackie Thomas Show | Principal | 1992 |
Nurses | Leo / Sy / Ben | 1991 |
Blossom | Mr. Koch / Reporter #1 | 1990 |
Return to Green Acres | Alf Monroe | 1990 |
The Famous Teddy Z | Milt | 1989 |
Major Dad | Sgt. Willis | 1989 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Brotherly Love | Captain Speedy / Messenger / The Delivery Man | 1995 |
Dave's World | Sid | 1993 |
The John Larroquette Show | Sweetcakes | 1993 |
Living Single | The Barfly | 1993 |
The Jackie Thomas Show | Principal | 1992 |
Nurses | Leo / Sy / Ben | 1991 |
Blossom | Mr. Koch / Reporter #1 | 1990 |
Return to Green Acres | Alf Monroe | 1990 |
The Famous Teddy Z | Milt | 1989 |
Major Dad | Sgt. Willis | 1989 |
Empty Nest | Man / Mr. Parker / Horace | 1988 |
Rags to Riches | Sid | 1987 |
Horrible Horror | Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd, In clips from 'Captain Midnight' / Ichabod 'ikky' Mudd in 'Captain Midnight' | 1986 |
The Golden Girls | Salvadore Petrillo / Sal / Don The Fool / Salvador | 1985 |
Hunter | Mailbox Service Owner | 1984 |
The Fall Guy | Max Fiedler | 1981 |
Game Show Models | Marvin Schmitt | 1977 |
Sixpack Annie | Angelo | 1975 |
That Lady from Peking | Benny Segal | 1975 |
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Manny / Manny Levine | 1975 |
The Day the Earth Moved | Chief | 1974 |
Rhoda | Herb | 1974 |
Hit! | Herman | 1973 |
Tenafly | Sully | 1973 |
Lady Sings the Blues | Jerry | 1972 |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Arnie | 1971 |
The Chicago Teddy Bears | Grocer / Cabbie | 1971 |
Make Room for Granddaddy | Charley Halper | 1970 |
Love, American Style | Andy (segment "Love and the Penal Code") / Jerry (segment "Love and the Newscasters") | 1969 |
It Takes All Kinds | Benjie / Benji | 1969 |
Mod Squad | Mr. Frank | 1968 |
The Doris Day Show | Sid / Lou Lester / Al | 1968 |
The Danny Thomas Hour | Charley Halper | 1967 |
Run Buddy Run | Harold | 1966 |
Hey, Landlord | Bartender | 1966 |
That Girl | Asst. Director | 1966 |
The Phyllis Diller Show | Murphy | 1966 |
Daktari | Bixbee | 1966 |
I Dream of Jeannie | Doug Reynolds | 1965 |
Green Acres | Alf Monroe / Larry Monroe / Ed Ferguson | 1965 |
Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque | Self | 1965 |
Gomer Pyle: USMC | Friendly Freddy / Freddy | 1964 |
The Munsters | Diamond Jim | 1964 |
Petticoat Junction | Ted Swift | 1963 |
Missing Links | Self - guest star | 1963 |
You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Himself | 1961 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show | Bert Monker | 1961 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Charlie Halper | 1961 |
The Andy Griffith Show | Pat Michaels | 1960 |
The Tab Hunter Show | Harry | 1960 |
Why Must I Die? | Morrie Waltzer | 1960 |
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Little Augie | 1960 |
The Atomic Submarine | Yeoman Chester Tuttle / Chester Tuttle | 1959 |
The Beat Generation | Police Detective Carlotti | 1959 |
Alias Jesse James | New York Bar Fight Fan | 1959 |
Lone Texan | Gus Pringle - the barber / Gus Pringle | 1959 |
The D.A.'s Man | Benny Martin | 1959 |
The Geisha Boy | Taxi Driver | 1958 |
The Buccaneer | Kentuckian | 1958 |
The Tunnel of Love | Truck Driver | 1958 |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Louis | 1958 |
The Ann Sothern Show | Tompkins / Benny | 1958 |
Peter Gunn | Jerry | 1958 |
Thundering Jets | Sgt. Eddie Stone | 1958 |
The Joker Is Wild | Racetrack Runner | 1957 |
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | 4th Jockey in Race / Bellboy / Shorty | 1957 |
Club Oasis | Self | 1957 |
Under Fire | GI #1 | 1957 |
The Thin Man | Shorty - Bookie | 1957 |
M Squad | Eddie Lee / Bernie Amboy | 1957 |
Bachelor Father | Harry | 1957 |
Beau James | Sid Nash | 1957 |
This Could Be the Night | Taxi Driver | 1957 |
Date with the Angels | Frank | 1957 |
The Garment Jungle | Worker | 1957 |
Designing Woman | Miltie, Henchman | 1957 |
The Silent Service | Jay Lewis Utz | 1957 |
Public Pigeon No. 1 | Tony | 1957 |
Whirlybirds | Cab Driver | 1957 |
Official Detective | Cann / Freddy the Bartender | 1957 |
The Girl He Left Behind | Mess Sergeant | 1956 |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Hal / Hal Miller | 1956 |
Bigger Than Life | Cabby | 1956 |
Edge of Hell | Shmoe | 1956 |
The NBC Comedy Hour | Mr. Morgan | 1956 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Cab Driver | 1955 |
Cheyenne | Shorty | 1955 |
It's Always Jan | Harry Cooper | 1955 |
The Naked Street | Hermie | 1955 |
Damon Runyon Theater | Sam / Gloomy / Gloomy Bates | 1955 |
The Millionaire | Auto Deliveryman | 1955 |
TV Reader's Digest | Max | 1955 |
December Bride | Bill | 1954 |
It's a Great Life | Baggage Clerk | 1954 |
Captain Midnight | Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd / Ichabod 'Izzy' Mudd | 1954 |
Topper | Frank | 1953 |
The Danny Thomas Show | Charley Halper | 1953 |
Our Miss Brooks | Harvey Poole / Sammy Clark | 1952 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Alfie / Hot Horse Herbie | 1952 |
Adventures of Superman | Thug | 1952 |
Sky High | Herbert Pumice / Muscrat Maxie McClure | 1951 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Alvin | 1951 |
Leave It to the Marines | Gerald Sylvester Meek | 1951 |
Lost Continent | Sgt. Willie Tatlow | 1951 |
Savage Drums | Jimmy Cuso | 1951 |
The Lemon Drop Kid | Little Louie | 1951 |
Stop That Cab | Sidney Gugenheimer | 1951 |
Mask of the Dragon | Manchu Murphy | 1951 |
Fingerprints Don't Lie | Hypo Dorton | 1951 |
The Steel Helmet | Joe | 1951 |
Three Desperate Men | Connors | 1951 |
The Jack Benny Program | Eddie | 1950 |
Holiday Rhythm | Sid Melton | 1950 |
The Return of Jesse James | Saloon Waiter-Piano Player | 1950 |
Hi-Jacked | 'Killer' | 1950 |
Motor Patrol | Omar Shelley | 1950 |
Western Pacific Agent | Elmer | 1950 |
The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
Everybody's Dancin' | Agent | 1950 |
Radar Secret Service | Pill Box | 1950 |
On the Town | Spud | 1949 |
Always Leave Them Laughing | Harry - Clurman's Janitor | 1949 |
Tough Assignment | Herman / Herman (crooked rancher) | 1949 |
White Heat | Russell Hughes | 1949 |
Treasure of Monte Cristo | Tyson | 1949 |
Fireside Theatre | Bitsy | 1949 |
Knock on Any Door | 'Squint' Zinsky | 1949 |
Lady at Midnight | Benny Muscle | 1948 |
The Gangster | Nightclub stage manager / Stage Manager | 1947 |
Body and Soul | Ringsider | 1947 |
Kilroy Was Here | Joe - Cab Driver (as Sidney Melton) / Joe - Cab Driver | 1947 |
Suspense | Smiles | 1946 |
George White's Scandals | Songwriter | 1945 |
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | Agent | 1944 |
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Recruit | 1944 |
Hey, Rookie | Bored Man | 1944 |
Is Everybody Happy? | Horse Player | 1943 |
The Chance of a Lifetime | Benny Hines / Benny Hines (Uncredited) | 1943 |
Girls in Chains | Pinkhead (as Sidney Melton) / Pinkhead | 1943 |
Mug Town | Waiter | 1942 |
Cairo | Pvt. Schwartz | 1942 |
Dr. Broadway | Louie La Conga (as Sidney Melton) / Louie La Conga | 1942 |
Shadow of the Thin Man | Fingers | 1941 |
Blondie Goes to College | 'Mouse' Gifford | 1942 |
New York Town | Barker | 1941 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Bad Girls Do Cry | 1965 |