2/16/2024 0 Comments Barney andy griffithBass Joins the Army Farmer Neal in Lawman Barney Fred Plummer in Barney's Uniform Officer Johnson Policeman Fake Termite InspectorĬlarence 'Doc' Malloy in Jailbreak Escaped Prisoner in Andy's Vacation Clyde Plaunt in Howard's Main Event Hotel Detective Bardoli in Andy & Barney in the Big City Myrt's Accomplice Jake in Barney's First Car Recruiting Sergeant in Ernest T. Sol Pomerantz Guard Jenkins Gun Drummer' Harrison B. Melvin is buried just yards from former TV co-star Carroll O'Connor. His voice acting career continued until 1994, with Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights being his final voice work (again as Magilla Gorilla) before retiring.Īllan Melvin died of cancer on January 17, 2008, aged 84, and was buried at Westwood Memorial Cemetery, Los Angeles. After the series ended in 1983, Melvin's work was exclusively devoted to cartoon voice-overs. In the early 1980s, Melvin appeared as a regular in Archie Bunker's Place, in which he reprised the now more important role of Barney Hefner. He was also featured as Al the Plumber on Liquid-Plumr drain opener commercials for fifteen years. In the latter commercial, he sang a few bars of Frank Loesser's song "I Believe in You" with a modified lyric. Some of his most prolific work was in television commercials, for products as diverse as Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes and Remington electric razors. He also provided the voice of Rocky Maninoff for Tennessee Tuxedo in the episode "Mixed-up Mechanics" in 1963. Pufnstuf and the voice of Prince Thun of the Lion Men on The New Adventures of Flash Gordon. He provided several characters' voices for the TV show H.R. In other contributions to 1970s pop culture, he worked as a voice artist (under the name "Al Melvin"). Davis) on The Brady Bunch, and Barney Hefner, Archie Bunker's neighbor and friend on All in the Family. He played Sam Franklin, the owner of a local butcher shop and boyfriend of the Brady's housekeeper Alice (played by Ann B. Melvin is remembered for supporting roles on two popular 1970s sitcoms. He also made three guest appearances on Perry Mason in various roles, including reporter Bert Kannon in the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise." Also in 1966 Allan played the space enforcer on the series Lost in Space, in the episode "West Of Mars". Melvin also made eight guest appearances on The Andy Griffith Show in eight different roles, usually as heavies. He also provided the voices of cartoon character Magilla Gorilla, the lion Drooper on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, archvillain Tyrone in The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty and Bluto on The All New Popeye Hour. He also made eight appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Vince Carter's rival for four seasons on Gomer Pyle, USMC. In the 1960s, Melvin worked extensively at CBS for Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Ruben. Melvin was also adept at "tough guy" roles in an example of his range as an actor, one episode of The Phil Silvers Show featured Melvin doing a recognizable impersonation of Humphrey Bogart. ![]() They were so relaxed." ĭuring this period, in addition to his role on The Phil Silvers Show, Melvin was often cast in slightly loud, occasionally abrasive, but generally friendly second banana roles. "I think the camaraderie of all those guys made it such a pleasant way to work. While appearing on Broadway in Stalag 17, he got his break into television by getting the role of Corporal Steve Henshaw on the popular The Phil Silvers Show program. While working at a job in the sound effects department of NBC Radio, he did a nightclub act and appeared and won on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts radio show. In 1944, he married Amalia Faustina Sestero in New York City. Allan attended Columbia University, and after his graduation he served in the United States Navy during World War II. ![]() Melvin was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Marie and Richard Melvin but lived part of his childhood in New York City with his paternal grandparents, Helen (née Campbell) and Frank Melvin. ![]() He has also voiced Tyrone the Bulldog, an arch-villain (with his aliases The Jester, The Puzzler, Poochquin, Sheriff of Sherwood and many others) in the live action/animated series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty and was Magilla Gorilla on The Magilla Gorilla Show. 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. Allan John Melvin (Febru– January 17, 2008) 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.
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