Sam Melville
Biography
Sam Melville was an American actor who worked in film and television and appeared as a guest star on many programs of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Fillmore, Utah, he portrayed Officer Mike Danko across four seasons of the ABC series The Rookies, produced by Aaron Spelling. His film credits included Hour of the Gun (1967), where he played Morgan Earp, The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) with Steve McQueen, and Big Wednesday (1978), in which he played the Bear. On television he appeared in Hogan's Heroes, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, Death Valley Days, and Dundee and the Culhane, often cast as villains, and he had a role in the disaster film Terror in the Sky. Later he appeared on Scarecrow and Mrs. King and guest starred on The Dukes of Hazzard. He died in 1989.
52years old at death
- Born Fillmore
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Samuel Gardner Melville
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 21 years1967 to 1988
Every film, newest first
- 1988Twice DeadIMDb rating 5.3
- 1978Big WednesdayIMDb rating 7.1
- 1968The Thomas Crown AffairIMDb rating 6.9
- 1967Hour of the GunIMDb rating 6.6
Genres
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Worked with
Sam Melville shares two films with Richard Bull, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Norman Jewison
All films by John Milius
All films by John Sturges
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