Melvin Mayo
American actor and director
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Melvin Mayo was an American actor and director. He worked for Balboa[1] and Lubin. He portrayed Jim West in the 1915 film Jim West, Gambler and had the title role in the 1916 film A Modern Paul.
He appeared in silent horror films.
Filmography
- The Stolen Yacht (1914) featuring the Fulton Shipyard
- The Twig is Bent (1915), Lubin film[2]
- Saved from the Harem (1915) as Ezra Hickman
- Meg O' the Cliffs[3] (1915)
- An Ambassador From the Dead (1915)[4]
- Jim West, Gambler (1915) as Jim West[5][6]
- A Song from the Heart (1916) as Otto Ritter[7]
- Soldier Sons[7]
- The Crash (1916)[7]
- A Lesson in Labor (1916) as John Seward II[8]
- The Gulf Between (1916) as Vorec[7]
- A Sister to Cain[7]
- The Return of James Jerome (1916)[7]
- The Wheat and the Chaff[7]
- A Modern Paul (1916), title role[9]
- Brand's Daughter (1917) as Baron Norvinsk[1]
- Tears and Smiles (1917) as Marie's Father[10]
- Mentioned in Confidence (1917) as Robert Manning[11]
Director
- None So Blind (1916), director, adapted from a story by C. A. Frambers[7]
- Jack Straws (1916), director[7] under the supervision of Captain Wilbert Melville, story by Josephine McLaughlin[12]
- Love is Law (1916), director, he also acted as Roscoe, an "Indian" trader in the film[13]