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1 | He was a lifelong Democrat. |
2 | His first Hollywood contract was with Lippert in 1949. |
3 | Was a semi-regular on the bucolic sitcom Green Acres (1965) as one-half of a bungling brother/sister carpenter team contracted to fix Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor's dilapidated farmhouse. Sid played Alf Monroe and Mary Grace Canfield played his sister Ralph. |
4 | Appeared in flashbacks as Estelle Getty's late husband on episodes of The Golden Girls (1985). |
5 | Is interred at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California. |
6 | Melton recalls the beginnings of his career, and discusses the movie, Lost Continent (1951), in the book, "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010), by Tom Weaver. |
7 | His father, Isidore Meltzer, was a comedic actor in vaudeville and the Yiddish theater. |
8 | Provided long-standing comic relief for Danny Thomas on his classic TV show as Charlie Halper, owner of the Copa Club where Danny performed. Eventually Pat Carroll was added to the cast playing Halper's wife Bunny. Frequently kidding with the press, he told reporters he got the part of Charlie because Sid was the only person Thomas could find that was homelier than he was. |
9 | Younger brother of screenwriter Lewis Meltzer. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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...And Call Me in the Morning | 1999 | | Eddie |
Dave's World | 1997 | TV Series | Sid |
Brotherly Love | 1995-1996 | TV Series | Captain Speedy / The Delivery Man / Messenger |
The John Larroquette Show | 1995 | TV Series | Sweetcakes |
Empty Nest | 1993-1995 | TV Series | Man / Mr. Parker / Horace |
Blossom | 1994-1995 | TV Series | Mr. Koch / Reporter #1 |
Nurses | 1992-1994 | TV Series | Leo / Sy |
Living Single | 1993 | TV Series | The Barfly |
The Jackie Thomas Show | 1993 | TV Series | Principal |
The Golden Girls | 1987-1991 | TV Series | Salvadore Petrillo Sal Don The Fool ... |
Major Dad | 1991 | TV Series | Sgt. Willis |
Return to Green Acres | 1990 | TV Movie | Alf Monroe |
The Famous Teddy Z | 1990 | TV Series | |
Hunter | 1988 | TV Series | Mailbox Service Owner |
Rags to Riches | 1987 | TV Series | Sid |
The Fall Guy | 1986 | TV Series | Max Fiedler |
Game Show Models | 1977 | | Marvin Schmitt |
Sixpack Annie | 1975 | | Angelo |
That Lady from Peking | 1975 | | Benny Segal |
Rhoda | 1975 | TV Series | Herb |
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | 1975 | | Manny |
The Day the Earth Moved | 1974 | TV Movie | Chief |
Tenafly | 1973 | TV Series | Sully |
Hit! | 1973 | | Herman |
The Doris Day Show | 1969-1973 | TV Series | Sid / Al / Lou Lester |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | 1972 | TV Series | Arnie |
Lady Sings the Blues | 1972 | | Jerry |
Love, American Style | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Jerry (segment "Love and the Newscasters") / Andy (segment "Love and the Penal Code") |
The Chicago Teddy Bears | 1971 | TV Series | Cabbie / Grocer |
Make Room for Granddaddy | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Charley Halper |
Green Acres | 1965-1969 | TV Series | Alf Monroe / Larry Monroe / Ed Ferguson |
It Takes All Kinds | 1969 | | Benji |
I Dream of Jeannie | 1969 | TV Series | Doug Reynolds |
Gomer Pyle: USMC | 1966-1969 | TV Series | Friendly Freddy Freddy |
Mod Squad | 1968 | TV Series | Mr. Frank |
Daktari | 1968 | TV Series | Bixbee |
Petticoat Junction | 1968 | TV Series | Ted Swift |
That Girl | 1968 | TV Series | Asst. Director |
Accidental Family | 1967 | TV Series | |
The Danny Thomas Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Charley Halper |
The Phyllis Diller Show | 1967 | TV Series | Murphy |
Run Buddy Run | 1966 | TV Series | Harold |
Hey, Landlord | 1966 | TV Series | Bartender |
The Andy Griffith Show | 1965 | TV Series | Pat Michaels |
Danny Thomas Reunion Special | 1965 | TV Movie | Charley Halper |
The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1964 | TV Series | Bert Monker |
The Munsters | 1964 | TV Series | Diamond Jim |
Make Room for Daddy | 1959-1964 | TV Series | Charley Halper |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1961 | TV Series | Charlie Halper |
Bachelor Father | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Harry |
The Tab Hunter Show | 1960 | TV Series | Harry |
Why Must I Die? | 1960 | | Morrie Waltzer |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | 1960 | TV Series | Hal / Hal Miller |
Peter Gunn | 1960 | TV Series | Jerry |
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | 1960 | | Little Augie (uncredited) |
The Atomic Submarine | 1959 | | Yeoman Chester Tuttle |
Whirlybirds | 1959 | TV Series | Cab Driver |
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Shorty / Bellboy / 4th Jockey in Race |
The Beat Generation | 1959 | | Police Detective Carlotti (uncredited) |
The Millionaire | 1959 | TV Series | Auto Deliveryman |
M Squad | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Bernie Amboy / Eddie Lee |
December Bride | 1959 | TV Series | Bill |
The D.A.'s Man | 1959 | TV Series | Benny Martin |
Alias Jesse James | 1959 | | New York Bar Fight Fan (uncredited) |
The Ann Sothern Show | 1959 | TV Series | Benny / Tompkins |
Dragnet | 1957-1959 | TV Series | |
The Geisha Boy | 1958 | | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
The Buccaneer | 1958 | | Kentuckian (uncredited) |
Lone Texan | 1958 | | Gus Pringle - the barber |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1958 | TV Series | Louis |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958 | TV Series | Cabdriver |
The Tunnel of Love | 1958 | | Truck driver (uncredited) |
Thundering Jets | 1958 | | Sgt. Eddie Stone |
Official Detective | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Cann / Freddy the Bartender |
The Thin Man | 1958 | TV Series | Shorty - Bookie |
The Jack Benny Program | 1957 | TV Series | Eddie |
Schlitz Playhouse | 1957 | TV Series | Alvin |
The Silent Service | 1957 | TV Series | Jay Lewis Utz |
The Joker Is Wild | 1957 | | Racetrack Runner (uncredited) |
Under Fire | 1957 | | GI #1 (uncredited) |
Date with the Angels | 1957 | TV Series | Frank |
Beau James | 1957 | | Sid Nash |
Designing Woman | 1957 | | Miltie, Henchman (uncredited) |
This Could Be the Night | 1957 | | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
The Garment Jungle | 1957 | | Garment Worker (uncredited) |
Public Pigeon No. One | 1957 | | Tony (uncredited) |
The Girl He Left Behind | 1956 | | Mess Sergeant (uncredited) |
Bigger Than Life | 1956 | | Cabby (uncredited) |
Edge of Hell | 1956 | | Shmoe |
The NBC Comedy Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Mr. Morgan - Patient |
Adventures of Superman | 1956 | TV Series | Thug |
Cheyenne | 1956 | TV Series | Shorty |
It's Always Jan | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Harry Cooper |
It's a Great Life | 1956 | TV Series | Baggage Clerk |
Damon Runyon Theater | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Sam Gloomy Gloomy Bates |
Captain Midnight | 1954-1956 | TV Series | Ichabod 'Ikky' Mudd / Ichabod 'Izzy' Mudd |
The Bob Hope Show | 1955 | TV Series | Sketch Actor |
The Naked Street | 1955 | | Hermie (uncredited) |
Topper | 1955 | TV Series | Frank |
TV Reader's Digest | 1955 | TV Series | Max |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1954-1955 | TV Series | Alfie / Hot Horse Herbie |
Fireside Theatre | 1955 | TV Series | Bitsy |
Our Miss Brooks | 1954 | TV Series | Sammy Clark / Harvey Poole |
That's My Boy | 1954 | TV Series | |
Your Favorite Story | 1954 | TV Series | |
Sky High | 1951 | | Herbert Pumice / Muscrat Maxie McClure |
Leave It to the Marines | 1951 | | Gerald Sylvester Meek |
Lost Continent | 1951 | | Sgt. Willie Tatlow |
Savage Drums | 1951 | | Jimmy Cuso |
Stop That Cab | 1951 | | Sidney Gugenheimer |
Mask of the Dragon | 1951 | | Manchu Murphy |
The Lemon Drop Kid | 1951 | | Little Louie |
Fingerprints Don't Lie | 1951 | | Hypo Dorton |
Three Desperate Men | 1951 | | Connors |
The Steel Helmet | 1951 | | Joe |
Holiday Rhythm | 1950 | | Sid Melton |
The Return of Jesse James | 1950 | | Saloon Waiter-Piano Player |
Hi-Jacked | 1950 | | 'Killer' |
Motor Patrol | 1950 | | Omar Shelley |
Everybody's Dancin' | 1950 | | Agent |
Western Pacific Agent | 1950 | | Elmer |
Radar Secret Service | 1950 | | Pill Box |
On the Town | 1949 | | Spud (uncredited) |
Always Leave Them Laughing | 1949 | | Harry - Clurman's Janitor (uncredited) |
Tough Assignment | 1949 | | Herman |
White Heat | 1949 | | Russell Hughes (uncredited) |
Treasure of Monte Cristo | 1949 | | Tyson (as Sidney Melton) |
Knock on Any Door | 1949 | | 'Squint' Zinsky (uncredited) |
Lady at Midnight | 1948 | | Benny Muscle (uncredited) |
Close-Up | 1948 | | Stanislaus Kranobowsky (cabbie) |
The Gangster | 1947 | | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
Body and Soul | 1947 | | Ringsider (uncredited) |
Kilroy Was Here | 1947 | | Joe - Cab Driver (as Sidney Melton) |
Suspense | 1946 | | Smiles (uncredited) |
George White's Scandals | 1945 | | Songwriter (uncredited) |
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | 1944 | | Agent (uncredited) |
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1944 | | Recruit (uncredited) |
Hey, Rookie | 1944 | | Bored Man (uncredited) |
Is Everybody Happy? | 1943 | | Horse Player (uncredited) |
The Chance of a Lifetime | 1943 | | Benny Hines (uncredited) |
Girls in Chains | 1943 | | Pinkhead (as Sidney Melton) |
Mug Town | 1942 | | Waiter (uncredited) |
Cairo | 1942 | | Pvt. Schwartz (uncredited) |
Dr. Broadway | 1942 | | Louie La Conga (as Sidney Melton) |
Blondie Goes to College | 1942 | | 'Mouse' Gifford (uncredited) |
Shadow of the Thin Man | 1941 | | Fingers (uncredited) |
New York Town | 1941 | | Barker (uncredited) |