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.
Sid Melton
Active - 1941 - 1990 |
Birth - May 22, 1917 |
Death - Nov 3, 2011 |
Genres - Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Action-Adventure
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Subgenres - Film Noir, Romantic Comedy, Musical, Biographical Film, Western Film
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Film Noir, Romantic Comedy, Musical, Biographical Film, Western Film, Comedy Drama, Heist Film, African- Biographical Dramas, Avant-Garde and Experimental, Black Comedy Film, Boxing Film, Christmas Film, Courtroom, Detective Film, Disaster Film, Exploitation Film, Musical Comedy, Pirate Film, Political Drama, Prison Film, Screwball Comedy Film, Silent Feature, Spy Film, Teen Film, Trial Film