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Narrow-faced, slender, haughty-looking character player, best known for his Cannes award-winning performance as Rita Tushingham's sympathetic gay friend in Tony Richardson's adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's "angry young woman" drama, "A Taste of Honey" (1961). A prolific theater actor--he originated the "Honey" role on the stage--Melvin has appeared in several films, including three by director Peter Medak: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" (1970), "The Krays" (1990) and "Let Him Have It" (1991)....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

The Phantom of the Opera - ( Reyer / 2004 / Released / Warner Home Video )
The Emperor's New Clothes - ( Antommarchi / 2002 / Released / )
England, My England - ( Shaftesbury / 1996 / Released / )
La Passione - ( Don Mac's Henchman / 1996 / Released / )
Princess Caraboo - ( Lord Motley / 1994 / Released / )
As You Like It - ( Sir Oliver Martext / 1992 / Released / )
Let Him Have It - ( / 1991 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
The Fool - ( Jeremy Ruttle / 1990 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
The Krays - ( Newsagent / 1990 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Comrades - ( Clerk / 1989 / Released / )
Slipstream - ( Man on Stairs / 1989 / Released / Greater Union Distributors )
Little Dorrit - ( Dancing Master / 1988 / Released / CDF Films )
Testimony - ( Film Editor / 1988 / Released / CNC )
Sacred Hearts - ( Father Power / 1984 / Released / )
Nutcracker - ( Leopold / 1982 / Released / )
Stories From a Flying Trunk - ( Hans Christian Andersen / 1979 / Released / )
Crossed Swords - ( DeBrie / 1978 / Released / )
Gulliver's Travels - ( / 1977 / Released / United Home Video )
Shout at the Devil - ( Lieutenant Phipps / 1976 / Released / )
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones - ( Blifil / 1976 / Released / Universal )
Barry Lyndon - ( Reverend Samuel Runt / 1975 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Ghost in the Noonday Sun - ( Hamldon / 1973 / Released / )
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg - ( Doctor / 1972 / Released / )
The Boy Friend - ( Alphonse / 1971 / Released / )
The Devils - ( Mignon / 1971 / Released / )
Start the Revolution Without Me - ( / 1970 / Released / )
The Fixer - ( Priest / 1968 / Released / )
Smashing Time - ( 1st Exquisite / 1967 / Released / )
Alfie - ( Nat / 1966 / Released / )
Kaleidoscope - ( Aimes / 1966 / Released / )
Solo For Sparrow - ( Larkin / 1966 / Released / )
The Ceremony - ( 1st Gendarme / 1963 / Released / )
H.M.S. Defiant - ( Wagstaffe / 1962 / Released / )
The Criminal - ( Antlers / 1962 / Released / Fanfare )
A Taste of Honey - ( Geoffrey / 1961 / Released / )
The Risk - ( Teddy Boy / 1961 / Released / Kingsley International Pictures )
TV Credits
Torchwood ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Captain Jack Harkness ( 2007 )
TV Episode Cast

Captain Jack Harkness ( 2007 )
TV Episode Cast

David Copperfield ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Starhunter ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Alice in Wonderland ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Doomsday Gun ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Prisoner of Honor ( 1991 / Released ): Actor
Christopher Columbus ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
The Adventures of Don Quixote ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
Oscar's Orchestra ( Released ): Voice
Full Biography (Back to top)

Narrow-faced, slender, haughty-looking character player, best known for his Cannes award-winning performance as Rita Tushingham's sympathetic gay friend in Tony Richardson's adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's "angry young woman" drama, "A Taste of Honey" (1961). A prolific theater actor--he originated the "Honey" role on the stage--Melvin has appeared in several films, including three by director Peter Medak: "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" (1970), "The Krays" (1990) and "Let Him Have It" (1991).

Profession(s):
Actor, director
Sometimes Credited As:
Awards (Back to top)
Cannes Film Festival Best Performance Award "A Taste of Honey" 1962

Milestones (Back to top)
1974 Made stage directing debut, "Miss Donnithorne's Maggot"
1964 Broadway debut in "Oh, What a Lovely War!" And "The Solider's Tale"
1960 Film debut, "The Suspect/The Risk"
1958 Performed at Stratford East; scored success as Geoffrey in "A Taste of Honey" which transferred to the West End in 1959
1957 Made first professional appearance as the Queen's messenger in "Macbeth" with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop Company, at the Theatre Royal Stratford
Served as director of the London Actors' Centre

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