Where to watch Mel Welles in the UK
Find every Mel Welles film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 2 August 2026.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mel Welles (February 17, 1924 - August 18, 2005) was an American film actor. His best-remembered role may be that of hapless flower shop owner Gravis Mushnik in the 1960 low-budget Roger Corman dark comedy, The Little Shop of Horrors (which featured Jack Nicholson as a masochistic dental patient). Not much is known of Welles' early life, except that he was born Ira Meltcher in New York City. He graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, in 1940. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University, a Master of Arts degree from West Virg…
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- Maverick (1957) as Carlos
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) Cast
- Cheyenne (1955) Cast
- The Lone Ranger (1949) as Sheriff Pender
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Police Inspector Kafir
- The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Fat Man
- The Texan (1958) as Matt Lane
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) Cast
- Mr. Lucky (1959) as Hoodlum
- I Led Three Lives (1953) Cast
- The Walter Winchell File (1957) Cast
- The Last American Virgin (1982) as Druggist
- Private Secretary (1953) Cast
- Chopping Mall (1986) as Cook
- Wolfen (1981) as ESS Voice (voice)
- Jungle Jim (1955) Cast
- The Brothers Karamazov (1958) as Trifon Borissovitch
- Gun Fury (1953) Cast
- Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956) Cast
- The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) as Gravis Mushnick
- Pushover (1954) as Detective (uncredited)
- Homework (1982) as Doctor
- The Big Knife (1955) as Mustached Party Guest
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) as Iben
- Soldier of Fortune (1955) as Fernand Rocha
- High School Confidential! (1958) as Charlie O'Flair
- The She Beast (1966) as Ladislav Groper
- Kismet (1955) as Beggar (uncredited)
- Outside the Law (1956) as Milo
- Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) as Jules Deveroux
- The Silver Chalice (1954) as Marcos (uncredited)
- Duel on the Mississippi (1955) as Sheriff
- Body and Soul (1981) as Joe Gillardi
- Howard (2018) as Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
- Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962) as Italian Sergeant (uncredited)
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989) as Caedmon
- The Undead (1957) as Gravedigger Smolkin
- The 27th Day (1957) as Russian Marshal
- Hell on Devil's Island (1957) as Felix Molyneaux
- Lady Frankenstein (1971) Director
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Most-watched Mel Welles films currently: The Last American Virgin (1982), Chopping Mall (1986), Wolfen (1981), The Brothers Karamazov (1958), Gun Fury (1953).
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Selected TV credits: Maverick (1957), Have Gun, Will Travel (1957), Cheyenne (1955), The Lone Ranger (1949), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).
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