Personal Info
Birth date
1877-02-19 (148 Years)
Day of death
1961-04-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also known as
George H. Melford
George Melford
Biography
George H. Melford was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
Filmography
The Ten Commandments
7.768
Overview:
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal quest to reclaim his destiny as the leader and liberator of the Hebrew people.The Woman
NYR
Overview:
William C. DeMille adapted his screenplay for The Woman on the stage play by DeMille's father Henry and David Belasco. The story is set in Washington D.C., courtesy of the Lasky Studio's scenic department. Lois Meredith plays the title character, a woman of questionable morals currently involved with young politician James Neill. Political boss Theodore Roberts hopes to ruin Neill by making public the young man's romantic entanglements.Meet John Doe
7.302
Overview:
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.California
6.5
Overview:
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.A Blueprint for Murder
6.122
Overview:
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.The Egyptian
6.4
Overview:
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.The Lady Eve
7.2
Overview:
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.The Sheik
5.9
Overview:
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7.556
Overview:
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.A Ticket to Tomahawk
5.8
Overview:
A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to dancehall girls to try to thwart the plan. But the railroad workers, led by a female sharpshooter and an ambitious salesman, prove tough customers.Remember the Night
7.3
Overview:
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.Frontier Marshal
6.1
Overview:
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.Call Northside 777
6.6
Overview:
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.Drácula
6.8
Overview:
At midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in the Carpathian Mountains. After signing papers to take over a ruined abbey near London, Dracula drives Renfield mad and commands obedience. Renfield escorts the boxed count on a death ship to London. From there, the Count is introduced into the society of his neighbor, Dr. Seward, who runs an asylum. Dracula makes short work of family friend Lucia Weston, then begins his assault on Eva Seward, the doctor's daughter. A visiting expert in the occult, Van Helsing, recognizes Dracula for who he is, and there begins a battle for Eva's body and soul.Brigham Young
4.4
Overview:
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.Belle Starr
5.6
Overview:
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.The Brigand
5.5
Overview:
Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by King Lorenzo, whom bears a remarkable resemblance to Delargo. When the king is wounded by assassins sent by Napoleon, Delargo takes over the throne at the request of the Prime Minister in a plot to thwart the traitors. He also falls in love with Princess Teresa, the king's fiancée.Hail the Conquering Hero
7
Overview:
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.My Little Chickadee
6.438
Overview:
While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.The Great McGinty
6.9
Overview:
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
6.792
Overview:
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.Virginia
NYR
Overview:
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.Cripple Creek
5.7
Overview:
It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the outlaws are stealing high grade ore, having it smelted, and then having it plated to look like lead. The Government sends agents Bret and Larry who arrive in Cripple Creek posing as Texas gunfighters. Bret finds the smelting operation and Larry learns of the payoff. But the crooked town Marshal is suspicious of the two men and the reply of his inquiry to Texas exposes them putting their lives in danger.The Light That Failed
6
Overview:
A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind.It Happens Every Spring
6.4
Overview:
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.Blue, White, and Perfect
6.3
Overview:
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.Raiders of the Seven Seas
5.7
Overview:
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida, intending to trade her to her fiancé, Capt. Jose Salcedo, for a handsome ransom. But Barbarossa falls in love with Alida, who meanwhile discovers that the roguish swashbuckler is more honorable than her erstwhile betrothed.The Family Next Door
5.2
Overview:
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad line is to be built through town, she decides that the family can become rich by purchasing the lots along the right of way. Patriarch George Pierce laughs at the idea, but when Rose and Sammy learn that Cora Stewart, the wealthy town widow, has withdrawn her savings from the bank, they jump to the conclusion that she is interested in buying the lots, and mother and son secretly invest the family bank roll in the land.Acting
1956The Ten Commandments as Hebrew at Golden Calf / Nobleman
1954The Egyptian as Priest
1953A Blueprint for Murder as Bailiff (Uncredited)
1953Raiders of the Seven Seas as Tailor
1952Cripple Creek as Unknown
1952The Brigand as Majordomo (uncredited)
1950A Ticket to Tomahawk as Unknown
1949It Happens Every Spring as Conductor (uncredited)
1948Call Northside 777 as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
1947California as Delegate (uncredited)
1945Circumstantial Evidence as Prison Board Member
1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Mr. Spencer (uncredited)
1944The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek as U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
1944Hail the Conquering Hero as Sheriff (uncredited)
1943Quiet Please, Murder as Guard in Library
1943Dixie Dugan as Mr. Sloan
1942That Other Woman as Zineschwich
1942Lone Star Ranger as Hardin
1942Valley of the Sun as Dr. Thomas
1942Blue, White, and Perfect as Ship's Doctor
1941Pacific Blackout as Banker in Park
1941Flying Cadets as Train Conductor
1941Belle Starr as Preacher (uncredited)
1941Robbers of the Range as Colonel Lodge
1941Meet John Doe as Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)
1941The Lady Eve as Party Guest (uncredited)
1941Golden Hoofs as Eldridge
1941Virginia as Guest
1940Brigham Young as John Taylor
1940The Great McGinty as Senior Senator (uncredited)
1940Safari as Trader
1940Buck Benny Rides Again as Bartender
1940My Little Chickadee as Greasewood Sheriff-Elect on Train (uncredited)
1940Remember the Night as Brian the Bailiff (uncredited)
1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Juror
1939The Light That Failed as Second Man (Voice)
1939Too Busy to Work as Dugan
1939Rulers of the Sea as Landlord (Uncredited)
1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Hobo
1939Island of Lost Men as Unknown
1939Frontier Marshal as Unknown
1939The Family Next Door as Bank Manager
1939Ambush as Bank President Wales
1922Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 as Self
1922A Trip to Paramountown as Self
1911The Loyalty of Don Luis Verdugo as Don Louis Verdugo
1911Slim Jim's Last Chance as Tom Benton
1911The Hero Track Walker as Bill
1910Her Indian Mother as Unknown
1910The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged as Artist
Directing
2022Copyright Comedies and More. From the Library of Congress ... Director
1946Jungle Terror ... Director
1937Jungle Menace ... Director
1935East of Java ... Director
1933Playthings of Desire ... Director
1933The Dude Bandit ... Director
1933The Eleventh Commandment ... Director
1933Man Of Action ... Director
1932The Penal Code ... Director
1932A Scarlet Week-End ... Director
1932Officer Thirteen ... Director
1932The Cowboy Counsellor ... Director
1932The Boiling Point ... Director
1931Homicide Squad ... Director
1931East of Borneo ... Director
1931Drácula ... Director
1931The Viking ... Director
1931Don Juan diplomático ... Director
1930East is West ... Director
1930The Will of the Dead Man ... Director
1929The Charlatan ... Director
1929Love In The Desert ... Director
1928Freedom of the Press ... Director
1927A Man's Past ... Director
1926Going Crooked ... Director
1926The Flame of the Yukon ... Director
1926Whispering Smith ... Director
1926Rocking Moon ... Director
1925Without Mercy ... Director
1925Friendly Enemies ... Director
1924Tiger Love ... Director
1923The Light That Failed ... Director
1923You Can't Fool Your Wife ... Director
1923Java Head ... Director
1922Ebb Tide ... Director
1922Burning Sands ... Director
1922The Woman Who Walked Alone ... Director
1922Moran of the Lady Letty ... Director
1921The Sheik ... Director
1921The Great Impersonation ... Director
1921A Wise Fool ... Director
1921The Faith Healer ... Director
1920The Round-Up ... Director
1920The Sea Wolf ... Director
1919Everywoman ... Director
1919Told in the Hills ... Director
1919A Sporting Chance ... Director
1919Men, Women, and Money ... Director
1919Good Gracious, Annabelle ... Director
1918The Source ... Director
1918The City of Dim Faces ... Director
1918The Bravest Way ... Director
1918Hidden Pearls ... Director
1917Nan of Music Mountain ... Director
1917The Call of the East ... Director
1917On the Level ... Director
1917The Crystal Gazer ... Director
1917Her Strange Wedding ... Director
1917The Cost of Hatred ... Director
1917A School for Husbands ... Director
1917The Winning of Sally Temple ... Director
1917The Evil Eye ... Director
1916The Yellow Pawn ... Director
1916The Years of the Locust ... Director
1916Each Pearl a Tear ... Director
1916The House with the Golden Windows ... Director
1916A Gutter Magdalene ... Director
1916To Have and to Hold ... Director
1916Tennessee's Pardner ... Director
1915The Immigrant ... Director
1915The Unknown ... Director
1915Armstrong's Wife ... Director
1915Out of the Darkness ... Director
1915The Woman ... Director
1915The Marriage of Kitty ... Director
1915The Puppet Crown ... Director
1915Stolen Goods ... Director
1915A Gentleman of Leisure ... Director
1915Young Romance ... Director
1914The Chief of Police ... Director
1914The Quicksands ... Director
1914A Celebrated Case ... Director
1913The Invisible Foe ... Director
1913The Cave Men's War ... Director
1913The Invaders ... Director
1913The Boomerang ... Director
1912The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach ... Director
1912The Organ Grinder ... Director
1912The Colonel's Escape ... Director
1911The Indian Maid's Sacrifice ... Director
1911The Mexican Joan of Arc ... Director
Writing
1937Jungle Menace ... Screenplay
Production
1931East of Borneo ... Producer
1929Love In The Desert ... Producer
1922Moran of the Lady Letty ... Producer
1915Young Romance ... Producer