Melvin Mayo was an American actor and director. He worked for Balboa and Lubin. He portrayed Jim West in the 1915 film Jim West, Gambler and had the title role in the 1916 film A Modern Paul.
He appeared in silent horror films.
Filmography
- The Stolen Yacht (1914) featuring the Fulton Shipyard
- The Twig is Bent (1915), Lubin film
- Saved from the Harem (1915) as Ezra Hickman
- Meg O' the Cliffs (1915)
- An Ambassador From the Dead (1915)
- Jim West, Gambler (1915) as Jim West
- A Song from the Heart (1916) as Otto Ritter
- Soldier Sons
- The Crash (1916)
- A Lesson in Labor (1916) as John Seward II
- The Gulf Between (1916) as Vorec
- A Sister to Cain
- The Return of James Jerome (1916)
- The Wheat and the Chaff
- A Modern Paul (1916), title role
- Brand's Daughter (1917) as Baron Norvinsk
- Tears and Smiles (1917) as Marie's Father
- Mentioned in Confidence (1917) as Robert Manning
Director
- None So Blind (1916), director, adapted from a story by C. A. Frambers
- Jack Straws (1916), director under the supervision of Captain Wilbert Melville, story by Josephine McLaughlin
- Love is Law (1916), director, he also acted as Roscoe, an "Indian" trader in the film
References
- ^ Jura, Jean-Jacques; II, Rodney Norman Bardin (August 13, 2015). Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0901-0 – via Google Books.
- Rainey, Buck (October 18, 2024). The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1524-0 – via Google Books.
- "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1915.
- "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1915.
- "Digital Collections: Jim West - Gambler (Page 4)". Free Library of Philadelphia.
- "Motion Picture Classic". January 3, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Nickelodeon". 1916.
- "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
- "Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines". Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. December 13, 1916 – via Google Books.
- "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
- "Melvin Mayo". prod.tcm.com.
- "Nickelodeon". 1916.
- "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1916.