Mel Welles

A writer turned actor/director, Mel Welles is one of the most enduring cult figures from '50s exploitation pictures. Welles moved into films after careers in New York theater and wrestling promotion in Canada, and arrived in Hollywood at just about the time that his services were needed. Filmmakers were eager to make movies appealing to teens, and Welles, who had written for jazz satirist Lord Buckley, was a natural both as a performer and writer of "special material" to jazz up the scripts and action of the exploitation pictures being ground... Full Mel Welles Biography

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