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
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