| Birth: | Feb. 18, 1923
Kansas City
Jackson County
Missouri, USA | | Death: | Jan. 17, 2008
Brentwood
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Actor. He is best remembered for appearances in television comedy series as "The Phil Silvers Show," "All in the Family" and "The Brady Bunch." Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in New York City, he had his first success on "The Phil Silvers Show," which ran from 1955 to 1959, playing 'Corporal Henshaw', the right-hand man to Silvers' 'Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko'. He went on to play Archie Bunker's neighbor 'Barney' in "All in the Family," and different roles on at least eight episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show." On the popular and long syndicated series "The Brady Bunch" he gamed notoriety as "Sam the Butcher", the boyfriend of 'Alice' the housekeeper. Melvin also worked in cartoons, providing the voices of "Magilla Gorilla" in the Hanna-Barbera series of the same name and 'Bluto' on "Popeye." (bio by: Austin Hayes)
Cause of death: Cancer
Search Amazon for Allan Melvin | | | Burial:
Westwood Memorial Park
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Austin Hayes
Record added: Jan 19, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 24048439 |
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Allan, I always enjoyed your work, especially on the Andy Griffith show in which you frequently appeared as a good guy, or a bad guy. I hope you enjoyed all those zany comedies that were a part of the golden age of TV. We sure liked your portrayals. ...(Read more)
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MacBean
Added: May. 9, 2013 |
To a real TV icon - so many roles on so many shows. May you R.I.P.
-Anonymous
Added: May. 9, 2013 |
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