Melvin Mayo

Melvin Mayo was an American actor and director. He worked for Balboa ^[1] 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 ^[2]
• Saved from the Harem (1915) as Ezra Hickman
• Meg O' the Cliffs ^[3] (1915)
• An Ambassador From the Dead (1915) ^[4]
• Jim West, Gambler (1915) as Jim West ^{[5] [6]}
• A Song from the Heart (1916) as Otto Ritter ^[7]
• Soldier Sons ^[7]
• The Crash (1916) ^[7]
• A Lesson in Labor (1916) as John Seward II ^[8]
• The Gulf Between (1916) as Vorec ^[7]
• A Sister to Cain ^[7]
• The Return of James Jerome (1916) ^[7]
• The Wheat and the Chaff ^[7]
• A Modern Paul (1916), title role ^[9]
• Brand's Daughter (1917) as Baron Norvinsk ^[1]
• Tears and Smiles (1917) as Marie's Father ^[10]
• Mentioned in Confidence (1917) as Robert Manning ^[11]

Director

• None So Blind (1916), director, adapted from a story by C. A. Frambers ^[7]
• Jack Straws (1916), director ^[7] under the supervision of Captain Wilbert Melville, story by Josephine McLaughlin ^[12]
• Love is Law (1916), director, he also acted as Roscoe, an "Indian" trader in the film ^[13]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1915.
4. "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1915.
5. "Digital Collections: Jim West - Gambler (Page 4)". Free Library of Philadelphia.
6. "Motion Picture Classic". January 3, 1915 – via Google Books.
7. "Nickelodeon". 1916.
8. "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". World Photographic Publishing Company. January 3, 1916 – via Google Books.
9. "Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines". Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. December 13, 1916 – via Google Books.
10. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
11. "Melvin Mayo". Turner Classic Movies.
12. "Nickelodeon". 1916.
13. "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". 1916.