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Melvin Belli(1907-1996)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
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Melvin Belli, Attorney
Melvin Belli was born on 29 July 1907 in Sonora, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Tokyo File 212 (1951), Star Trek (1966) and Hunter (1984). He was married to Nancy Ho, Lia Triff, Pat Montandon, Betty Ballantine, Toni Nichols and Joy Turney. He died on 9 July 1996 in San Francisco, California, USA.
BornJuly 29, 1907
DiedJuly 9, 1996(88)
BornJuly 29, 1907
DiedJuly 9, 1996(88)
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Known for

Lee Frederick, Florence Marly, and Tetsu Nakamura in Tokyo File 212 (1951)
Tokyo File 212
5.3
  • Producer(as Melvin M. Belli)
  • 1951
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Gorgan
Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer in Hunter (1984)
Hunter
6.9
TV Series
  • Melvin Bell
Ground Zero (1973)
Ground Zero
3.9
  • Mario Barto
  • 1973

Credits

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Actor

  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Judge Charlie Harley (as Melvin M. Belli)
    • 1991
  • 110 Lombard
    4.3
    TV Movie
    • Melvin Belli - Attorney
    • 1988
  • Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer in Hunter (1984)
    Hunter
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Melvin Bell
    • 1986
  • Dyan Cannon in Lady of the House (1978)
    Lady of the House
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • Mayor Jim of San Francisco
    • 1978
  • Ground Zero (1973)
    Ground Zero
    3.9
    • Mario Barto
    • 1973
  • Herschel Bernardi and Sue Ane Langdon in Arnie (1970)
    Arnie
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Lawyer
    • 1972
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Gorgan
    • 1968
  • Wild in the Streets (1968)
    Wild in the Streets
    5.9
    • Melvin Belli (uncredited)
    • 1968

Producer

  • Lee Frederick, Florence Marly, and Tetsu Nakamura in Tokyo File 212 (1951)
    Tokyo File 212
    5.3
    • executive producer (as Melvin M. Belli)
    • 1951

Additional Crew

  • Donna Mills in In My Daughter's Name (1992)
    In My Daughter's Name
    6.4
    TV Movie
    • judicial technical advisor
    • 1992

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Melvin M. Belli
  • Born
    • July 29, 1907
    • Sonora, California, USA
  • Died
    • July 9, 1996
    • San Francisco, California, USA(pancreatic cancer, stroke and pneumonia)
  • Spouses
      Nancy HoMarch 29, 1996 - July 9, 1996 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 2 Portrayals
    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    The flamboyant attorney represented such celebrities as Mae West, Muhammad Ali, Jim Bakker & Tammy Faye Bakker, Errol Flynn, Beverly Aadland, Tony Curtis, Lenny Bruce, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Chuck Berry, Alex Haley, Nick Nolte, Lana Turner and The Rolling Stones. Though he won more than $600 million in damages for his clients, keeping a third for himself as commission, he filed for bankruptcy the year he died.
  • Quotes
    I'm not an ambulance chaser. I'm usually there before the ambulance.
  • Nickname
    • King of Torts

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