Biography

Melville De Lay(1899-1947)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Production Manager
Producer

Melville De Lay was born on 20 July 1899 in Opelika, Alabama, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Air Police (1931), The Mystic Hour (1934) and Devil on Deck (1932). He died on 3 May 1947 in Saugas, California, USA.

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Known for

Air Police

3.9

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1931

The Mystic Hour

4.7

Director(as Melville Delay)

1934

Devil on Deck

4.7

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1932

Chick Carter, Detective

6.2

Producer

1946

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Gabby Hayes Show
6.8
TV Series
- Second Unit or Assistant Director (uncredited)
- 1951
Gas House Kids
6.3
- assistant director
- 1946
Freddie Steps Out
4.2
- assistant director (as Mel DeLay)
- 1946
Junior Prom
4.3
- assistant director (as Mel DeLay)
- 1946
Come Out Fighting
6.3
- assistant director
- 1945
Mr. Muggs Rides Again
6.3
- assistant director
- 1945
Shadows of Death
6.0
- assistant director (as Melville P. DeLay)
- 1945
Docks of New York
6.6
- assistant director (as Mel Delay)
- 1945
The Kid Sister
6.1
- assistant director
- 1945
Brenda Starr, Reporter
6.7
- assistant director (uncredited)
- 1945
The Big Show-Off
5.8
- assistant director (as Mel De Lay)
- 1945
Oath of Vengeance
5.7
- assistant director (uncredited)
- 1944
I Accuse My Parents
2.6
- assistant director
- 1944
Youth Aflame
4.2
- assistant director (as Mel DeLay)
- 1944
Swing Hostess
6.0
- assistant director
- 1944