- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Henry Knauff
- Nicknames
- Uncle George
- The Old Man
- Whispering George
- George Melford was born on February 19, 1877 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Jungle Menace (1937), Love in the Desert (1929) and Young Romance (1915). He was married to Diana Miller and Louise Marsland. He died on April 25, 1961 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesDiana Miller(November 26, 1925 - December 27, 1927) (divorced)Louise Marsland(May 9, 1904 - January 10, 1924) (divorced)
- After he retired from directing, he took up a second career as a character actor and appeared in quite a few films.
- During the days of factory-produced silent pictures, Melford's booming voice often disrupted adjacent productions (annoying casts and crews). He quickly acquired the nickname "Whispering George.".
- One of the jobs he had before becoming a director was a blacksmith.
- For part of his career, he worked at Universal Pictures under producer Paul Kohner, where he would direct films for the Spanish-language market, even though he neither spoke nor understood Spanish. He directed the technically well-regarded---yet quite sub-par due to its comical titular protagonist---Spanish-language version of Bela Lugosi's masterpiece, Dracula (1931), called Drácula (1931)).
- Died of heart disease in Hollywood, CA. He was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, CA.
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