Judson Melford(1900-1978)
- Actor
Judson Melford born Judson Calkins Le Roy in New York in 1900, handsome
young lad who appeared in westerns and dramas for the Kalem Film
Company with his step-father George Melford in several films between
1910 and 1913, his first of which was 'The Touch of a Child' in 1910
and perhaps his best known 'On the Warpath' in 1911, his finale film
appearance was 'The Mountain Witch' with well-known silent star Carlyle
Blackwell in 1913. Judson mother Louise Marsland filed for divorced
from George Melford in 1924 and so Judson dropped the name Melford back
to his birth name of Judson Le Roy. later worked for thirty years as an
electrician for Paramount studios using his real name of Le Roy. Judson
died childless in Santa Paula, California in 1978.
