---
name: "Frank Melton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-melton"
fi1m_id: "frank-melton"
imdb_id: "nm0578389"
tmdb_id: 1046806
wikidata_id: "Q111680768"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 December 1907"
died: "19 March 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:14:20.772486+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frank Melton

## Identity

Frank Melton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-melton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-melton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0578389
- **TMDB ID:** 1046806
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111680768
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111680768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1046806

Actor. Born 6 December 1907 in Pine Apple, Alabama, USA. Died 19 March 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 December 1907, Pine Apple, Alabama, USA
- **Died:** 19 March 1951
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111680768, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1046806

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Judge Priest*](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md) (58)

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## Biography

Frank Melton was an American actor. He was born on 6 December 1907 in Pine Apple, Alabama, and died on 19 March 1951 in Hollywood, California.

Melton appeared in numerous films from the late 1920s to the early 1950s, often in supporting or uncredited roles. He played Fleming 'Flem' Talley in *Judge Priest* (1934). Other credits include *State Fair* (1933), *The Buccaneer* (1938), *Pot o' Gold* (1941) and *The Red Badge of Courage* (1951). He was under contract to Fox in the 1930s and appeared in six films with Will Rogers.

Melton was educated at Moore Academy, West Point and the Citadel. He died of a heart attack.

*Sources: imdb.com, allmovie.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Judge Priest* (1934), Fi1m 58, as Fleming 'Flem' Talley — [page](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Red Badge of Courage* (1951), as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
- *Daredevils of the Clouds* (1948), as Frank
- *The Man Who Walked Alone* (1945), as Glem
- *The Woman in the Window* (1944), as Onlooker at Gallery (uncredited)
- *Bride by Mistake* (1944), as Armed Guard
- *A Lady Takes a Chance* (1943), as Otto
- *Destroyer* (1943), as Doctor
- *Wrecking Crew* (1942), as Pete
- *The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe* (1942), as Turner Dixon
- *Black Dragons* (1942), as FBI Agent
- *Remember the Day* (1941), as Photographer
- *Road to Happiness* (1941), as Boarder (uncredited)
- *They Meet Again* (1941), as Wiliiam Merrill Jr.
- *Pot o' Gold* (1941), as Jasper Backus
- *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941), as Man (uncredited)
- *Second Chorus* (1941), as Stu
- *The Return of Frank James* (1940), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *Blondie Has Servant Trouble* (1940), as Ollie - Dithers' Employee (uncredited)
- *The Fighting 69th* (1940), as Alabama Man #3 (uncredited)
- *The Night of Nights* (1939), as Newcomb, the Author (uncredited)
- *The Cat and the Canary* (1939), as Reporter
- *Big Town Czar* (1939), as Hotel Clerk
- *You Can't Cheat an Honest Man* (1939), as First Yokel (uncredited)
- *Once Over Lightly* (1938), as Joe Stevens
- *Freshman Year* (1938), as Dave 'Tex' Hodges
- *Riders of the Black Hills* (1938), as Don Weston
- *Dangerous to Know* (1938), as Man at Racetrack (uncredited)
- *Start Cheering* (1938), as Gas Station Attendant
- *The Buccaneer* (1938), as Lieutenant Shreve
- *Trouble at Midnight* (1937), as Frank Cordeen
- *Wild and Woolly* (1937), as Barton Henshaw
- *Affairs of Cappy Ricks* (1937), as Matt Peasely
- *Damaged Goods* (1937), as Jack (George's intern pal)
- *Wings Over Honolulu* (1937), as Budge
- *Too Many Wives* (1937), as Clabby Holden
- *Outcast* (1937), Actor
- *Silks and Saddles* (1936), as Les Winters
- *The Glory Trail* (1936), as Lieutenant Gilchrist
- *They Met in a Taxi* (1936), as Specks Callahan
- *The Traitor* (1936), as Frank Melton: Jimmy Allen aka The Texas Kid
- *The Return of Jimmy Valentine* (1936), as Dixon
- *August Week End* (1936), as Ronnie Washburne
- *The Gay Deception* (1935), as Bellhop (uncredited)
- *Welcome Home* (1935), as Willis Parker
- *The Daring Young Man* (1935), as Cub Reporter
- *The Farmer Takes a Wife* (1935), as Lottery Ticket Seller
- *$10 Raise* (1935), as Clark
- *365 Nights in Hollywood* (1934), as Frank Young
- *Judge Priest* (1934), as Fleming 'Flem' Talley — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md)
- *Handy Andy* (1934), as Howard Norcross
- *The World Moves On* (1934), as John Girard (1825)
- *Stand Up and Cheer!* (1934), as Fosdick
- *David Harum* (1934), as Elwin
- *Mr. Skitch* (1933), as Perry - Emily's Boyfriend
- *Ace of Aces* (1933), as Phil 'Pee Wee' Parker (uncredited)
- *State Fair* (1933), as Harry Ware
- *The River of Romance* (1929), as One of Elvira's Admirers

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