- Films
- 20
- Avg rating
- 4.71
- Peak run
- 1974’18
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Mel by the numbers
Average
4.71
7 rated films
Vote weighted
4.73
bigger films count more
Median
4.5
half are better
Consistency
±1.18
rating spread
Career
51y
1974 to 2024
Total votes
52.8K
across every film
Best
6.2
Black Belt Jones
Worst
3.4
Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 | Space Sharks | Steve Owens | · | 403 |
| 2023 | Mega Ape | Mayor Huey | · | 337 |
| 2022 | Ash and Bone | Bartender Louie | 4.0 | 6,923 |
| 2021 | Apex Predators | Robert Clouse Williamson | · | 621 |
| 2021 | Ebola Rex | General Davis | · | 257 |
| 2019 | RoboWoman | Dr. Michaels | · | 445 |
| 2019 | Eternal Code | Mr. Pomeroy | 3.4 | 3,468 |
| 2018 | An Hour to Kill | Mr. Kinski (segment: An Hour to Kill) | 4.5 | 3,926 |
| 2017 | Syndicate Smasher | Milan | · | 601 |
| 2017 | Holy Terror | Father Murphy | · | 384 |
| 2017 | Nemesis 5: The New Model | Red Army Hammerhead Leader | · | 899 |
| 2015 | Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance | Cutter | 3.4 | 4,069 |
| 1991 | Capital Punishment | Mason Dover | · | 293 |
| 1989 | Family Reunion | Tom Andrews | · | 529 |
| 1981 | Lovely But Deadly | Warren Lang | · | 443 |
| 1979 | The Tehran Incident | Mendosa | · | 390 |
| 1978 | Cat in the Cage | Ralph Desmond | · | 253 |
| 1978 | Game of Death | Stick | 5.9 | 23,056 |
| 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior | Lippert | 5.6 | 2,497 |
| 1974 | Black Belt Jones | Blue Eyes | 6.2 | 2,997 |
Better together?
Mel Novak's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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