- Acting films
- 18
- Acting avg
- 6.32
- Peak run
- 1959’70
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Mel by the numbers
Average
6.32
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.30
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
62y
1959 to 2020
Total votes
2.05K
across every film
Best
6.9
Shadows
Worst
5.5
Made in America
Newest first
Filmography
| 2020 | The Dalton Gang | Cricket | 4.4 | 60 |
| 1993 |  Made in America | Principal Rockwell | 5.5 | 400 |
| 1990 |  Bride of Re-Animator | Dr. Graves | 6.4 | 520 |
| 1988 |  Dead Heat | Captain Mayberry | 6.2 | 247 |
| 1981 |  Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Dr. Barr | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1975 |  Let's Do It Again | Ellison | 6.9 | 25 |
| 1974 | Newman's Law | Quist | · | 9 |
| 1973 |  Scorpio | Pick | 6.2 | 126 |
| 1973 |  Steelyard Blues | Black Man in Jail | · | 23 |
| 1973 |  Kid Blue | Blackman (as Melvin Stewart) | · | 19 |
| 1972 |  Trick Baby | Blue Howard | · | 13 |
| 1972 |  Hammer | Professor | · | 17 |
| 1971 |  Cry Uncle! | Lt. Fowler | · | 20 |
| 1970 |  The Landlord | Professor Duboise | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1968 |  Petulia | Supermarket Clerk (uncredited) | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1964 |  Nothing But a Man | Riddick | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1960 |  Shadows | Man at Party (uncredited) | 6.9 | 277 |
| 1959 |  Odds Against Tomorrow | Hotel Juno Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 6.9 | 99 |
Takes