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Mel Welles
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Director, Actor Biography:A writer turned actor/director, "Mel Welles" is one of the most enduring cult figures from '50s exploitation pictures. Welles moved into films after careers in New York theater and wrestling promotion in Canada, and arrived in Hollywood at just about the time that his services were needed. Filmmakers were eager to make movies appealing to teens, and Welles, who had written for jazz satirist Lord Buckley, was a natural both as a performer and writer of "special material" to jazz up the scripts and action of the exploitation pictures being ground out. His most notable work in this area was in the 1958 drug-and-sexploitation classic "High School Confidential", directed by "Jack Arnold", for which Welles provided two stunningly funny (and effective) parodies of beat poetry and jargon, and also served as the movie's resident expert on marijuana. During this period, Welles--who is a master of numerous... Full Biography
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